APEX - The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment
Paper in proceeding, 2006

APEX, the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment, has been successfully commissioned and is in operation now. This novel submillimeter telescope is located at 5107 m altitude on Llano de Chajnantor in the Chilean High Andes, on what is considered one of the world's outstanding sites for submillimeter astronomy. The primary reflector with 12 m diameter has been carefully adjusted by means of holography. Its surface smoothness of 17-18 μm makes APEX suitable for observations up to 200 μm, through all atmospheric submm windows accessible from the ground.

Submillimeter telescope

Author

R. Güsten

Max Planck Society

Roy Booth

Hartebeeshoek Radio Astronomy Observatory

Chalmers, Earth and Space Sciences

C. Cesarsky

European Southern Observatory Santiago

K. Menten

Max Planck Society

C. Agurto

European Southern Observatory Santiago

M. Anciaux

European Southern Observatory Santiago

F. Azagra

European Southern Observatory Santiago

Victor Belitsky

Advanced Receiver Development

A. Belloche

Max Planck Society

Per Bergman

Chalmers, Department of Radio and Space Science, National Facility for Radio Astronomy

European Southern Observatory Santiago

C. De Breuck

European Southern Observatory Santiago

C. Comito

Max Planck Society

M. Dumke

European Southern Observatory Santiago

C. Duran

European Southern Observatory Santiago

W. Esch

Max Planck Society

J. Fluxa

European Southern Observatory Santiago

A. Greve

Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique (IRAM)

H. Hafok

Max Planck Society

W. Häupl

Vertex Antennentechnik GmbH

Leif Helldner

GARD

A. Henseler

Max Planck Society

Stefan Heyminck

Max Planck Society

Lars E B Johansson

European Southern Observatory Santiago

Chalmers, Department of Radio and Space Science, National Facility for Radio Astronomy

C. Kasemann

Max Planck Society

Benjamin Klein

Max Planck Society

A. Korn

Max Planck Society

E. Kreysa

Max Planck Society

R. Kurz

European Southern Observatory Santiago

Igor Lapkin

Chalmers, Earth and Space Sciences, Advanced Receiver Development Technology

S. Leurini

Max Planck Society

D. C. Lis

California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

A. Lundgren

European Southern Observatory Santiago

F. Mac-Auliffe

European Southern Observatory Santiago

M. Martinez

European Southern Observatory Santiago

J. Melnick

European Southern Observatory Santiago

D. Morris

Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique (IRAM)

D. Muders

Max Planck Society

L.-Å. Nyman

European Southern Observatory Santiago

Michael Olberg

Onsala Space Observatory

R. Olivares

European Southern Observatory Santiago

Miroslav Pantaleev

Onsala Space Observatory

N. Patel

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

K. Pausch

Vertex Antennentechnik GmbH

S. Philipp

Max Planck Society

S. Philipps

Max Planck Society

Tirupati K. Sridharan

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

E. T. Polehampton

Max Planck Society

V. Revéret

European Southern Observatory Santiago

Christophe Risacher

Chalmers, Department of Radio and Space Science, Advanced Receiver Development

European Southern Observatory Santiago

M. Roa

European Southern Observatory Santiago

P. Sauer

Max Planck Society

P. Schilke

Max Planck Society

J. Santana

European Southern Observatory Santiago

G. Schneider

Max Planck Society

J. Sepulveda

European Southern Observatory Santiago

G. Siringo

Max Planck Society

J Spyromilio

European Southern Observatory Santiago

K. H. Stenvers

Vertex Antennentechnik GmbH

F. F. S. van der Tak

Max Planck Society

D. Torres

European Southern Observatory Santiago

L. Vanzi

European Southern Observatory Santiago

Vessen Vassilev

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Microwave Electronics

A. Weiß

Max Planck Society

K. Willmeroth

Vertex Antennentechnik GmbH

A. Wunsch

Max Planck Society

F. Wyrowski

Max Planck Society

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

0277786X (ISSN) 1996756X (eISSN)

Vol. 6267 I 626714
0819463329 (ISBN)

Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes
Orlando, USA,

Subject Categories

Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences

Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

DOI

10.1117/12.670798

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12/27/2022