Paul A Vanden Bout, Robert L Dickman, Adele L Plunkett

The Alma Telescope

The Story of a Science Mega-Project

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Produktbeschreibung

"This is an insiders' account of the ALMA mega-project, from its early roots, through various challenges, to becoming one of the most productive telescopes in the world. Written for a broad spectrum of readers, the eBook edition is available as an Open Access publication on Cambridge Core"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 467g
• ISBN-13: 9781009279680
• ISBN-10: 1009279688
• Artikelnr.: 67402154

Autorenporträt

Paul A. Vanden Bout is a Senior Scientist, Emeritus, at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), where he served as director from 1985 to 2002. He was the first director of ALMA and served as the head of the North American ALMA Science Center (NAASC), where he organized the Center in its early years. His career has been almost entirely spent in millimeter astronomy, including pioneering the Millimeter Wave Observatory at the University of Texas' McDonald Observatory. He has participated in the entire US history of events that led to ALMA, and much of that in Europe, Japan, and Chile.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Anneila Sargent
Preface
1. Interstellar Carbon Monoxide
2. What Now?
3. The Millimeter Array
4. Searching for a Site
5. Foreign Affairs
6. Organizing ALMA
7. Contentious Matters
8. Funding ALMA
9. Construction and Inauguration
10. Promises Fulfilled
Appendix A. Radioastronomy
Appendix B. Millimeter/Submillimeter Telescopes
Appendix C. Lessons Learned
Bibliography
Glossary
Index.