Citation
Abstract
A two-element radio interferometer operating at 8.33-mm wavelength has been developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Table Mountain Observatory near Wrightwood, CA, The interferometer employs a 5.5-m and a 3-m-diameter antenna on an east-west baseline of 60 or 120m, yielding fringe spacings at transit of 28" or 14", respectively. The broad intermediate-frequency bandpass of 100-350 MHz and the system noise temperature of 500 K provide high sensitivity for the measurement of continuum sources. The interferometer has been used for high-resolution studies of the planets and the Sun, and it is currently being adapted to study solar flare emissions at high spatial and time resolution.
Details
- Volume
- 42-59
- Published
- October 15, 1980
- Pages
- 1–7
- File Size
- 558.2 KB