APEX: the Atacama Pathfinder EXperiment

R. Güsten; R. S. Booth; C. Cesarsky; K. M. Menten; C. Agurto; M. Anciaux; F. Azagra; V. Belitsky; A. Belloche; P. Bergman; C. De Breuck; C. Comito; M. Dumke; C. Duran; W. Esch; J. Fluxa; A. Greve; H. Hafok; W. Häupl; L. Helldner; A. Henseler; S. Heyminck; L. E. Johansson; C. Kasemann; B. Klein; A. Korn; E. Kreysa; R. Kurz; I. Lapkin; S. Leurini; D. Lis; A. Lundgren; F. Mac-Auliffe; M. Martinez; J. Melnick; D. Morris; D. Muders; L. A. Nyman; M. Olberg; R. Olivares; M. Pantaleev; N. Patel; K. Pausch; S. D. Philipp; S. Philipps; T. K. Sridharan; E. Polehampton; V. Reveret; C. Risacher; M. Roa; P. Sauer; P. Schilke; J. Santana; G. Schneider; J. Sepulveda; G. Siringo; J. Spyromilio; K.-H. Stenvers; F. van der Tak; D. Torres; L. Vanzi; V. Vassilev; A. Weiss; K. Willmeroth; A. Wunsch; F. Wyrowski

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22 June 2006 APEX: the Atacama Pathfinder EXperiment

R. Güsten, R. S. Booth, C. Cesarsky, K. M. Menten, C. Agurto, M. Anciaux, F. Azagra, V. Belitsky, A. Belloche, P. Bergman, C. De Breuck, C. Comito, M. Dumke, C. Duran, W. Esch, J. Fluxa, A. Greve, H. Hafok, W. Häupl, L. Helldner, A. Henseler, S. Heyminck, L. E. Johansson, C. Kasemann, B. Klein, A. Korn, E. Kreysa, R. Kurz, I. Lapkin, S. Leurini, D. Lis, A. Lundgren, F. Mac-Auliffe, M. Martinez, J. Melnick, D. Morris, D. Muders, L. A. Nyman, M. Olberg, R. Olivares, M. Pantaleev, N. Patel, K. Pausch, S. D. Philipp, S. Philipps, T. K. Sridharan, E. Polehampton, V. Reveret, C. Risacher, M. Roa, P. Sauer, P. Schilke, J. Santana, G. Schneider, J. Sepulveda, G. Siringo, J. Spyromilio, K.-H. Stenvers, F. van der Tak, D. Torres, L. Vanzi, V. Vassilev, A. Weiss, K. Willmeroth, A. Wunsch, F. Wyrowski

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Proceedings Volume 6267, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes; 626714 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670798
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2006, Orlando, Florida , United States

Abstract

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.

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R. Güsten, R. S. Booth, C. Cesarsky, K. M. Menten, C. Agurto, M. Anciaux, F. Azagra, V. Belitsky, A. Belloche, P. Bergman, C. De Breuck, C. Comito, M. Dumke, C. Duran, W. Esch, J. Fluxa, A. Greve, H. Hafok, W. Häupl, L. Helldner, A. Henseler, S. Heyminck, L. E. Johansson, C. Kasemann, B. Klein, A. Korn, E. Kreysa, R. Kurz, I. Lapkin, S. Leurini, D. Lis, A. Lundgren, F. Mac-Auliffe, M. Martinez, J. Melnick, D. Morris, D. Muders, L. A. Nyman, M. Olberg, R. Olivares, M. Pantaleev, N. Patel, K. Pausch, S. D. Philipp, S. Philipps, T. K. Sridharan, E. Polehampton, V. Reveret, C. Risacher, M. Roa, P. Sauer, P. Schilke, J. Santana, G. Schneider, J. Sepulveda, G. Siringo, J. Spyromilio, K.-H. Stenvers, F. van der Tak, D. Torres, L. Vanzi, V. Vassilev, A. Weiss, K. Willmeroth, A. Wunsch, and F. Wyrowski "APEX: the Atacama Pathfinder EXperiment", Proc. SPIE 6267, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes, 626714 (22 June 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670798

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