The potential for a K-band receiver on the Large Millimeter Telescope

Stanley E. Kurtz; Tinus Stander; Dirk I. L. de Villiers; William Cerfonteyn; Aletha de Witt; Daniel Ferrusca Rodríguez; David Hiriart; David H. Hughes; Christopher Jacobs; Laurent Loinard; Fanie van den Heever; Miguel Velázquez de la Rosa Becerra

doi:10.1117/12.2563132

13 December 2020 The potential for a K-band receiver on the Large Millimeter Telescope

Stanley E. Kurtz, Tinus Stander, Dirk I. L. de Villiers, William Cerfonteyn, Aletha de Witt, Daniel Ferrusca Rodríguez, David Hiriart, David H. Hughes, Christopher Jacobs, Laurent Loinard, Fanie van den Heever, Miguel Velázquez de la Rosa Becerra

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Proceedings Volume 11453, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy X; 1145340 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2563132
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2020, Online Only

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The 50-meter Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT) operating on the Sierra Negra in Mexico is the largest single- dish millimeter-wave telescope in the world. Although designed to work in the 3 mm and 1 mm bands, there is significant potential for LMT observations at centimeter wavelengths. Here, we summarize the scientific case and operational arguments for a K-band receiver system on the LMT, describe several of the unique technical challenges that the proposed installation would entail, and mention some possible solutions to these challenges.

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Stanley E. Kurtz, Tinus Stander, Dirk I. L. de Villiers, William Cerfonteyn, Aletha de Witt, Daniel Ferrusca Rodríguez, David Hiriart, David H. Hughes, Christopher Jacobs, Laurent Loinard, Fanie van den Heever, and Miguel Velázquez de la Rosa Becerra "The potential for a K-band receiver on the Large Millimeter Telescope", Proc. SPIE 11453, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy X, 1145340 (13 December 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2563132

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