APEX: five years of operations

Andreas Lundgren; David Rabanus; Rolf Güsten; Karl Menten; Tim de Zeeuw; Hans Olofsson; Andreas Kaufer; Lars-Åke Nyman; Per Bergman; Carlos de Breuck; Friedrich Wyrowski; Claudio Agurto; Francisco Azagra; Michael Dumke; Felipe Mac-Auliffe; Mauricio Martinez; Francisco Montenegro; Dirk Muders; Vincent Reveret; Christophe Risacher; Rodrigo Parra; Giorgio Siringo; Gundolf Wieching

doi:10.1117/12.856985

29 July 2010 APEX: five years of operations

Andreas Lundgren, David Rabanus, Rolf Güsten, Karl Menten, Tim de Zeeuw, Hans Olofsson, Andreas Kaufer, Lars-Åke Nyman, Per Bergman, Carlos de Breuck, Friedrich Wyrowski, Claudio Agurto, Francisco Azagra, Michael Dumke, Felipe Mac-Auliffe, Mauricio Martinez, Francisco Montenegro, Dirk Muders, Vincent Reveret, Christophe Risacher, Rodrigo Parra, Giorgio Siringo, Gundolf Wieching

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Proceedings Volume 7737, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems III; 773708 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856985
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

APEX, the Atacama Pathfinder EXperiment, is being operated successfully, now for five years, on Llano de Chajnantor at 5107m altitude in the Chilean High Andes. This location is considered one of the worlds outstanding sites for submillimeter astronomy, which the results described in this contribution are underlining. The primary reflector with 12 m diameter is cautiously being maintained at about 15 μm by means of holography. This allows to access all atmospheric submillimeter windows accessible from the ground, up to 200 μm. Telescope and instrument performance, operational experiences and a selection of scientific results are given in this publication.

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Andreas Lundgren, David Rabanus, Rolf Güsten, Karl Menten, Tim de Zeeuw, Hans Olofsson, Andreas Kaufer, Lars-Åke Nyman, Per Bergman, Carlos de Breuck, Friedrich Wyrowski, Claudio Agurto, Francisco Azagra, Michael Dumke, Felipe Mac-Auliffe, Mauricio Martinez, Francisco Montenegro, Dirk Muders, Vincent Reveret, Christophe Risacher, Rodrigo Parra, Giorgio Siringo, and Gundolf Wieching "APEX: five years of operations", Proc. SPIE 7737, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems III, 773708 (29 July 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856985

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