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Spectrometers for Radio Telescopes

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When we decide to build a new radio telescope for observing at millimeter wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum, we have to make many very important decisions. One of these is the type of spectrometer to use. Here we will present a short description of the several choices available, with special focus on acousto-optical spectrometers.

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Junior, E.S. (1999). Spectrometers for Radio Telescopes. In: Wall, W.F., Carramiñana, A., Carrasco, L., Goldsmith, P.F. (eds) Millimeter-Wave Astronomy: Molecular Chemistry & Physics in Space. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 241. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4714-9_27

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