Table 6. Beam parameters of Yebes 40 m radio telescope.
Main beam | 1st error beam | 2nd error beam | 3rd error beam | |
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Origin | Diffraction pattern | Large-scale deformations | Panel frame misalignments | Panel deformations |
Correlation length | L 1 = 4.1±0.2 m | L 2 = 2.3±0.1 m | L 3 = 0.75±0.03 m | |
RMS-value | σ 1 = 253±20 μm | σ 2 = 245±19 μm | σ 3 = 164±12 μm | |
9.2mm / 32.4GHz | ||||
FWHM (θi) (″) | 56 ± 5 | 525 ± 52 | 850 ± 85 | 2850 ± 285 |
Power amplitude (a i) | 1 | 0.0022 ± 0.0006 | 0.00040 ± 0.00012 | (1.8 ± 0.6) × 10-5 |
Relative Power(a) (P i) | 0.75 | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.04 |
8.1mm / 36.9GHz | ||||
FWHM (θi) (″) | 49 ± 5 | 440 ± 44 | 765 ± 76 | 2450 ± 245 |
Power amplitude (a i) | 1 | 0.0024 ± 0.0007 | 0.0005 ± 0.0002 | (2.5 ± 0.8) × 10-5 |
Relative Power(a) (P i) | 0.73 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 0.04 |
6.8mm / 43.8GHz | ||||
FWHM (θ i) (″) | 42 ± 4 | 340 ± 34 | 620 ± 62 | 1900 ± 190 |
Power amplitude (a i) | 1 | 0.0022 ± 0.0007 | 0.0012 ± 0.0004 | (4 ± 1) × 10-5 |
Relative Power(a) (P i) | 0.68 | 0.10 | 0.17 | 0.05 |
4.0mm / 74.7GHz | ||||
FWHM (θi) (″) | 22 ± 2 | 220 ± 22 | 380 ± 38 | 1150 ± 115 |
Power amplitude (a i) | 1 | 0.006 ± 0.002 | 0.0022 ± 0.0007 | (1.2 ± 0.4) × 10-4 |
Relative Power(a) (P i) | 0.38 | 0.21 | 0.26 | 0.13 |
3.6mm / 83.9GHz | ||||
FWHM (θi) (″) | 18 ± 2 | 185 ± 18 | 355 ± 36 | 1050 ± 105 |
Power amplitude (a i) | 1 | 0.008 ± 0.002 | 0.0025 ± 0.0007 | (1.9 ± 0.6) × 10-4 |
Relative Power(a) (P i) | 0.29 | 0.24 | 0.27 | 0.18 |
Notes.
The integrated relative power (P i) of each beam is estimated as , see Sect. 6 of Greve et al. (1998).