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Title: Fabrication of a monolithic 5  m aluminum reflector for millimeter-wavelength observations of the cosmic microwave background
We have demonstrated the fabrication of a monolithic, 5 m diameter, aluminum reflector with 17.4 µm root-mean-square surface error. The reflector was designed to avoid the problem of pickup due to scattering from panel gaps in a large, millimeter-wavelength telescope that will be used for measurements of the cosmic microwave background.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2034402 1935892
PAR ID:
10435355
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Applied Optics
Volume:
62
Issue:
18
ISSN:
1559-128X
Page Range / eLocation ID:
4747
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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