Summary

2016 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation

2016

Session Number:POS2

Session:

Number:POS2-46

Low Frequency Diffraction Effects when Shaping the Offset Gregorian Reflector System of the SKA

Dirk I.L. de Villiers,  Robert Lehmensiek,  Marianna V. Ivashina,  

pp.802-803

Publication Date:2016/10/24

Online ISSN:2188-5079

DOI:10.34385/proc.38.POS2-46

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Summary:
The offset Gregorian reflector system of the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) radio telescope is required to operate down to very low frequencies, where reflectors become (electrically) relatively small. Shaping the reflectors to control the aperture distribu