The Electrical Design of a Membrane Antenna for Lunar-based Low-frequency Radio Telescope

Detecting primordial fluctuations from the cosmic dark ages requires extremely large low-frequency radio telescope arrays deployed on the far side of the Moon. The antenna of such an array must be lightweight, easily storable and transportable, deployable on a large scale, durable, and capable of go...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2024-08
Main Authors: Suonanben, Wu, Fengquan, He, Kai, Sun, Shijie, Zhou, Wei, Zhou, Minquan, Zhang, Cong, Xu, Jiaqin, Yan, Qisen, Xu, Shenzhe, Zhu, Jiacong, Wang, Zhao, Zhang, Ke, Miao, Haitao, Li, Jixia, Wang, Yougang, Chen, Tianlu, Chen, Xuelei
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antenna arrays
Antenna design
Antenna radiation patterns
Antennas
Design optimization
Dielectric properties
Dipole antennas
Frequencies
LF radio
Lunar far side
Lunar soil
Lunar surface
Membranes
Middle Ages
Moon
Radio telescopes
Soil properties
Substrates
Surface stability
Telescopes
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Summary:Detecting primordial fluctuations from the cosmic dark ages requires extremely large low-frequency radio telescope arrays deployed on the far side of the Moon. The antenna of such an array must be lightweight, easily storable and transportable, deployable on a large scale, durable, and capable of good electrical performance. A membrane antenna is an excellent candidate to meet these criteria. We study the design of a low-frequency membrane antenna for a lunar-based low-frequency (
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2408.09502