Development of the multi-band simultaneous observation system of the Nobeyama 45-m Telescope in HINOTORI (Hybrid Installation project in NObeyama, Triple-band ORIented)

Abstract

We are promoting the Hybrid Installation Project in Nobeyama, Triple-band Oriented (HINOTORI), a project aiming at triple-band simultaneous single-dish and VLBI observation in the 22-, 43- and 86-GHz bands using the Nobeyama 45-m Telescope. The triple-band simultaneous observation becomes possible by developing two perforated plates and mounting them in the Nobeyama 45-m Telescope optics. One is a 22/43-GHz-band perforated plate, which transmits the higher frequency (43-GHz) band and reflects the lower frequency (22-GHz) band, and the other is a 43/86-GHz-band perforated plate, which transmits the 86-GHz band and reflects the 43-GHz band or lower. Both plates are designed to be installed in the large telescope optics with a beam diameter as large as 50 cm and insertion/reflection losses are both 0.22 dB (5%) or less in the design. The receivers used in triple-band simultaneous observation system are the H22 and H40 receivers, which are already installed in the Nobeyama 45-m Telescope, and the TZ receiver, which is a 100-GHz-band receiver including the 86-GHz band and reinstalled in the Nobeyama 45-m Telescope. A system of simultaneous observations in the 22- and 43-GHz bands of the Nobeyama 45-m Telescope with the 22/43- GHz-band perforated plate has been completed and commissioned for scientific observations. Also VLBI fringes between the Nobeyama 45-m telescope with the dual-band observation system and the VERA 20-m telescopes at 22 and 43 GHz was detected successfully.