Memos and Correspondence Series

This series covers the period 1969-2009, and is a chronological file of Thompson's internal and external correspondence. There is extensive correspondence on the planning for and development of the VLA, including hiring, hours, transportation, personnel policies, facilities management, early operations, development of electronics, antenna configuration, early telescope operations, procurement plans, and cost estimates. There is a similar set of correspondence on planning for and development of VLBA electronics, as well as correspondence on ALMA electronics. Extensive correspondence related to Thompson's work on radio frequency allocations and interference through CCIR, CORF, IUCAF, and the ITU is included; see also the Frequency Coordination Series below for further reports and correspondence on this topic. Other memos and correspondence topics include VLA support of the Voyager at Neptune project, Synthesis Imaging summer schools, IAU Symposium 97, and Thompson's publications and meeting talks. All correspondence related to editions of Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy is included with that series.

Papers of A. Richard Thompson

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