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cso:history:history [2012-10-11 21:45]
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 +====== History ======
  
 +Many students and postdocs were trained at the CSO.
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 +  * [[students]]
 +  * [[postdocs]]
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 +The CSO has been a pioneer in the development of submillimeter astronomy since the 1980s. ​
 + 
 +  *[[http://​www.cso.caltech.edu/​cso_history/​CSO-Tom.pdf|The Caltech Submillimeter Observatory]],​ Thomas Phillips
 +  *[[http://​www.cso.caltech.edu/​cso_history/​CSO_History|A Brief History of CSO]], Walter Steiger, 2009 January
 +  *[[http://​www.cso.caltech.edu/​cso_history/​CSO_HeterodyneRx_History.pdf|Heterodyne Receiver Development at the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory]],​ Jacob Kooi, 2009
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 +
 +=== Robert B. Leighton ===
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 +The Leighton telescope at the CSO is named after Robert B. Leighton, who designed it.
 +  * [[wp>​Robert_B._Leighton_(physicist)|Robert B. Leighton]] (Wikipedia)
 +  * [[leighton-bio]] (Charles Peck, 1997 March)
 +  * [[http://​media.caltech.edu/​press_releases/​11782|Renowned Physicist Robert B. Leighton Dies]] (Caltech, 1997 March 10)
 +  * [[http://​www.nytimes.com/​1997/​03/​14/​us/​robert-leighton-77-physicist-involved-in-space-exploration.html?​scp=1&​sq=leighton&​st=nyt|Robert Leighton, 77, Physicist Involved in Space Exploration]] (New York Times, 1997 March 14)
 +  * [[http://​dx.doi.org/​10.1063/​1.881893|Robert Benjamin Leighton]] (Charles Peck, Gerry Neugebauer, and Rochus Vogt, Physics Today, 1997 September)
 +  * [[http://​physics.usc.edu/​solar/​history.html#​OSCILATE|Helioseismology]]
 +  * [[http://​www.oac.cdlib.org/​findaid/​ark:/​13030/​kt4z09p5zv|Guide to the Papers of Robert B. Leighton, 1938-1988]] ​
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 +=== Gimbel building ===
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 +In Hilo, the CSO offices are located in the Georgina and William Gimbel Building.
 +  * [[http://​www.caltech.edu/​content/​new-gimbel-building-caltech-submillimeter-observatory-receive-groundblessing-and|New Gimbel Building at Caltech Submillimeter Observatory to Receive Groundblessing and Groundbreaking]] 1995-06-05
 +  * [[http://​www.cso.caltech.edu/​cso_history/​CALTECH%20BASE%20FACILITY.pdf|The story of the CSO base facility in Hilo]], Walter Steiger, 2008
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