Holmdel Horn Antenna

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The Holmdel Horn Antenna is a large, horn-shaped radio telescope in New Jersey famous for its role in the discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation, providing key evidence for the Big Bang theory.

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Holmdel Horn Antenna canonical 3

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instanceOf horn antenna ⓘ
radio telescope ⓘ
scientific instrument ⓘ
associatedWith Arno Penzias ⓘ
Robert Wilson ⓘ
builtFor Echo satellite communication experiments ⓘ
category microwave antenna ⓘ
observational cosmology facility ⓘ
constructedFor Bell Telephone Laboratories ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
design horn-shaped antenna ⓘ
discovery excess microwave background noise later identified as cosmic microwave background radiation ⓘ
documentedIn Astrophysical Journal papers by Penzias and Wilson ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
evidenceFor hot Big Bang model ⓘ
linked to: Big Bang cosmology
famousFor role in discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation ⓘ
fieldOfUse astrophysics ⓘ
telecommunications engineering ⓘ
hasCoordinateSystem Earth-based alt-azimuth ⓘ
heritageDesignation IEEE Milestone ⓘ
National Historic Landmark ⓘ
influenced acceptance of Big Bang cosmology ⓘ
locatedIn Bell Labs Holmdel Complex ⓘ
location Holmdel Township, New Jersey ⓘ
material metal ⓘ
mountType alt-azimuth mount ⓘ
nationalHistoricLandmarkDesignationYear 1989 ⓘ
near Holmdel, New Jersey ⓘ
notableEvent detection of isotropic microwave background signal ⓘ
operator Bell Telephone Laboratories ⓘ
ownedBy Nokia (successor to Bell Labs, via Alcatel-Lucent) ⓘ
linked to: Nokia
partOf history of cosmology ⓘ
history of radio astronomy ⓘ
pointingCapability steerable ⓘ
recognizedBy Nobel Prize in Physics 1978 (awarded to Penzias and Wilson) ⓘ
relatedTo Big Bang theory ⓘ
linked to: Big Bang

cosmic microwave background radiation ⓘ
shape flaring horn ⓘ
significance provided key evidence for the Big Bang theory ⓘ
status preserved historical instrument ⓘ
usedFor measurement of cosmic microwave background radiation ⓘ
microwave communication research ⓘ
radio astronomy ⓘ
usedIn cosmology research ⓘ
radio communication experiments ⓘ
wavelength microwave ⓘ
yearOfKeyDiscovery 1964 ⓘ

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Arno Penzias → instrumentUsed → Holmdel Horn Antenna ⓘ
Robert Woodrow Wilson → usedInstrument → Holmdel Horn Antenna ⓘ