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The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter (ALMA) Array Front End (FE) system is the first element in a complex chain of signal receiving, conversion, processing and recording. 70 Front Ends will be required for the project. The Front End…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-09-02 Geoffrey A. Ediss , Joshua Crabtree , Kirk Crady , Erik Gaines , Morgan McLeod , Greg Morris , Rick Williams , Antonio Perfetto , John Webber

The Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA) is currently in the process of transforming our view of star-forming galaxies in the distant ($z\gtrsim1$) universe. Before ALMA, most of what we knew about dust-obscured star…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-01-18 Jacqueline A. Hodge , Elisabete da Cunha

We present Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations of a quiet-Sun region at a wavelength of 3 mm, obtained during the first solar ALMA cycle on April 27, 2017, and compare them with available chromospheric…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-05 Maria A. Loukitcheva , Stephen M. White , Sami K. Solanki

The Atacama Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) Phasing Project (APP) has developed and deployed the hardware and software necessary to coherently sum the signals of individual ALMA antennas and record the aggregate sum in Very Long…

Over the last 15 years, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has revolutionized astrophysics by providing unprecedented resolution and sensitivity in observing the cold universe, including the formation of stars, planets,…

After eight observing Cycles, the Atacama Large Millimeter-submillimeter Array (ALMA) is capable of observing in eight different bands (covering a frequency range from 84 to 950 GHz), with 66 antennas and two correlators. For the current…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-12 Jorge F. García Yus , Bill Dent , Drew Brisbin , Chin-Shin Chang , Laura Gómez , Theodoros Nakos

The development of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) phasing system (APS) has allowed ALMA to function as an extraordinarily sensitive station for very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) at frequencies of up to 230…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-15 G. B. Crew , C. Goddi , L. D. Matthews , H. Rottmann , A. Saez , I. Marti-Vidal

A major goal of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is to make accurate images with resolutions of tens of milliarcseconds, which at submillimeter (submm) wavelengths requires baselines up to ~15 km. To develop and test…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-30 ALMA Partnership , E. B. Fomalont , C. Vlahakis , S. Corder , A. Remijan , D. Barkats , R. Lucas , T. R. Hunter , C. L. Brogan , Y. Asaki , S. Matsushita , W. R. F. Dent , R. E. Hills , N. Phillips , A. M. S. Richards , P. Cox , R. Amestica , D. Broguiere , W. Cotton , A. S. Hales , R. Hiriart , A. Hirota , J. A. Hodge , C. M. V. Impellizzeri , J. Kern , R. Kneissl , E. Liuzzo , N. Marcelino , R. Marson , A. Mignano , K. Nakanishi , B. Nikolic , J. E. Perez , L. M. Pérez , I. Toledo , R. Aladro , B. Butler , J. Cortes , P. Cortes , V. Dhawan , J. Di Francesco , D. Espada , F. Galarza , D. Garcia-Appadoo , L. Guzman-Ramirez , E. M. Humphreys , T. Jung , S. Kameno , R. A. Laing , S. Leon , J. Mangum , G. Marconi , H. Nagai , L. -A. Nyman , M. Radiszcz , J. A. Rodón , T. Sawada , S. Takahashi , R. P. J. Tilanus , T. van Kempen , B. Vila Vilaro , L. C. Watson , T. Wiklind , F. Gueth , K. Tatematsu , A. Wootten , A. Castro-Carrizo , E. Chapillon , G. Dumas , I. de Gregorio-Monsalvo , H. Francke , J. Gallardo , J. Garcia , S. Gonzalez , J. E. Hibbard , T. Hill , T. Kaminski , A. Karim , M. Krips , Y. Kurono , C. Lopez , S. Martin , L. Maud , F. Morales , V. Pietu , K. Plarre , G. Schieven , L. Testi , L. Videla , E. Villard , N. Whyborn , M. A. Zwaan , F. Alves , P. Andreani , A. Avison , M. Barta , F. Bedosti , G. J. Bendo , F. Bertoldi , M. Bethermin , A. Biggs , J. Boissier , J. Brand , S. Burkutean , V. Casasola , J. Conway , L. Cortese , B. Dabrowski , T. A. Davis , M. Diaz Trigo , F. Fontani , R. Franco-Hernandez , G. Fuller , R. Galvan Madrid , A. Giannetti , A. Ginsburg , S. F. Graves , E. Hatziminaoglou , M. Hogerheijde , P. Jachym , I. Jimenez Serra , M. Karlicky , P. Klaasen , M. Kraus , D. Kunneriath , C. Lagos , S. Longmore , S. Leurini , M. Maercker , B. Magnelli , I. Marti Vidal , M. Massardi , A. Maury , S. Muehle , S. Muller , T. Muxlow , E. O'Gorman , R. Paladino , D. Petry , J. Pineda , S. Randall , J. S. Richer , A. Rossetti , A. Rushton , K. Rygl , A. Sanchez Monge , R. Schaaf , P. Schilke , T. Stanke , M. Schmalzl , F. Stoehr , S. Urban , E. van Kampen , W. Vlemmings , K. Wang , W. Wild , Y. Yang , S. Iguchi , T. Hasegawa , M. Saito , J. Inatani , N. Mizuno , S. Asayama , G. Kosugi , K. -I. Morita , K. Chiba , S. Kawashima , S. K. Okumura , N. Ohashi , R. Ogasawara , S. Sakamoto , T. Noguchi , Y. -D. Huang , S. -Y. Liu , F. Kemper , P. M. Koch , M. -T. Chen , Y. Chikada , M. Hiramatsu , D. Iono , M. Shimojo , S. Komugi , J. Kim , A. -R. Lyo , E. Muller , C. Herrera , R. E. Miura , J. Ueda , J. Chibueze , Y. -N. Su , A. Trejo-Cruz , K. -S. Wang , H. Kiuchi , N. Ukita , M. Sugimoto , R. Kawabe , M. Hayashi , S. Miyama , P. T. P. Ho , N. Kaifu , M. Ishiguro , A. J. Beasley , S. Bhatnagar , J. A. Braatz , D. G. Brisbin , N. Brunetti , C. Carilli , J. H. Crossley , L. D'Addario , J. L. Donovan Meyer , D. T. Emerson , A. S. Evans , P. Fisher , K. Golap , D. M. Griffith , A. E. Hale , D. Halstead , E. J. Hardy , M. C. Hatz , M. Holdaway , R. Indebetouw , P. R. Jewell , A. A. Kepley , D. -C. Kim , M. D. Lacy , A. K. Leroy , H. S. Liszt , C. J. Lonsdale , B. Matthews , M. McKinnon , B. S. Mason , G. Moellenbrock , A. Moullet , S. T. Myers , J. Ott , A. B. Peck , J. Pisano , S. J. E. Radford , W. T. Randolph , U. Rao Venkata , M. G. Rawlings , R. Rosen , S. L. Schnee , K. S. Scott , N. K. Sharp , K. Sheth , R. S. Simon , T. Tsutsumi , S. J. Wood

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array remains the largest mm radio interferometer observatory world-wide. It is now conducting its 11th observing cycle. In our previous paper presented at this conference series in 2020, we…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-09 Dirk Petry , María Díaz Trigo , Rüdiger Kneissl , Ignacio Toledo , Atsushi Miyazaki , Toshinobu Takagi , Ashley Barnes , Francesca Bonanomi

ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) is the world's largest ground-based facility for observations in the millimeter/submillimeter regime. One of ALMA's outstanding characteristics is the large effort dedicated to the quality…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-12 Theodoros Nakos , Harold Francke , Kouichiro Nakanishi , Dirk Petry , Thomas Stanke , Catarina Ubach , Luciano Cerrigone , Erica Keller , Alfonso Trejo , Junko Ueda

The specifications of the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) have placed stringent requirements on the mechanical performance of its antennas. As part of the evaluation process of the VertexRSI and Alcatel EIE Consortium (AEC) ALMA…

Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-20 A. Greve , J. G. Mangum

The Atacama Large Aperture Submm Telescope (AtLAST) is a concept for a novel 50-meter class single-dish telescope operating at sub-millimeter and millimeter wavelengths (30-950 GHz). The telescope will provide an unprecedentedly wide field…

(abridged) The Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST) project aims to build a 50-m-class submm telescope with $>1^\circ$ field of view, high in the Atacama Desert, providing fast and detailed mapping of the mm/submm sky. It…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-09 Christopher Groppi , Andrey Baryshev , Urs Graf , Martina Wiedner , Pamela Klaassen , Tony Mroczkowski

The Atacama Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) remains unparalleled in sensitivity at radio frequencies above 35 GHz. In this paper, we explore ALMA's potential for narrowband technosignature detection, considering factors such as the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-02 Louisa A Mason , Michael A Garrett , Kelvin Wandia , Andrew P V Siemion

By direct measurements of the gas temperature, the Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array (ALMA) has yielded a new diagnostic tool to study the solar chromosphere. Here we present an overview of the brightness-temperature…

The unprecedented sensitivity of the Atacama Large millimeter/submillimeter array (ALMA) is providing many new discoveries. Several of these are serendipitous to the original goal of the observations. We report the discovery of previously…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-21 W. Vlemmings , S. Ramstedt , M. Maercker , B. Davidsson

The rich information on (sub)millimeter dust continuum emission from distant galaxies in the public Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) archive is contained in thousands of inhomogeneous observations from individual PI-led…

The interstellar medium feeds both the formation of stars and the growth of black holes, making it a key ingredient in the evolution of galaxies. With the advent of the Atacama Large Millimeter/ submillimeter Array (ALMA), we can now probe…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-05-26 Gabriela Calistro-Rivera , Jacqueline Hodge

Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) is promising to be a powerful tool for precision astrometry of the area around Sagittarius A$^\ast$ (Sgr A$^\ast$) because it has the high angular resolution, high sensitivity, and wide…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-06-08 Masato Tsuboi , Takahiro Tsutsumi , Atsushi Miyazaki , Ryosuke Miyawaki , Makoto Miyoshi