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The importance of the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) to the study of high-redshift dusty gas-rich galaxies is described. ALMA will have dramatically greater sensitivity and angular resolution than existing millimetre(mm) and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Andrew W. Blain

In this work we use solar observations with the ALMA radio telescope at the wavelength of 1.21 mm. The aim of the analysis is to improve understanding of the solar chromosphere, a dynamic layer in the solar atmosphere between the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-19 R. Brajša , D. Sudar , I. Skokic , A. O. Benz , M. Kuhar , A. Kobelski , S. Wedemeyer , S. M. White , H. -G. Ludwig , M. Temmer , S. H. Saar , C. L. Selhorst

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array offers an unprecedented view of our Sun at sub-/millimeter wavelengths. The high spatial, temporal, and spectral resolution facilitates the measurement of gas temperatures and magnetic fields…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-02-18 Sven Wedemeyer , Asbjorn Parmer

ALMA will become fully operational in a few years and open a new window on primordial galaxies. The mm and submm domain is privileged, since the peak of dust emission between 60 and 100 microns is redshifted there for z= 5-10, and the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 F. Combes

Spectroscopic observations of the far-infrared [O III] and [C II] lines present a pathway to explore the mechanisms of the emergence of massive galaxies in the epoch of reionization and beyond, which is one of the most fundamental questions…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-13 Haoran Kang , Takafumi Kojima , Takeshi Sakai , Yoichi Tamura , Airi Tetsuka , Sho Masui , Tatsuya Takekoshi

The eSMA ("extended SMA") combines the SMA, JCMT and CSO into a single facility, providing enhanced sensitivity and spatial resolution owing to the increased collecting area at the longest baselines. Until ALMA early science observing…

The Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA) is one of the largest and most complicated observatories ever built. Constructing and operating an observatory at high altitude (5000m) in a cost effective and safe manner, with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Paola Andreani , Martin Zwaan

The Atacama Large Millimeter Array, or ALMA, is an international telescope project which will be built over the coming decade in Northern Chile. With over 7000 m^2 of collecting area comprised of 64 12m antennas arrayed over baselines up to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Alwyn Wootten

Aims. The main aim of the present analysis is to decipher (i) the small-scale bright features in solar images of the quiet Sun and active regions obtained with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and (ii) the ALMA…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-07 R. Brajsa , I. Skokic , D. Sudar , A. O. Benz , S. Krucker , H. -G. Ludwig , S. H. Saar , C. L. Selhorst

ALMA will open a new chapter in the study of the Sun by providing a leap in spatial resolution and sensitivity compared to currently available mm wave- length observations. In preparation of ALMA, we have carried out a large number of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-15 Maria Loukitcheva , Sami K. Solanki , Stephen M. White , Mats Carlsson

As the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) nears completion, 73 dual-polarization receivers have been delivered for each of Bands 3 (84-116 GHz) and 6 (211-275 GHz). The receivers use sideband-separating superconducting…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-16 Anthony R. Kerr , Shing-Kuo Pan , Stéphane M. X. Claude , Philip Dindo , Arthur W. Lichtenberger , Eugene F. Lauria

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is an international radio telescope under construction in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. ALMA is situated on a dry site at 5000 m elevation, allowing excellent atmospheric…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Alwyn Wootten , A. Richard Thompson

The precise mechanisms that provide the non-radiative energy for heating the chromosphere and the corona of the Sun and those of other stars constitute an active field of research. By studying stellar chromospheres one aims at identifying…

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) will be a valuable tool for observing the chromosphere of our Sun at (sub-)millimeter wavelengths at high spatial, temporal and spectral resolution and as such has great potential to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-02-24 Sven Wedemeyer , Tim Bastian , Roman Brajsa , Miroslav Barta , Masumi Shimojo

The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) consists of 64 antennas of 12m diameter that will initially observe in 4 frequency bands between 84 and 720 GHz with spatial resolutions down to 0.01" and velocity resolutions as fine as 0.05 km/s.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Carlos De Breuck

Two transformation-optics inspired flat lenses are used to build up an optical system capable to transpose an area surrounding the object focal point in a magnified area surrounding the image focal point. The object and image focal points…

Optics · Physics 2018-08-10 Mircea Giloan , Robert Gutt

The Atacama Large Millimeter-Submillimeter Array (ALMA) has opened a new window for studying the Sun via high-resolution high-sensitivity imaging at millimeter wavelengths. In this contribution I review the capabilities of the instrument…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-13 Maria Loukitcheva

Electromagnetic absorbers have drawn increasing attention in many areas. A series of plasmonic and metamaterial structures can work as efficient narrow band absorbers due to the excitation of plasmonic or photonic resonances, providing a…

ALMA will revolutionize the study of star formation by providing a combination of angular resolution and sensitivity that far exceeds that of present instruments. I will focus on studies of relatively isolated cores that are forming…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Neal J. Evans

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is an international radio telescope under construction in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. ALMA will be situated on a high-altitude site at 5000 m elevation which provides…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-11 A. J. Beasley , R. Murowinski , M. Tarenghi