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With the ability to see into optically obscured regions with more than an order of magnitude better sensitivity and spatial resolution relative to current (sub)mm telescopes, ALMA will provide a unique look into the physics of galaxy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. L. Carilli

The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) will consist of up to 64 state-of-the-art sub-mm telescopes, subject to stringent performance specifications which will push the boundaries of the technology, and makes testing of antenna…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 R. C. Snel , J. G. Mangum , J. W. M. Baars

We present imaging simulations of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect of galaxy clusters for the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) including the Atacama Compact Array (ACA). In its most compact configuration at 90GHz, ALMA will…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 K. Yamada , T. Kitayama , S. Takakuwa , D. Iono , T. Tsutsumi , K. Kohno , M. Takizawa , K. Yoshikawa , T. Akahori , E. Komatsu , Y. Suto , H. Matsuo , R. Kawabe

A diverse array of science goals require accurate flux calibration of observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter array (ALMA), however, this goal remains challenging due to the stochastic time-variability of the ``grid''…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-25 Logan Francis , Doug Johnstone , Gregory Herczeg , Todd R. Hunter , Daniel Harsono

While the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is a uniquely powerful telescope, its impact in certain fields of astrophysics has been limited by observatory policies rather than the telescope's innate technical capabilities.…

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 large-scale mass distributions of galaxy-scale strong lenses have long been assumed to be well-described by a singular ellipsoidal power-law density profile with external shear. However, the inflexibility of this model could lead to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-08-14 H. R. Stacey , D. M. Powell , S. Vegetti , J. P. McKean , C. D. Fassnacht , D. Wen , C. M. O'Riordan

The Atacama Large millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA) makes use of water vapour radiometers (WVR), which monitor the atmospheric water vapour line at 183 GHz along the line of sight above each antenna to correct for phase delays…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-20 L. T. Maud , R. P. J. Tilanus , T. A. van Kempen , M. R. Hogerheijde , M. Schmalzl , I. Yoon , Y. Contreras , M. C. Toribio , Y. Asaki , W. R. F. Dent , E. Fomalont , S. Matsushita

Wide, deep, blind continuum surveys at submillimetre/millimetre (submm/mm) wavelengths are required to provide a full inventory of the dusty, distant Universe. However, conducting such surveys to the necessary depth, with sub-arcsec angular…

The aim of this study is to demonstrate how the logarithmic millimeter continuum gradient observed using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) may be used to estimate optical thickness in the solar atmosphere. We discuss…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-01 Andrew S. Rodger , Nicolas Labrosse , Sven Wedemeyer , Mikolaj Szydlarski , Paulo J. A. Simões , Lyndsay Fletcher

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

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

The advent of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has enabled a new era for studies of the formation and assembly of distant galaxies. Cosmological deep field surveys with ALMA and other interferometers have flourished…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-06-10 Manuel Aravena

We present a proposal for the construction and development of a new instrument for radio astronomical observations based on interferometric techniques, that will provide high angular resolution in the 21 cm band, with the intention of…

In this proceeding, we summarize the key science goals and reference design for a next-generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) that is envisaged to operate in the 2030s. The ngVLA is an interferometric array with more than 10 times the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-22 Eric J. Murphy

High-frequency long-baseline experiments with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array were organized to test the high angular resolution imaging capabilities in the submillimeter wave regime using baselines up to 16 km. Four…

We used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), covering a nearly contiguous 289 GHz frequency range between 84.2 and 373.2 GHz, to image the continuum and spectral line emission at 1.6\arcsec ($\sim 28$ pc) resolution down…

Application of the most robust method of measuring black hole masses, spatially resolved kinematics of gas and stars, is presently limited to nearby galaxies. The Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array (ALMA) and thirty meter class…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-08-19 Yashar D. Hezaveh

ALMA is revolutionizing the way we study and understand the astrophysics of galaxies, both as a whole and individually. By exploiting its unique sensitivity and resolution to make spatially and spectrally resolved images of the gas and dust…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-03-12 Andrew W. Blain