English
Related papers

Related papers: ALMA service data analysis and level 2 quality ass…

200 papers

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

This document was created by the Solar Simulations for the Atacama Large Millimeter Observatory Network (SSALMON) in preparation of the first regular observations of the Sun with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA),…

ALMA provides the necessary spatial, temporal and spectral resolution to explore central questions in contemporary solar physics with potentially far-reaching implications for stellar atmospheres and plasma physics. It can uniquely…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-02-24 Sven Wedemeyer , Tim Bastian , Roman Brajsa , Miroslav Barta , Masumi Shimojo , Antonio Hales , Pavel Yagoubov , Hugh Hudson

High-dimensional astronomical data cubes provide a wealth of spectral and structural information that can be used to study astrophysical and chemical processes. The complexity and sheer size of these datasets pose significant challenges in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-18 Haley N. Scolati , Ryan A. Loomis , Anthony J. Remijan , Kin Long Kelvin Lee

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is currently revolutionizing observational astrophysics. The aperture synthesis technique provides angular resolution otherwise unachievable with the conventional single-aperture…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-06 Łukasz Tychoniec , Fabrizia Guglielmetti , Philipp Arras , Torsten Enßlin , Eric Villard

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 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

We report major performance test results of the Atacama Compact Array (ACA) 7-m and 12-m antennas of ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array). The four major performances of the ACA antennas are all-sky pointing (to be not more…

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

The present document outlines a roadmap for future developments that will significantly expand ALMA's capabilities and enable it to produce even more exciting science in the coming decades. The proposed developments are motivated by the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-11 J. Carpenter , D. Iono , L. Testi , N. Whyborn , A. Wootten , N. Evans

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 digital revolution is transforming astronomy from a data-starved to a data-submerged science. Instruments such as the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA), the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), and the Square Kilometer Array…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-09-25 Melvyn Wright

The Atacama Large millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) obtains spatial resolutions of 15 to 5 milli-arcsecond (mas) at 275-950GHz (0.87-0.32mm) with 16km baselines. Calibration at higher-frequencies is challenging as ALMA sensitivity and…

Thanks to deep optical to near-IR imaging and spectroscopy, significant progress is made in characterizing the rest-frame UV to optical properties of galaxies in the early universe (z > 4). Surveys with Hubble, Spitzer, and ground-based…

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…

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

We present a long-term overview of the atmospheric phase stability at the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) site, using >5 years of data, that acts as the successor to the studies summarized two decades ago by Evans et al…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-18 Luke T. Maud , Andrés F. Pérez-Sánchez , Yoshiharu Asaki , Felix Stoehr , Bill Dent , María Díaz Trigo

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

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 Large Latin American Millimeter Array (LLAMA for short) is a joint scientific and technological undertaking of Argentina and Brazil whose goal is to install and to operate an observing facility capable of performing observations of the…