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We have implemented control and data-taking software that makes it possible to scan the beams of individual ALMA antennas to perform quite complex patterns while recording the signals at high rates. We conducted test observations of the Sun…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-02-24 Neil Phillips , Richard Hills , Tim Bastian , Hugh Hudson , Ralph Marson , Sven Wedemeyer

The Atacama Large Millimeter-submillimeter Array (ALMA), sited on the high desert plains of Chajnantor in Chile, has opened a new window onto solar physics in 2016 by providing continuum observations at millimeter and sub-millimeter…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-07 Timothy Bastian , Masumi Shimojo , Miroslav Barta , Stephen White , Kazumasa Iwai

We use state-of-the-art, three-dimensional non-local thermodynamic equilibrium (non-LTE) radiative magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the quiet solar atmosphere to carry out detailed tests of chromospheric magnetic field diagnostics from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-26 Maria Loukitcheva , Stephen M. White , Sami K. Solanki , Gregory D. Fleishman , Mats Carlsson

Solar observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) provide us with direct measurements of the brightness temperature in the solar chromosphere. We study the temperature distributions obtained with ALMA Band 6…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-13 Shahin Jafarzadeh , Sven Wedemeyer , Mikolaj Szydlarski , Bart De Pontieu , Reza Rezaei , Mats Carlsson

Our aim is to test potential solar prominence plasma diagnostics as obtained with the new solar capability of the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA). We investigate the thermal and plasma diagnostic potential of ALMA for…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-13 Andrew S Rodger , Nicolas Labrosse

The Ca II H & K lines are strong chromospheric diagnostics that can be used to determine the temperature stratification and magnetic structure of the solar atmosphere. The Atacama Large Millimetre/Submillimetre Array (ALMA) offers…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-09 Sneha Pandit , Sven Wedemeyer , Mats Carlsson

High-resolution observations of the solar chromosphere at millimeter wavelengths are now possible with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA), promising to tackle many open problems in solar physics. Observations from other ground and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-12 João M. da Silva Santos , Jaime de la Cruz Rodríguez , Jorrit Leenaarts

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

Recent three-dimensional radiation hydrodynamic simulations by Wedemeyer et al. (2004) suggest that the solar chromosphere is highly structured in space and time on scales of only 1000 km and 20-25 sec, resp.. The resulting pattern consists…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Wedemeyer-Boehm , H. -G. Ludwig , M. Steffen , B. Freytag , H. Holweger

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

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),…

The intensity of radiation at millimeter wavelengths from the solar atmosphere is closely related to the plasma temperature and the height of formation of the radiation is wavelength dependent. From that follows that the slope of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-18 Henrik Eklund , Mikolaj Szydlarski , Sven Wedemeyer

The Atacama Large Millimeter-submillimeter Array (ALMA) radio telescope has commenced science observations of the Sun starting in late 2016. Since the Sun is much larger than the field of view of individual ALMA dishes, the ALMA…

The precise mechanisms that provide the non-radiative energy for heating the chromosphere and the corona of the Sun and other stars are at the focus of intense contemporary research. Observations at submm/mm wavelengths are particularly…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-19 R. Liseau , V. De la Luz , E. O'Gorman , E. Bertone , M. Chavez , F. Tapia

We present the first high-resolution, simultaneous observations of the solar chromosphere in the optical and millimeter wavelength ranges, obtained with ALMA and the IBIS instrument at the Dunn Solar Telescope. In this paper we concentrate…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-27 Momchil E. Molnar , Kevin P. Reardon , Yi Chai , Dale Gary , Han Uitenbroek , Gianna Cauzzi , Steven R. Cranmer

We present joint observations of the Sun by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS). The observations were made of a solar active region on 2015 December 18 as part of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-30 T. S. Bastian , G. Chintzoglou , B. De Pontieu , M. Shimojo , D. Schmit , J. Leenaarts , M. Loukitcheva

Solar observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array (ALMA) facilitate studying the atmosphere of the Sun at chromospheric heights at high spatial and temporal resolution at millimeter wavelengths. ALMA intensity data…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-23 Henrik Eklund , Sven Wedemeyer , Mikolaj Szydlarski , Shahin Jafarzadeh , Juan Camilo Guevara Gómez

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves, playing a crucial role in transporting energy through the solar atmosphere, manifest in various chromospheric structures. Here, we investigated MHD waves in a long-lasting dark fibril using…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-25 Maryam Saberi , Shahin Jafarzadeh , Sven Wedemeyer , Ricardo Gafeira , Mikolaj Szydlarski , David Jess , Marco Stangalini

We present the first high-resolution Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations of a sunspot at wavelengths of 1.3 mm and 3 mm, obtained during the solar ALMA Science Verification campaign in 2015, and compare them…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-29 Maria Loukitcheva , Kazumasa Iwai , Sami K. Solanki , Stephen M. White , Masumi Shimojo

Our understanding of the formation and evolution of planetary systems has made major advances in the past decade. This progress has been driven in large part by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), which has given us an…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-09 Katherine de Kleer , Michael E. Brown , Martin Cordiner , Richard Teague