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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…

Various solar features can be seen on maps of the Sun in the mm and sub-mm wavelength range. The recently installed Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is capable of observing the Sun in that wavelength range with an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-30 R. Brajša , D. Sudar , A. O. Benz , I. Skokić , M. Bárta , B. De Pontieu , S. Kim , A. Kobelski , M. Kuhar , M. Shimojo , S. Wedemeyer , S. White , P. Yagoubov , Y. Yan

We report new Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (JVLA), 0$"$.5 angular resolution observations of linearly polarized continuum emission at 6.9 mm, towards the Class 0 young stellar object (YSO) NGC1333 IRAS4A. This target source is a…

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), an international partnership of Europe, North America and East Asia in cooperation with the Republic of Chile, is the largest astronomical project in existence. While ALMA's…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-04-29 Felix Stoehr , Mark Lacy , Stéphane Leon , Erik Muller , Alisdair Manning , Christophe Moins , Dustin Jenkins

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation observatory for very high energy gamma rays. The capability of the array to detect gamma-rays above 10 TeV is going to be achieved with a large number of Small Size Telescopes…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Anna Barnacka , Leszek Bogacz , Mira Grudzińska , Adam Frankowski , Mateusz Janiak , Piotr Lubiński , Rafał Moderski

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

The Solar Simulations for the Atacama Large Millimeter Observatory Network (SSALMON) was initiated in 2014 in connection with two ALMA development studies. The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is a powerful new tool,…

We describe the processing of the PHANGS-ALMA survey and present the PHANGS-ALMA pipeline, a public software package that processes calibrated interferometric and total power data into science-ready data products. PHANGS-ALMA is a large,…

As the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) approaches operational status, its complex digital architecture introduces new instrumental challenges. To explore relevant observational and data processing strategies, we have upgraded the 21CMA…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-07 Jun-Hua Gu , Quan Guo , Liang Dong , Yu-Kai Zhou , Kuan-Jun Li , Yan Huang , Jing-Ying Wang , Wei-Wei Zhu , You-Ling Yue , Rui Cao , Guo-Liang Peng , Xiao-Hui Tao , Li-Hui Jiang , Ya-Jun Wu

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is planned to be the next generation ground based observatory for very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray astronomy. Gamma-rays provide a powerful insight into the non-thermal universe and hopefully a unique…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-28 Ciro Bigongiari

We present high-resolution observations made with the Very Large Array (VLA) in its A configuration at frequencies between 5 and 43 GHz of a sample of five massive young stellar objects (YSOs): LkHa101, NGC2024-IRS2, S106-IR, W75N and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. G. Gibb , M. G. Hoare

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 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 extremely high sensitivity and resolution of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will be useful for addressing a wide set of themes relevant for cosmology, in synergy with current and future cosmic microwave background (CMB) projects. Many…

The current generation of radio and millimeter telescopes, particularly the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA), offers enormous advances in observing capabilities. While these advances represent an unprecedented opportunity to facilitate…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-26 Paul Rosen , Anil Seth , Betsy Mills , Adam Ginsburg , Julia Kamenetzky , Jeff Kern , Chris R. Johnson , Bei Wang

Understanding the temperature structure of protoplanetary disks is crucial for answering the fundamental question of when and where in the disks rocky planets like our own form. However, the thermal structure of the inner few au of the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-28 Satoshi Okuzumi , Munetake Momose , Akimasa Kataoka

Gamma-rays provide a powerful insight into the non-thermal universe and perhaps a unique probe for new physics beyond the standard model. Current experiments are already giving results in the physics of acceleration of cosmic rays in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Michele Doro

We discuss possibilities and improvements which could be obtained, if a phased array with a large number (N=50-100) of sub-millimeter antennas - like the planned large southern array (the former LSA, now ALMA) is used for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Thomas P. Krichbaum

Observing nearby galaxies would facilitate the search for artificial radio signals by sampling many billions of stars simultaneously, but few efforts have been made to exploit this opportunity. An added attraction is that the Milky Way is…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-09 Robert H. Gray , Kunal P. Mooley

ALMA will revolutionize our understanding of star formation within our galaxy, but before we can use ALMA we need to know where to look. The Millimeter Astronomy Legacy Team 90 GHz (MALT90) Survey is a large international project to map the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-03-14 Jonathan B. Foster , Jill M. Rathborne , James M. Jackson , Steve N. Longmore , Scott Whitaker , Sadia Hoq