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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

Metamaterials have great potential to construct ultrathin, miniaturized, and cost-effective microwave and optical devices for future wireless communication systems. Here, a dual-band meta-absorber comprising four arrows-shaped unit cells is…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-03-01 Amjad Nadeem

The sub-mm sky is a unique window for probing the architecture of the Universe and structures within it. From the discovery of dusty sub-mm galaxies, to the ringed nature of protostellar disks, our understanding of the formation,…

A Radio interferometer comprises several antennas, spared over a large area. Say ALMA(Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array), VLA(very large array), VLBA(Very Long Baseline Array), GMRT(Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope), MWA(…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-09 Akash Kulkarni

Up to now, the completion of an ALMA interferometric observation is determined based on the achievement of a given shape and size of the synthesized beam and the noise RMS in the representative spectral range. This approach with respect to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-17 Dirk Petry , María Díaz Trigo , Rüdiger Kneissl , Ignacio Toledo , Stefano Facchini

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

We present new Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) observations towards NGC 4725 B, a discrete, compact, optically-faint region within the star-forming disk of the nearby galaxy NGC 4725 that exhibits strong anomalous microwave emission…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-12-23 E. J. Murphy , B. S. Hensley , S. T. Linden , B. T. Draine , D. Dong , E. Momjian , G. Helou , A. S. Evans

The purpose of this report is to document the noise performance of a complex beamforming array antenna system and to characterize the recently developed noise measurement facility called THACO, which was developed at ASTRON. The receiver…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-10-14 M. V. Ivashina , E. E. M. Woestenburg , L. Bakker , R. H. Witvers

A flexible meander line monopole antenna (MMA) is presented in this paper. The antenna can be worn for on-and off-body applications. The overall dimension of the MMA is 37 mm x 50 mm x2.37 mm3. The MMA was manufactured and measured, and the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-11 Shahid M Ali , Cheab Sovuthy , Sima Noghanian , Qammer H. Abbasi , Tatjana Asenova , Peter Derleth , Alex Casson , Tughrul Arslan , Amir Hussain

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is a powerful tool for high-resolution mapping of comets, but the main interferometer (comprised of 50x12-m antennas) is insensitive to the largest coma scales due to a lack of very…

The utilization of millimeter wave frequency bands is expected to become prevalent in the following communication systems. However, generating and transmitting communication signals over these frequencies is not as straightforward as in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-06 M. Yaser Yağan , Ibrahim Hökelek , Ali E. Pusane , Ali Görçin

In this paper, we present a numerical electromagnetic model of a focal plane array in combination with a multi-channel receiver. Initial experimental validation results are shown that confirm the expected predictions from the model.

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-16 O. Iupikov

We present four daytime thermal images of Europa taken with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array. Together, these images comprise the first spatially resolved thermal dataset with complete coverage of Europa's surface. The resulting…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-31 Samantha K. Trumbo , Michael E. Brown , Bryan J. Butler

We report the results of the Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array (ALMA) observations of the solar chromosphere on the southern polar limb. Coordinated observations with the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) are also…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-22 Takaaki Yokoyama , Masumi Shimojo , Takenori J. Okamoto , Haruhisa Iijima

Due to the importance of a reference atmospheric radiative transfer model for both planning and calibrating ground-based observations at millimetre and submillimetre wavelengths, we have undertaken a validation campaign consisting of…

Leveraging the high resolution, high sensitivity, and wide frequency coverage of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), the QUARKS survey, standing for "Querying Underlying mechanisms of massive star formation with…

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

The interaction between radio-jets and quasar host galaxies plays a paramount role in quasar/galaxy co-evolution. However, very little has been known so far about this interaction at very high-z. Here, we present new Atacama Large…

The interstellar medium feeds both the formation of stars and the growth of black holes, making it a key ingredient in the evolution of galaxies. With the advent of the Atacama Large Millimeter/ submillimeter Array (ALMA), we can now probe…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-05-26 Gabriela Calistro-Rivera , Jacqueline Hodge

We have carried out high resolution observations with Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) of continuum emission from Orion KL region. We identify 11 compact sources at ALMA band 6 (245 GHz) and band 7 (339 GHz), including…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Tomoya Hirota , Mi Kyoung Kim , Yasutaka Kurono , Mareki Honma