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The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) combines large collecting area and location on a high dry site to provide it with unparalleled potential for sensitive millimeter/submillimeter spectral line observations. Its wide…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Alwyn Wootten

Among the numerous known extrasolar planets, only a handful have been imaged directly so far, at large orbital radii and in rather evolved systems. The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) will have the capacity to observe…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Jean-François Gonzalez , Christophe Pinte , Sarah T. Maddison , François Ménard

Observations of the Sun at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths offer a unique probe into the structure, dynamics, and heating of the chromosphere; the structure of sunspots; the formation and eruption of prominences and filaments; and…

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) offers new diagnostic capabilities for studying the Sun, providing complementary insights through high spatial and temporal resolution at millimeter wavelengths. ALMA acts as a linear…

Characterizing the variability of the extragalactic sources used for calibration in the Atacama Large Millimeter/Sub-millimeter Array (ALMA) is key to assess the flux scale uncertainty of science observations. To this end, we model the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-12 A. E. Guzmán , C. Verdugo , H. Nagai , Y. Contreras , G. Marinello , R. Kneissl , K. Nakanishi , J. Ueda

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

Modern interferometric imaging relies on advanced calibration that incorporates direction-dependent effects. Their increasing number of antennas (e.g. in LOFAR, VLA, MeerKAT/SKA) and sensitivity are often tempered with the accuracy of their…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-20 K. Iheanetu , J. N. Girard , O. Smirnov , K. M. B. Asad , M. de Villiers , K. Thorat , S. Makhathini , R. A. Perley

The Atacama Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) Phasing Project (APP) has developed and deployed the hardware and software necessary to coherently sum the signals of individual ALMA antennas and record the aggregate sum in Very Long…

(abridged) The Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST) is undergoing a design study for a large (50 meter) single-dish submm-wavelength Ritchey-Chr\'etien telescope to be located 5050 meters above sea level in the Atacama…

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

The rich information on (sub)millimeter dust continuum emission from distant galaxies in the public Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) archive is contained in thousands of inhomogeneous observations from individual PI-led…

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

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

In a radio interferometer, the determination of geometrical antenna positions relies on accurate calibration of the dry and wet delay of the atmosphere above each antenna. For the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA), which…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-14 Todd R. Hunter , Robert Lucas , Dominique Broguiere , Ed B. Fomalont , William R. F. Dent , Neil Phillips , David Rabanus , Catherine Vlahakis

Millimeter/submillimeter variability is often attributed to dynamical disk-mediated accretion, yet detection is limited to low-mass protostars in nearby clouds. Recent observations have also revealed significant (sub)millimeter variability…

Aims. The main aim of the present analysis is to decipher (i) the small-scale bright features in solar images of the quiet Sun and active regions obtained with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and (ii) the ALMA…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-07 R. Brajsa , I. Skokic , D. Sudar , A. O. Benz , S. Krucker , H. -G. Ludwig , S. H. Saar , C. L. Selhorst

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) will be a valuable tool for observing the chromosphere of our Sun at (sub-)millimeter wavelengths at high spatial, temporal and spectral resolution and as such has great potential to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-02-24 Sven Wedemeyer , Tim Bastian , Roman Brajsa , Miroslav Barta , Masumi Shimojo

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…

The central challenge in 21~cm cosmology is isolating the cosmological signal from bright foregrounds. Many separation techniques rely on the accurate knowledge of the sky and the instrumental response, including the antenna primary beam.…

Galaxy morphology is shaped by stellar activity, feedback, gas and dust properties, and interactions with surroundings, and can therefore provide insight into these processes. In this paper, we study the spatial offsets between stellar and…