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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…

The importance of the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) to the study of high-redshift dusty gas-rich galaxies is described. ALMA will have dramatically greater sensitivity and angular resolution than existing millimetre(mm) and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Andrew W. Blain

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…

An international consortium is presently constructing a beamformer for the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile that will be available as a facility instrument. The beamformer will aggregate the entire collecting…

The Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA) is one of the largest and most complicated observatories ever built. Constructing and operating an observatory at high altitude (5000m) in a cost effective and safe manner, with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Paola Andreani , Martin Zwaan

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…

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

The success of an astronomical facility is measured by its scientific impact. A principal metric for this impact is the ensemble of peer-reviewed publications based on the observational data obtained by the facility. We present a…

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is the world's leading instrument for high-resolution imaging of the 0.3 to 10 mm wavelength sky. This interferometer exemplifies successful international collaboration even down to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-12 Tom Bakx , John Conway

The unprecedented sensitivity of the Atacama Large millimeter/submillimeter array (ALMA) is providing many new discoveries. Several of these are serendipitous to the original goal of the observations. We report the discovery of previously…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-21 W. Vlemmings , S. Ramstedt , M. Maercker , B. Davidsson

The Atacama Large Millimeter Array, or ALMA, is an international telescope project which will be built over the coming decade in Northern Chile. With over 7000 m^2 of collecting area comprised of 64 12m antennas arrayed over baselines up to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Alwyn Wootten

The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) has revolutionised the field of solar millimetre astronomy with its high angular resolution and cadence. However, with a limited field of view (FOV), targeted observations of highly dynamic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-10 Mats Kirkaune , Sven Wedemeyer , Joshiwa van Marrewijk , Tony Mroczkowski , Thomas W. Morris

The Herschel Satellite and the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) are two very large sub-mm and far infrared (FIR) astronomy projects that are expected to come into operation in this decade. This report contains descriptions of these…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. L. Wilson , D. Elbaz , eds

The Atacama Large mm and sub-mm Array (ALMA) radio observatory is one of the world's largest astronomical projects. After the very successful conclusion of the first observation cycles Early Science Cycles 0 and 1, the ALMA project can…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-17 Dirk Petry , Baltasar Vila-Vilaro , Eric Villard , Shinya Komugi , Scott Schnee

ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) is the world's largest ground-based facility for observations in the millimeter/submillimeter regime. One of ALMA's outstanding characteristics is the large effort dedicated to the quality…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-12 Theodoros Nakos , Harold Francke , Kouichiro Nakanishi , Dirk Petry , Thomas Stanke , Catarina Ubach , Luciano Cerrigone , Erica Keller , Alfonso Trejo , Junko Ueda

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is an international radio telescope under construction in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. ALMA is situated on a dry site at 5000 m elevation, allowing excellent atmospheric…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Alwyn Wootten , A. Richard Thompson

The advent of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has enabled a new era for studies of the formation and assembly of distant galaxies. Cosmological deep field surveys with ALMA and other interferometers have flourished…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-06-10 Manuel Aravena

The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA), a world-wide project (64x12m-dishes operating from 84 to 720 GHz, to be completed by 2011) will represent a jump of almost two orders of magnitude in sensitivity and angular resolution as compared…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alain Omont

The study of transient and variable events, including novae, active galactic nuclei, and black hole binaries, has historically been a fruitful path for elucidating the evolutionary mechanisms of our universe. The study of such events in the…

The scientific impact of a facility is the most important measure of its success. Monitoring and analysing the scientific return can help to modify and optimise operations and adapt to the changing needs of scientific research. The…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-19 Felix Stoehr , Uta Grothkopf , Silvia Meakins , Marsha Bishop , Ayako Uchida , Leonardo Testi , Daisuke Iono , Kenichi Tatematsu , Al Wootten