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The science case and associated science requirements for a next-generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) are described, highlighting the five key science goals developed out of a community-driven vision of the highest scientific priorities in…

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…

In 2017, an Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) high-frequency long baseline campaign was organized to test image capabilities with baselines up to 16 km at submillimeter (submm) wavelengths. We investigated image qualities…

After the successful LHC operation at the center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV in 2010-2012, plans are actively advancing for a series of upgrades of the accelerator, culminating roughly ten years from now in the high-luminosity LHC…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-08-29 Walter Hopkins

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

The Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) is an international effort to construct an instrument capable of matching the exquisite imaging properties of optical space telescopes at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths. ALMA…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jean L. Turner , Alwyn Wootten

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 ALMACAL survey is based on a database of reprocessed ALMA calibration scans suitable for scientific analysis, observed as part of regular PI observations. We present all the data accumulated from the start of ALMA operations until May…

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

ALMA is revolutionizing the way we study and understand the astrophysics of galaxies, both as a whole and individually. By exploiting its unique sensitivity and resolution to make spatially and spectrally resolved images of the gas and dust…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-03-12 Andrew W. Blain

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 Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array remains the largest mm radio interferometer observatory world-wide. It is now conducting its 11th observing cycle. In our previous paper presented at this conference series in 2020, we…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-09 Dirk Petry , María Díaz Trigo , Rüdiger Kneissl , Ignacio Toledo , Atsushi Miyazaki , Toshinobu Takagi , Ashley Barnes , Francesca Bonanomi

While the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is a uniquely powerful telescope, its impact in certain fields of astrophysics has been limited by observatory policies rather than the telescope's innate technical capabilities.…

These lecture notes provide an introduction to mm/submm extragalactic astronomy, focused on AGN studies, with the final goal of preparing students to their future exploitation of the ALMA capabilities. I first provide an overview of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 R. Maiolino

(ABRIDGED) We describe the first results of the ALHAMBRA survey which provides cosmic tomography of the evolution of the contents of the Universe over most of Cosmic history. Our approach employs 20 contiguous, equal-width, medium-band…

In recent years, ALMA has been able to observe large-scale substructures within protoplanetary disks. Comparison with the predictions from models of planet-disk interaction has indicated that most of these disk substructures can be…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-06 Benjamin Burrill , Luca Ricci , Sarah Harter , Shangjia Zhang , Zhaohuan Zhu

Very long baseline interferometry at millimetre/submillimetre wavelengths (mmVLBI) offers the highest achievable spatial resolution at any wavelength in astronomy. The anticipated inclusion of ALMA as a phased array into a global VLBI…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-02 R. P. J. Tilanus , T. P. Krichbaum , J. A. Zensus , A. Baudry , M. Bremer , H. Falcke , G. Giovannini , R. Laing , H. J. van Langevelde , W. Vlemmings , Z. Abraham , J. Afonso , I. Agudo , A. Alberdi , J. Alcolea , D. Altamirano , S. Asadi , K. Assaf , P. Augusto , A-K. Baczko , M. Boeck , T. Boller , M. Bondi , F. Boone , G. Bourda , R. Brajsa , J. Brand , S. Britzen , V. Bujarrabal , S. Cales , C. Casadio , V. Casasola , P. Castangia , J. Cernicharo , P. Charlot , L. Chemin , Y. Clenet , F. Colomer , F. Combes , J. Cordes , M. Coriat , N. Cross , F. D'Ammando , D. Dallacasa , J-F. Desmurs , R. Eatough , A. Eckart , D. Eisenacher , S. Etoka , M. Felix , R. Fender , M. Ferreira , E. Freeland , S. Frey , C. Fromm , L. Fuhrmann , K. Gabanyi , R. Galvan-Madrid , M. Giroletti , C. Goddi , J. Gomez , E. Gourgoulhon , M. Gray , I. di Gregorio , R. Greimel , N. Grosso , J. Guirado , K. Hada , A. Hanslmeier , C. Henkel , F. Herpin , P. Hess , J. Hodgson , D. Horns , E. Humphreys , B. Hutawarakorn Kramer , V. Ilyushin , V. Impellizzeri , V. Ivanov , M. Julião , M. Kadler , E. Kerins , P. Klaassen , K. van 't Klooster , E. Kording , M. Kozlov , M. Kramer , A. Kreikenbohm , O. Kurtanidze , J. Lazio , A. Leite , M. Leitzinger , J. Lepine , S. Levshakov , R. Lico , M. Lindqvist , E. Liuzzo , A. Lobanov , P. Lucas , K. Mannheim , J. Marcaide , S. Markoff , I. Martí-Vidal , C. Martins , N. Masetti , M. Massardi , K. Menten , H. Messias , S. Migliari , A. Mignano , J. Miller-Jones , D. Minniti , P. Molaro , S. Molina , A. Monteiro , L. Moscadelli , C. Mueller , A. Müller , S. Muller , F. Niederhofer , P. Odert , H. Olofsson , M. Orienti , R. Paladino , F. Panessa , Z. Paragi , T. Paumard , P. Pedrosa , M. Pérez-Torres , G. Perrin , M. Perucho , D. Porquet , I. Prandoni , S. Ransom , D. Reimers , M. Rejkuba , L. Rezzolla , A. Richards , E. Ros , A. Roy , A. Rushton , T. Savolainen , R. Schulz , M. Silva , G. Sivakoff , R. Soria-Ruiz , R. Soria , M. Spaans , R. Spencer , B. Stappers , G. Surcis , A. Tarchi , M. Temmer , M. Thompson , J. Torrelles , J. Truestedt , V. Tudose , T. Venturi , J. Verbiest , J. Vieira , P. Vielzeuf , F. Vincent , N. Wex , K. Wiik , T. Wiklind , J. Wilms , E. Zackrisson , H. Zechlin

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

In this short review we will highlight some of the recent advancements in the field of high-resolution laboratory spectroscopy that meet the needs dictated by the advent of highly sensitive and broadband telescopes like ALMA and SOFIA.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-25 Sandra Brünken , Stephan Schlemmer

As the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) nears completion, 73 dual-polarization receivers have been delivered for each of Bands 3 (84-116 GHz) and 6 (211-275 GHz). The receivers use sideband-separating superconducting…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-16 Anthony R. Kerr , Shing-Kuo Pan , Stéphane M. X. Claude , Philip Dindo , Arthur W. Lichtenberger , Eugene F. Lauria