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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 present constraints on fundamental constant variation (\alpha and \mu) obtained in the radio range are reviewed, coming essentially from absorption lines in front of quasars of intermediate to high-z galaxies, through CO, HI, OH, HCO+,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-06 F. Combes

A diverse array of science goals require accurate flux calibration of observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter array (ALMA), however, this goal remains challenging due to the stochastic time-variability of the ``grid''…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-25 Logan Francis , Doug Johnstone , Gregory Herczeg , Todd R. Hunter , Daniel Harsono

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

We present new measurements of the flux densities at submillimeter wavelengths based on ALMA band 7 (338 GHz) and band 9 (679 GHz) observations to better constrain the origin of the continuum emission of the Mira AB binary system and to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-27 Pere Planesas , Javier Alcolea , Rafael Bachiller

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

We present the first results from the ALHAMBRA survey. ALHAMBRA will cover a relatively wide area (4 square degrees) using a purposely-designed set of 20 medium-band filters, down to an homogeneous magnitude limit AB~25 in most of them,…

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

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 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

We present the phase characteristics study of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) long (up to 3 km) baseline, which is the longest baseline tested so far using ALMA. The data consist of long time-scale (10 - 20 minutes)…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Satoki Matsushita , Yoshiharu Asaki , Ryohei Kawabe , Ed Fomalont , Denis Barkats , Stuartt Corder

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

The past decade began with the first light of ALMA and will end at the start of the new era of hyperdimensional astrophysics. Our community-wide movement toward highly multiwavelength and multidimensional datasets has enabled immense…

Fluctuating properties of the atmosphere, and in particular its water vapour content, give rise to phase fluctuations of astronomical signals which, if uncorrected, lead to rapid deterioration of performance of (sub)-mm interferometers on…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Bojan Nikolic , Rosie C. Bolton , Sarah F. Graves , Richard E. Hills , John S. Richer

In the past few years, the ALMA radio telescope has become available for solar observations. ALMA diagnostics of the solar atmosphere are of high interest because of the theoretically expected linear relationship between the brightness…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-08 Juan Martinez-Sykora , Bart De Pontieu , Jaime de la Cruz Rodriguez , Georgios Chintzoglou

(abridged) After more than 10yr of ALMA operations, the community interest in conducting deep, extra-galactic, millimetre surveys resulted in varying strategic compromises between areal size and map depth to survey the sky. The current bias…

The past decade has seen the rise of various radio astronomy arrays, particularly for low-frequency observations below 100MHz. These developments have been primarily driven by interesting and fundamental scientific questions, such as…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-28 Raj Thilak Rajan , Albert-Jan Boonstra , Mark Bentum , Marc Klein-Wolt , Frederik Belien , Michel Arts , Noah Saks , Alle-Jan van der Veen

ALMA will open a new chapter in the study of the Sun by providing a leap in spatial resolution and sensitivity compared to currently available mm wave- length observations. In preparation of ALMA, we have carried out a large number of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-15 Maria Loukitcheva , Sami K. Solanki , Stephen M. White , Mats Carlsson

Radio astronomy observations in the coming decade will require new levels of sensitivity while mapping large regions of space with much greater efficiency than is achieved with current telescopes. This requires new instrumentation with the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-30 Matthew A. Morgan , J. Richard Fisher

(abridged) The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) was the top-ranked priority for a new ground-based facility in the 2000 Canadian Long Range Plan. Ten years later, at the time of LRP2010, ALMA construction was well…