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The Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array (ALMA) is already revolutionising our understanding of the Universe. However, ALMA is not yet equipped with all of its originally planned receiver bands, which will allow it to observe over…

The Solar Simulations for the Atacama Large Millimeter Observatory Network (SSALMON) was initiated in 2014 in connection with two ALMA development studies. The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is a powerful new tool,…

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…

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope was designed to measure small-scale anisotropies in the Cosmic Microwave Background and detect galaxy clusters through the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect. The instrument is located on Cerro Toco in the Atacama…

The specifications of the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) have placed stringent requirements on the mechanical performance of its antennas. As part of the evaluation process of the VertexRSI and Alcatel EIE Consortium (AEC) ALMA…

Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-20 A. Greve , J. G. Mangum

CCAT will be a 25m diameter sub-millimeter telescope capable of operating in the 0.2 to 2.1mm wavelength range. It will be located at an altitude of 5600m on Cerro Chajnantor in northern Chile near the ALMA site. The anticipated first…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-01 Tim Jenness , Martin C. Shepherd , Reinhold Schaaf , Jack Sayers , Volker Ossenkopf , Thomas Nikola , Gaelen Marsden , Ronan Higgins , Kevin Edwards , Adam Brazier

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

ALMA is a revolutionary radio telescope at present and its full operation will start from 2012. It is expected that ALMA will resolve several cosmic questions and will show a new cosmic view to us. Our passion for astronomy naturally goes…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-06-20 Masao Saito , Satoru Iguchi

The development of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) phasing system (APS) has allowed ALMA to function as an extraordinarily sensitive station for very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) at frequencies of up to 230…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-15 G. B. Crew , C. Goddi , L. D. Matthews , H. Rottmann , A. Saez , I. Marti-Vidal

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

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…

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 Atacama Large Aperture Submm Telescope (AtLAST) is a concept for a novel 50-meter class single-dish telescope operating at sub-millimeter and millimeter wavelengths (30-950 GHz). The telescope will provide an unprecedentedly wide field…

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope is a 6-meter telescope designed to map the Cosmic Microwave Background simultaneously at 145 GHz, 215 GHz, and 280 GHz with arcminute resolution. Each frequency will have a 32 by 32 element focal plane array…

The radio astronomical data analysis package CASA was selected to be the designated tool for observers to analyse the data from the Atacama Large mm/sub-mm Array (ALMA) which is under construction and has recently started taking its first…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Dirk Petry

(abridged) The Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST) project aims to build a 50-m-class submm telescope with $>1^\circ$ field of view, high in the Atacama Desert, providing fast and detailed mapping of the mm/submm sky. It…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-09 Christopher Groppi , Andrey Baryshev , Urs Graf , Martina Wiedner , Pamela Klaassen , Tony Mroczkowski

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

Over the last 15 years, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has revolutionized astrophysics by providing unprecedented resolution and sensitivity in observing the cold universe, including the formation of stars, planets,…

We present a detailed description of the special procedures for calibration and quality assurance of Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations in Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) mode. These procedures are…