Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001asthe..94..567i&link_type=abstract
The Astronomical Herald (ISSN 0374-2466), Vol. 94, No. 12, p. 567 - 570 (2001)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Millimeter Arrays, Submillimeter Arrays
Scientific paper
The concept of building a large interferometer array at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths emerged from the discussions of Japanese future large scale facilities for radio astronomy just after the completion of the Nobeyama 45-m telescope. The original idea, LMA (Large Millimeter Array), was to build an array of about 20 10-m antennas at Nobeyama. However, there was an ardent desire to have a submillimeter capability in such an array. Thus, we decided to build the array at the best site in the world and identified the Atacama desert in Northern Chile as one of the best sites. The name of the project changed from LMA to LMSA (Large Millimeter and Submillimeter Array). Since 1994, discussions on possible collaborations with US and European similar projects, MMA and LSA, started. After a long and patient discussions, the NAOJ agreed to join in the ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) project as one of equal partners in 2000 and signed a resolution in April 2001. The road to the completion of ALMA is long, however, we would like to continue to make our best efforts.
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