Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Aug 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008spie.7012e..21h&link_type=abstract
Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes II. Edited by Stepp, Larry M.; Gilmozzi, Roberto. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7012, p
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Scientific paper
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is an international radio telescope under construction in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. ALMA will be situated on a high-altitude site at 5000 m elevation, allowing excellent atmospheric transmission over the instrument wavelength range of 0.3 to 3 mm. ALMA will contain an array of up to sixty-four 12-m diameter high-precision antennas arranged in multiple configurations ranging in size from 150 meters up to ~15 km, and a set of four 12-m and twelve 7-m antennas operating in closely packed configurations ~50m in diameter. The instrument will provide both interferometric and total-power astronomical information on high-energy electrons, molecular gas and dust in solar system, our Galaxy, and the nearby and high-redshift universe. In this paper we outline the scientific drivers, technical challenges and construction status of ALMA.
Beasley Anthony J.
Hills Richard E.
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