Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Oct 1999
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Science with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA), Associated Universities, Inc., held October 6-8, 1999 at Carnegie Instit
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Lmt, Large Millimeter Telescope
Scientific paper
The Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT) is a joint project of the University of Massachusetts (USA) and the Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica (Mexico). The LMT will be a filled aperture, millimeter-wave telescope with a diameter of 50m. The antenna is being constructed atop Cerro la Negra in the state of Puebla, Mexico. This site is at an elevation of 4600m and at a latitude of 19 degrees. Site development and foundation work for the telescope has begun, and steel assembly will begin early during the year 2000. Telescope commissioning is expected to begin in 2002. The main wavelength bands for operation of the LMT will be the 1.2, 2, and 3mm windows. Site conditions for millimeter-wave operation are excellent, with the median optical depth at 230 GHz below 0.15 throughout September-May. An initial complement of instruments is under development and includes a 32-pixel heterodyne focal plane array for the 3mm band and a 144-pixel bolometer system for continuum work, primarily in the 1.2mm window. We expect that LMT will serve as a pathfinder for many of the exciting, frontier areas that ALMA will eventually explore in detail.
Baars J.
Carrasco Luis
Schloerb Peter F.
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