ALMA

Robert Laing

  • What is ALMA?
  • Emission mechanisms in the mm/sub-mm band ("The Cool Universe")
  • Key science:
    • Planet formation and protoplanetary disks
    • Low- and high-mass star formation
    • Galaxy mass assembly
    • Starburst/sub-mm/ULIR galaxies
    • The first galaxies
    • Non-thermal astrophysics (jets and SZ)
    • ALMA as a VLBI station
  • Technology:
    • Antennas and configurations
    • Receiver bands
    • Calibration and phase correction strategies
    • Correlators and spectral configurations
    • Software: overview, OT, pipeline
  • Current status
Topic revision: r1 - 29 Aug 2009, AnitaRichards
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