Science with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array A New Era for Astrophysics /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bachiller, Rafael (Editor), Cernicharo, José (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Subjects: Physics.; Gravitation.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Astrobiology.; Atomic structure.; Molecular structure.; Spectra.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Atomic/Molecular Structure and Spectra.

Currently under construction in the Andean Altiplano, Northern Chile, the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) is the most ambitious astronomy facility under construction. ALMA is a radio interferometer composed of 54 antennas of 12 m diameter, and twelve 7 m antennas with about 6600 square meters...