Maser observations with new instruments
Abstract
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)‡, and the Jansky Very Large Array (JVLA) have recently begun probing the Universe. Both provide the largest collecting area available at locations on a high dry site, endowing them with unparalleled potential for sensitive spectral line observations. Over the next few years, these telescopes will be joined by other telescopes to provide advances in maser science, including NOEMA and the LMT. Other instruments of note for maser science which may commence construction include the North American Array, the CCAT, and an enlarged worldwide VLB network outfitted to operate into the millimeter wavelength regime.
- Publication:
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Cosmic Masers - from OH to H0
- Pub Date:
- July 2012
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921312007557
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1204.0497
- Bibcode:
- 2012IAUS..287..477W
- Keywords:
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- masers;
- radio lines: ISM;
- instrumentation: high angular resolution;
- Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics;
- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
- E-Print:
- Submitted to Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 287, Cosmic masers - from OH to H0