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The Submillimeter Array

Paul T. P. Ho et al 2004 ApJ 616 L1-L6   doi: 10.1086/423245  Help

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Paul T. P. Ho1,2, James M. Moran1 and Kwok Yung Lo2,3
1 Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
2 Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, P.O. Box 23-141, Taipei 106, Taiwan
3 National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 520 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903
E-mail: ho@cfa.harvard.edu, jmmoran@cfa.harvard.edu and flo@nrao.edu

ABSTRACT. The Submillimeter Array, a collaborative project of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, has begun operation on Mauna Kea in Hawaii. The array comprises a total of eight 6 m telescopes, which will cover the frequency range of 180-900 GHz. All eight telescopes have been deployed and are operational. First scientific results utilizing the three receiver bands at 230, 345, and 690 GHz have been obtained and are presented in the accompanying Letters.

Subject headings: instrumentation: interferometers; submillimeter; telescopes

Print publication: Issue 1 (2004 November 20)
Received 2004 May 13, accepted for publication 2004 June 10
Published 2004 October 28

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