Atacama Large Millimetre Array
- Artist's Impressions of ALMA
- Artist's Impressions of ALMA
About the Project
- ALMA is a submillimetre interferometer currently under construction at the Chajnantor site in the Atacama desert at 5100 metres above sea level.
- The principle research areas will be millimetre and submillimetre imaging and spectroscopic observations of star-forming regions in our own Galaxy, in nearby galaxies, and in the very distant universe. These observations provide an unobscured view of the cold universe.
Cavendish AP Group involvement
- The group is actively involved, hosting the UK's project scientist, Dr. John Richer. The overall Project Scientist, Professor Richard Hills, is on a 3-year secondment to the project in Chile.
- The group is developing phase correction techniques based on the water vapour radiometry method.