Science with Large Millimetre Arrays.

Proceedings of the ESO-IRAM-NFRA:

ISBN 10: 3540615822 / ISBN 13: 9783540615828

Editore: Springer, Berlin,, 1995

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Berlin, Springer cm.15,5x23,5, pp.XVII,407, legatura editoriale cartonata. ESO Astrophysics Symposia. Series Editor Philippe Crane. Onsala Workshop, Held at Garching, Germany 11 13 December 1995. European Southern Observatory.

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• Titolo: Science with Large Millimetre Arrays.
• Editore: Springer, Berlin,
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3540615822
• ISBN 13: 9783540615828
• Rilegatura: Rilegato
• Condizione: COME NUOVO

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Riassunto

The next major step in millimetre astronomy, and one of the highest-priority items in radio astronomy today, is a large millimetre array with a collecting area 2 of up to 10 000 m . A project of this scale will almost certainly require inter­ national collaboration, at least within Europe, and possibly with other major partners elsewhere. In order to establish a focal point for this project within Europe, a study has been undertaken by the Institut de Radio Astronomie Mil­ Ii met rique (IRAM), the European Southern Observatory (ESO), The Onsala Space Observatory (OSO), and The Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy (NFRA). In the context of this project, a workshop attended by some 100 participants was held at ESO Garching on December 11-13, 1995 to discuss the scientific advances such an array will make possible. Throughout the three days of the workshop the strong enthusiasm for the concept of a large millimetre array in the southern hemisphere (the Large South­ ern Array, or LSA) was obvious, and it became clear that such a facility would have a profound impact on almost all areas of observational astrophysics. It was particularly clear that, since their main science drivers (cosmology, and the origins of galaxies, stars and planets) are the same, and their angular resolutions and sensitivities similar, the LSA and the VLT would strongly complement each other.

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The next major step in millimetre astronomy, and one of the highest-priority items in radio astronomy today, is a very large millimetre array. It will be the millimetre counterpart of the Hubble Space telescope and the new optical telescopes currently under construction, such as ESOs Very Large Telescope. As such it will produce a wide range of important scientific results in all areas of modern astrophysics, particularly cosmology and the origins of galaxies, stars, and planets. This book summarizes the exciting science that will become possible, ranging from the most distant and earliest galaxies to the chemistry and physics of star and planet formation. There are also a number of papers on the European concept and project for a large millimetre array in the southern hemisphere.