ALMA2040 - Towards a next-generation sub-mm facility

Abstract

ALMA2040 is an initiative to establish a large, next generation, sub-mm radio telescope, building on the success of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) by the middle of this century.The instrument design is driven by a wide range of new science cases defined by the astronomical community.Based on a consolidated set of science requirements, ideas for an initial concept instrument design are presented.

Authors 9

1. Gie Han Tan

   Eindhoven University of Technology

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   ( ) Department of Electrical Engineering / Eindhoven University of Technology , Eindhoven , 5600 MB , Netherlands (

2. Andrei Barychev
3. María Díaz Trigo
4. Stefano Facchini

   University of Milan

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   ) University of Milan , Milan , Italy (

5. Jacqueline Hodge Aachen

   Leiden University

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   ) Leiden University , Leiden , Netherlands (

6. Peter G. Huggard

   Rutherford Appleton Laboratory · Science and Technology Facilities Council

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   ) Rutherford Appleton Laboratory / STFC , Didcot , United Kingdom (

7. Gergö Popping

   European Southern Observatory

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   ) European Southern Observatory , Garching bei München , Germany (

8. Eva Schinnerer

   Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

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   ) Max Planck Institut für Astronomie , Heidelberg , Germany (

9. Martina Wiedner

   Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · Université Paris Sciences et Lettres · Observatoire de Paris

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   ) LIRA , Observatoire de Paris , CNRS , PSL , Paris , France