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From Nobeyama Radio Observatory to the international project ALMA —Evolution of millimeter and submillimeter wave astronomy in Japan—

The establishment of the Nobeyama Radio Observatory (NRO) in 1982 was an important event that greatly influenced the subsequent development of Japanese astronomy. The 45 m radio telescope and the Nobeyama Millimeter Array (NMA) pushed Japanese radio astronomy to the forefront of the world. As a plan...

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Autores principales: ISHIGURO, Masato, CHIBA, Kurazo, SAKAMOTO, Seiichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japan Academy 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9614208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36216535
http://dx.doi.org/10.2183/pjab.98.023
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description The establishment of the Nobeyama Radio Observatory (NRO) in 1982 was an important event that greatly influenced the subsequent development of Japanese astronomy. The 45 m radio telescope and the Nobeyama Millimeter Array (NMA) pushed Japanese radio astronomy to the forefront of the world. As a plan beyond the Nobeyama telescopes, the Japanese radio astronomy community considered a large array to achieve unprecedented resolution at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths under the project name of the Large Millimeter and Submillimeter Array (LMSA). After long and patient discussions and negotiations with the United States and Europe, the LMSA plan eventually led to the ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) as an international joint project, and the ALMA was inaugurated in 2013. This paper reviews the process from the establishment of the NRO to the realization of the ALMA, including planning of the LMSA, international negotiations, site survey, instrumental developments, and initial science results.
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spelling pubmed-96142082022-11-16 From Nobeyama Radio Observatory to the international project ALMA —Evolution of millimeter and submillimeter wave astronomy in Japan— ISHIGURO, Masato CHIBA, Kurazo SAKAMOTO, Seiichi Proc Jpn Acad Ser B Phys Biol Sci Review The establishment of the Nobeyama Radio Observatory (NRO) in 1982 was an important event that greatly influenced the subsequent development of Japanese astronomy. The 45 m radio telescope and the Nobeyama Millimeter Array (NMA) pushed Japanese radio astronomy to the forefront of the world. As a plan beyond the Nobeyama telescopes, the Japanese radio astronomy community considered a large array to achieve unprecedented resolution at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths under the project name of the Large Millimeter and Submillimeter Array (LMSA). After long and patient discussions and negotiations with the United States and Europe, the LMSA plan eventually led to the ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) as an international joint project, and the ALMA was inaugurated in 2013. This paper reviews the process from the establishment of the NRO to the realization of the ALMA, including planning of the LMSA, international negotiations, site survey, instrumental developments, and initial science results. The Japan Academy 2022-10-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9614208/ /pubmed/36216535 http://dx.doi.org/10.2183/pjab.98.023 Text en © 2022 The Author(s). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Published under the terms of the CC BY-NC license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
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ISHIGURO, Masato
CHIBA, Kurazo
SAKAMOTO, Seiichi
From Nobeyama Radio Observatory to the international project ALMA —Evolution of millimeter and submillimeter wave astronomy in Japan—
title From Nobeyama Radio Observatory to the international project ALMA —Evolution of millimeter and submillimeter wave astronomy in Japan—
title_full From Nobeyama Radio Observatory to the international project ALMA —Evolution of millimeter and submillimeter wave astronomy in Japan—
title_fullStr From Nobeyama Radio Observatory to the international project ALMA —Evolution of millimeter and submillimeter wave astronomy in Japan—
title_full_unstemmed From Nobeyama Radio Observatory to the international project ALMA —Evolution of millimeter and submillimeter wave astronomy in Japan—
title_short From Nobeyama Radio Observatory to the international project ALMA —Evolution of millimeter and submillimeter wave astronomy in Japan—
title_sort from nobeyama radio observatory to the international project alma —evolution of millimeter and submillimeter wave astronomy in japan—
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9614208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36216535
http://dx.doi.org/10.2183/pjab.98.023
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