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Erratum: First Astronomical Fringe of a Test Correlator for the ALMA: Simultaneous Achievement of Wideband and High Resolution: Fig. 1

Authors :
Satoru Iguchi
Yoshihiro Chikada
Munetake Momose
Sachiko K. Okumura
Mahoko Okiura
Source :
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 54:817-817
Publication Year :
2002
Publisher :
Oxford University Press (OUP), 2002.

Abstract

The first astronomical fringe of a test correlator for the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) is obtained. The newly-developed test correlator system consists of two 4096-Msps Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs) and an FX-type correlator that can divide a 2-GHz correlation signal from one baseline into 131072 frequency channels. A fringe spectrum that contains 20 line features as well as continuum emission at ∼ 86.2GHz was obtained by an interferometric observation of the Orion-KL regions using this test system connected to the Nobeyama Millimeter Array (NMA), demonstrating that the realization of high frequency resolution over a wide bandwidth is technically feasible. The installation of such a correlator system in the ALMA will greatly enhance its capability of multi-line imaging.

Details

ISSN :
2053051X and 00046264
Volume :
54
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
Accession number :
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