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View article: The past, present and future of observations of externally irradiated disks
The past, present and future of observations of externally irradiated disks Open
Recent years have seen a surge of interest in the community studying the effect of ultraviolet radiation environment, predominantly set by OB stars, on protoplanetary disc evolution and planet formation. This is important because a signifi…
View article: Decoding the signal of extreme weather events in the Azores archipelago using GNSS and atmospheric reanalysis products
Decoding the signal of extreme weather events in the Azores archipelago using GNSS and atmospheric reanalysis products Open
The rapidly changing climate is amplifying both the frequency and severity of extreme weather events in the Azores archipelago, Portugal. Understanding the underlying dynamics of these events is essential for effective mitigation. Atmosphe…
View article: The past, present and future of observations of externally irradiated disks
The past, present and future of observations of externally irradiated disks Open
Recent years have seen a surge of interest in the community studying the effect of ultraviolet radiation environment, predominantly set by OB stars, on protoplanetary disc evolution and planet formation. This is important because a signifi…
View article: Occupational exposure to welding fume in Australian workplaces
Occupational exposure to welding fume in Australian workplaces Open
This study aimed to provide information on exposure to welding fume in workplaces in Australia, and the use of control measures in these workplaces. Personal and static samples of welding fume particulates and gases were collected at 20 wo…
View article: BICEP/Keck XIX: Extremely Thin Composite Polymer Vacuum Windows for BICEP and Other High Throughput Millimeter Wave Telescopes
BICEP/Keck XIX: Extremely Thin Composite Polymer Vacuum Windows for BICEP and Other High Throughput Millimeter Wave Telescopes Open
Millimeter-wave refracting telescopes targeting the degree-scale structure of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) have recently grown to diffraction-limited apertures of over 0.5 meters. These instruments are entirely housed in vacuum cr…
View article: Upgrading the Submillimeter Array: wSMA and beyond
Upgrading the Submillimeter Array: wSMA and beyond Open
The Submillimeter Array (SMA) is an array of 8 antennas operating at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths on Maunakea, Hawaii, operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astroph…
View article: The Precursor Small Aperture Telescope (PreSAT) CMB polarimeter
The Precursor Small Aperture Telescope (PreSAT) CMB polarimeter Open
The search for the polarized imprint of primordial gravitational waves in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) as direct evidence of cosmic inflation requires exquisite sensitivity and control over systematics. The next-generation CMB-S4 …
View article: Atmospheric Limitations for High-frequency Ground-based Very Long Baseline Interferometry
Atmospheric Limitations for High-frequency Ground-based Very Long Baseline Interferometry Open
Very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) provides the highest-resolution images in astronomy. The sharpest resolution is nominally achieved at the highest frequencies, but as the observing frequency increases, so too does the atmospheric c…
View article: Atmospheric limitations for high-frequency ground-based VLBI
Atmospheric limitations for high-frequency ground-based VLBI Open
Very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) provides the highest-resolution images in astronomy. The sharpest resolution is nominally achieved at the highest frequencies, but as the observing frequency increases so too does the atmospheric co…
View article: Probing the Dynamics of Extreme Weather Events in the Azores, Portugal
Probing the Dynamics of Extreme Weather Events in the Azores, Portugal Open
The rapidly changing climate is escalating the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events in the Azores, Portugal. It is crucial to comprehend the dynamics of these events to mitigate them. Atmospheric water vapor data from the Glob…
View article: A Low-Insertion Loss Cryogenic Edge-Mode Isolator With 18 GHz Bandwidth
A Low-Insertion Loss Cryogenic Edge-Mode Isolator With 18 GHz Bandwidth Open
Cryogenic isolators play an important role in low-noise receiver systems widely employed in millimeter and submillimeter telescopes. To enable a significantly wider Intermediate Frequency (IF) bandwidth, there is strong demand for a wideba…
View article: Review of Radio Frequency Interference and Potential Impacts on the CMB-S4 Cosmic Microwave Background Survey
Review of Radio Frequency Interference and Potential Impacts on the CMB-S4 Cosmic Microwave Background Survey Open
CMB-S4 will map the cosmic microwave background to unprecedented precision, while simultaneously surveying the millimeter-wave time-domain sky, in order to advance our understanding of cosmology and the universe. CMB-S4 will observe from t…
View article: SYMBA: An end-to-end VLBI synthetic data generation pipeline. Simulating Event Horizon Telescope observations of M 87
SYMBA: An end-to-end VLBI synthetic data generation pipeline. Simulating Event Horizon Telescope observations of M 87 Open
Context. Realistic synthetic observations of theoretical source models are essential for our understanding of real observational data. In using synthetic data, one can verify the extent to which source parameters can be recovered and evalu…
View article: SYMBA: An end-to-end VLBI synthetic data generation pipeline
SYMBA: An end-to-end VLBI synthetic data generation pipeline Open
Context. Realistic synthetic observations of theoretical source models are essential for our understanding of real observational data. In using synthetic data, one can verify the extent to which source parameters can be recovered and evalu…
View article: Analysis of Water Vapor Absorption in the Far‐Infrared and Submillimeter Regions Using Surface Radiometric Measurements From Extremely Dry Locations
Analysis of Water Vapor Absorption in the Far‐Infrared and Submillimeter Regions Using Surface Radiometric Measurements From Extremely Dry Locations Open
The second Radiative Heating in Underexplored Bands Campaign (RHUBC‐II) was conducted in 2009 by the U.S. Department of Energy Atmospheric Radiation Measurement program to improve water vapor spectroscopy in the far‐infrared spectral regio…
View article: Terahertz Atmospheric Windows for High Angular Resolution Terahertz Astronomy from Dome A
Terahertz Atmospheric Windows for High Angular Resolution Terahertz Astronomy from Dome A Open
Atmospheric transmission from Dome A, Antarctica, presents new possibilities in the field of terahertz astronomy, where space telescopes have been the only observational tools until now. Using atmospheric transmission measurements from Dom…
View article: High-Precision Scanning Water Vapor Radiometers for Cosmic Microwave Background Site Characterization and Comparison
High-Precision Scanning Water Vapor Radiometers for Cosmic Microwave Background Site Characterization and Comparison Open
The compelling science case for the observation of B-mode polarization in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) is driving the CMB community to expand the observed sky fraction, either by extending survey sizes or by deploying receivers to…
View article: The am atmospheric model
The am atmospheric model Open
Distribution files for am version 9.2, a software tool for radiative transfer computations at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths. am-9.2.tgz - gzipped tar archive containing the source code and Makefile for Unix, LInux, and macOS ins…
View article: Terahertz and Far-Infrared Windows Opened at Dome A, Antarctica
Terahertz and Far-Infrared Windows Opened at Dome A, Antarctica Open
The terahertz and far-infrared (FIR) band, from approximately 0.3 THz to 15 THz (1 mm to 20 micron), is important for astrophysics as the thermal radiation of much of the universe peaks at these wavelengths and many spectral lines that tra…
View article: The Am Atmospheric Model
The Am Atmospheric Model Open
Submillimeter Array Technical Memo #152 version 9.0, describing the underlying physics and usage of am, a software tool for radiative transfer computations at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths. The primary application areas for am a…
View article: Dome-A THz/Far-Infrared Fourier Transform Spectrometer and Its Measurement Results
Dome-A THz/Far-Infrared Fourier Transform Spectrometer and Its Measurement Results Open
In the terahertz and far-infrared (FIR) band, from approximately 0.3 THz to 15 THz (1 mm to 20 μm), the pure rotation band of water vapor renders the terrestrial atmosphere opaque over nearly all of the Earth’s surface. Early radiometric m…