ALMA-FED 2021: ALMA Front End Development (Virtual) Conference 2021

Session

Introduction/Overview

1

27 Sept 2021, 13:00

Conveners

Introduction/Overview: Preparing ALMA for the next decade and beyond

• Stuartt Corder (-)

Introduction/Overview: The ALMA Frontend

• Giorgio Siringo (-)

Introduction/Overview: The ALMA Signal Chain Working Group: bridging the gap between Frontends and Correlator for ALMA 2030

• Gie Han Tan (-)

Introduction/Overview: Sensitivity and a Wideband Metric for ALMA

• Tony Mroczkowski (-)

Introduction/Overview: Discussion (lead: John Carpenter)

• John Carpenter (-)

Description

Day 1: Introduction
11:00 Preparing ALMA for the next decade and beyond Stuartt Corder programmatic invited
11:25 The ALMA Frontend Giorgio Siringo programmatic invited
11:50 The ALMA Signal Chain Working Group: bridging the gap between Frontends and Correlator for ALMA 2030 Gie Han Tan programmatic invited
12:15 Sensitivity and a Wideband Metric for ALMA Tony Mroczkowski programmatic contributed
12:30 Discussion (lead: John Carpenter) John Carpenter

8. Preparing ALMA for the next decade and beyond

Invited Talks

Invited Talk

ALMA continues to provide dramatic views into our cosmic origins and yet has the opportunity to capitalize on the technological developments over the two decades since its initial design to provide deeper, clearer, and more profound insights. Having defined its upgrade path for the next decade and beyond, ALMA is in the midst of finalizing the updated system and subsystem specifications for...

3. Sensitivity and a Wideband Metric for ALMA

Contributed Talks

Contributed Talk

In this talk I will present a few overview notes on the kinds of sensitivity and imaging speed improvements in the front end receivers we can expect or hope for.