Phase 2 Activities of European Large Southern Array Project
Proposer: J Whiteoak
The Large Southern Array (LSA) is a European project involving the construction
of a new-generation, Southern Hemisphere, millimetre-wave synthesis telescope.
Present specifications call for a collecting area of 10,000 m2
and an angular resolution of 0.1 arcsec at 100 GHz. Both specifications
are an order of magnitude improvement over those of existing mm-wave instruments
and, with at least 50 antennas in the array, the large number of interferometer
baselines will yield vastly better image quality. Developments since the
LSA concept was first proposed make it likely that the European project
will be merged with the US Millimeter Array (MMA) project, leading to a
single millimetre and sub-millimetre array located in northern Chile. The
MNRF contribution to the Phase 2 LSA Activities is to allow Australian scientists
and engineers to contribute to LSA/MMA planning and design groups dealing
with matters such as scientific goals, software, system design and calibration.
These activities will ultimately facilitate Australian access to the new
instrument, as well as lead to techniques contributing to more effective
operation of the upgraded Australia Telescope Compact Array.
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Last update by Michelle Storey. 29/10/98