Event calendar file
21-22 September 2020
Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
Europe/Berlin timezone
Content
IRAM operates two millimetre observatories on two sites: the NOEMA interferometer located in the French Alps at 2500m altitude with currently 11 antennas of 15m diameter and the 30m telescope in southern Spain, Pico Veleta (3000m). They observe in the 70-373 GHz frequency range. We'll summarise the current receivers status and performance, and present the plans for the near and far future. In particular, we are starting an upgrade of the current NOEMA receivers to allow interferometric dual frequency observations. On the longer term, new generation of SIS mixers will allow extending the RF and IF bandwidths. Very large heterodyne array receivers are also under development, at 3 mm and 1.3 mm for the 30m Telescope.
