Astronomical Research with the Owens Valley Millimeter-Wave Interferometer
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Research will be carried out at the millimeter-wavelength                       interferometer at Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO).  The                   instrument currently consists of three 10.4-m, high accuracy                    millimeter-wavelength telescopes, equipped with low noise SIS                   receivers for the 2.6 and 1.3-mm bands.  The interferometer will                be used for high resolution aperture synthesis of the molecular                 emission and dust continuum in planetary  atmospheres, the                      envelopes of evolved stars, and molecular clouds and protostellar               nebulae in the Milky Way and external galaxies.                                                                                                                 The first observations will be done in the 1.3 millimeter                       wavelength band, where the instrument has twice the angular                     resolution.  The sensitivity to dust emission also increases by an              order of magnitude.  Major new additions include the                            implementation of a second 2.6 millimeter wavelength receiver                   channel and sub-aperture optics (to enable complete imaging on all              spatial scales from 1 arcsecond to several arcminutes).  A digital              spectroscopic correlator system is also under construction with                 funds from the California Institute of Technology.                                                                                                              The scientific investigations to be carried out range from an                   arcsecond resolution imaging of distant, ultraluminous galaxies                 to mapping of nearby protostellar nebulae at resolutions of 100                 astronomical units (AU).  The former studies will  enable us to                 discern and understand the sources of enormous luminosity in                    galactic nuclei (and perhaps quasars); the latter will provide the              first detailed images of pre-solar nebulae.
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