Research at the Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory
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This grant supports a general research program to utilize the 14                meter diameter telescope at the Five College Radio Astronomy                    Observatory (FCRAO) which is operated by the University of                      Massachusetts.  This instrument is the largest Americal                         millimeter wave, single dish telescope, and it is equipped with                 state-of-the-art receivers for observations in the 7, 3, 2, and 1               mm wavelength bands.                                                                                                                                            The research program covers a variety of topics which include                   studies of extragalactic systems, the dense interstellar medium,                star formation, the late stages of stellar evolution,                           astrochemistry, and planetary science.  The Observatory also                    plays a major role in graduate education in radio astronomy in                  the United States.  Continued development of new instrumentation                is vital to the scientific productivity of the telescope, and                   that area is a high priority at FCRAO.  During this grant period,               the focus will be on implementing a 15 element array receiver for               use at a wavelength of 3 mm, on constructing a versatile                        spectrometer backend for data acquisition with the array                        receiver, and on obtaining the computer hardware and software to                support the reduction and analysis of a substantially increased                 data flow.  The array detector will result in more than an order                of magnitude improvement in the efficiency with which the                       telescope can obtain data, and it will permit an entirely new                   class of millimeter wavelength projects to be undertaken.
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