CARMA Memoranda

The CARMA Memorandum Series contains technical and scientific memoranda relevant to CARMA and mm-wave interferometry. Below, we have provided LaTeX and Microsoft Word templates. To submit a CARMA memo, send an email to Marc Pound containing:

  1. The title, author(s), and abstract of your memo in ASCII
  2. The memo as an attachment. The formats must be PDF, PostScript, or ASCII. You may also attach a second copy in the native format.
CARMA memos may also be BIMA or ALMA memos. Please indicate if your memo has also been accepted as such.


Document Templates
File Description Size
carma_memo.tgz A gzipped tarball that contains README, LaTeX style file, memo template file, PostScript CARMA logo, and pslatex shell script. You must have AASTEX package to use CARMA style. Version 2003-May-29. To download, right click and save. 20 kB
CarmaTemplate.dot MicroSoft Word Template file. Version 2003-Feb-09. To download, right click and save. 356 kB
README.carma_memo carma_memo.sty carma_memo_template.tex carmalogo.ps pslatex LaTeX files as above, unpackaged. You need the .sty, .tex, .ps files create a CARMA memo with LaTeX. The script pslatex can be used in place of latex for font rendering, especially in PDF when using dvipdf. To download, right click and save. 76 kB

CARMA Memoranda Index

40. Radio Pointing Measurements for CARMA , Stephen White and Stuartt Corder, September 2007
Revised October 1, 2007
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39. Uncorrelated Pointing Errors and the Primary Beam Shape , Author unknown, submitted by Melvyn C.H. Wright, March 2007
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38. Image Fidelity as a Function of Source Size and Calibration Errors , Melvyn C.H. Wright, January 2007
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37. Bandpass Calibration at 3mm Wavelength , Murad Hamidouche and Athol Kemball, November 2006
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36. CARMA Holography , Stuartt Corder and Melvyn C.H. Wright, October 2006
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35. Thermal Stabilization of SIS Mixers in BIMA Receivers , Dustin Madison, Radio Astronomy Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley, August 2006
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34. Optical Guiding of Radio Interferometers I: Tracking Optical and Radio Offsets , Stuartt Corder and Melvyn C. H. Wright, August 2006
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33. Tsys  Calculation from Ambient Load and Sky Measurements , David Woody, April 2006
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32. Preliminary Test Results of the Turnstile Junction Waveguide Orthomode Transducer for the 1 mm Band , A. Navarrini, A. Bolatto, and R. L. Plambeck, March 2006
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31. Collision Avoidance , N. S. Amarnath, Chul Gwon, October 2005
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30. Simple 1 mm receivers with fixed tuned double sideband SIS mixer and wideband InP MMIC amplifier , G. Engargiola, A. Navarrini, R. L. Plambeck, & N. Wadefalk, August 2004
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29. IF Module Software Documentation , A.D. Bolatto, August 2004
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28. Revised CARMA Correlator Design Considerations , Kevin P. Rauch, David W. Hawkins, August 2004
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27. Imaging Simulations with CARMA-23 , Melvyn C. H. Wright, July 2004
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26. Grounding Considerations for CARMA , Alberto D. Bolatto, July 2004
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25. SZA Location at CARMA Site , Melvyn C. H. Wright, June 2004
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24. Antenna Configuration Evaluation , Melvyn C. H. Wright, May 2004
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23. Lots in Translation: A Revised Center Location for the CARMA C/D/E Arrays , Glen R. Petitpas, March 2004
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22. ORBacus Notify Performance in CARMA , C. Gwon, N. S. Amarnath, and T. Costa, March 2004
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21. Summary of OVRO Phase Monitor Data , David Woody, November 2003
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20. Version 2 CARMA Configurations for Cedar Flat , Tamara T. Helfer, February 2004
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19. Version 1 CARMA Configurations for Cedar Flat , Tamara T. Helfer and Melvyn C. H. Wright, February 2004
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18. Thermal and Mechanical Tests of Loose-tube and Military Tactical Fiber-optic Cables , A. Navarrini, R. Plambeck and E. Fields, November 2003
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17. Stability of BIMA antenna positions , J. R. Forster, October 2003
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16. Hybrid Star/Optimal CARMA Configurations for Cedar Flats , Glen R. Petitpas, September 2003
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15. CARMA Configurations for Cedar Flat Using a 5-Arm Star Array , Glen R. Petitpas, Lee G. Mundy, September 2003
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14. CARMA Spectral Line Correlator Requirements , Melvyn C. H. Wright, September 2003
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13. DAQcore: a General Purpose Data Acquisition CANbus Node , Alberto D. Bolatto, September 2003
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12. Digital FIR Filtering Options for CARMA Digitizers , Kevin P. Rauch, June 2003
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11. The CARMA First-light Correlator--Revised Performance Estimates , A.J. Beasley, D.W. Hawkins, K.P. Rauch, D. Woody, April 2003
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10. GeneriCAN: CAN Node Design for CARMA , James Lamb, Jim Fredsti, and Brad Wiitala, March 2003
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9. CARMA First-Light Correlator Spectral-line Configurations , Kevin P. Rauch, Feb 2003
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8. CARMA Network Booting , J. Colby Kraybill, Andrew Beard, Paul Daniel, Dec 2002
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7. CARMA/SZA Baseline Partitioning and FPGA Configuration Solutions , Kevin P. Rauch, Dec 2002
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6. Interference from Vehicular Radar and CARMA Site Selection , Geoffrey C. Bower, Oct 2002
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5. Compact Configuration Evaluation for CARMA , Melvyn C.H. Wright, Sep 2002
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4. The Interferometry Equation II ,  David Woody, July 2003
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3. A CARMA First-light Correlator Plan , A.J. Beasley, D.P. Woody, D.W. Hawkins, Feb 2002
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2. CARMA Calibration Requirements , Melvyn C.H. Wright, Jan 2002
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1. CARMA Sensitivity and Correlator Requirements , Melvyn C.H. Wright, Jan 2002
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