OVROThe Caltech Owens Valley Radio Observatory millimeter
array consisted of six 10.4-m antennas configured on a 500-m T-shaped
track. Key OVRO scientific results included the detection and study of
individual giant molecular clouds in external galaxies, the detection
of molecular gas from infant galaxies, and detection of debris and
protoplanetary disks around young star systems. For more details, visit OVRO.
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BIMAThe Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Association array consisted
of ten 6.1-m antennas configured with baselines as large as two
kilometers, and as small as eight meters. BIMA scientific achievements
included imaging of explosive solar flares, detection of molecular gas
rings around nearby active galactic nuclei, resolving double and triple
protostellar systems, and wide-field mosaicing surveys of whole disks
of nearby galaxies. For more details, visit BIMA.
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CARMAThe antennas from BIMA and OVRO have now been relocated
to a new site, Cedar Flat, in the Inyo Mountains of California, to form
CARMA: The Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy.
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