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ALMA and the Future of Millimeter Imaging Observations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2016

David J. Wilner
David J. Wilner*
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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The Nearby Young Moving Groups sample the critical age when primordial disks around stars complete their transformation into planetary systems with associated debris. Millimeter wavelengths provide direct access to cool material in these circumstellar disks. The high angular resolution of interferometry at these long wavelengths enables resolved observations of solids in an optically thin regime, as well as the thermal, chemical, and dynamical structure of gas, if present. In this contribution, I briefly review the evolving landscape of millimeter telescopes, with emphasis on the revolutionary capabilities of the new international Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and describe pertinent early science results.

Keywords

circumstellar matterplanet-disk interactionssubmillimeter: planetary systems
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 10 , Issue S314: Young Stars & Planets Near the Sun , November 2015 , pp. 270 - 275
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2016 

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