This book describes the ALMA construction plan for the
Chajnantor site.
The Test Interferometer Project Book is
also available, describing the plans and tests to be carried out at
the VLA test site in New Mexico.
An index of
archived versions
of this ALMA Project Book and the earlier MMA-only versions is available
here
Table of Contents
All of the chapters listed below are in PDF format
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1
Introduction
(Brown & Kurz)
2000-09-27
2
Requirements & Specifications
1.Science Requirements
(Brown)
2000-04-25
2.Engineering Specifications
(Baars & Emerson)
2000-12-12
3.ALMA System Block Diagram:
Introduction (D'Addario)
2001-02-05
The ALMA System Block Diagrams (D'Addario et al.)
2001-02-02
3
Calibration
1.
General Calibration Issues
(Holdaway & Wootten) (alternative as
HTML )
2001-02-06
2.
Calibration Hardware
(Payne, Vaccari et al.)
(alternative HTML )
2001-02-02
4
Antennas
(Napier & Andersen)
 
2001-02-06
5
Front Ends
(Wild, Payne et al.)
2001-02-07
Receiver Optics
(Carter & Lamb) 2000-11-28
WVR (Alma Memo #303) (Hills & Richer)
2000-04-24
6
Cryogenics
(Orlowska, Harman & Ellison)
2001-01-31
7
Local Oscillators
(D'Addario)
2001-02-05
8
ALMA Systems Engineering
(Gie Han Tan)
2000-12-11
9
IF Processing and Signal Transmission
(Sramek, Baudry, Brundage & Jackson)
(alternative HTML)
2001-01-30
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Correlator
(Webber, Escoffier, Broadwell, Greenberg & Baudry)
2001-02-07
11
Holography
(Perfetto & Emerson)
2000-09-28
12
Computing (Glendenning, Raffi and others)
(also available as HTML )
2001-01-29
13
Data Analysis: Imaging Requirements (Holdaway & Wootten)
2000-04-24
14
Site Characterization (PDF)
also available as
HTML format
(Radford)
2000-09-06
15
Array Configuration
(Min Yun)
NB: Significant revision expected after Feb 2001 PDR2000-12-12
16
Site Development
(Brown & Hofstadt)
2000-12-06
17
Construction, Integration and Interim Operations
(Brown & Kurz)
2000-11-28
18
Post-construction Operations
(Gordon & Brown)
2001-02-07