ALMA Memos
memo 292
A Possible Layout for a Spiral Zoom Array Incorporating Terrain Constraints
John Conway; 03/00
memo 296
Fitting of the Largest Configuration (10 km) into the Terrain at the
Chajnantor Site
Leonia Kogan; 03/00
memo 297
A study of the electromagnetic properties of the ideal Reuleaux triangle
antenna array
Adrian Webster; (In Preparation)
memo 317
Comparison of the antenna pointing error effect on the image quality for
two configurations and two source types
L. Kogan; 08/00
memo 320
Strawperson Donut/Doubling-Ring Configurations
M.S. Yun & L. Kogan; 08/00
memo 338
The Best Sites for the Compact ALMA Configuration
Bryan Butler, Simon Radford, and Angel Otarola; 12/00
memo 348
A Preliminary ALMA Zoom Array Design for the Chanjnantor Site
John Conway; 02/01
memo 353
Investigation of Suppression of Sidelobes by Simple Displacement of
Clustered Groups of Regularly Spaced Antennas
Steven Heddle; 03/01
memo 354
Choices of Antenna Size and Number for the Atacama Compact Array
W.J. Welch; 03/01
memo 355
Design of the ALMA's Compact Configuration with the Road Design First
L. Kogan; 03/01
memo 364
An Antenna Location Mask for Configuration Designs for ALMA
Bryan J. Butler; 04/01
memo 367
ALMA Operational Model: The SSR Committee view
ALMA Science Software Requirements Committee; 05/01
memo 368
An Imaging Study for ACA
M.S. Yun; 05/01
memo 374
Wide Field Imagings with the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array
K.-I. Morita; 05/01
memo 375
Coordinates of Roads, Pipelines, and Landmarks Near the ALMA Site
Seiichi Sakamoto; 05/01
memo 386
ALMA+ACA Simulation Tool
J. Pety, F. Gueth and S. Guilloteau; 08/01
memo 387
ALMA+ACA Simulation Results
J. Pety, F. Gueth and S. Guilloteau; 08/01
memos 389
& 390
Radio Interferometer Array Point Spread Functions
I. Theory and Statistics II. Evaluation and Optimization
David Woody; 08/01
memo 398
Impact of ACA on the Wide-Field Imaging Capabilities of ALMA
J. Pety, F. Gueth and S. Guilloteau; 11/01
memo 400
A Proposal of Optimized Configurations for the ALMA
F. Boone; 01/02
memo 405
Unaddressed Issues for ALMA Configurations
M.A. Holdaway; 01/02
others
Conway's description of our site visit in 2001dec is
here
discussions on sampling theory are
here,
here, , and here
(and references therein)
Interferometric array design: Optimizing the locations of the antenna pads;
F. Boone; A&A; v377; p368-376; 2001
Exploring the performance of large-N radio astronomical arrays;
C.J. Lonsdale, S.S. Doeleman, R.J. Cappallo, J.N. Hewitt, A.R. Whitney
Proc. SPIE v4015; p126-134; 2000
Concept design for a low-frequency array;
J.D. Bregman; Proc. SPIE v4015; p19-32; 2000
Hybrid Composite Zoom Designs for ALMA Antenna Station Layout;
A. Webster; in 'Science with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA)'; 1999
Interferometric Array Design;
M.A. Holdaway, T.T. Helfer; SIRA II, p. 537-562; 1999
Cybernetic Design for Cross-Correlation Interferometers;
E. Keto; BAAS, v25, p1364, 1993
ATA stuff:
50-antenna sample configurations for the Allen Telescope Array;
D. Bock; ATA Memo #15; 2000
350-antenna sample configurations for the Allen Telescope Array;
D. Bock; ATA Memo #21; 2001
Configuration Choices for the Allen Telescope Array;
D.C.-J. Bock, M.C.H. Wright, W.J. Welch and J. Tasman, poster
presented at the workshop "Technology Pathways to the Square
Kilometre Array", Jodrell Bank Observatory, UK, August 2000.
CARMA stuff is here
others, from my list when i did the metrics write-up: Ryle & Hewish, The Syntheis of Large Radio Telescopes, MNRAS, 1960 Harris, On the Use of Windows for Harmonic Analysis with the Discrete Fourier Transform, Proc. IEEE, 66, 51-83, 1978 Mutel & Gaume, A Design Study for a Dedicated VLBI Array, VLBA Memo 84, 1982 Walker, Fast Quality Measure, VLBA Memo 144, 1982 Cornwell, Quality Indicators for the MM Array, MMA Memo 18, 1984 Hjellming, The 90 meter Configuration of the Proposed NRAO mm Array, MMA Memo 30, 1985 Cornwell, Crystalline Antenna Arrays, MMA Memo 38, 1986 Holdaway, Imaging Characteristics of a Homogeneous Millimeter Array, MMA Memo 61, 1990 Holdaway, Evaluating the MMA Compact Configuration Designs, MMA Memo 81, 1992 Cornwell, Holdaway, & Uson, Radio-interferometric imaging of very large objects: implications for array design, A&A, 271, 697-713, 1993 Holdaway, Foster, & Morita, Fitting a 12km Configuration on the Chajnantor Site, MMA Memo 153, 1996 Holdaway, What Fourier Plane Coverage is Right for the MMA?, MMA Memo 156, 1996 Keto, The Shapes of Cross-Correlation Interferometers, ApJ, 475, 843-852, 1997 Holdaway, Effects of Pointing Errors on Mosaic Images with 8m, 12m, and 15m Dishes, MMA Memo 178, 1997 Helfer & Holdaway, Design Concepts for Strawperson Antenna Configurations for the MMA, MMA Memo 198, 1998 Holdaway, Hour Angle Ranges for Configuration Optimization, MMA Memo 201, 1998 Wright, Image Fidelity, BIMA memo 73, 1999 there are a couple of more obscure references to Morita's work that I couldn't get proper references for or full copies of but which probably have relevant information: Morita, Array Configuration of Large Radio Interferometers for Astronomical Observations, National Astronomical Observatory, NRO-TR-56, 1997 Morita, Ishiguro, & Holdaway, Array Configuration of the Large Millimeter and Submillimeter Array (LMSA), URSI-GA, 1996