2005.11.09

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A review of the 12-m antenna for the Atacama Compact Array (ACA) developed by Japan was held at Itami (near Osaka) on November 8 and 9. The review committee in…

2005.11.02

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The ALMA Board meeting was held in Santiago on November 1 and 2 with the participation of Norio Kaifu (NAOJ Director General), Masato Ishiguro (ALMA-J project …

2005.10.31

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At the ALMA Operations Support Facility (OSF), a special ambulance was deployed in a healthcare room, and a concrete plant was completed for the construction o…

2005.10.30

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The construction of the Technical Building has been started at the ALMA Array Operations Site (AOS) at an altitude of 5000 m above sea level. The picture shows…

2005.10.08

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Astronomical Society of Japan held its biannual autumn conference 2005 at Sapporo Convention Center from October 6 to 8. There were 34 ALMA-related presentatio…

2005.10.02

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ALMA Science Advisory Committee (ASAC) meeting was held in Santiago on October 1 and 2. From Japan, six people attended the meeting including Yasuo Fukui (Nago…

2005.09.08

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Signing ceremony was held for the agreement between National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS) of Japan and Academia Sinica (AS) of Taiwan for collaboratio…

2005.08.01

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New Advanced Technology Center, ATC is established by integrating the former Advanced Technology Center and the receiver development group of ALMA. With its pr…

2005.07.05

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The second meeting of ALMA science working group was held at Mitaka to thoroughly discuss the research theme with ALMA and to form the key project. The picture…

2005.06.24

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Preliminary design review of front end of Band 8, which Japan has been developing, was held at Mitaka, following the preliminary design review of Band 4. Our p…

2005.06.22

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Preliminary design review of Band 4 (150 GHz band), whose development Japan has been in charge of, was held at Mitaka and highly evaluated by review committee …

2005.05.31

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Preliminary review of ACA correlator that Japan has been developing was held at Mitaka. It was the first review for Japan, and was highly evaluated by the revi…