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ALMA Cycle 6 submission statistics available
May 23, 2018
In the Cycle 6, the demand for using the most advanced radio telescope in the world set a new record, surpassing 1800 proposals. A detailed report of the Cycle 6 Proposal Submission Statistics is now available. The report provides a summary of items such as the number of submitted proposals and time requested, subscription rates, and comparisons with the number of hours requested in previous Cycles. The new cycle begins in October this year and ends in September 2019. 4000 hours of the 12-m Array time and 3000 hours of the Atacama Compact Array (ACA) time, also known as the Morita Array, will be available for successful proposals. The science ranking process will take place in Tokyo, Japan, between June 18-23.
Number of Submitted Proposals and Time Requested:
Time requested (hours) |
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Number |
12-m |
7-m |
TP |
|
All proposals |
1838 | 19,696 | 10,941 | 7117 |
ACA standalone |
112 | - | 3672 | 1523 |
Large programs |
18 | 1830 | 1603 | 1315 |
Polarization |
101 | 1015 | - | - |
Solar |
32 | 124 | 124 | 124 |
ToO |
23 | 203 | 29 | 0 |
VLBI (3mm) |
9 | 69 | - | - |
VLBI (1mm) |
11 | 138 | - | - |
Subscription Rates:
Europe |
North America |
East Asia |
Chile |
All |
|
12-m array |
6.2 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 4.9 |
7-m array |
4.2 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.6 |
TP |
2.6 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 2.4 |
ALMA Reaches 1000 Published Papers
May 3, 2018
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has reached an important milestone with the publication of the 1000th peer-reviewed paper using ALMA data. The paper was Spatial variations in Titan’s atmospheric temperature: ALMA and Cassini comparisons from 2012 to 2015 by Alexander E. Thelen et al. — which presents a detailed investigation of the atmospheric temperature of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan.
