LLAMA: a mm/submm radiotelescope in the Andes, in collaboration with Argentina

• Grant number: 11/51676-9
• Support type: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• Duration: December 01, 2013 - November 30, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Astronomy
• Principal Investigator: Jacques Raymond Daniel Lépine
• Grantee: Jacques Raymond Daniel Lépine
• Home Institution: Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas (IAG). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Co-Principal Investigators: Jose Ademir Sales de Lima ; Zulema Abraham
• Associated scholarship(s): 18/25341-9 - Development of the LLAMA control system, BP.TT; 17/23708-0 - 183 GHz H2O Megamaser galaxies and intensity Calibrations, BP.PD; 14/22095-6 - ACHEMOS: astrochemistry of our origins, a comprehensive study of the prebiotic chemistry in pre-stellar regions, BP.PD; 14/07460-0 - Targets for LLAMA: study of variability of radio sources at 43 GHz (band 1) and search for correlation with interferometric images, BP.PD; 13/04934-8 - Kinematics and evolution of pre-main sequence stars in nearby star-forming regions, BP.PD

Abstract

We plan to install a radio telescope 12 meters in diameter for millimeter and sub-millimeter waves, at close to 5000 m altitude, in the Argentine Andes, in collaboration with the Argentine Institute for Radio Astronomy. The main lines of research are: 1) black holes and accretion discs 2) Molecular evolution of clouds and astrobiology 3) the spiral structure of the Galaxy. Observations will be conducted in the "single dish" mode and interferometry (VLBI- Very Long-Baseline Interferometry), benefiting, for these observations, from the proximity of the largest international project in astronomy today, ALMA (Atacama Large Millimetric Array). The acronym of our project, LLAMA (Long Latin American Millimetric Array) reflects the intention that this instrument is the seed of a wider Latin American VLBI network. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

LIMA, J. A. S.; SINGLETON, D. The impact of particle production on gravitational baryogenesis. Physics Letters B, v. 762, p. 506-511, NOV 10 2016. Web of Science Citations: 10.

BARANOV, I.; LIMA, J. A. S. Gravitationally induced particle production and its impact on the WIMP abundance. Physics Letters B, v. 751, p. 338-342, DEC 17 2015. Web of Science Citations: 7.