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

• Grant number: 11/51676-9
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• Duration: December 01, 2013 - August 31, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Astronomy
• Principal Investigator: Jacques Raymond Daniel Lépine
• Grantee: Jacques Raymond Daniel Lépine
• Host Institution: Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas (IAG). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Pesquisadores principais: 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

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(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)

RUIZ, F.; MOLINA, C.; LIMA, J. A. S.. Dynamical model for primordial black holes. Physical Review D, v. 102, n. 12, DEC 4 2020. (11/51676-9)

ABRAHAM, ZULEMA; BEAKLINI, PEDRO P. B.; COX, PIERRE; FALCETA-GONCALVES, DIEGO; NYMAN, LARS-AKE. eta Carinae: high angular resolution continuum, H30 alpha and He30 alpha ALMA images. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, v. 499, n. 2, p. 2493-2512, DEC 2020. (11/51676-9, 14/07460-0)

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. (11/51676-9)

LEPINE, JACQUES R. D.; ABRAHAM, ZULEMA; DE CASTRO, CARLOS GUILLERMO G.; COSTA, JOAQUIM E. R.; LARRARTE, JUAN JOSE; RASZTOCKY, EMILIANO; GANCIO, GUILLERMO; DOMICINI, TANIA; BEAKLINI, PEDRO P. B.; CORRERA, FATIMA S.; et al. The LLAMA Brazilian-Argentinian radiotelescope project: progress in Brazil and BRICS collaboration. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, v. 93, n. 1, 2021. (11/51676-9)

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. (11/51676-9)

LIMA, J. A. S.; SANTOS, J.. Tolman-Ehrenfest-Klein law in non-Riemannian geometries. Physical Review D, v. 104, n. 12, DEC 15 2021. (11/51676-9)

LIMA, J. A. S.; TREVISANI, S. R. G.; SANTOS, R. C.. Cosmic ``adiabatic{''} photon creation: Temperature law and blackbody spectrum. Physics Letters B, v. 820, SEP 10 2021. (11/51676-9)

LIMA, J. A. S.; DEPPMAN, A.. Tsallis meets Boltzmann: q-index for a finite ideal gas and its thermodynamic limit. Physical Review E, v. 101, n. 4, APR 23 2020. (11/51676-9, 16/17612-7)