ALMA Upgrade to Supercharge Event Horizon Telescope, Astronomy's 'Killer App'
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 - 14:50
in Astronomy & Space
Scientists recently upgraded the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) by installing an ultraprecise atomic clock at ALMA's Array Operations Site, home to the observatory's supercomputing correlator. This upgrade will eventually allow ALMA to synchronize with a worldwide network of radio astronomy facilities collectively known as the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT).