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Millimetre Facilities in Australia Andrew Walsh. Australia Telescope Compact Array.

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1 Millimetre Facilities in Australia Andrew Walsh

2 Australia Telescope Compact Array

3 12mm3mm Frequency Range (GHz) 16 – 25 85 – 105 Wavelength Range (mm) 19 – 12 3.6 – 2.6 Diameter (m) 6 x 22 5 x 22 Primary Beam FWHM (“) 175 - 112 33 – 24 Smallest Synthesised 0.5 2 Beam (“) Beam (“) Typical System Temp (K) 30 – 38 310 – 440 Maximum Bandwidth 2 x 128 2 x 128 (MHz) (MHz) Maximum Number 1024 1024 of Channels of Channels Continuum Sensitivity 5 100 (1 sec) (mJy/beam) Line Sensitivity (10min, 10km/s) 12 240 (mJy/beam)

4 Mopra

5 Mopra Frequency Range (GHz) 16 – 25 78 – 116 Wavelength Range (mm) 19 – 12 4 – 2.6 Diameter (m) 22 22 Primary Beam FWHM (“) 120 37 - 33 Typical System Temp (K) ~45 140 - 290 Maximum Bandwidth 8000 8000 (MHz) (MHz) Maximum Number 8192 8192 of Channels of Channels Continuum Sensitivity 35 150 - 640 (1 sec) (mJy/beam) Line Sensitivity (10min, 10km/s) 24 60 - 155 (mJy/beam) 12mm3mm

6 Parkes

7 Parkes Frequency Range (GHz) 21 - 24 Wavelength Range (mm) 14 – 12.5 Diameter (m) 45 Primary Beam FWHM (“) 80 Typical System Temp (K) 140 Maximum Bandwidth 128 (MHz) (MHz) Maximum Number 8192 of Channels of Channels Continuum Sensitivity 590 (1 sec) (mJy/beam) Line Sensitivity (10min, 10km/s) 320 (mJy/beam) 12mm

8 Tidbinbilla

9 Tidbinbilla Frequency Range (GHz) 19.9 – 20.5 21.8 – 22.4 23.6 – 24.2 Wavelength Range (mm) 14.8 13.5 12.6 Diameter (m) 70 70 70 Primary Beam FWHM (“) 48 48 48 Typical System Temp (K) 50 50 50 Maximum Bandwidth 64 64 64 (MHz) (MHz) Maximum Number 4096 4096 4096 of Channels of Channels Continuum Sensitivity 9 9 9 (1 sec) (mJy/beam) Line Sensitivity (10min, 10km/s) 3.4 3.4 3.4 (mJy/beam) 12mm


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