[mmaimcal] 183 GHz baseline plan
Simon Radford
sradford at nrao.edu
Wed Jun 30 08:46:54 EDT 1999
Darrel,
For reasons that have been
discussed before, I think it a
poor choice to use the
astronomy receiver for
water line monitoring. (For
instance, this would preclude
or complicate CO(2-1)
observations at moderate
redshifts, z > 0.07, clearly
an important science
objective for the MMA.)
Hence I am uncomfortable
this has become the baseline
plan. Despite your disclaimer
that the decision is just for
the reference project cost
estimate, I fear this
reference plan will
naturally become the baseline
plan for the ALMA. So I would
be happier with a plan where
calibration and science did
not conflict.
Simon
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