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| Paper: |
The ALMA Pipeline |
| Volume: |
485, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXIII |
| Page: |
383 |
| Authors: |
Muders, D.; Wyrowski, F.; Lightfoot, J.; Williams, S.; Nakazato, T.; Kosugi, G.; Davis, L.; Kern, J. |
| Abstract: |
The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) is a radio interferometer that
is being built on the Chajnantor plateau at 5000 m altitude in the
Atacama desert in Chile. It will consist of 66 telescopes organized in
three arrays providing baselines up to 16 km with a zoom configuration
including zero spacings. ALMA will provide unprecedented spatial
resolution and sensitivity in the mm/submm wavelength range to study
star and galaxy formation. The ALMA project intends to reach a broad
astronomical community. An automatic reduction pipeline is required to
deliver science quality data products also for non-experts. The ALMA
Pipeline is being developed as a set of additional tasks based on the CASA (Common Astronomy Software Applications) data reduction
package. End-to-end processing for interferometry and single dish data
has been implemented. The pipeline features are being commissioned
incrementally using ALMA Cycle 0 and Cycle 1 data. |
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