An imaging array at submillimeter wavelengths has applications in many areas of astrophysics. In general, the SMA will be most sensitive to emission from material at temperatures of a few 10's of K whose spectra peak in the submillimeter. Diagnostic probes at these wavelengths include thermal continuum emission, rotational lines of light molecules, and atomic fine structure lines. These emissions often arise in compact regions, for example in the immediate vicinity of young stars or evolved stars in the Galaxy, in protoplanetary disks, in active regions of distant galaxies, and Solar System bodies, all places where arcsecond (or better) resolution will be especially valuable.
SMA Weekly Discussion on Submillimeter Science
SMA Publications
SMA Posters Presented at the ALMA Symposium (Nov. 13 - 17, 2006)
Science with the Submillimeter Array, AAS 207th Meeting (Jan 8 - 12, 2006)
Workshop Submillimeter Astronomy in the era of the SMA (Jun 13 - 16, 2005)
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