Astronomical Studies with the Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Array

该奖项是支持研究的三个奖项之一 伯克利-伊利诺伊-马里兰州阵列（比马）毫米波计划 波干涉仪 由三所主要大学组成的联盟， 加州大学伯克利分校，伊利诺伊大学， 和马里兰州大学已经汇集了他们的资源， 财政和人力，以发展一个杰出的天文 该设施显然是毫米波干涉测量的世界领先者。 该计划将利用现有的三要素 它被扩展到九个望远镜。 调查将 研究从太阳到太阳系行星的天体 到遥远的星系 仪器和软件简化 软件包也将提供给比马以外的用户 财团

This award is one of a group of three in support of the research program at the Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Array (BIMA) millimeter wave interferometer. A consortium of three major universities, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Illinois, and the University of Maryland have pooled their resources, both financial and human, to develop an outstanding astronomical facility, clearly a world leader in millimeter wave interferometry. The program funded here will utilize the existing three-element array as it is expanded to nine telescopes. Investigations will study objects ranging from our sun and planets in our solar system to distant galaxies. The instrument and software reduction packages will also be made available to users outside the BIMA consortium.