MRI: Development of a Cooled Sapphire Oscillator Frequency Standard for VLBI

该项目是为了开发和建造一个稳定的、冷却的蓝宝石振荡器，它将通过提供改进的频率基准来改进毫米波甚长基线干涉测量。在更高的频率下启用甚长基线干涉测量将提供更高的角分辨率，这反过来将提供对各种重要科学目标的前所未有的细节的观测，包括银河系的中心。这项技术可以部署在世界各地用于超长基线干涉测量的地点，并可以部署在未来的大型毫米波望远镜上，包括阿塔卡马大毫米阵列。

This project is for the development and construction of a stable, cooled sapphire oscillator that will allow improvements in millimeter wave Very Long Baseline Interferometry by providing an improved frequency reference. Enabling Very Long Baseline Interferometry at higher frequencies would provide for greater angular resolution, which in turn would provide for observations of unprecedented detail of various important science targets, including the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. The technology can be deployed at worldwide sites used for Very Long Baseline Interferometry, and could be deployed at future large millimeter wave telescopes, including the Atacama Large Millimeter Array.