Astronomy Research at the Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory

马萨诸塞大学的五学院射电天文台由一群科学家和工程师组成，他们共同支持毫米波天文学的研究计划。FCRAO计划强调三个主要领域：(1)天文研究；(2)最先进仪器的发展；以及(3)对研究生和本科生进行观测天文学和天文仪器方面的培训。FCRAO正在与墨西哥国家天体光学电子研究所(INAOE)一起在墨西哥建造一座直径50米的大毫米望远镜(LMT)。LMT建成后，将成为世界上最大的此类望远镜。该奖项将支持致力于在未来三年内完成和调试LMT的关键人员和学生，包括开发和测试新的仪器，以利用LMT的短1 mm波长工作波长。

The Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory at the University of Massachusetts consists of a group of scientists and engineers working together in support of a research program in millimeter-wave astronomy. The FCRAO program emphasizes three principal areas: (1) astronomical research; (2) development of state-of-the-art instrumentation; and (3) training of graduate and undergraduate students in observational astronomy and astronomical instrumentation. The FCRAO is participating with the Mexican Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica, Optica, y Electronica (INAOE) in the construction, in Mexico, of a 50m diameter Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT). The LMT, when completed, will be the largest telescope of its kind in the world. This award will support key personnel and students working toward completion and commissioning of the LMT over the next three years, including development and testing of new instrumentation to take advantage of the short 1mm-wavelength operating wavelength of the LMT.