Astronomy Research at the Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory

马萨诸塞州大学的五个学院射电天文台由一组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）天文学研究;（2）发展最先进的仪器;（3）培训研究生和本科生的观测天文学和天文仪器。FCRAO正在与墨西哥国家天体物理、光学和电子研究所（INAOE）一起参与在墨西哥建造一个直径为50米的大型毫米波望远镜（LMT）。 LMT建成后将成为世界上同类望远镜中最大的。该奖项将支持关键人员和学生在未来三年内完成和调试LMT，包括开发和测试新仪器，以利用LMT的1毫米短波长工作波长。

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.