Design study results
Telescope design
Design of the 50-meter Atacama Large Aperture Submm Telescope: A next-generation high throughput single dish facility for submillimeter astronomy. Mroczkowski et al. (2024). Submitted to A&A. Link to the preprint on arXiv.
Energy recovery system for large telescopes. Kiselev et al. (2024). Submitted to the 2024 SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation meeting. Link to the preprint on arXiv.
Progress in the design of the Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope. Mroczkowski et al. (2023). URSI GASS 2023, Sapporo, Japan, 19-26 August 2023. Link to the conference paper.
Energy study
Integrated life cycle assessment in off-grid energy system design - uncovering low hanging fruit for climate mitigation. Viole et al. (2024b), Applied Energy, Volume 367, 123334, ISSN 0306-2619. Link to the article. Preprint available at SSRN.
Designing renewable and socially accepted energy systems for astronomical telescopes: A move towards energy justice. Valenzuela-Venegas et al. (2024, submitted). In review by Nature Sustainability. Link to the preprint.
Sustainable astronomy: a comparative life cycle assessment of off-grid hybrid energy systems to supply large telescopes. Viole et al. (2024a). Int J Life Cycle Assess (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-024-02288-9 Link to the article.
A renewable power system for an off-grid sustainable telescope fueled by solar power, batteries and green hydrogen. Viole et al. (2023). Elsevier Energy, 2023, 128570, ISSN 0360-5442. Link to the article. Preprint available on arXiv.
Science case
Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST) Science: Probing the Transient and Time-variable Sky. Orlowski-Scherer et al. (2024). Submitted to Open Research Europe as part of the AtLAST collection. Link to the preprint on arXiv.
Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST) Science: Surveying the distant Universe. van Kampen et al. (2024). Submitted to Open Research Europe as part of the AtLAST collection. Link to the preprint on arXiv.
Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST) Science: The hidden circumgalactic medium. Lee et al. (2024). Submitted to Open Research Europe as part of the AtLAST collection. Link to the preprint on arXiv.
Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST) science: Gas and dust in nearby galaxies. Liu et al. (2024). Submitted to Open Research Europe as part of the AtLAST collection. Link to the preprint on arXiv.
Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST) Science: Resolving the Hot and Ionized Universe through the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect. Di Mascolo et al. (2024). Submitted to Open Research Europe as part of the AtLAST collection. Link to the preprint on arXiv.
Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST) Science: Our Galaxy. Klaassen et al. (2024). Submitted to Open Research Europe as part of the AtLAST collection. Link to the preprint on arXiv.
Science development study for the Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST): Solar and stellar observations. Wedemeyer et al. (2024). Submitted to Open Research Europe as part of the AtLAST collection. Link to the preprint on arXiv.
Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST) Science: Planetary and Cometary Atmospheres. Cordiner et al. (2024). Submitted to Open Research Europe as part of the AtLAST collection. Link to the preprint on arXiv.
High resolution modelling of [CII], [CI], [OIII] and CO line emission from the ISM and CGM of a star forming galaxy at z ~ 6.5. Schimek et al. (2024). Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 682, id.A98, 28 pp. Link to the article.
The elusive baryon cycle and prospects for future ALMA and AtLAST observations, by Cicone, C. (2023). Poster presented at the ALMA at 10 years: Past, Present, and Future conference, Puerto Varas, Chile. Link to the poster on Zenodo.
The Science Case for the Atacama Large Aperture Submillimetre Telescope, by Booth, M. (2023). Poster presented at the ALMA at 10 years: Past, Present, and Future conference, Puerto Varas, Chile. Link to the poster on Zenodo.
The Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope: key science drivers. Ramasawmy et al. (2022) Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 12190, id. 1219007 19 pp. Link to the article.
Instrumentation and methods
maria: a novel simulator for forecasting (sub-)mm observations. van Marrewijk et al. (2024, submitted). In review by Astronomy & Astrophysics. Link to the preprint on arXiv.
Machine learning based pointing models for radio/sub-millimeter telescopes. Nyheim et al. (2024). Submitted to Nordic Machine Intelligence journal. Link to the preprint on arXiv.
Summary of the design study goals
The Atacama large aperture submillimeter telescope (AtLAST) concept. Klaassen et al. (2020). Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 11445, id. 114452F 20 pp. Link to the article.
Other relevant publications
Science case
Molecular gas scaling relations for local star forming galaxies in the low-M∗ regime. Hagedorn, B, et al. (2024, submitted to A&A). Link to the preprint on arXiv.
A possible relation between global CO excitation and massive molecular outflows in local ULIRGs. Montoya Arroyave et al. (2024). Accepted for publication in A&A. Link to the preprint on arXiv.
A sensitive APEX and ALMA CO(1-0), CO(2-1), CO(3-2), and [CI](1-0) spectral survey of 40 local (U)LIRGs. Montoya Arroyave et al. (2023). A&A, 673, A13, 39pp. Link to the article.
Another X-ray UFO without a momentum-boosted molecular outflow. Bonanomi et al. (2023). A&A Volume 673, A46, 24 pp. Link to the article.
The velocity structure of the intracluster medium during a major merger: Simulated microcalorimeter observations. Biffi et al. (2022). Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 663, id.A76, 22 pp. Link to the article.
Feeding the spider with carbon. [CII] emission from the circumgalactic medium and active galactic nucleus. De Breuck et al. (2022). Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 658, id.L2, 4 pp. Link to the article.
SUPER. VI. A giant molecular halo around a z∼2 quasar. Cicone et al. (2021)
Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 654, id.L8, 9 pp. Link to the article.
Energy study
Study of Phase Composition in TiFe + 4 wt.% Zr Alloys by Scanning Photoemission Microscopy. Sartori et al. (2023), Volume 11, pp 26. Link to the article.
Metallic and complex hydride-based electrochemical storage of energy. Cuevas et al. (2022). Prog. Energy 4 032001. Link to the article.
Instrumentation and techniques
Millimeter/Submillimeter VLBI with a Next Generation Large Radio Telescope in the Atacama Desert. Kazunori et al. (2023). Galaxies, vol. 11, issue 1, p. 1. Link to the article.
Large format imaging spectrograph for the Large Submillimeter Telescope (LST). Kohno et al. (2020). Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 11453, id. 114530N 11 pp. (2020). Link to the article.
Site characterization
Two decades of km-resolution satellite-based measurements of the precipitable water vapor above the Atacama Desert. Gómez Toribio, et al. (2021) eprint arXiv:2103.03917. Link to the article.
Astro2020 decadal survey white papers
The Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST). Klaassen et al. (2019). Astro2020 APC white papers, no. 58; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 51, Issue 7, id. 58. Link to the article.
The hidden circumgalactic medium. Cicone et al. (2019). Astro2020, science white papers, no. 82; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 51, Issue 3, id. 82 (2019). Link to the article.
A High-resolution SZ View of the Warm-Hot Universe. Mroczkowski et al. (2019). Astro2020, science white papers, no. 124; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 51, Issue 3, id. 124. Link to the article.
The case for a 'sub-millimeter SDSS': a 3D map of galaxy evolution to z~10. Geach et al. (2019). Astro2020, science white papers, no. 549; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 51, Issue 3, id. 549. Link to the article.
Mapping Galaxy Clusters in the Distant Universe. Dannerbauer et al. (2019) Astro2020, science white papers, no. 293; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 51, Issue 3, id. 293 (2019). Link to the article.
Exploring the environment and evolution of planetary systems. Holland et al. (2019). Astro2020: Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics, science white papers, no. 80 (2019). Link to the article.
Pre-design study papers
First Generation Heterodyne Instrumentation Concepts for the Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope. Groppi et al. (2019). Proceedings of the 30th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology. Link to the article.
Astrophysics with the Spatially and Spectrally Resolved Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effects. A Millimetre/Submillimetre Probe of the Warm and Hot Universe. Mroczkowski et al. (2019). Space Science Reviews, Volume 215, Issue 1, article id. 17, 60 pp. Link to the article.
