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Enabling New ALMA Science with Improved Support for Time-Domain Observations

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arxiv 1703.04692 v1 pith:4OIHWRMF submitted 2017-03-14 astro-ph.IM

Kate D. Alexander , Edo Berger , Geoff Bower , Sarah Casewell , S. Brad Cenko , Shami Chatterjee , Ilse Cleeves , Jim Cordes
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Jeremy Drake Maria Drout Trent Dupuy Tarraneh Eftekhari Giovanni Fazio Wen-fai Fong James Guillochon Mark Gurwell Michael Johnson Tomasz Kaminski Albert Kong Tanmoy Laskar Casey Law Stuart P. Littlefair Meredith MacGregor W. Peter Maksym Lynn Matthews Michael McCollough Stefanie Milam Arielle Moullet Matt Nicholl Aaron Rizzuto Barry Rothberg Andrew Seymour Eric Villard Belinda Wilkes Peter K. G. Williams Steven Willner Farhad Yusuf-Zadeh (ALMA Time-domain Special Interest Group)
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While the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is a uniquely powerful telescope, its impact in certain fields of astrophysics has been limited by observatory policies rather than the telescope's innate technical capabilities. In particular, several observatory policies present challenges for observations of variable, mobile, and/or transient sources --- collectively referred to here as "time-domain" observations. In this whitepaper we identify some of these policies, describe the scientific applications they impair, and suggest changes that would increase ALMA's science impact in Cycle 6 and beyond. Parties interested in time-domain science with ALMA are encouraged to join the ALMA Time-domain Special Interest Group (ATSIG) by signing up for the ATSIG mailing list at https://groups.google.com/group/alma-td-sig .

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