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Our colleagues even recorded a video of the process, and the reasons for this, including VLBI!
#ALMA #ALMAObservatory #Maser #HydrogenMaser #interferometry #heartbeat #FrequencyReference #VLBI
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Brains have the alpha waves, computers have their clocks... and radio telescopes have hydrogen masers (essentially, radio-wavelength lasers) to keep both accurate timing and frequency, which are essential for radio inteferometers such as ALMA to work.
This masers live at 5000 m high at the Chajnator plateau, so the work itself is challenging!
https://www.almaobservatory.org/en/announcements/alma-gets-a-new-heartbeat/
#ALMA #ALMAObservatory #Maser #HydrogenMaser #interferometry #heartbeat #FrequencyReference