Collaborative Proposal: Science with the Allen Telescope Array

Information

• NSF Award
• 0540599

Owner

• SETI S.A.

• Award Id

  0540599

• Award Effective Date

  3/15/2006 - 19 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  2/28/2009 - 16 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 300,000.00

• Award Instrument

  Continuing grant

The Allen Telescope Array (ATA) is a centimeter-wavelength radio telescope with the potential to produce unique science that cannot be done with any other instrument. The ATA is the first radio telescope designed for commensal observing; it will simultaneously produce sensitive SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) surveys as well as large area continuum and spectroscopic surveys for conventional radio astronomy. The science of the ATA is enabled by a number of innovative technical developments. The ATA may serve as a prototype for the US design of the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), a next generation radio telescope currently in the planning phase. Located in Hat Creek, CA, formerly the site of the BIMA millimeter-wavelength array, the ATA will begin with 42 offset Gregorian antennas with continuous frequency response from 0.5 to 11.2 GHz, with an ultimate goal of 350 antennas.

• Program Officer

  Richard E. Barvainis

• Min Amd Letter Date

  3/4/2006 - 19 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  3/18/2008 - 17 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  SETI Institute

• City

  Mountain View

• State

  CA

• Country

  United States

• Address

  189 Bernardo Ave.

• Postal Code

  940435203

• Phone Number

  6509616633

• First Name

  Jill

• Last Name

  Tarter

• Email Address

  jtarter@seti.org

• Start Date

  3/4/2006 12:00:00 AM

• Text

  UNIV RADIO FACILITIES PROGRAM

• Code

  1211

• Text

  UNASSIGNED

• Code

  0

• Text

  OTHER RESEARCH OR EDUCATION

• Text

  OBSERVATIONAL ASTRONOMY

• Code

  1207