We are happy to announce the latest Call for Standard Observing Proposals for observations with the Submillimeter Array (SMA) during the 2025A semester, with observing period 2025 May 16 - 2025 Nov 15.
- Proposal Submission deadline:
- Wednesday, 5 March 2025, 15:00 HST (Hawaii)
- Wednesday, 5 March 2025, 20:00 EST (Cambridge, MA)
- Thursday, 6 March 2025, 01:00 GMT
- Thursday, 6 March 2025, 09:00 CST (Taipei)
Please note the change in the deadline time of day relative to previous calls.
We wish to highlight important upgrades to the data reduction path, which now include the ability to convert raw or calibrated SMA data into MeasurementSet format for reduction and/or imaging within CASA.
The full Call for Proposals, with details on time available and the proposal process is available now at the SMA Observer Center (SMAOC) at http://sma1.sma.hawaii.edu/call.html.
Details on the SMA capabilities and status can be found at Status; proposal creation and submission is also done through the SMAOC at Proposing. We are happy to answer questions and provide assistance in proposal submission, simply email sma-propose@cfa.harvard.edu with any inquiries.
Call for SMA-Taiwan student thesis project
The SMA-Taiwan (SMA-T) encourages students' thesis projects. This opportunity is open to students in Taiwanese institutions. Check here for more information.
The SMA-T key projects provide opportunities for projects requiring at least 10 tracks in total starting from 2023 continuously until the end of the ASIAA general SMA operation spreading over multiple semesters. Two SMA-T key projects have been approved and are ongoing.
- 2023A-A012:
- STREAMS - STar-forming Region Energetics Across Multiple scales
(PI: Seamus Clarke) - 2024A-A008:
- A SMA Investigation of the Evolution of ISM Density in AGN Host Galaxies
(PI: Bovornpratch Vijarnwannaluk)
- Sheng-Yuan Lu (ASIAA, chair), 2025-02 - present
- Po-Feng Wu (NTU), 2024-08 - present
Since 1996, Acade mia Sinica Institute of Astronomy & Astrophysics (ASIAA) has been carrying o ut the Submillimeter Array (SMA) project in collaboration with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observato ry (SAO). In November 2003, the array was dedicated on Mauna Kea, Hawaii by the previous Academia Sinica President Y. T. Lee and Smithsonian Institution Sec retary Larry Small. It consists of eight 6-meter antennas, with two of them (inc luding the associated electronics and receiver systems) delivered by ASIAA under close collaborations with university groups and industry in Taiwan.
As a partner of the SMA project, ASIAA contributes towards the maintenanc e and operation of the array on Mauna Kea. ASIAA has a small local staff residing in Hilo, Hawaii. In addition, the scientific and engi neering staff visits the site regularly, and conducts remote operation from Taipei.