We propose the TENS (Three-millimeter Extended Nucleus) survey of the Central Molecular Zone of the Galaxy with MUSTANG-2.
These observations are proposed specifically to complement an ongoing ALMA large program, ACES, and a recently-approved large VLA program, JACKS. The MUSTANG-2 data will fill in the short spacing information in the continuum that ALMA cannot observe. This additional information is critical for comparison to other wavelengths, which are only observed on scales larger than ALMA can detect.
GBT's MUSTANG-2 instrument serves a unique role as the only instrument capable of providing a link between the scales ALMA observes, targeting individual forming stars, and Galactic scales. Understanding the gas flow in the center of our Galaxy, and tying it to other galaxies, requires this ability to zoom out.
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Alyssa Bulatek | Florida, University of |
Nazar Budaiev | Florida, University of |
Emily Moravec | Green Bank Observatory; Akademie ved Ceske republiky |
Brian Mason | National Radio Astronomy Observatory |
Luca Di Mascolo | Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik; Trieste, Università degli Studi di |
IAN LOWE | Arizona, University of; Pennsylvania, University of |
Julia Robe | Pennsylvania, University of |
John Orlowski-Scherer | Pennsylvania, University of; McGill University |
Tanay Bhandarkar | Pennsylvania, University of |
Karen Perez Sarmiento | Pennsylvania, University of |
Saianeesh Haridas | Pennsylvania, University of |
John Orlowski-Scherer | Pennsylvania, University of; McGill University |
Tony Mroczkowski | European Southern Observatory |
Charles Romero | Pennsylvania, University of; Virginia, University of; Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian |
Simon Dicker | Pennsylvania, University of |
Thushara Pillai | Haystack Observatory; Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie |
Mattia Sormani | Heidelberg, Universität |
Diederik Kruijssen | Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik; Heidelberg, Universität |
Anika Schmiedeke | Green Bank Observatory |
Daniel Wang | Massachusetts at Amherst, University of |
Mark Devlin | Pennsylvania, University of |
Steven Longmore | Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian; European Southern Observatory; Liverpool John Moores University |
Elisabeth Mills | Kansas, University of |
Adam Ginsburg * | National Radio Astronomy Observatory; Florida, University of; Colorado at Boulder, University of; European Southern Observatory |
Laura Colzi | Centro de Astrobiología |
Katharina Immer | European Southern Observatory; Leiden, University of |
Simon Glover | Heidelberg, Universität |
Jairo Armijos | Quito, Observatorio Astronómico de |
Ashley Barnes | European Southern Observatory; Liverpool John Moores University; Bonn, Universität |
Daniel Walker | Manchester, University of; Connecticut, University of; National Astronomical Observatory of Japan ; Joint ALMA Observatory |
Cara Battersby | Connecticut, University of; Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian |
Jonathan Henshaw | Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie; Liverpool John Moores University |
Miriam G. Santa-Maria | Instituto de Fisica Fundamental |
Jonathan Sievers | Toronto, University of; McGill University; Princeton University; KwaZulu-Natal, University of |
Xing Lu | Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian; National Astronomical Observatory of Japan ; Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, CAS |
Marc Pound | Maryland, University of |
Craig Sarazin | Virginia, University of |
* indicates the PI