Astrophysics and Space Science Library Millimeter-Wave Astronomy: Molecular Chemistry & Physics in Space: Proceedings of the 1996 Inaoe Summer School of Mi Book 241 (Paperback)

This book is one result from the 1996 Millimeter-wave Summer School held at the Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica (INAOE) Tonantz intla Puebla Mexico. In collaboration with the University of Massachusetts INAOE has embarked upon the ambitious project of building the world s largest filled aperture millimeter-wave telescope - the Large Millimeter-wave Tele scope (LMT) or Gran Telescopio Milimetrico (GTM). The LMT is currently the largest scientific project in Mexico. The summer school had a dual purpose; first to introduce the Mexican as tronomical and physics communities to millimeter wavelength astronomy and second to provide a forum for a review of several important aspects of the state of the art in observations theory interpretation and technology relevant to this branch of astronomy. The summer school had 18 invited speakers and 44 par ticipants. The scientific organizing committee (SOC) consisted of Luis Carrasco (UNAM/INAOE Mexico) Paul Goldsmith (NAIC Cornell Univ. USA) and Andy Harris (Univ. of Maryland USA). Members of the local organizing com mittee (LOC) were Alberto Carramiiiana (INAOE) Emmanuel Mendez Palma (INAOE) Mari Paz Miralles (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics USA) and William Wall (INAOE).