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4 Comparison of the ALMA and Herschel - ESO

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Abbreviations<br />

ACA — <strong>ALMA</strong> Compact Array<br />

AGB — asymptotic giant branch<br />

AGN — active galactic nucleus<br />

<strong>ALMA</strong> — Atacama Large Millimeter Array<br />

APEX — Atacama Pathfinder Experiment<br />

ASTRO-F — now named AKARI, a Japanese infrared satellite<br />

CDFS — Ch<strong>and</strong>ra Deep Field South<br />

CIRB — cosmic infrared background<br />

COB — cosmic optical background<br />

DRSP — Design Reference Science Plan<br />

ELT — Extremely large Telescope<br />

ESA — European Space Agency<br />

<strong>ESO</strong> — European Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Observatory<br />

FIR — far infrared<br />

FP6 — Framework Program 6 (<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> EC)<br />

FWHP — Full Width to Half Power<br />

GLIMPSE — <strong>the</strong> Galactic Legacy Infrared mid-plane Survey Extraordinaire<br />

GMC — Giant Molecular Cloud<br />

GOODS — Great Observatories Deep Survey<br />

HDF-S — Hubble Deep Field South<br />

HIFI — Heterodyne Instrument for <strong>the</strong> Far Infrared<br />

HST — Hubble Space Telescope<br />

IF — intermediate frequency<br />

IRAM — Institut de Radio Astronomie Millimétrique<br />

ISM — interstellar medium<br />

ISOCAM — Infrared Space Observatory (near infrared) Camera<br />

JCMT — James Clerk Maxwell Telescope<br />

LABOCA — Large Bolometer Camera<br />

LMT — Large Millimeter Telescope<br />

LSB — lower sideb<strong>and</strong><br />

MAMBO — Max Planck Millimeter Bolometer<br />

MIPS — Multib<strong>and</strong> Imaging Photometer for SIRTF (now Spitzer)<br />

MIR — mid infrared<br />

ODIN — International Astronomy <strong>and</strong> Aeronomy Satellite<br />

PACS — Photodetector Array Camera & Spectrometer<br />

pwv — precipitable water vapor<br />

rms — root mean square<br />

SCUBA — Submillimeter Common User Bolometer Array<br />

SED — Spectral Energy Distribution<br />

SEST — Swedish Submillimeter Telescope<br />

SIS — Superconductor Insulator Superconductor (a low noise microwave mixer)<br />

SNR — supernova remnant<br />

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