An archival summary: 15 years of ALMA observations on disks and planet formation

arXiv:2605.30023 · astro-ph.EP · Submitted 2026-05-28 · Read on arXiv

Nicolas T. Kurtovic, Lizxandra Flores-Rivera, Laura M. Perez, Miguel Vioque, Myriam Benisty, Felipe Alarcón, Marcelo Barraza-Alfaro, Pietro Curone, Kiyoaki Doi, Sierra Grant, Haochang Jiang, Akimasa Kataoka, Feng Long, Álvaro Ribas, Anibal Sierra, Lucas Stapper, Milou Temmink, Francesco Zagaría

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Submitted: 2026-05-28

Comments: The data of this draft is also shown in https://youtu.be/BNPuSC1frb4?si=Kg7fmVSrmuI8_zZs and https://youtu.be/ahpoT0M8Nao?si=7xFFwRZ6rzeV7gvK . The tables are available at https://github.com/nicokurtovic/Tables_archival-summary-2026 . Article to be submitted to OJAp

Code: https://github.com/nicokurtovic/Tables_archival-summary-2026

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

The gist: The Atacama Large (sub-)millimeter Array (ALMA) has been in scientific operations for almost 15 years.

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The Atacama Large (sub-)millimeter Array (ALMA) has been in scientific operations for almost 15 years. We celebrate this achievement by providing a summary of the ``Disks and planet formation'' scientific category, with an emphasis on the disks located in the nearby star-forming regions. As of the beginning of February 2026, ALMA had observed 3933 independent coordinates, which we analyzed by their location in the sky, frequency coverage, exposure time, spectral line coverage, and angular resolution. We encourage the community to explore new scientific questions that are made possible through the archival datasets.

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