The IRAM interferometer on Plateau de Bure

The IRAM interferometer on Plateau de Bure has three 15 m diameter antennas presently equipped with low noise receivers for the 80-115 GHz band. Baselines extend 160 m north-south and 288 m east-west. There are two digital cross-correlators, a wide band continuum correlator and a narrow band spectral correlator. The instrument's high sensitivity is a result of its relatively large antennas