APP2 Status Summary: Proposed New VLBI Capabilities for Cycle 8

Abstract

This document contains material proposed for ALMA Cycle 8 as well as a follow-up note provided to the reviewers. The new capabilities were a passive phasing mode (for weaker sources), an ALMA Band 3 pulsar observing mode, and a prototype spectral line mode, also for Band 3. In the event, the first two were accepted for a Cycle 8 that was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The spectral line capability was deferred until Cycle 9.