ALMA North American Science Advisory Committee
; ALMA North American Science Advisory Committee Telecon meeting Aug 11, 2011
Seventeen antennas are shown in place at the AOS 7 August. Seventeen antennas operated in an array on 6/7 August. (136 baselines) including twelve North American antennas, four East Asian antennas and one European antenna! Photo by Jaime Guarda c ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)
- Call date: 2011-08-11 02:00 pm EDT or 18:00 UT (Thursday)
- Duration: 1 hr
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- Leaders: A. Bolatto, C. Lonsdale
Fall 2011 ANASAC Meeting, Charlottesville, VA
Topics
- Old Business The enhanced Agenda from last meeting is available. Minutes from that telecon are available.
- New Business under Discussion.
Discussion Items
- Report on ALMA progress at Chile (Wootten)
- Construction -
- Operations
- Progress toward Early Science
- SV Data examination experience (feedback from committee members)
- NAASC during Early Science
- J. Hibbard attended f2f meeting of SciOpsIPT Aug 1-5. (Hibbard)
- Proposal technical assessment complete, science assessment wrapping up. I may comment on TA & SA instructions.
- Change in configuration schedule
- Plans for generation of Ph2 products
- JAO & EU would like ALMA meeting in Chile next year (summer or Fall 2012) specific to ALMA
- ALMA Development
- Shep Doeleman reports that the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) proposal to the NSF to phase up ALMA for VLBI has been recommended by the Astronomy division for full funding.
- The Call for ALMA Development Studies documents have received discussion at NSF; some revisions are under way.
- European Development Studies on upgrade options for ALMA B9 and on preparations for B5 full production are reaching conclusion at the end of 2011.
- A NA ALMA Software Development Workshop has been scheduled (see below).
- Board-Approved ALMA Development Principles
- ALMA EA development workshop meeting on September 8th in the NAOJ Mitaka campus
- ANASAC Charges
- Discussions have begun on a Charge: 'The ANASAC is asked to comment on the scientific advantages of resiting ALMA Band 1 in frequency from 31.3-45 GHz to e.g. 34-53 GHz. Please note scientific advantages for the locations of the upper and lower edges of the band. Note that a paper on science goals of Band 1 is available in arXiv:0910.1609.'
- ASAC activities
- Astronomer Outreach:
- Report on Technical Assessment workshop (Wootten)
- NAASC ALMA-related workshop(s) in 2011 (+)
- Meeting preregistration: Outflows, Winds and Jets: from Young Stars to Supermassive Black Holes
- Committees (SOC) NAASC: Lonsdale, Lacy, Brogan, Kimball; ANASAC: Neufeld, Padgett, Scott, Williams, Wilner; Taiwan: Hsien, Ho; GBT, EVLA, VLBA: Lockman, Chandler
- Mar 3-6, 2012, Charlottesville
- ALMA Software Development Workshop
- Oct 12-14, 2011, Charlottesville
- ESO-supported Planned Meetings of ALMA interest
- Astrophysics in the ALMA Era: First ALMA Early Science Results from ESO Member States
- Astrochemistry in the ALMA Era
- Any Other Business
- Astronomer Outreach: JAO ALMA Webpages; ALMA Newsletters; ARC-maintained wiki of ALMA science meetings and training events; NRAO eNews; NAOJ News.
Science Corner
- The ALMA Observation Support Tool
- JCMT Board Statement
- IRAM MOU signed for NOEMA
Events of Interest
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15-17 Aug |
2011 |
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Cycle 0 Panel Meetings |
Santiago |
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28-29 Sept |
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ANASAC Meeting |
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30 Sept |
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ES Commences |
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5-6 Oct |
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Upcoming, very recent, or ongoing Meetings
Star Formation through Spectroimaging at High Angular Resolution June 20-24, 2011 Taipei
Sixth NAIC/NRAO School on Single Dish Radio Astronomy Jul 10 - 16, 2011 Green Bank, WV
The Milky Way in the Herschel Era: towards a Galaxy-scale view of the Star Formation Life-cycle Mon, September 19 Fri, September 23, Rome
Formation and Development of Molecular Clouds - prospects for high resolution spectroscopy with CCAT 5-7 October 2011, Cologne, Germany
Signposts of Planets Oct 18-20, GSFC, Maryland
Workshop on Astrochemistry: An Interstellar Heritage for Solar System Materials? Mon, December 5, 2011 Fri, December 9, 2011 Leiden
Cosmic Masers: From OH to Ho, IAU Symposium 287 January 29 - February 3 2012, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Outflows, Winds and Jets: from Young Stars to Supermassive Black Holes 2012 Sat, March 3, 2012 Tue, March 6, 2012 Charlottesville, Va
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AlWootten - 2011-07-29