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- 2005-4-19 14:00 UT
- Duration: 1 hr
- USA Toll Free Number: 877-874-1919
- Toll Number: +1-203-320-9891
- Passcode: 185064
- Leader: Al Wootten
Topics
- Old Business The enhanced Agenda from last month's meeting is available. Science IPT notes from last month's telecon are available.
DUSTY04 collection of papers relevant to ALMA.
- New Business--Project news/updates (Wootten, Wilson, Kawabe)
- Milestones--09.2.17.2 Complete draft ICD between Science and Site Planned
- Subarrays--by frequency, four for ALMA, two for ACA independently tuned
- Frequency Switching--proposal to change spec from 0.03% to 0.025%. I have no objection; does anyone
- New personnel: Postdoc hired--Tony Remijan.
- ACA correlator PDR -- ALMA-J would like to hold the ACA correlator PDR, if at all possible on the week beginning 30 May and preferably back to back with the bands 4 and 8 PDRs. In the ACA Correlator PDR folder, you will find the CIDL and a format for the Compliance Matrix as well. I hope you have a chance to look at them. Baseline Correlator + TFB Specs
- Nutator Requirements discussion has begun. Comments to wiki page please.
- Group Activities (all)
- Next meeting is on May 17th (14:30 UT)
Science IPT Group Activity Reports
Please include your Group Activity Report here (How to Enter Your Report), or email it to AlWootten
1 Science IPT - IPT meetings, CVR Review, Rebaselining Options,
ASAC Report,
Operations Plan Vers A, New Band 5 Receivers/OTF Interferometry and the Board Meetings 4-9 April 2005.
2 ASAC news
ASAC Report
3 Antennas
4 Astronomer Outreach: NRAO
Newsletter ESO
Newsletter. NRAO ALMA
Calendar
Emerson/Laing -- Instrument Scientists
- Notes from configuration redesign telecon.
Robert Lucas -- SSR
- Meeting on 2005-4-13: Minutes
- CDR3 is planned for early June. Release R3 plans: testing interferometry software in simulation mode.
Michiel Hogerheijde -- DRSP
Mark Holdaway/Steve Myers -- Imaging
- See NRAO Algorithms Working Group Minutes "Pointing corrections in interferometer calibration and imaging" discussed 13 April.
- The meteorological instruments group was to define the 'ancillary devices'; an old draft of that is in almaedm at: http://tinyurl.com/5ns7e which has been updated by JohnRicher (see Calibration item above).
- The second task was to define the interface of the ancillary devices to the site. The current draft of that document is in almaedm at: http://tinyurl.com/43gvn
Science Corner:
Calendar
Events of Interest
(see also Al's
ALMA Biweekly Calendar)
2005 |
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Day |
Date |
Time (EST) |
Event |
location |
details |
Wednesday |
April 13 |
15:00UT |
SSR Telecon |
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Wednesday |
April 13 |
3-4pm |
NAWG Videocon |
CV-ER311 |
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Thursday |
April 14 |
15:00UT |
Calibration Group Telecon |
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Tuesday |
April 19 |
14:00UT |
Science IPT Videocon |
USA: 877-874-1919 World: +1-203-320-9891 |
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Tuesday |
April 19 |
15:00UT |
ASAC Telecon |
USA: 877-874-1919 World: +1-203-320-9891 |
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Tues |
April 26 |
1500UT |
ALMA Board telecon |
Telephone |
Change 3/9/05 |
Friday |
April 29 |
2-3pm |
ANASAC Telecon |
877-874-1919 PC=185064 |
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Tuesday |
May 3 |
14:30UT |
ASAC Telecon |
USA: 877-874-1919 World: +1-203-320-9891 |
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Wednesday |
May 04-5 |
all day |
WVR PDR |
Gothenburg, Sweden |
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Tuesday |
May 17 |
14:30UT |
Science IPT Videocon |
USA: 877-874-1919 World: +1-203-320-9891 |
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Thurs |
May 26 |
1500UT |
ALMA Board telecon |
Telephone |
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Mon-Thurs |
May 29-Jun 2 |
all day |
AAS Minneapolis |
ALMA booth part of NRAO booth |
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Sunday |
June 12 |
1-5pm |
ANASAC Face-to-Face |
CfA |
Tues-Weds |
June 21-22 |
1500UT |
ALMA Board Meeting |
The Hague, Netherlands |
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Friday |
June 24 |
2-3pm |
ANASAC Telecon |
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Weds-Thurs |
July 6-7 |
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Front End deltaPDR |
Garching |
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Thurs |
Aug 4 |
1500UT |
ALMA Board telecon |
Telephone |
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Friday |
August 26 |
2-3pm |
ANASAC Telecon |
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Thurs |
Sep 22 |
1500UT |
ALMA Board telecon |
Telephone |
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Friday |
October 28 |
2-3pm |
ANASAC Telecon |
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Tues-Weds |
Nov 1-2 |
1500UT |
ALMA Board Meeting |
Chile |
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Thurs |
Dec 8 |
1500UT |
ALMA Board telecon |
Telephone |
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Upcoming Meetings
The SZ Effect and ALMA 7-8 April 2005, Orsay (Paris area), France
Understanding the Universe through IR and Submillimeter Astrophysics
May 2-3, 2005 The University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
IAU Symposium 227 Massive Star Birth: A Crossroads of Astrophysics May 16-20 2005, Acireale, Italy
Astrobiology and the Origins of Life Hamilton, Ontario, Canada May 24-28.
Workshop on submillimeter wavelength astronomy in Cambridge (JUN 13-16).
Star Formation in the Era of Three Great Observatories July 13-15, 2005 in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Astrochemistry throughout the Universe: Recent Successes and Current Challenges 2005 August 29 - September 2; Asilomar, California
Protostars and Planets V 24 - 28 October 2005 Hilton Waikoloa Village, The Big Island, Hawaii
Mm/submm Techniques and Science session, at the
URSI General Assembly 2005 October 23-29, New Delhi, India
"IR Diagnostics of Galaxy Evolution". 14-16 November 2005, Pasadena, CA
50th anniversary of the founding of NRAO October 15-19, 2006; Charlottesville, Virginia
ALMA November 13-16; Madrid, Spain
See also
NAASC listing
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AlWootten - 05 Apr 2005