Agenda for ASAC Face-to-face. The Charges from the Alma Board are of special interest, here shown with Cox's plan for addressing them.
Pierre has drafted a response on the Early Science Charge:
Dear All,
Please find attached a postscript version of the draft of an Interim
Report on `Early Science with ALMA'. This document is based on the
discussions and mail exchanges in the working group which was constituted
around this charge to the ASAC. Clearly a general discussion with the
whole ASAC should further improve this document. You will find a first
set of recommendations which we bring specifically to your attention
(Section 7). We have the following specific questions which we would
like to adress and discuss at the Socorro meeting:
1. does the ASAC agree with the above draft recommendations?
2. does the ASAC agree with the early science goals? any additions?
are there points which need more clarification?
3. if only 2 receiver bands are available initially, which bands would be
recommended on scientific grounds?
4. does the ASAC want to recommend `observatory-type' projects,
e.g. spectral surveys?
5. should early observing with baselines longer than 1 km be started
with less than 12 antennas?
6. are reduced sensitivities for the first set of early-science receivers
acceptable (e.g., by limiting the bandwidth from 8 to 4 GHz)?
7. does the ASAC want to give priorities for bringing the unique capabilities
on-line?
This list of questions is, of course, open and further inputs are welcome.
With best wishes,
Pierre
The Early Science Group report:
ps format.
Early Science Sensitivity Comparisons
CARMA Sensitivity Comparisons
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Other
Monthly report for Jun-Jul has been submitted!
SMA News...
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Upcoming Meetings - Wootten
AUG 17/24 URSI General Assembly,
Maastricht, the Netherlands Butler attending
AUG 22/28 SPIE Symposium on Astronomical
Telescopes and Instrumentation, Waikoloa, Hawaii. Brown, Wootten attending;
Text of ALMA article.
SEP 9-13 Winds, Bubbles
and Explosions
JAN 5/9, 2003 201st Meeting of the American Astronomical Society
JUL 13-26, 2003 Twenty-Fifth General Assembly of the IAU
JUL 22/25, 2003 IAU Symposium (221): Star Formation at High Angular Resolution, Sydney, Australia. Tyler
Bourke is a co-chair of the scientific
organizing committee. Good opportunity to show ALMA capabilities.
SEP 22-26, 2003 4th Cologne-Bonn-Zermatt-Symposium on The Dense Interstellar Medium in Galaxies
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Travel
Oh, always
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