STRAWMAN Agenda for ALMA Configuration PDR

Original A.Wootten

Revision 1.0 S.Guilloteau

Revision 2.0 AW

Grenoble, 26-27 February, 2001

Presentations must leave 5 min for questions

Start 0900 26 February

09:00-09:10 Welcome and establish plan for writing report (10 min) (Guilloteau, Wootten)

09:10-10:00 Site (Radford / Butler / Sakamoto)

*Chajnantor

*Maps / DEMs (description, limitations, provenance) (Radford)

*Masks (derivation, etc.) (Butler)

*Pampa la Bola, soil (Sakamoto)

*"Best places," ground surveys to date (Butler)

*Photos of "best places" (Radford)

10:00-10:20 Discussion (20 min)(Guilloteau, Wootten, Panel)

10:20-10:40 Break (20 min)

10:40-11:30 Zoom array designs for the ALMA Intermediate Configurations (50min)(Conway )

11:30-12:20 Double ring designs for the ALMA Intermediate Configurations (50min)(Yun, Kogan)

12:20-1:00 Discussion (40 min)(Guilloteau, Wootten, Panel)

1:00-2:00 Lunch Break (60 min)

02:00-2:30 Simulations of the Zoom and Double Ring Arrays (30 min)(Heddle )

02:30-2:50 Simulations with Pointing Errors (20 min)(Morita / Gueth)

02:50-3:05 The Compact (.15 km) Configuration (15 min)(Yun )

03:05-3:20 Another Compact Configuration (15 min) (Boone)

03:20-3:35 The Extended (14 km) Configuration (15 min)(Kogan )

03:35-4:00 Discussion* (Guilloteau, Wootten, Panel)

04:00-04:20 Break

04:20-04:40 Metrics (Butler) (20 min)

04:40-05:15 "Science Metrics" & Multiconfiguration (25 min) (Gueth)

05:15-05:30 Single-Dish & ACA (15 min) (Guilloteau)

05:30-05:45 ACA Simulations (15 min) (Morita)

05:45-06:00 ACA Simulations (15 min) (Pety/Gueth)

06:00-06:10 ACA (10 min) (Yun)

06:15-06:30 ACA (15 min) (Viallefond)

06:10-06:30 Discussion* (Guilloteau, Wootten, Panel)

06:30-07:15 Discussion* (Closed Panel Session)

07:15 Dinner

Start 0900 February 27,

09:00-09:30 Operations (Guilloteau, Wootten, Hofstadt)

09:30-10:00 Cost Issues (Hofstadt)

10:00-11:00 Discussion*(Panel)

11:00-11:15 Break

11:15-12:15 Back to key questions (Wootten / Guilloteau)

12:15-01:45 Lunch, coffee, walk through Grenoble

1:45-4:00 Writing assignments and subgroup meetings*

4:00-5:00 Meeting of the whole, reports*

5:00 Adjourn at 5 PM

Reading:

NEW Morita's work and Yun's work on the ACA are available in draft form.

NEW Dave Woody Classical Configuration Evaluation.