Program

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Agenda, with links to slides

Time

Event

9:00 - 9:15 am Welcome, Introduction, Logistics
9:15 - 10:00 am Introduction to ALMA Science
10:00 - 10:30 am Warren Morningstar (Stanford): Revealing the Small Scale Structure of Dark Matter with ALMA Observations of Gravitational Lenses
10:30 - 10:50 am Coffee Break
10:50 - 11:20 am Megan Ansdell (Berkeley): Using ALMA to Conduct Large-Scale Protoplanetary Disk Surveys
11:20 - 12:30 pm Interferometry Basics
12:30 - 1:15 pm Lunch (provided)
1:15 - 1:45 pm Cycle 6 ALMA Capabilities
1:45 - 2:15 pm Proposal Preparation
2:15 - 2:45 pm Observing Tool (OT)
2:45 - 3:15 pm Coffee Break
3:15 - 4:15 pm Imaging and Simobserve
4:15 - 5:00 pm Discussion and Wrap Up

 

Additional Information


Good References for Interferometry

  • Thompson, A.R., Moran, J.M., Swensen, G.W. 2004 “Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy”, 2nd edition (Wiley-VCH)
  • Perley, R.A., Schwab, F.R., Bridle, A.H. eds. 1989 ASP Conf. Series 6 “Synthesis Imaging in Radio Astronomy” (San Francisco: ASP) - www.aoc.nrao.edu/events/synthesis

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