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Caltech ngVLA Optics Workshop – Program
Day 1, Tuesday, June 19, 2018, Caltech Keck Conference Center
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| Time (PDT) |
Topic |
Persons |
| 0900-0930 |
Workshop Objectives |
Sandy Weinreb |
| 0930-1010 |
ngVLA Project Overview & Status
(Science, schedule, heterogeneous array, on-going tasks) |
Eric Murphy* |
| 1010-1040 |
Optics Requirements & Reference Design
(Sensitivity, critical bands, polarization, sidelobes, etc.) |
Rob Selina * |
| 1040-1100 |
Break |
| 1100-1140 |
DVA1/DVA2/ngDVA Optics and Feed Design
(include ngDVA Optical Prescription) |
Lynn Baker |
| 1140 -1220 |
ngVLA Baseline Receiver and Cryogenics |
Denis Urbain |
| 1220-1330 |
Lunch |
| 1330 -1410 |
SKA Reflector and Feed Design
(SKA dish shape requirements, modeled efficiency
and spillover noise, expected tests, octave vs wideband feed comparison) |
Dirk de Villiers, Robert Lehmensiek |
| 1410-1440 |
Antenna and Feed Design at NRC |
Bruce Veidt |
| 1440-1500 |
Break |
| 1500 -1540 |
Octave Band Feed Design Performance |
Sri Srikanth |
| 1540-1620 |
Performance of 1.2 to 4.2 GHz Feed and SKA Wideband Study |
Jonas Flygare |
| 1620-1700 |
Further Development of QRFH Feeds |
Ahmed Akgiray, Jun Shi |
| 1900-2100 |
Dinner at Athenaeum Outdoor Facility |
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Caltech ngVLA Optics Workshop – Near Final Program, June 7, 2018
Day 2, Wednesday, June 20, 2018, Caltech Keck Conference Center
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| 0900-0940 |
SKA Feed and Cryogenic Integration |
Mike Jones |
| 0940-1020 |
1.2 – 116 GHz Demonstration System (status, cryogenic alternatives, band alternatives) |
Weinreb, Mani |
| 1020-1100 |
Alternative Cryogenic Systems for ngVLA |
Larry D’Addario |
| 1100-1200 |
Open discussion and Way Forward |
Sandy Weinreb |
* denotes remote attendee
