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Programme as discussed 18th December
Sunday 8th July
- 1200-1700: Registration
- 1700-1830: Dinner
- 1830-1900: Intro to the 40' (general)
- 1900-2100: Welcome drink and snacks
- 1900-0100: 40' observing (Three 2 hour slots), maybe with a group discussion before hand? (need to check this with Sue Ann to find out how she really wants to do this)
- These items can be handled by the LOC,
Larry will talk to SueAnn? Heatherley about the 40' parts.
Monday 9th July
- 0700-0830: Breakfast & late registration
- 0830-0900: Welcome and practical information - RPrestage, MHolstine unconfirmed
- 0900-0930: Basic introduction to the radio sky (atomic and molecular lines, continuum, other?) JLockman unconfirmed
- 0930-1000: Introduction to radio telescopes - terminology and such (maybe using the GBT as an example) FGhigo unconfirmed
- 1000-1030: Break
- 1030-1130: Radio Astronomy Fundamentals JCondon unconfirmed
- 1130-1230: Basic Principles of Single Dish telescopes PGoldsmith (would require $), DEmerson (already down for one talk), CSalter (rehash of PGoldsmith's previous talks), Someone from Cornell's staff? (DCampbell, JCordes?) unconfirmed
- 1230-1400: lunch
- 1400-1445: tracing the signal down the telescope, including LOs, receivers, etc. from the astronomer's viewpoint RMaddelena unconfirmed
- 1445-1545: theory of measurements DCampbell, JCordes unconfirmed
- 1545-1615: coffee break
- 1615-1715: Why single dishes DEmerson unconfirmed
- 1715-1900: dinner
- 1900-?: observing: 40', Arecibo, GBT
Tuesday 10th July
- 0700-0830: Breakfast
- 0830-0930: spectral lines AWooten,HLiszt,LMorgan unconfirmed
- 0930-1015: continuum BMason unconfirmed
- 1015-1045: break
- 1045-1145: pulsars (basic intro to the types of science) SRansom unconfirmed
- 1145-1230: polarization CHeiles unconfirmed
- 1200-1330: lunch
- 1330-1730: tours of the lab and the telescope, including showing where the signal goes, receivers, etc. (Break into 3-4 groups)
- 1730-1900: dinner
- 1900-?: observing: 40', Arecibo, GBT
Wednesday 11th July
- 0700-0830: Breakfast
- 0830-0930: Spectral Line Calibration KO'Neil unconfirmed
- 0930-1030: Short Spacings SStanimirovic unconfirmed
- 1030-1100: break
- 1100-1145: other things to do with single dish radio telescopes in the cm regime. Possible topics include:
- radars, DCampbell (if he hangs around) unconfirmed
- vlbi, FGhigo, TGhosh unconfirmed
- The Transient Sky, RRATS, GRB's etc MMcLaughlin, DLorimer
- 1145-1230: Survey techniques, hardware, and concerns SGibson unconfirmed
- 1230-1400: lunch
- 1400-1500: The millimeter regime (e.g. different obs techniques, the atmosphere, etc.) CBrogan (Spectral line) + PKorngut (Continuum) unconfirmed
- 1500-1545: RFI Overview RFisher unconfirmed
- 1545-1615: break
- 1615-1730: RFI hands-on demo? WSizemore unconfirmed
- 1730-1900: dinner
- 1900-?: observing: 40', Arecibo, GBT
Thursday 12th July
- 0700-0830: Breakfast
- 0830-1200: Hands-on project data reduction & analysis;
- 1200-1330: lunch
- 1330-1730: Hands-on project data reduction & analysis;
Friday 13th July
- 0700-0900: Breakfast
- 0900-1230: Miniworkshops:
- Alternate data analysis workshops (using canned data)
- 1230-1400: lunch
- 1400-1445: current and future capabilities of the GBT/Green bank RPrestage unconfirmed
- 1445-1530: current and future capabilities of Arecibo BBrown unconfirmed
- 1530-1600: break
- 1600-1730: hands-on presentations - 5 minute talks?
- 1800-2100: Banquet with speaker and music (alan dutches, et al?) JTaylor unconfirmed
Saturday 14th July
- Tours or hikes around Green Bank - cass train, telescope tours, hikes, other?