ALMA Science Workshop

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May 2004

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ALMA Science Workshop, to be held at the University Conference Center at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 14-15 May

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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The focus of the workshop will be on ALMA and its scientist users. Astronomers are invited to discuss
* ALMA's scientific goals and how best to enable them,
* Science goals which might be accomplished during the ALMA Early Science Phase
* The face ALMA presents to its scientists users through the North American ALMA Science Center.
* Prioritization of the receiver bands for which funding will come during operations--those at 31-45 GHz, 68-90 GHz and 163-211 GHz.
The conference will be organized into non-paralleled plenary sessions that are each about 2 1/2 hours in duration beginning each day, and one paralleled workshop session on individual topics on Friday afternoon. During the Friday Plenary session there will be discussion of ALMA and the Design Reference Science Plan, followed by talks on main ALMA science themes: o Galaxies and Cosmology: A. Blain (Caltech) (40 minutes)
o Star and Planet Formation: N. J. Evans (U. Texas) (40 minutes)
o Stars and Their Evolution: M. Meixner (STScI) (20 minutes)
o Solar Systems Near and Far: M. Gurwell (CfA) (20 minutes)
During the Friday workshop sessions, there will be discussion of the science cases, including presentations on current research by those present if they wish. ALMA will begin observations as soon as enough antennas are available to make that attractive--most likely with 6 antennas by 2008. An overview of what that skeletal ALMA could be able to provide will be presented for feedback on whether that set of observing modes is optimal, or whether some effort should be expended on a somewhat different mode mix. Users will be asked for input on Early Science projects which would be interesting to them, as ALMA plans to develop an Early Science Plan to complement the DRSP (which refers only to full operation of ALMA).

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