From jbauer at nrao.edu Mon Mar 3 09:18:53 2003 From: jbauer at nrao.edu (Janet Bauer) Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 09:18:53 -0500 Subject: [alma_na] Teleconference This Morning! Message-ID: <3E63644D.4020905@nrao.edu> The JAO/IPT Teleconference will begin at 10:30 am ET or 1530 UTC Time. Mar 3 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. JAO/IPT Meeting Calendar: multiple cals Audio/Video/Both/Local: Audio (434-296-7082) Details: CV311/SOC280/TUCN505 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mrafal at nrao.edu Mon Mar 3 13:06:54 2003 From: mrafal at nrao.edu (Marc D. Rafal) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 13:06:54 -0500 Subject: [alma_na] Documents Message-ID: <005901c2e1af$ac486ff0$ba7521c0@bruno> At the telecon earlier today I agreed to forward the attached documents to the IPT distribution lists. The AMAC report from last August and the Conclusions and Actions from the ALMA Board Meeting are included. 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The Bilateral ALMA Agreement, as signed by the NSF and ESO on 25 February 2003, can be found at http://almaedm.tuc.nrao.edu/forums/alma/dispatch.cgi/acc Version 1 of the ALMA Project Plan can be found at: http://almaedm.tuc.nrao.edu/forums/alma/dispatch.cgi/ipt1004jaogenacc/sh owFolder/100001/def/def/92e2 The Project Plan was submitted by the JAO to the ALMA Board for approval. It is a living document that will be updated, with Board approval, to represent the current plans of the project. Version 1 was approved by the ALMA Board at its 24 February 2003 Meeting. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mrafal at nrao.edu Wed Mar 12 16:04:02 2003 From: mrafal at nrao.edu (Marc D. Rafal) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 16:04:02 -0500 Subject: [alma_na] FW: Massimo Message-ID: <003101c2e8da$e8e7dfe0$ba7521c0@bruno> I received the following message from Paul concerning Massimo. As soon as I have more information I will pass it on. As you can see, the AMAC will proceed as currently scheduled. Marc -----Original Message----- From: Paul Vanden Bout [mailto:pvandenb at nrao.edu] Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 3:59 PM To: Fred K. Y. Lo; mrafal Subject: Massimo I found out a little from Dick Kurz. Massimo is in the hospital with some (to us unknown) problem. Stangalini may get the full story tonight when he visits Massimo. He undergoes surgery tomorrow. A hospital stay of 7-10 days follows, and a recovery period of 4-6 weeks. I am not sure what the recovery period entails, but presumably no travel. I talked to Dickman. We agreed that the AMAC meeting must proceed. We will plan for that in the JAO telecon tomorrow. Would Janet get this email out to all IPT leads and deputies? Paul From mrafal at nrao.edu Thu Mar 13 15:37:04 2003 From: mrafal at nrao.edu (Marc D. Rafal) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 15:37:04 -0500 Subject: [alma_na] Massimo Message-ID: <00a301c2e9a0$4e8d56c0$ba7521c0@bruno> I do not have any detailed information about Massimo but am told that he is fine and will make a full recovery. He is expected to be recovering for some weeks and will therefore not be at the AMAC, and probably not the ASAC. I will keep you posted as soon as I have more information. Marc -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jbauer at nrao.edu Sun Mar 16 10:01:04 2003 From: jbauer at nrao.edu (Janet Bauer) Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 10:01:04 -0500 Subject: [alma_na] JAO/IPT Meeting Message-ID: <3E7491B0.7060808@nrao.edu> Mar 17 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. JAO/IPT Meeting Calendar: multiple cals Audio/Video/Both/Local: Audio (434-296-7082) Details: CV311/SOC280/TUCN505 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rsimon at nrao.edu Sun Mar 16 21:33:05 2003 From: rsimon at nrao.edu (Richard Simon) Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 21:33:05 -0500 Subject: [alma_na] Re: 2003-Mar-04a Milestones and summaries available on ALMAEDM References: <3E4CFEFF.2080009@nrao.edu> <3E5E9470.3090604@nrao.edu> Message-ID: <3E7533E1.7060109@nrao.edu> In anticipation of our IPT meeting tomorrow, I have posted our currently planned milestone schedule on ALMAEDM. The 3-page document "Current Milestones" summarizes milestones recently completed, as well as those scheduled for the next 3 months. Current Milestones: http://tinyurl.com/7lke (3 pages, current as of 2003-Mar-16) (Since this file is small, I have attached a copy for convenience) All milestones documents are available in the following folder on ALMAEDM: http://almaedm.tuc.nrao.edu/forums/alma/dispatch.cgi/ipt1004jaogenacc/showFolder/100034/def/def/96f9 Workspaces ALMA Project Workspace IPT Level 10.04 JAO - Joint ALMA Office (general access) Milestones I note that 31 milestones on the attached list are late. A few are simply in need of being updated; the Antenna IPT is working on a revised schedule. Regards, Richard Simon -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Stacy Oliver has copied the presentations to an area in ALMAEDM which is generally accessible: http://almaedm.tuc.nrao.edu/forums/alma/dispatch.cgi/ipt1004jaogenacc/showFolder/100060 Forum: 10.04 JAO - Joint ALMA Office (general access) Apologies for any inconvenience! Richard Simon From jbauer at nrao.edu Wed Mar 19 12:51:06 2003 From: jbauer at nrao.edu (Janet Bauer) Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 12:51:06 -0500 Subject: [alma_na] Draft AMAC Agenda Attached Message-ID: <3E78AE0A.6060500@nrao.edu> Paul Vanden Bout has asked me to forward this DRAFT AMAC Agenda to you. No official agenda for the upcoming AMAC meeting has been issued. This is a draft agenda that the JAO has suggested. It can be used for planning purposes. Also, is anyone arriving at the Albuquerque airport on Sunday and could bring Profs. Miyama and Ichiguro from the airport to the Motel 6 in Socorro? They are arriving in Albuquerque on Sunday, 23rd March at 12:38 on American Airlines flight 307 (from Dallas). If you could help out, please send me an email or give me a call. Thanks! Regards, Janet Janet Bauer ALMA Project Secretary NRAO - ALMA North American Project Office 2496 Old Ivy Road, Suite 226 Charlottesville, VA 22903 434.296.0296 Phone 434.296.0255 Fax E-mail: jbauer at nrao.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Draft Agenda March 2003.doc Type: application/msword Size: 32256 bytes Desc: not available URL: From mrafal at nrao.edu Wed Mar 19 17:01:13 2003 From: mrafal at nrao.edu (Marc Rafal) Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 17:01:13 -0500 Subject: [alma_na] FW: AMAC Agenda Message-ID: <005b01c2ee63$147e9c10$73dbc5ce@harvey> I have included a message below from Paul Vanden Bout with the agenda for the AMAC. As Paul indicates each IPT needs to generate a singe viewgraph with a comparison of where you are versus where you planned to be. Please make sure that these charts get to Paul by COB Friday. You should send the charts to jao at nrao.edu. See everyone in Socorro. Marc -----Original Message----- From: Paul Vanden Bout [mailto:pvandenb at nrao.edu] Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 4:38 PM To: mrafal; Richard Kurz; Stephane Guilloteau; Janet Bauer Subject: AMAC Agenda Bob Dickman sent me this agenda which he, Gary, and Massimo had iterated from my earlier draft. It is pretty much the same as my draft. The significant change is the inclusion of the item "Performance of the Project." For this they are expecting one transparency for each IPT that reports where that IPT is today with respect to where they are supposed to be according to the schedule. No more, but no less. Reasons for delay and concerns, if any, should be assembled on another transparency, to be held for questions. Who will present this is open. Massimo was apparently planning to do so. I will either do this myself or divide it between Dick and Marc. Action Items: Have Janet send this agenda (attached) out as the agenda approved by the AMAC chairman and Project Manager. It should go to the entire AMAC, and everyone in the Project who is presenting or planning to attend the AMAC. It is the one we will follow at the meeting, subject to any necessary changes. It obviously needs a little rework ala my version, now that Massimo will not be attending, but we can do that in real time. Have each IPT lead/deputy prepare a single transparency with the requested info. If I could have those before leaving for Socorro, that is, by COB Friday, that is great. Otherwise, we will need to review this on Sunday. Frankly, I don't see that this is a big chore for anyone, so good luck. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Richard Simon From jbauer at nrao.edu Thu Mar 20 11:35:31 2003 From: jbauer at nrao.edu (Janet Bauer) Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 11:35:31 -0500 Subject: [alma_na] Message from Paul Vanden Bout, Please Read!! Message-ID: <3E79EDD3.7010801@nrao.edu> A few AMAC-related items: We will start rehearsing at 9a on Sunday in the AOC Auditorium. Regarding the single slide for each IPT stating where that IPT is with respect to schedule, Richard Simon has such a slide for each IPT and will be sending these out for your consideration. Please send me your reaction and/or own slide by the end of the day in New York tomorrow. We will construct the final set of slides on Sunday. Massimo has had a second surgery. Although unexpected, it was not major and he is fine, although a little weak at this point. He is no longer expected to attend the AMAC via video link as his hospital stay will likely be extended. See you Sunday! Paul From rsimon at nrao.edu Thu Mar 20 12:24:03 2003 From: rsimon at nrao.edu (Richard Simon) Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 12:24:03 -0500 Subject: [alma_na] Re: [Jao] Message from Paul Vanden Bout, Please Read!! References: <3E79EDD3.7010801@nrao.edu> Message-ID: <3E79F933.3060105@nrao.edu> The attached file presents the milestones for each IPT (1 or 2 pages for each IPT), with level 3 milestones excluded. I am working on a standard Gantt-chart presentation of this information for each IPT, which would show the milestones and tasks in context; I should have that available later today. Regards, Richard Simon -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The UVA intensity toward the Sun measured at Pampa La Bola near the sunset (elevation ~20 degrees) was still comparable with the highest value recorded at Mitaka. The difference becomes even more outstanding in UVB. The UV Index, which chiefly reflects UVB intensity, measured with a handheld UVB radiometer is in reasonable agreement with that predicted with the satellite data, and both consistently indicate that the UVB is extremely high at the AOS and OSF sites. The UV Index typically exceeds 7 (high) for 6 hours near the AOS site. View a pdf version of ALMA Memo #448. http://www.alma.nrao.edu/memos/html-memos/alma448/memo448.pdf Download a postscript version of ALMA Memo #448. http://www.alma.nrao.edu/memos/html-memos/alma448/memo448.ps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALMA MEMO #449 Noise Evaluation of Hybrid Photonic Local Oscillator at 500 GHz Y. Sekimoto, A. Ueda, T. Okuda (NAOJ), E. Bryerton (NRAO), M. Sugimoto, H.Matsuo, S. Yokogawa, T. Noguchi, M. Ishiguro (NAOJ), H. Ito, T. Nagatsuma, A. Hirata (NTT), and J. Payne (NRAO) 2003/03/20 Keywords: Photonic LO, hybrid option, SIS noise, multiplier A hybrid photonic local oscillator, which consists of a multiplier, a W-band power amplifier, a W-band photomixer, and a laser system, has been demonstrated to be sufficiently powerful to pump a superconducting-insulator-superconducting tunneling junction (SIS) mixer at 490 GHz. The noise temperature at 490 GHz was 135 K, which is comparable with that pumped by Gunn oscillator + multipliers. Wideband spectrum of the multiplier is also measured. View a pdf version of ALMA Memo #449. http://www.alma.nrao.edu/memos/html-memos/alma449/memo449.pdf Download a postscript version of ALMA Memo #449. http://www.alma.nrao.edu/memos/html-memos/alma449/memo449.ps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALMA MEMO #450 Heterogeneous Imaging with the ALMA Compact Array Melvyn Wright (University of California, Berkeley) 2003/03/21 Keywords: Heterogeneous Imaging, ALMA Compact Array, ACA. The ALMA Compact Array will be a powerful telescope at sub-millimeter wavelengths for imaging the large scale structures which are not well sampled by ALMA. In this memo, we propose an observing mode for the ACA as a heterogeneous array of 7 and 12 m antennas. We compare three compact configurations: the ACA (12 x 7 m), a heterogeneous ACA with 4 x 12 m antennas, and the most compact ALMA configurations with 60 x 12 m antennas. We present tables of the synthesised beam FWHM, brightness sensitivity and sidelobe levels for source declinations +30, 0 and --30 degrees. Using the ACA as a heterogeneous array with four 12 m antennas doubles the collecting area of the ACA and provides synthesised beams and brightness sensitivities which fill a useful parameter space between the ACA alone and the most compact configurations of the ALMA telescope. Heterogeneous observing provides more short spacings and a good cross calibration of the 7 and 12 m antennas. Calibration of the bandpass and polarization characteristics can be improved by scheduling a few more 12 m antennas for the ACA at times when these calibrations are needed. The location of the ACA in relation to the ALMA array, and the correlator configuration should be considered with these possibilities. View a pdf version of ALMA Memo #450. http://www.alma.nrao.edu/memos/html-memos/alma450/memo450.pdf Download a postscript version of ALMA Memo #450. http://www.alma.nrao.edu/memos/html-memos/alma450/memo450.ps _______________________________________________ Almanews mailing list Almanews at listmgr.cv.nrao.edu http://listmgr.cv.nrao.edu/mailman/listinfo/almanews From jbauer at nrao.edu Tue Mar 25 09:42:25 2003 From: jbauer at nrao.edu (Janet Bauer) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 09:42:25 -0500 Subject: [alma_na] Next JAO/IPT Meeting - Change in TIME!! Message-ID: <3E806AD1.4060902@nrao.edu> Everyone, The next JAO/IPT Meeting is scheduled for Monday, 31st March. It will start at 10:00 am EST, 1500 UTC Time. This is one half hour earlier than usual!! Please note the time change on your calendars. Please note that the call in number below is different from the one used in the past. 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In the future, I will be requesting milestone status updates on the Wednesday before the biweekly IPT meeting. For now, I request that each IPT review the attached list, and send me updates or requests for changes as needed. I will incorporate the updates I receive into the full list, and make the complete milestone schedule available on ALMAEDM later this week. Regards, RIchard Simon -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: ALMA_3months_summary_2003mar23b.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 17441 bytes Desc: not available URL: