[asac] [almanews] Submillimeter Astronomy Science Workshop for FIRST (2nd Ann.)

[Carolyn White]

An announcement of interest to the ALMA Community:

                        2nd ANNOUNCEMENT

         Submillimeter Astronomy Science Workshop for
        Far Infrared and Submillimeter Telescope (FIRST)

             "FIRST - A Vision of the Cool Universe"

A Workshop will be held at Humphrey's Half Moon Inn on Shelter Island,
San
Diego, 11th to 13th February, 2001, to help inform the US astronomy
community of the scientific opportunities available with the FIRST
mission.
The science workshop will be followed (14th - 16th of February, 2001) by
the annual TeraHertz (THz) Technology Symposium (contact Imran Mehdi at
imran at merlin.jpl.nasa.gov), where relevant technology will be discussed.
Participants will be welcome to attend either or both components.  A
visit
to Composite Optics Inc.  will be arranged between the two meetings.
Registration for the FIRST Science Workshop is required (see below), but
is
at no cost.

URL: http://spider.ipac.caltech.edu/staff/lmh/FIRST/workshop.html is a
copy
of this message.

LIST OF INVITED SPEAKERS

M. Fall (STScI) - Theories of Galaxy Formation and Evolution
C. Steidel (Caltech) - Observations of Distant Galaxies (Optical)
A. Blain (Cambridge) - Observations of Distant Galaxies (Submm)
B. Draine (Princeton) - Physics of the ISM
E. Herbst (Ohio State) - Chemistry in Star Forming Regions
E. Lada (U. Florida) - Physics of Star Formation
J. Fischer (NRL) - CII in Galaxies
M. Gerin (ENS) - ISO Extragalactic Results
G. Blake (Caltech) - Line Surveys with FIRST
N. Scoville (Caltech) - ALMA Science - Extragalactic
N. Evans (U Texas) - ALMA and Galactic Studies
P. Solomon (Stony Brook) - Nearby Galaxies
P. Goldsmith (Cornell) - SWAS Science Results
G. Pilbratt (ESTEC) - Introduction to FIRST
A. Poglitsch (MPI, Garching) - Introduction to PACS
M. Werner (JPL) - Synergy with SIRTF
J. Davidson (NASA Ames) - SOFIA and FIRST
D. Neufeld (Johns Hopkins) - ISO Galactic Results
D. Wilner (CFA) - The SMA and FIRST
G. Pilbratt (ESTEC) - Introduction to FIRST
A. Poglitsch (MPI, Garching) - Introduction to PACS
J. Bock (JPL/Caltech) - Introduction to SPIRE
M. Harwit (Cornell) - Planck and FIRST
T. Phillips (Caltech) - Introduction to HIFI

FIRST Mission

"FIRST" is an ESA "Cornerstone Mission" in the Horizon 2000 program,
consisting of a passively cooled 3.5m diameter telescope, operating in

the 60-600 micron range at the L2 point.  There are three instruments
in the helium cooled focal plane:

SPIRE, a long wavelength (200 - 670 micron) camera and low resolution
spectrometer;

PACS, a short wavelength (60 - 210 micron) camera and low resolution
spectrometer; and

HIFI, a high resolution (heterodyne) spectrometer, operating from 450 -
1900 GHz.

NASA's Role
===========

NASA is a partner in the program and has developed appropriate
technologies
for the Telescope, plus focal plane detector components for HIFI and
SPIRE.
JPL is the NASA lead center for FIRST and NASA will support US science
participation through a US FIRST Science Center at the Infrared
Processing
and Analysis Center (IPAC).

Format of Workshop

The format of the science workshop will be invited Introductory talks,
followed by structured, full workshop discussions whose purpose is to
help
frame the scientific potential FIRST.  In addition, there will be a
poster
session with opportunity to present science results relevant to the
FIRST
mission.

Registration

If you wish to attend, please register electronically using the attached
registration form.  There is no registration fee planned for this
workshop,
or for workshop registrants attending the THz conference.  However, THz
Conference only participants should register separately for that
conference.  Information about securing hotel rooms at Humphrey's Half
Moon Inn on Shelter Island will be sent later to registered
participants.

Contacts:

The organizing committee is T. Phillips (chair), P. Goldsmith, P.
Harvey,
M. Harwit, G. Helou, W. Langer, and G. Stringfellow.

The FIRST WWW site is at URL http://astro.estec.esa.nl/First/

Registration forms, and any questions should be sent to
charmaine.d.mayes at jpl.nasa.gov

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Registration Form (Due Date 8th January 2001)
(Participants are advised to register as soon as possible due to
limited capacity.)

NAME

DEPARTMENT
INSTITUTION
ADDRESS
CITY/STATE/ZIP

email:
Telephone
Fax

Arrival Date (Workshop starts at 5pm on the 11th Feb. with a reception

and introductory talks and ends at 5pm on 13th Feb.)

Do you wish to contribute a Poster?  Yes/No

Do you plan to stay for the THz conference?   Yes/No

Title of Poster:

email to Charmaine.Mayes at jpl.nasa.gov
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