From awootten at nrao.edu Mon Mar 6 16:51:03 2006 From: awootten at nrao.edu (Al Wootten) Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 16:51:03 -0500 Subject: [asac] Telecon 2006-Mar-8 21:00 UT Message-ID: <17420.44743.527092.657753@polaris.cv.nrao.edu> Contact Information * 2006-Mar-8 21:00 UT * Duration: 1 hr * USA Toll Free Number: 877-874-1919 * Toll Number: +1-203-320-9891 * Passcode: 185064 * Leader: Al Wootten Old Business 1. Agenda, Minutes: Agenda of February meeting. Minutes of Last Meeting have been not yet been received. Agenda of January face-to-face meeting (ASAC leaders greet Testudo). Agenda and Minutes of older telecons may be viewed at the ALMA EDM site Sitescape or more recently at the Board ASAC site: New Business ALMA General View of AOS construction 1. Project news/updates (Tarenghi and Beasley) * Status 2. Board Communications * New Report (v3) * Dates of Board Meetings 2006 3. Science IPT Report (Wilson, Wootten, Kawabe) * ALMA Science IPT wiki page 4. Outreach * Astronomer Outreach: ALMA Video Podcast; NRAO Newsletter ESO Newsletter. NRAO ALMA Calendar * ESAC Report (Testi) * ANASAC Report (Carilli) * JSAC Report (Yamamoto) * Madrid Meeting -- (Cernicharo) 5. AOB 6. Next Meeting 2006-April-5 21:00 UT suggested. From awootten at nrao.edu Tue Mar 7 12:12:06 2006 From: awootten at nrao.edu (Al Wootten) Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 12:12:06 -0500 Subject: [asac] [almanews] Science with ALMA: a new era for Astrophysics: 2nd Announcement Message-ID: <17421.48870.250637.928865@polaris.cv.nrao.edu> Dear Colleague, The 2nd pan-ALMA conference on "Science with ALMA: a new era for Astrophysics" will be held 13-16 November 2006 in Madrid, Spain. The venue will be the campus of the CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas), in the centre of town. Information on the 2nd pan-ALMA meeting is available via ? ? ? ?http://www.oan.es/alma2006/ ? (final slash is mandatory) Scope of Symposium __________________ Currently under construction in the Andean Altiplano, Northern Chile, the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) is an international radio interferometer with about 7000 m2 of collecting area comprised of up to 64 12-m antennas. Initially covering the most interesting spectral wavelength ranges from 3 to 0.3 mm, ALMA will be a revolutionary telescope providing astronomy with the first detailed view of the dark and youngest objects of the Universe. The scientific preparations for ALMA are being extremely active since the birth of the project. The various science committees, groups of astronomers working for ALMA, and regional communities interested in the project meet regularly to exchange ideas about the scientific capabilities and first observations to be carried out with the interferometer. A first world-wide conference on ?"Science with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array" took place in Washington, D.C. (USA), on 6-8 October 1999. The conference to be held in Madrid (Spain), on 13-16 November 2006, will be the second world-wide meeting on "Science with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array". This international ALMA conference is envisioned as a way for the astronomers interested on ALMA, not necessarily radioastronomers, to exchange views, to plan preparatory observations in view of the scientific exploitation of the interferometer, and to obtain the information needed to orient their scientific work to the best possible use of ALMA. The conference will cover a wide range of topics (see scientific programme below), which will indeed include the main scientific drivers of ALMA: ? ?The formation and evolution of galaxies. ? ?The physics and chemistry of the interstellar medium. ? ?The processes of star and planet formation. About 40 invited papers will be presented orally in morning and afternoon sessions, and there will be afternoon poster sessions. In addition we will also have around 20-35 short contributing papers. There will be no parallel sessions. Invited papers are of 30 minutes duration, including discussion. The proceedings will be published by Springer Verlag Programme and Invited Speakers ------------------------------ Section 1 : The project Massimo Tarenghi: Status of the ALMA project Al Wootten: The ALMA capacities for line observations Tom Wilson: The ALMA capacities for continuum observations R. Kawabe: The ACA array Section 2 : Star Formation Ewine van Dishoeck: A general view of ALMA capacities in the ? ? ? ? ? ?field of star formation Ricardo Cesaroni: High mass star forming regions: an ALMA View Philippe Andre: Low Mass Star forming regions Debra Shepher : Molecular Outflows Yuri Aikawa: Chemistry in low mass star forming regions : ? ? ? ? ? ?ALMA's contribution Stephane Guilloteau: A new view of Protoplanetary disks with ALMA David J. Wilner: Debris Disk Evolution, grain growth: The ALMA view of ? ? ? ? ? ?dust evolution Section 3 : Proto-Planets and substellar objects Nagayoshi Ohashi: The ALMA expectations in the field of Planet ? ? ? ? ? ?formation Sebastian Wolf: Detecting Protoplanets with ALMA Antonella Natta: The study of substellar objects with ALMA Section 4 : Molecular Clouds Bruce T. Draine (TBC): Observations of Dust in Molecular Clouds with ? ? ? ? ? ?ALMA Richard M. Crutcher: ?Polarization measurements of molecular lines ? ? ? ? ? ?with ?ALMA Neal J. Evans II (TBC): Observations of Protostellar cores with ALMA Jes?s Mart?n-Pintado: ALMA and the Galactic Center Yasuo Fukui: Contrasting Star Formation in the Magellanic Clouds and ? ? ? ? ? the Milky Way: the ALMA View John C. Pearson: Laboratory Data, Line Confusion and Other Unique ? ? ? ? ? ?Opportunities and Challenges for ALMA Line Surveys Eric Herbst : Chemistry in the ISM : The ALMA revolution Section 5 : Solar System Bryan Butler: An overview of the ALMA capacities for the study of the ? ? ? ? ? ?solar system Emmanuel Lellouch: The study of Planetary Atmospheres with ALMA Dominique Bocklee-Morvan: The study of Comets with ALMA Amy J. Lovell: Observation of Asteroids with ALMA Section 6 : Evolved Stars Hans Olofsson: The study of evolved stars with ALMA Valentin Bujarrabal: The Molecular Content and Physical Structure of ? ? ? ? ? ?Protoplanetary Nebula Patrick J. Huggins: Planetary Nebula Tom Millar: Chemistry in the ISM : Unveiling the dust formation zone Section 7 : Galaxies Linda Tacconi: An overview of Galaxy Formation with ALMA Kazushi Sakamoto (TBC): Gas dynamics and structure of galaxies Min Yun: Star Formation in Galaxies Jean L. Turner : Chemical Complexity in Nearby galaxies Sussane Aalto: Chemistry in active Galaxies Kohno Kotaro : Dense gas in nearby active and normal galaxies Robert C. Kennicutt (TBC) : Star formation in galaxies: ? ? ? ? ? ? multiwavelength insights Section 8: High redshift galaxies & Cosmology David Hughes: Large scale continuum surveys with ALMA Frank Bertoldi : Continuum observations of high-z objects Fabian Walter (TBC): Search for the most distant objects with ALMA Toru Yamada: Multi-wavelength observations of very distant galaxies Dale A. Frail: ALMA and the high-z GRBs Francoise Combes: Molecular Absorption measurements in high-z objects Yoshiaki Taniguchi: Lyman alpha emitters at highest redshift. ? ? ? ? ? Extensive study in the field of starburst galaxies from ? ? ? ? ? nearby to high-z Philip Solomon: Dense Molecular Gas and Star Formation in Galaxies ? ? ? ? ? near and far Naoshi Sugiyama: Cosmology and SZ with ALMA CONFERENCE SUMMARY : A. Sargent & P. Cox: Galactic & Extragalactic/Cosmoslogy Contributing talks ------------------ There will be space for 30 contributing talks of 15 minutes. Participants interested in presenting a contribution have to use the web page to give title and abstract. Deadline for contributing talks is 15 June 2006. Contributing talks will be published in the proceedings of the conference. Reception and Conference Dinner ------------------------------- On Monday evening (13 November 2006) a Welcome cocktail will be held during the first poster session. The Conference Dinner takes place on Wednesday 15 November. Paul vandenBout will give the dinner talk on "The Genesis of the ALMA project". It is expected that it will be possible for participants to bring a guest to the Dinner. Guests pay the same price of 50 Euros for the dinner as participants. The registration form allows the participants to indicate special requirements for the dinner (e.g. vegetarian, allergies). Registration and deadline ------------------------- The Registration has now opened, via the Conference webpages (see above). Full Registration, including payment of Registration Fee and Conference Dinner, must be completed before the deadline of 15 June 2006 (early registration; 15 September final deadline for registration). ?The Registration Fee is kept to 250 Euros (early registration; 300Euros after 15 June 2006) and includes the Conference Dinner. Registration Fee is mandatory for all participants, invited speakers and SOC/LOC members. The methods of payment are detailed on the Webpage. For early registration the payment has to be done to an International Money Transfer Order. Please ensure that any bank transfer costs are taken into account, so that the full amount due will be received by the LOC. At the Symposium itself, the Registration Desk will open on Monday morning (08H00), 13 November 2006. Grants ------ A limited number of Grants for PhD students will be available. The Grants can be used primarily for the registration fee of participant unable to provide these by themselves. The application procedure for these Grants is indicated on the Conference webpage and the deadline for applying is 15 June 2006. Accommodation ------------- Block reservations have been made with a few suitably located hotels, which offer a special price for the participants of the Conference. Participants are requested to make their own bookings with these hotels, as described on the Accommodation webpage. The hotels will process the bookings on a first come first served basis. Please circulate this 2nd Announcement in your Institute or University Department and to colleagues elsewhere that may be interested. ?We apologize if this notice is being sent more than once to you. With best regards, J. Cernicharo (SOC Chair) J. Martin-Pintado & Pere Planesas (LOC Co-Chairs) |--------------------------------------------| | ? ? ? ? Prof. Jose Cernicharo ? ? ? ? ? ? ?| | ?Dpt. Astrofisica Molecular e Infrarroja ? | | ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?(DAMIR) ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? | | ? Instituto de Estructura de la Materia ? ?| | ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? CSIC ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? | | ? ? ? C/Serrano 121. 28006 Madrid ? ? ? ? ?| | | ? ? ? ?Tel:34-915901611 & 34-626202121 ? ? | | ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Fax:34-915645557 ? ? ? ? ? ? | | | ?e-mail : cerni at damir.iem.csic.es ? ? ? ? ?| |--------------------------------------------| _______________________________________________ Almanews mailing list Almanews at listmgr.cv.nrao.edu http://listmgr.cv.nrao.edu/mailman/listinfo/almanews From dfield at phys.au.dk Thu Mar 9 11:29:17 2006 From: dfield at phys.au.dk (David Field) Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 17:29:17 +0100 (MET) Subject: [asac] Complex Molecules in Space Present status and prospects with ALMA Message-ID: "Complex Molecules in Space Present status and prospects with ALMA" May 8-11th 2006 Dear All, This is a reminder that the EU-ALMA meeting will be taking place in Denmark, 8-11th May 2006: website http://www.isa.au.dk/meetings/alma06/index.html Deadline for registration is 31st March and places are filling up! best wishes, David David Field Tel. +45 8942 3650 Fax. +45 8612 0740 From jhibbard at nrao.edu Thu Mar 9 17:37:16 2006 From: jhibbard at nrao.edu (John Hibbard) Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 17:37:16 -0500 Subject: [asac] [almanews] ALMA Special Session at June AAS meeting in Calgary Message-ID: <4410AE1C.3000708@nrao.edu> ALMA Special Session at Calgary AAS Meeting: ?Imaging Star Formation in the Cosmos with ALMA? The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) will provide quantum leaps in improvement compared to existing facilities, enabling entirely new science at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths. Star formation in the Milky Way will be revealed with a hundred-fold increase in sensitivity and resolution, making it possible to see evidence of protoplanets in protostellar disks and to measure disk chemical differentiation. Star-forming molecular gas in nearby galaxies will be imaged with high sensitivity at parsec-scale resolution, providing new insight into the structure and evolution of galaxies. Multiple transitions of molecular and atomic gas will be imaged in distant galaxies back to the era of recombination, providing information on the chemistry, structure, formation and evolution of the earliest galaxies. The North American ALMA Science Center (NAASC) is sponsoring a special session at the 208th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, to be held 4-8 June 2006 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The special session will take place from 2:30-4:00pm on Monday June 5, in order to adjoin the meeting of the Canadian Astronomical Society (CASA). It will feature review talks highlighting ALMA's capabilities and scientific potential in three key research areas. Speakers & Topic: ? Doug Johnstone (NRC-HIA): Star formation in our galaxy: the need for ALMA ? Jean L. Turner (UCLA): Imaging star-forming gas in nearby galaxies ? Andrew W. Blain (Caltech): Imaging high-z starburst galaxies We invite AAS attendees to present relevant poster contributions to this session by selecting it when submitting their abstracts. The deadline for abstract submission is March 23 2006 via the AAS website http://www.aas.org/meetings/aas208/. A. Wootten, J. Hibbard and M. 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Contact Information * 2006-Apr-5 15:00 UT * Duration: 1 hr * USA Toll Free Number: 877-874-1919 * Toll Number: +1-203-320-9891 * Passcode: 185064 * Leader: Al Wootten There is a proto-agenda at: https://wikio.nrao.edu/bin/view/ALMA/ASAC5Apr06Agenda for your additions, subtractions, caricatures, etc. Clear skies, Al