[evlatests] Fwd: [Nmsci] Special Talk this week

[Bryan Butler]

i figured anybody not on nmsci that might be interested in this 
presentation would be on evlatests...



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Subject: [Nmsci] Special Talk this week
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 07:42:55 -0600
From: Jeff Kern <jkern at nrao.edu>
To: nmsci at nrao.edu

Hello all,
     I am pleased to announce a special colloquium tomorrow (Thur. July
21) at 10:00 in the AOC auditorium.

An Overview of ALMA Science Verification and Extension and Optimization
of Capabilities
By Catherine Vlahakis - ALMA Deputy Program Scientist for Extension and
Optimization of Capabilities

Abstract:

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is a unique and
state-of-the-art international millimetre/submillimetre astronomical
observatory in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile at an altitude of
5000m above sea level. ALMA is an interferometer array of 66 12-m and
7-m diameter antennas, whose construction and operations are a
partnership between Europe (ESO), North America (NRAO) and East Asia
(NAOJ) and in cooperation with the Republic of Chile. Extension and
Optimization of Capabilities (EOC) is the process by which we test and
validate ongoing expansion of ALMA's capabilities now that the
commissioning phase has ended, leading to new capabilities that we can
offer for Early Science. This can include things such as new receiver
bands, new observing modes, and extension of existing capabilities.
Science Verification is the process by which we demonstrate that ALMA is
capable of producing data of the quality required for scientific
analysis, i.e. data good enough to be included in the peer-reviewed
literature, and by which we fully test all observing modes expected to
be available during Early Science. This is achieved by making
observations of a small number of selected astronomical objects. In this
talk I will give an overview of ALMA Science Verification and current
EOC activities. In particular, I will talk about plans for the upcoming
ALMA Long Baseline Campaign, which will take place from Sept-Nov 2014.

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Dr. Jeffrey S. Kern
CASA Group Lead
ALMA Software North American Deputy
National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)
Ph: (575) 835-7391
E-mail: jkern at nrao.edu
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