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

[Bryan Butler]

see note below on the date.  oops.



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Subject: [Nmsci] Correction: Special Talk this week
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 08:12:23 -0600
From: Jeff Kern <jkern at nrao.edu>
To: nmsci at listmgr.nrao.edu

Sorry typo in the date, the correct date if July 31.
On 7/30/14 7:42 AM, Jeff Kern wrote:
> 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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