SCOPE
In
September the LLAMA antenna will already be on the mountain, not yet
assembled, but close to that point. That will be a good time to think
in a concrete way about the scientific programs we would like to start
with the receivers that will be available upon LLAMA opening (band 9
and band 5). This will be the second LLAMA Science Workshop, following
the one held in 2015, and will result in new and more precise plans.
It would like to identify a few Key Programs of interest for a
number of researchers from the Argentinean and Brazilian communities,
and for members of groups from other countries which helped in the
development of LLAMA, like NOVA-Groningen and Universidad de
Chile. The Key Programs should occupy only a fraction of the observing
time, the remaining larger part of the time being allocated to
individual proposals.
An early science phase, at the start of operation, should have possibly
two phases: 1) observation of known objects of all types, already
observed by other radio telescopes, for demonstration and to establish
our capability as a base for future proposals, and 2) observation of a
list of best choice objects for which the observation could origin a
paper in a short time. The idea is to boost the scientific production
of LLAMA from the beginning.
It is expected that the participants, in presentations of about 30
minutes (depending of the number of participants), will mention their
interest in leading or participating in Key Programs, and their ideas
for Early Science. The suggestions will be summarized and discussed at
the end of the Workshop. This would be an occasion to exchange ideas
about the nomination a first Time Allocation Committee,
It is also possible to register as a participant without doing a presentation.
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Jacques Lepine (Chair, IAG-USP)
Marcelo Arnal (IAR)
Floris van der Tak (SRON / U. Groningen)
Thijs de Graauw (LLAMA Mentor)
Zulema Abraham (IAG-USP)
Cristina Cappa (IAR)
Leonardo Bronfman (Univ. de Chile)
Bertrand Lefloch (IPAG)
Thiago S Gonçalves (Obs. Valongo)
Gloria Dubner (IAFE)
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Isabel Aleman (IAG-USP)
Pedro Beaklini (IAG-USP)
Edgar Mendoza (IAG-USP) |
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