FP7- Grant Agreement no. 283393 – RadioNet3
Project name: Advanced Radio Astronomy in Europe
Funding scheme: Combination of CP & CSA
Start date: 01 January 2012 Duration: 48 month
Deliverable 4.11 Cm-wave ERIS
Due date of deliverable: 2015-09-30
Actual submission date: 2015-09-28
Deliverable Leading Partner: University of Manchester (UMAN), United Kingdom
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1. Document information Document name: Report on organisation of the Sub/mm-wave and Cm-wave ERIS Type Other WP 4 Authors Robert Laing (ESO), Anita Richards (UMAN)
Dissemination Level PU Public X PP Restricted to other programme participants (including the Commission Services) RE Restricted to a group specified by the consortium (including the Commission Services) CO Confidential, only for members of the consortium (including the Commission Services)
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1.2 Content
1. Document information ...... 2
1.2 Content ...... 3
2. Report ...... 4
2.1 Scientific Summary ...... 4
2.2 Meeting Programme ...... 5
2.3 Participants List ...... 5
2.4 Meeting Photo ...... 6
2.5 Information of the EC financial contribution ...... 6
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2. Report
The European Radio Interferometry School on sub/mm-wave (D4.9) was organised within the 6th ERIS 2015, which covers additionally the cm-wave ERIS (D4.11). The ERIS 2015 took place on September 6-10, 2015 in Garching /Germany: http://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/2015/eris2015.html The deliverable D4.9 is therefore submitted within the deliverable D4.11. The European Radio Interferometry School (ERIS 2015) was hosted by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) on 6 – 10 September 2015 in Garching-bei-München, Germany. The school was the sixth in a series, which started in 2005 and was sponsored jointly by RadioNet3 and ESO. ERIS provided 5 days of lectures and tutorials on how to obtain scientific results from radio interferometry at metre to sub-millimetre wavelengths. Topics included: • Fundamentals of radio interferometry • Calibration of continuum, spectral-line and polarization data • Imaging, deconvolution and self-calibration • Low-frequency (LOFAR), cm-wave (Jansky VLA, eMERLIN), mm-wave (ALMA, NOEMA) and Very Long Baseline Interferometry (EVN) • Extracting information from images and data cubes; interpreting the results • Choosing the most effective array(s) for your project and writing proposals
The evening science lectures were given by Prof Katherine Blundell from the University of Oxford on September 7, 2015 and Prof Tim de Zeeuw, the Director General of ESO on the following day.
2.1 Scientific Summary ERIS was primarily intended for graduate students and beginning postdoctoral fellows, but a few senior researchers interested in learning about the techniques of radio interferometry also attended. The aim of the school was to enable participants to get scientific results from radio interferometry at wavelengths ranging from 30m to 0.3mm. The emphasis was on the generation of new and greatly enhanced interferometers which have recently become available to European astronomers, including LOFAR, eMERLIN, EVN, the Jansky VLA, ALMA and IRAM Plateau de Bure/NOEMA. The School also covered the use of archive data and looked forward to the SKA and its Precursors. There was a mixture of lectures and practical, hands-on sessions (the latter covering the needs of both novice and advanced students). The topics covered included: • Science enabled by radio interferometry • Basic principles: visibilities, images and Fourier transforms • How does a modern interferometer work? • Data acquisition and calibration • Radio-frequency interference • Imaging, deconvolution and self-calibration • Polarization • Spectral line astronomy • Extracting information from images and data cubes • Error recognition
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• High frequencies (>50 GHz) • Low frequencies (<300 MHz) • Very Long Baseline Interferometry • Pipelines • Archives and Legacy data • Choosing an array for your project • Writing a good proposal
The programme was developed from those of earlier ERIS schools, with an increased emphasis on wide-bandwidth interferometers and on the use of the CASA package for data reduction (AIPS was still used, but only for VLBI). The use of wide-band data required an increase in the size of the tutorial datasets, which caused a few problems with distribution and processing speed. Students were expected to bring their own laptops with the standard software already installed; support was available to help with installation problems and ESO provided a number of loan laptops. For the tutorial on observing proposals, the students divided into small groups to write technical cases for topics of their choice. These were presented at the end of the school. Lectures and most tutorials took place in the new Eridanus auditorium at ESO, with parallel tutorials being held in neighbouring meeting rooms.
2.2 Meeting Programme
The programme of the meeting is attached. All lectures and tutorial information are on-line at: http://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/2015/eris2015/program.html
2.3 Participants List
The list of 113 students is attached. A total of 95 participants came from EU member states (Austria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK). The rest were from Switzerland, the Russian Federation, Turkey, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Korea, Japan, India and South Africa.
The majority were doctoral or masters students or early-career postdoctoral researchers. A few more senior participants attended the school: established researchers changing field, radio astronomy software developers and observatory support staff. 37 participants were female (33%).
The lecturers and principal tutors are listed below.
• Andy Biggs (ESO) • Bob Campbell (JIVE) • George Heald (ASTRON) • Liz Humphreys (ESO) • Neil Jackson (JBCA, University of Manchester) • Katharine Johnston (University of Leeds) • Robert Laing (ESO) • John McKean (ASTRON)
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• Minnie Mao (JIVE) • Ivan Marti-Vidal (Chalmers University, Gothenburg) • Andre Offringa (ASTRON) • Vincent Pietu (IRAM) • Anita Richards (JBCA, University of Manchester) • Lorant Sjouwerman (NRAO) • Tiziana Venturi (INAF-IRA, Bologna)
2.4 Meeting Photo
Participants of the European Radio Interferometry School (ERIS 2015) hosted by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) on 6 – 10 September 2015 in Garching-bei-München, Germany.
2.5 Information of the EC financial contribution
Most participants paid a registration fee of €180, and were provided with accommodation in Garching- Hochbruck, subway ticket, all lunches and two evening meals at ESO. Those not making use of the hotel block-booking paid a reduced fee of €90. Financial support was also provided by ESO. The total contribution from RadioNet3 was approximately €21500, of which €6600 was used to support travel and subsistence for students from less well-off institutes. The remainder was used to contribute to the cost of accommodation and catering and to the expenses of the lecturers and tutors.
Copyright © Copyright 2015 RadioNet3 This document has been produced within the scope of the RadioNet3 Projects. The utilization and release of this document is subject to the conditions of the contract within the 7th Framework Programme, contract no, 283393
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ERIS 2015 STUDENTS
FAMILY NAME FORENAME INSTITUTE COUNTRY
Ababakr Karim University of Leeds UK
Aghababaei Atefeh University of Bonn Germany
Almutairi Abeer University of Manchester UK
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Alvarez Marquez Javier France Marseille
Max-Planck Institute for Angioni Roberto Germany Radioastronomy Bonn
Arabsalmani Maryam ESO Germany
Ataiee Torshizi Sareh University of Bern Switzerland
Baldi Ranieri University of Southampton UK
Barnes Ashley Liverpool John Moores University UK
Barrett James National University of Ireland Galway Ireland
Berton Marco Universita degli Studi di Padova Italy
Bethermin Matthieu ESO Germany
Russian Bikulova Dinara Saint Petersburg State University Federation
Bogelund Eva Leiden Observatory Netherlands
Bufano Filomena Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania Italy
Canameras Raoul IAS Orsay France
Carney Mason Leiden Observatory Netherlands
Cavallaro Francesco Universita' di Catania Italy
Chamani Wara Aalto University Finland Chen Tianyue University of Manchester UK
Max-Planck-Institut for Chidiac Celine Germany Radioastronomy Bonn
Cubuk Kerem Osman Erciyes University Institute, Ankara Turkey
Cuciti Virginia INAF-IRA, Bologna Italy
Dantas Dos Fernando University of Manchester UK Santos Eustaquio
De Cia Annalisa ESO Germany
Djordjevic Julie University of Hertfordshire UK
Thueringer Landessternwarte Dumba Cosmos Germany Tautenburg
Dunne Loretta University of Edinburgh UK
Dzudzar Robert University of Innsbruck Austria
Ellmeier Lukas Universitaet Wien Austria
Ferrari Ricardo CRAAM Brazil
Filothodoros Alexandros University of Zielona Gora Poland
Frangez Valens Univerza v Ljubljani Slovenia
Frezzato Michele Universita degli Studi di Padova Italy
Fujimoto Seiji University of Tokyo Japan
Gattano Cesar Observatoire de Paris France
Observatorio do Valongo, Rio de Galliano Emmanuel Brazil Janeiro
Geers Vincent UK Astronomy Technology Centre Scotland
Ghirlanda Gianfranco Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera Italy
Gizani Nectaria Hellenic Open University, Patra Greece
Gonzalez Flores Sebastian ALMA-JAO Santiago Chile Gonzalez Villalba Justo Antonio ESO Germany
Greis Stephanie University of Warwick UK
Guidi Greta INAF Arcetri University of Firenze Italy
Institute fuer Astrophysik, Univ. Hacar Alvaro Austria Vienna
Hatfield Peter University of Oxford UK
Hatziminaoglou Evanthia ESO Germany
Hellerschmied Andreas Vienna University of Technology Austria
Henshaw Jonathan Liverpool John Moores University UK
Hoang Duy Leiden Observatory Netherlands
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Ilje Cho Korea Institute
Ingallinera Adriano Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania Italy
Janssen Michael Radboud University Nijmegen Netherlands
Kalcheva Ivayla University of Leeds UK
Kalita Nibedita ARIES Naintal India
Max Planck Institute for Radio Kamali Fateme Germany Astronomy Bonn
Max-Planck Institut fuer Kierdorf Maja Germany Radioastronomie Bonn
Krishnan Hariharan Indian Institute of Astrophysics India
Lin Ming-yi MPE/LMU Garching Germany
Maddox Steve University of Edinburgh UK
University of Western Cape, Cape Malefahlo Eliab South Africa Town
Mancini Chiara University of Padova Italy Marsset Michael ESO Santiago Chile
Martin Rafael Centro de Astrobiologia, Madrid Spain Domenech
Martinez Aviles Gerardo Observatoire de la Cote Azur, Nice France
Mayer David Technische Universitaet Wien Austria
Mendoza Edgar Instituto de Astronomia, Sao Paolo Brazil
Mishra Aum Niranjana Berlin University of Technology Germany
Molnar Daniel Csaba University of Sussex UK
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Nandi Sumana Sweden Stockholm
Science and Technology Facilities Novakovic Vedran UK Council, Daresbury Lab
Ozeren Ferhat Fikri Erciyes University Institute, Kayseri Turkey
Bundesamt fuer Kartographie und Ploetz Christian Germany Geodaesie
Polzin Elliott University of Manchester UK
Puglisi Annagrazia Universita degli Studi di Padova Italy
Max Planck Institute fuer Punanova Anna Germany Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching
Quiroga Nunez Luis Henry Leiden Observatory Netherlands
Radcliffe Jack University of Manchester UK
Radhakrishnam Vikram Mark Leiden Observatory Netherlands
Restrepo Oscar Vicerrectoria de Investigacion Bogota Colombia
Riberio Valerio Radboud University Nijmegen Netherlands
Roy Rupak Stockholm University Sweden
Rozgonyi Kristof Eotvos Lorand University Budapest Hungary Rozko Karolina University of Zielona Gora Poland
Salinas Nicolas Leiden Observatory Netherlands
Salome Quentin LERMA Observatoire de Paris France
Santiago Valongo Observatory UFRJ, Rio de Raquel Brazil Nascimento Janeiro
Sarcevic Nikolina University of Innsbruck Austria
Savini Federica University of Hamburg Germany
Schmalz Sergei AIP Potsdam Germany
Schmit Claude Imperial College London UK
Czech Skokic Ivica Astronomical Institute Ondrejov Republic
Kepler Institute of Astronomy Skrzypczak Anna Poland University of Zielona Gora
Sokari Tonye University of Leeds UK
Max-Planck Institut for Extraterrestral Sokolov Vlas UK Physics, Garching
Spingola Cristiana Kapteyn Institute Groningen Netherlands
Stagni Matteo IRA-INAF Bologna Italy
Steber Amanda University of Hamburg Germany
Terreran Giacomo QUB/INAF-OAPd, Vicenza Italy
Trabucchi Michele University of Padova Italy
Tunbridge Benjamin University of Manchester UK
Indian Institute of Space Science and V S Veena India Technology, Kerala
Max-Planck-Institut for Vega Garcia Laura Germany Radioastronomy Bonn
Walker Charles University of Manchester UK Walker Daniel Liverpool John Moores University UK
Warmels Rein ESO UK
Wilber Amanda University of Hamburg Germany
Williams David University of Southampton UK
School of Physics and Astronomy Williams Gwenllian UK Cardiff
Wing-Shan Man Allison ESO Germany
Xavier Carlton University of Turku Finland
Ye Haoyang University of Cambridge UK
Russian Zyuzin Dima Ioffe Institute St. Petersburg Federation