The FourthNAIC-NRAOSchool on Single-Dish Radio AstronomyJuly
8-15, 2007, Green Bank, West Virginia
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2007 NAIC/NRAO Single Dish Summer School Program | |||
Sunday 8th July | |||
12:00 - 17:00 | Registration | ||
17:00 - 18:30 | Dinner | ||
18:30 - 19:00 | Introduction to the 40' Telescope | ||
19:00 - 21:00 | Welcome Drinks and Snacks | ||
19:00 - 01:00 | 40' Observing | ||
Monday 9th July | |||
07:00 - 08:30 | Breakfast and Late Registration | ||
08:30 - 09:00 | Welcome and Practical Information | Richard Prestage | |
09:00 - 09:30 | Basic Introduction to the Radio Sky | Toney Minter | |
09:30 - 10:00 | Introduction to Radio Telescopes | Frank Ghigo | |
10:00 - 10:30 | Break | ||
10:30 - 11:30 | Radio Astronomy Fundamentals | Jim Condon | |
11:30 - 12:30 | Basic Principles of Single Dish Telescopes | Paul Goldsmith | |
12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | ||
14:00 - 14:45 | Tracing the Signal Down the Telescope | Ron Maddelena | |
14:45 - 15:45 | Theory of Measurements | Mike Davis | |
15:45 - 16:15 | Break | ||
16:15 - 17:15 | Why Single Dishes? | Chris Salter | |
17:15 - 19:00 | Dinner | ||
19:00 - ? | Hands-On Project Observing | ||
Tuesday 10th July | |||
07:00 - 08:30 | Breakfast | ||
08:30 - 09:30 | Spectral Lines | Larry Morgan | |
09:30 - 10:15 | Continuum | Brian Mason | |
10:15 - 10:45 | Break | ||
10:45 - 11:45 | Pulsars | Unconfirmed | |
11:45 - 12:30 | Polarization | Carl Heiles | |
12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch | ||
13:30 - 17:30 | Tours of the Laboratory and Telescope | ||
17:30 - 19:00 | Dinner | ||
19:00 - ? | Hands-On Project Observing | ||
Wednesday 11th July | |||
07:00 - 08:30 | Breakfast | ||
08:30 - 09:30 | Spectral Line Calibration | Karen O'Neil | |
09:30 - 10:30 | Short Spacings | Snezana Stanimirovic | |
10:30 - 11:00 | Break | ||
11:00 - 11:45 |
Other Things to Do with Single Dish Radio Telescopes in the cm Regime.
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11:45 - 12:30 | Survey Techniques, Hardware and Concerns | Steven Gibson | |
12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | ||
14:00 - 14:45 | The Millimeter Regime | Crystal Brogan | |
14:45 - 15:30 | RFI Overview | Carla Beaudet | |
15:30 - 16:00 | Break | ||
16:00 - 17:30 | RFI Hands-On demo | Wes Sizemore | |
17:30 - 19:00 | Dinner | ||
19:00 - ? | Hands-On Project Observing | ||
Thursday 12th July | |||
07:00 - 08:30 | Breakfast | ||
08:30 - 12:00 | Hands-On Project Data Reduction and Analysis | ||
12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch | ||
13:30 - 17:30 | Hands-On Project Data Reduction and Analysis | ||
13:30 - 14:30 | Optional/Advanced Talk - 'Least-Squares Frequency-Switching' | Carl Heiles | |
Friday 13th July | |||
07:00 - 09:00 | Breakfast | ||
09:00 - 12:30 | Miniworkshops:Alternate Data Analysis Workshops | ||
12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | ||
14:00 - 14:45 | Research in Space and Atmospheric Physics | Bob Kerr | |
14:45 - 15:30 | Current and Future Capabilities of the GBT/Green bank | RPrestage | |
15:30 - 16:00 | Break | ||
16:00 - 17:30 | Hands-On Presentations | ||
18:00 - 21:00 | Banquet with Invited Speaker ("History of Green Bank") and Music | Frank Ghigo | |
Saturday 14th July | |||
TBA | Recreational Activities - TBA |