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Thursday, 01/22/2014
Thursday, 01/22/2014


   9.10 -  9.25         : Welcome                                                                   [Liuzzo/Brand]                     
   9.10 -  9.25         : Welcome                                                                 [Liuzzo/Brand]                     
   9.25 - 11.00        : Zooming in onto the Galactic Center Black Hole        [Falcke]  
   9.25 - 11.00        : Zooming in onto the Galactic Center Black Hole        [Falcke]  
                               : The ALMA Phasing Project: Motivation and Status      [Fish]           
                               : The ALMA Phasing Project: Motivation and Status      [Fish]           
                               : Title TBD                                                                  [Doeleman]           
                               : Title TBD                                                                  [Doeleman]           
  11.00 - 11.25      : COFFEE BREAK                                       
  11.00 - 11.25      : COFFEE BREAK                                       
  11.25 - 11.55      : Review on blazar science with mm-VLBI                 [Giroletti]
  11.25 - 11.55      : Review on blazar science with mm-VLBI                     [Giroletti]
  11.55 - 13.10      : 5 x 15 m  contributed talks  
  11.55 - 13.10      : 5 x 15 m  contributed talks    
   
   
  13.10 - 14.10      : LUNCH
  13.10 - 14.10      : LUNCH

Revision as of 18:21, 4 December 2014

22nd January 2015 - Istituto di Radioastronomia Bologna, Italy

The Italian node of the European ALMA Regional Centre organizes a meeting on the subject of mm-VLBI with ALMA, to be held at the INAF-Istituto di Radioastronomia (Bologna, Italy) on 22nd January 2015.

Very long baseline interferometry at millimetre/submillimetre wavelengths offers the highest achievable spatial resolution at any wavelength in astronomy and the inclusion of ALMA into a global network will bring unprecedented sensitivity.

An international consortium is presently constructing a beamformer for ALMA in Chile that will be available as a facility instrument. The extraordinary sensitivity of phased ALMA, combined with the extremely fine angular resolution available on baselines to the Northern Hemisphere, will enable transformational new very long baseline interferometry observations in the 0.8 mm and 1.3 mm bands, and provide substantial improvements to existing VLBI arrays at 7 and 3 mm. The ALMA beamformer will have impact on a variety of scientific topics, including accretion and outflow processes around black holes in active galactic nuclei, tests of general relativity near black holes, jet launch and collimation from AGN and microquasars, pulsar and magnetar emission processes, the chemical history of the universe and the evolution of fundamental constants across cosmic time, maser science, and astrometry.

At this workshop we want to review this broad range of science topics allowed by mm-VLBI with ALMA and also discuss the status of the existing and future mm-VLBI networks. This should involve not only current VLBI users but also those who are just becoming interested in this rapidly evolving field.

At the workshop there is room for ~ 10 contributed talks (ca. 15 min).

Please note that on the days before of the this workshop, we'll be hosting an Italian community workshop on mm astronomy.

SOC
Jan Brand (INAF-IRA, Bologna, Italy; Italian ARC)
Gabriele Giovannini (INAF-IRA, Bologna, Italy; Università di Bologna)
Robert Laing (European Southern Observatory)
Elisabetta Liuzzo (INAF-IRA, Bologna, Italy; Italian ARC)
Marcella Massardi (INAF-IRA, Bologna, Italy; Italian ARC)
Leonardo Testi (European Southern Observatory)

LOC
Italian Arc Node


Preliminary Program

Thursday, 01/22/2014

 9.10 -  9.25          : Welcome                                                                 [Liuzzo/Brand]                    
 9.25 - 11.00        : Zooming in onto the Galactic Center Black Hole        [Falcke] 
                             : The ALMA Phasing Project: Motivation and Status      [Fish]           
                             : Title TBD                                                                   [Doeleman]          
11.00 - 11.25       : COFFEE BREAK                                       
11.25 - 11.55       : Review on blazar science with mm-VLBI                     [Giroletti]
11.55 - 13.10       : 5 x 15 m  contributed talks     

13.10 - 14.10       : LUNCH
14.10 - 14.40       : Maser science with mm- VLBI                           [Colomer] 
14.40 - 15.55       : 5 x 15 m contributed talks 
15.55 - 16.10       : Pulsar Science with a phased-ALMA                     [Kramer]
16.10 - 16.40       : COFFEE BREAK                                     
16.40 - 16.55       : The ALMA 64-antenna Correlator to Phase up the 
                               ALMA Array, Status and Perspective                    [Baudry] 
16.55 - 17.10       : VLBI with IRAM/NOEMA                                  [Gueth]                         
17.10 - 17.25       : Multi-frequency VLBI telescopes and Synergy with ALMA [Jung]
17.25 - 17.40       : US Perspective on mm-VLBI                             [Lonsdale]
17.40 - 18.00       : Joint observations of ALMA and the GMVA               [Ros]

Participants

(last update December 4th)

Alberdi Antxon (IAA-CSIC)
Alef Walter (MPIfR)
Agudo Ivan (JIVE)
Arcidiacono Carmelo (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna)
Asadi Saghar (Department of Astronomy, Stockholm University)
Baudry Alain (University of Bordeaux, OASU/LAB)
Biggs Andy (ESO)
Boller Thomas (MPE Garching)
Brand Jan (INAF/IRA,Bologna(Italy); Italian ARC)
Bruni Gabriele (MPIfR)
Casasola Viviana (INAF/IRA,Bologna(Italy); Italian ARC)
Colomer Francisco (Instituto Geografico Nacional (IGN-OAN), Spain)
Cox Pierre
Dallacasa Daniele (DIFA - UniBO)
D'Ammando Filippo (INAF-IRA, Unibo)
Falcke Heino (Radboud University NL/ASTRON/MPIfR Bonn)
Feretti Luigina (INAF/IRA,Bologna(Italy))
Fish Vincent (MIT Haystack Observatory)
Galluzzi Vincenzo (INAF Bologna)
Giovannini Gabriele (Bologna University & IRA/INAF)
Giroletti Marcello (INAF Istituto di Radioastronomia)
Goddi Ciriaco (Radboud University Nijmegen)
Gomez Jose L. (Instituto de Astrofisica de Ancalucia - CSIC)
Gregorini Loretta (University of Bologna)
Guirado Jose Carlos (Universidad de Valencia)
Gueth Frederic (IRAM)
Hughes David (Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica,Optica y Electronica)
Humphreys Liz (ESO)
Iono Daisuke (NAOJ)
Jung Taehyun (Korea Astronomy & Space Science Institute)
Kadler Matthias (Univ. Wuerzburg)
Koyama Shoko (Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy)
Kramer Michael (MPI fuer Radioastronomie)
Krichbaum Thomas (MPIfR)
Laing Robert (ESO)
Lico Rocco (Università di Bologna & IRA/INAF)
Likhachev Sergey (Astro Space Center)
Lindqvist Michael (Onsala Space Observatory)
Liuzzo Elisabetta (INAF/IRA,Bologna(Italy); Italian ARC)
Lonsdale Colin (MIT Haystack Observatory
Lu Rusen (MPIfR)
Mantovani Franco (Istituto di Radioastronomia, Bologna)
Marcelino Nuria (INAF/IRA,Bologna(Italy); Italian ARC)
Marti-Vidal Ivan (Onsala Space Observatory)
Massardi Marcella (INAF/IRA,Bologna(Italy); Italian ARC)
Mignano Arturo (INAF/IRA,Bologna(Italy); Italian ARC)
Moscadelli Luca (INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri)
Muehle Stefanie (German ARC node, Argelander Institute for Astronomy)
Muxlow Tom (Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics)
Orienti Monica (INAF-IRA)
Pace Giancarlo (CAUP, Porto, Portugal)
Paladino Rosita (Bologna University; INAF/IRA,Bologna(Italy); Italian ARC)
Petry Dirk (ESO)
Prandoni Isabella (Ira - Inaf)
Richards Anita (JBCA, Manchester)
Rivilla Victor M. (Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri)
Ros Eduardo (MPIfR)
Rossi Andrea (INAF-IASFBO)
Rudnitskiy Alexey (Astro Space Center)
Rushton Anthony (Oxford University)
Rygl Kazi (ESA-Estec)
Savolainen Tuomas (Aalto University Metsahovi Radio Observatory)
Schulz Robert (Univ. Wuerzburg; Univ. Erlangen-Nuernberg)
Stanghellini Carlo (IRA-INAF)
Tazaki Fumie (NAOJ)
Testi Leonardo (ESO/Arcetri)
Tilanus Remo (Allegro, Leiden Observatory; IMAPP, Radboud University)
van Bemmel Ilse (JIVE)
van Langevelde Huib (JIVE)
Vlemmings Wouter (Chalmers / Onsala)
Wootten Al (NRAO)
Zanichelli Alessandra (INAF-IRA)
Zensus Anton
Zwaan Martin (ESO)

Registration

The SOC will decide on contributed talks on the basis of the Abstracts provided on the registration form.
There is no registration fee.

The registration deadline was 1 December 2014. The maximum number of participants is 85.

Venue, Logistics & contacts

The workshop will take place in the CNR Research Area in Bologna, room 216 (main hall, first floor). The CNR Research Area in Bologna can be reached by following the directions given here.
The Institute of Radioastronomy is also hosted in the same Research Area. A selection of hotels in Bologna can be found in this list.

If you have questions, please contact us:

mm-workshop@ira.inaf.it