From: <Tony.Wong_at_email.protected>
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 16:48:14 +1000 (EST)

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            SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT - PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY

                          A Workshop On:

                        Millimetre Science
                             with the
                    Upgraded Australia Telescope

            University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
                        29-30 November 2001

    !!! ACCOMMODATION & EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 2 NOVEMBER !!!

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++ PROGRAM ++
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A tentative program will be posted by the end of October. Topics are
expected to include:

   * Overview of Current System
   * Overview of Future Improvements
   * Evolved Stars and SNRs
   * Structure and Chemistry of Molecular Clouds
   * Young Stellar Objects
   * Galaxies: Molecular Lines
   * Continuum Emission from AGN
   * High-Redshift Gas and Cosmology

We are expecting presentations by:

   * Geoff Blake, Caltech (USA)
   * Tyler Bourke, Harvard-Smithsonian CfA (USA)
   * Cornelia Lang, University of Massachusetts (USA)
   * Jeremy Lim, ASIAA (Taiwan)
   * Andrej Sobolev, Ural State University (Russia)
   * Tommy Wiklind, Onsala Space Observatory (Sweden)

as well as members of the Australian astronomical community, including
ATNF staff. We invite you to propose a talk when you register; we
will notify you by the first week in November if the schedule allows
for it.

The workshop will begin late Thursday morning (around 10 AM) to
accommodate morning flights into Melbourne, and adjourn Friday
afternoon.

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++ REGISTRATION ++
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Please go to the workshop home page:

       http://www.atnf.CSIRO.AU/people/twong/atca/wkshp.html

Registration fee (payable in cash at the workshop) is $40 for
non-students and free for students, UP UNTIL NOVEMBER 2.
Afterwards the fee is $50 (students and non-students). Please
register as soon as you know you can attend.

Accommodation will be available for about 20 persons at St Mary's
College (just across the road from Physics at U. Melb). The rate
(single occupancy only) is $45 for bed + breakfast; bathroom
facilities are shared. Payment by MasterCard, Visa, or bankcard is
acceptable. Please use the registration form to request one of these
rooms; space is limited and you should register as soon as possible,
and no later than Nov. 2.

Venue and transport information will appear on the webpage shortly.

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++ MOTIVATION ++
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The workshop is being organised on behalf of the Australian millimetre
community to precede the Feb 15 deadline for AT observing proposals for
the 2002 Winter season. At that time the AT Compact Array will have
three antennas equipped with 3/12mm receivers in operation. Once the
upgrade is complete, observations with five (six) 22m antennas and a
maximum baseline of 3 (6) km will be possible at 3mm (12mm), resulting
in one of the most sensitive millimetre interferometers in the world.

The aims of the workshop are:

  1. To identify key unsolved problems where mm observations with the
     AT can have an impact;

  2. To publicize the capabilities of the AT at mm wavelengths to
     potential users, and report on the science performed to date with
     the preliminary system;

  3. To encourage collaborations on future proposals.

More information, including a registration form, can be found at

http://www.atnf.CSIRO.AU/people/twong/atca/wkshp.html

Scientific Organising Committee

Andrew Melatos, U. Melbourne
Tony Wong, ATNF
Baerbel Koribalski, ATNF
Ramesh Balasubramanyam, UNSW
Mark Wardle, U. Sydney
Ray Norris, ATNF

Please address general enquiries to mmwkshp_at_atnf.<!--nospam-->csiro.au

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Received on 2001-10-17 16:48:17