ATNF Summer Vacation Student Symposium

Thursday 9 February 2006

Marsfield Lecture Theatre, 9.15 am to 12.30 pm

Teleconference Extension #4613

Time Speaker Topic

09:15 Chenni Shettigara Opening of the Symposium

Chair: Lewis Mitchell Session 1

09:20 Group 1 Observing trip report

09:30 Group 2 Observing trip report

09:40 Rachel Poldy Radio Frequency Interference and Interferometry

10:00 Chenni Shettigara Placing limits on gravitational waves using pulsar timing

10.20 Coffee break outside Lecture Theatre

Chair: Rachel Poldy Session 2

10.50 Chris Easton Characterisation of microwave absorber at cryogenic temperatures

11:10 Shari Breen Investigating the black hole at the centre of the Galaxy NGC3079

11:30 Lewis Mitchell The energy distribution of pulses from millisecond pulsars

11:50 Thanh Pham Analysis of the Radio Frequency Spectrum of the Australian SKA Site

12:10 K. P. Shiva Shankar Yadav The Passive Antenna

12:30 BBQ Lunch in the courtyard for students, supervisors and other invited staff

Time	Speaker	Topic
09:15	Chenni Shettigara	Opening of the Symposium
	Chair: Lewis Mitchell	Session 1
09:20	Group 1	Observing trip report
09:30	Group 2	Observing trip report
09:40	Rachel Poldy	Radio Frequency Interference and Interferometry
10:00	Chenni Shettigara	Placing limits on gravitational waves using pulsar timing

10.20	Coffee break outside Lecture Theatre

	Chair: Rachel Poldy	Session 2
10.50	Chris Easton	Characterisation of microwave absorber at cryogenic temperatures
11:10	Shari Breen	Investigating the black hole at the centre of the Galaxy NGC3079
11:30	Lewis Mitchell	The energy distribution of pulses from millisecond pulsars
11:50	Thanh Pham	Analysis of the Radio Frequency Spectrum of the Australian SKA Site
12:10	K. P. Shiva Shankar Yadav	The Passive Antenna

12:30	BBQ Lunch in the courtyard for students, supervisors and other invited staff