ATNF Summer Vacation Program
Summer Vacation Program Events 2009/2010
Please note that there may be changes during the program. This page will be kept up to date with the most recent program of events.
| Date | Time | Venue | Event | Speaker/Leader(s) |
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| Monday 30 Nov 2009 |
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| 09:15 | Marsfield Lecture Theatre | Welcome and introduction | Angel Lopez-Sanchez | |
| 09:30 | Marsfield Lecture Theatre | An overview of the ATNF | Ray Norris | |
| 10:00 | Marsfield Lecture Theatre | Perspective of a former Summer Vacation Scholar | Matthew Whiting | |
| 10:30 | Outside Marsfield Lecture Theatre | Morning tea | ||
| 11:00 | Marsfield Lecture Theatre | OHSE session | Angela Hein | |
| 12:00 | Canteen area | Group and individual photographs | Angel Lopez-Sanchez | |
| 12:30 | Canteen | Welcome lunch | Angel Lopez-Sanchez, Supervisors |
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| 13.30 | Marsfield Lecture Theatre | Site familiarisation tour | Helen Levers / Jennifer Lee | |
| 14:30 | Marsfield Lecture Theatre | Human resources & working in CSIRO session | Helen Levers, Shaun Amy, Samantha Barry | |
| 15:00 | Discussions with supervisors | supervisors | ||
| 18:00-onwards | A nearby restaurant | Dinner | students, supervisors & others | |
| Tuesday 1 Dec 2009 |
10.30- 11.30 |
Chiefs meeting room | Introduction to Radio Astronomy (I) | Angel Lopez-Sanchez |
| 11.30- 12.00 |
Chiefs meeting room | Talk on radio receivers | Graeme Carrad | |
| 12.00- 12.45 |
ATNF laboratories | Visit to the ATNF laboratories | Mark Bowen | |
| Wednesday 2 Dec 2009 |
10.30- 11.30 |
Marsfield lecture theatre | Introduction to Radio Astronomy (II) | Angel Lopez-Sanchez |
| 11.30- 12.30 |
Marsfield lecture theatre | Invited talk I: Pulsars and gravitational waves | George Hobbs | |
| 13.30- 14.30 |
Marsfield lecture theatre | Invited talk II: Radiogalaxies and active galaxies | Björn Emonts | |
| Thursday 3 Dec 2009 |
09.30- 17.00 |
Marsfield lecture theatre |
Diffuse gas in and around the Milky Way | At discretion of Supervisors |
| Friday 4 Dec 2009 |
09.00- 16.30 |
Marsfield lecture theatre |
Diffuse gas in and around the Milky Way | At discretion of Supervisors |
| Monday 7 Dec 2009 |
10.30- 11.30 |
Faraday Room | Invited talk III: Magnetic Fields and observations at low-frequency |
Dominic Schnitzeler | 11.30- 12.30 |
Faraday Room | Invited talk IV: The formation of Large-Scale Structure in the Universe |
Shea Brown |
| Tuesday 8 Dec 2009 |
10.30- 11.30 |
Basement Room | Observing Trip planning meeting: preparing a proposal for observing time at the ATCA (After talk, students will set up groups for the observing trip) |
Angel Lopez-Sanchez |
| Thursday 10 Dec 2009 |
09.30- 17.00 |
Marsfield lecture theatre |
Astrofest 2009 | At discretion of Supervisors |
| Friday 11 Dec 2009 |
09.00- 16.30 |
Marsfield lecture theatre |
3rd ATNF Gravitational Wave Workshop | At discretion of Supervisors |
| Wednesday 16 Dec 2008 |
13.00- 14.00 |
Marsfield lecture theatre |
Observatory Trip planning meeting: Proposal evaluation & observing at the ATCA |
Angel Lopez-Sanchez Rob Hollow |
| 14:00- 14:30 |
Marsfield lecture theatre | An introduction to Mopra and its observing capabilities |
Max Voronkov | |
| Friday 25 Dec 2009 to Monday 4 Jan 2010 |
(tbc) | Christmas Holidays | ||
| Thursday 14 Jan 2010 |
11:30- 12:30 |
Faraday room | Final briefing for Observing trips | Angel Lopez-Sanchez Rob Hollow |
| Friday 15 Jan 2010 |
10:38 | Strathfield station | Train departs for Narrabri Students will travel by train |
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| Saturday 16 Jan to Monday 18 Jan 2010 |
Compact Array, Narrabri | Observing trip | Observations will be supported by Angel Lopez-Sanchez, Dominic Schnitzeler and Max Voronkov |
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| Tuesday 19 Jan 2010 |
09:20 approx | Narrabri station | Train departure time from Narrabri for return to Sydney |
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| Thursday 21 Jan 2009 |
9:30- 10:30 |
Faraday Room | Observing trip debrief and Symposium planning | Rob Hollow, Angel Lopez-Sanchez and Dominic Schnitzeler |
| Tuesday 2 Feb 2009 |
11:00- 12:30 |
Marsfield lecture theatre | Symposium planning & Talk: Scientific Presentations: Improving your talk |
Angel Lopez-Sanchez |
| Tuesday 9 Feb 2009 |
14:30- 18:30 |
Marsfield lecture theatre | Symposium Talks: Tests and final remarks |
Angel Lopez-Sanchez |
| Thursday 11 Feb 2009 |
09:00- 16:30 (tbc) |
Marsfield lecture theatre | ATNF & AAO Joint Vacation Student Symposium | |
| 13:30- 14:30 |
Courtyard | Barbecue lunch & celebration | Rob, Samantha & Elsa | |
| 18:00 onwards | A restaurant somewhere | Farewell dinner | Rob, supervisors | |
| Friday 12 Feb 2009 |
Last day of program Please arrange your leaving with your supervisor |
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