Synthesis Imaging Workshop Program

Monday (14/9/98)
  • 8:00: Buses depart Narrabri for the ATCA
  • 8:30: Registration
  • 9:00: Welcome: (David McConnell and Tasso Tzioumis)
  • 9:10: Lecture: Introduction to radio interferometry (Ron Ekers)
  • 10:10: Brief Lecture: Brief tour of synthesis imaging (Tom Oosterloo)
  • 10:30: Morning Tea
  • 11:00: Lecture: Coherence and interferometry (David McConnell)
  • 12:00: Tutorial: Basics
              Tutorial: Review
  • 12:30: Lunch
  • 1:30: Lecture: Fourier theory (Agris Kalnajs)
  • 2:30: Tutorial: PC-based demonstrations of Fourier theory (Andrew Hopkins)
  • 3:00: Afternoon Tea
  • 3:15: Brief Lecture: The MOST and the LEAST (Vince McIntyre)
  • 3:45: Brief Lecture: Optical interferometry (Tim Bedding)
  • 4:15: Brief Lecture: SUSI (John Davis)
  • 4:45: Reception: Drinks near the Visitors Centre and a stroll around the antenna.
  • 6:30: Pizza dinner at the lodge. An optical telescope will be available nearby to appreciate the dark Narrabri sky.
  • 7:15: Evening talk: Focus: Imaging through the ages (Jon Ables)
  • 8:45: Buses depart for Narrabri township
Tuesday (15/9/98)
  • 8:15: Buses depart Narrabri for the ATCA
  • 9:00: Lecture: Antennas (Mike Kesteven)
  • 10:00: Special topic: Single dish radiometry (Mike Kesteven)
              Tutorial: Basics and review
  • 10:30: Morning tea
  • 11:00: Lecture: Basic imaging (John Reynolds)
  • 12:00: Special topic: Three-dimensional imaging of Jupiter (Bob Sault)
              Tutorial: Basics and review
  • 12:30: Lunch
  • 1:30: Lecture: Sensitivity (Ravi Subrahmanyan)
  • 2:30: Special topic: The cosmic microwave background experiment (Ravi Subrahmanyan)
             Tutorial: Basics and review
  • 3:00: Afternoon tea
  • 3:15: Lecture: Deconvolution (Bob Sault)
  • 4:15: Special topic: Multi-frequency synthesis errors and deconvolution (Bob Sault)
             Tutorial: Basics and review
  • 4:45: Brief Lecture: The Square Kilometre Array (Ray Norris)
  • 5:15: Buses depart for Narrabri township
  • Evening: Optional pub night in Narrabri
Wednesday (16/9/98)
  • 8:15: Buses depart Narrabri for the ATCA
  • 9:00: Lecture: The correlator (Warwick Wilson)
  • 10:00: Special topic: Software correlators/digital signal processing (Matthew Bailes)
              Tutorial: Basics and review
  • 10:30: Morning tea
  • 11:00: Lecture: Spectral line imaging (Tom Oosterloo)
  • 12:00: Special topic: Wavelets (Tom Oosterloo)
               Tutorial: Basics and review
  • 12:30: Lunch
  • 1:30-5:15: Demonstrations and tours: Split into 5 groups, which proceed through the five segments:
    • Observing session (Robin Wark and Ron Ekers)
    • Data processing introduction and visualisation/AIPS++/VRI (Neil Killeen, David Barnes and Tom Oosterloo)
    • SUSI (John Davis)
    • IPS (Richard Luckhurst)
    • Antenna, receiver lab, correlator room (Ben Reddall, Grahame Gay and Martin Oestreich)
    Each segment lasts 45 minutes.
  • 5:30: Workshop Dinner: BBQ with local staff.
  • 7:00: Evening entertainment: Winning Brownie Points: An Exercise (Ray Norris and Tasso Tzioumis)
  • 8:30: Buses depart for Narrabri township
Thursday (17/9/98)
  • 8:15: Buses depart Narrabri for the ATCA
  • 9:00: Lecture: Calibration and selfcalibration (Mark Wieringa)
  • 10:00: Special topic: Cosmological scattering halos -- High dynamic range imaging (Bob Sault)
              Tutorial: Basics and review
  • 10:30: Morning tea
  • 11:00: Lecture: Image analysis and error recognition (Ron Ekers)
  • 12:00: Special topic: Flux density determination (David Barnes)
              Tutorial: Basics and review
  • 12:30: Lunch
  • 1:30: Lecture: Polarimetry (Neil Killeen)
  • 2:30: Special topic: Galactic foreground polarisation (Mark Wieringa)
             Tutorial: Basics and review
  • 3:00: Afternoon tea
  • 3:15: Lecture: Mosaicing with interferometers and single dishes (Lister Staveley-Smith)
  • 4:15: Special Topic: Practical aspects of mosaicing (Lister Staveley-Smith)
             Tutorial: Basics and review
  • 4:45: Lecture: Why we do VLBI (David Jauncey)
  • 5:15: Buses depart for Narrabri township
  • Evening: Optional squash in Narrabri (Robin Wark)
Friday (18/9/98)
  • 8:15: Buses depart Narrabri for ATCA
  • 9:00: Lecture: VLBI (John Reynolds)
  • 10:00: Special Topic: Astrometry (John Reynolds)
              Tutorial: Basics and review
  • 10:30: Morning tea
  • 11:00: Lecture: mm interferometry (Mel Wright)
  • 12:00: Brief Lecture: Practical observing strategies with the ATCA (Jessica Chapman)
  • 12:45: Conclusion
  • 12:50: Lunch: Lunches can be made up to eat on the buses to the bushwalking trip.
  • 1:00-5:00: Afternoon activities: Participants choose from
    • Observing and data reduction (Bob Sault)
    • Bushwalk in the Mt Kaputar region (Mark Wieringa)
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