School Program
Students will learn how (sub-)millimeter interferometers work, through a combination of lectures and hands-on demonstrations, learning how the array is run and how data are collected on the SMA. Students will be involved in collecting, reducing, calibrating, and producing images from SMA data, to be presented at the conclusion of the school.
Slides will be posted the week of the school for reference. Unless otherise noted, all events wil take place in Phillips Auditorium.
PROGRAM SCHEDULE — ALL DATES AND TIMES EDT
| Monday, May 15, 2023 | |
|---|---|
| Time | Title |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Opening Remarks and Welcome — Garrett 'Karto' Keating |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Introduction to Radio Astronomy — David Wilner |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Fundamentals of Interferometry I — Garrett 'Karto' Keating |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Fundamentals of Interferometry II — Jakob den Brok |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Calibration I — Mark Gurwell |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | LUNCH BREAK |
| 13:00 - 17:00 | Hands-on Data Reduction Tutorial (M-340) |
| Tuesday, May 16, 2023 | |
| Time | Title |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Error Recognition I — Eric Koch |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Atmospheric Effects — Kirsten Hall |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Imaging and Deconvolution — David Wilner |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Non-Imaging Analysis — Josh Lovell |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | LUNCH BREAK |
| 13:00 - 17:00 | Data Reduction Session (M-340) |
| Wednesday, May 17, 2023 | |
| Time | Title |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Calibration II — Mark Gurwell |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Error Recognition II — Garrett 'Karto' Keating |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Antennas and Optics — Ram Rao |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Receivers and Front-end Electronics — Paul Grimes |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Correlators and Beamformers — Wei Yu |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | LUNCH BREAK |
| 13:00 - 17:00 | Data Reduction Session (M-340) |
| Thursday, May 18, 2023 | |
| Time | Title |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | VLBI and EHT — Sara Issaoun |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Polarimetry — Ram Rao |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Proposal Writing — Jakob den Brok |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Lab/Observing Center Tours (160 Concord) — Edward Tong, Lingzhen Zhang, Ram Rao |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | LUNCH BREAK |
| 13:00 - 17:00 | Data Reduction Session (M-340) |
| Friday, May 19, 2023 | |
| Time | Title |
| 10:30 - 12:30 | Student Presentations |