IAU I-HOW Radio Astronomy Workshop

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A joint Iran and Türkıye radio astronomy workshop is set to take place at Erciyes University in Kayseri in Türkıye in the next two weeks (Sep. 4-15). The workshop is part of the IAU Hands-On Workshops (I-HOW) initiative that aims to train young scientists in developing countries in accessing, analyzing and using the vast amounts of astronomical data currently available in archives for their research projects. The workshop will focus on teaching students and young researchers how to analyze radio data from arrays such as VLA, ALMA, MeerKAT, and LOFAR. The two-week workshop will provide ample time for lectures, tutorials, scientific talks of a wide range of topics, and hands-on projects. The students are also given an opportunity to present their own scientific works and request assistance on their own projects from the team of lecturers. Experts from Allegro as well as the Italian and UK ALMA Regional Centre Nodes will be at the workshop training students on how to access, calibrate, image, and analyze ALMA observations. For more information, see the website of I-HOW Radio Astronomy Workshop.

ALMA Proposal Preparation Day 2023

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The Allegro ALMA Regional Centre node is organising a proposal preparation workshop on Thursday the 20th of April 2023 in advance of the upcoming ALMA proposal deadline (expected to be the 10th of May 2023). We would like to invite you to attend online or in person at Leiden Observatory.

The workshop will have two sessions:

  1. Morning (10:00 – 12:00): Introduction to writing and preparing ALMA proposals.
  2. Afternoon (13:00 – 14:00): Summary of new features and changes in Cycle 10.

The morning session will introduce attendees to writing and preparing ALMA proposals. The topics covered will include the dual anonymous review process, distributed peer review, accessing the ALMA archive and using the ALMA Observing Tool (OT) to prepare your observing programme. No prior ALMA experience is necessary for attendance.

The afternoon session will cover the differences between Cycle 10 and Cycle 9. In particular, we will highlight the new capabilities of ALMA in this cycle, including the new ALMA Band 1 and the new availability of joint proposals with JWST, the VLA and the VLT. The afternoon session is designed for returning ALMA users and is also suitable for attendees of the morning session.

Both sessions will have time for your questions, and tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided for in person attendees. You can register to attend online or in person for one or both of the sessions before Thursday, April 13, 2023 using our registration form. For more information about the expected dates and what will be on offer in Cycle 10, please see the ALMA Cycle 10 Pre-announcement. 

In addition to this proposal preparation day, you can request a meeting with the Allegro staff (e-mail us) to discuss your proposal or come to our drop-in sessions (April 24, May 1, and May 8 at HL-1122 from 14:00-16:00).

Program April 20, 2023 (Tentative)
10:00-12:00 Introduction to Proposal Preparation (slides) (GOB/EM1.09) Allegro Team
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-14:00 ALMA’s New Capabilities in Cycle 10 (slides) (GOB/EM1.09) Allegro Team
 
Directions to Leiden Observatory

The address of Leiden Observatory is Niels Bohrweg 2, 2333 CA Leiden. Note that this is not the old observatory in the center of Leiden. Instructions on how to get to Leiden Observatory, including transportation from Schiphol Airport or the central trains station, can be found here. Leiden Observatory is located on the 4-5th floors of the Oort building (seen on the right in the photo below), and the Huygens building (the taller building seen on the left in the photo below). Allegro offices are located on the 11th floor of the Huygens building.

The workshop will take place in room EM 1.09 in the New Gorlaeus building. We will have signs and there is also a reception at the entrance of the building where they can provide you with directions.

For those joining us online, connection details will be sent to you by email before the start of the event.

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ALMA Data Reduction Training Day: Dec 9, 2022

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Following the 6th Netherlands ALMA Science Day, on Thursday, December 8, 2022, we will host an ALMA Data Reduction Training Day in-person in HL 111.

The training will begin at 9:30 AM and continue into the afternoon with coffee breaks and an hour lunch break. The Allegro team will be presenting a series of talks that cover the following topics: how to go from the archive to obtaining calibrated visibilities, calibration, imaging, self-calibration, and analysis tools. There will be a short Question & Answer session at the end of each talk (approximately five minutes).

Several of the talks will include a hands-on component that participants can follow along with. Information on how to connect to the Allegro workstations will be provided prior to the training day.

Program* December 9, 2022
9:15-9:30 Welcome
9:30-10:15 Aida Ahmadi ALMA data: From the archive to calibrated visibilities
10:15-11:00 Andrés Pérez-Sánchez Calibration
11:00-11:20 Coffee break
11:20-12:20 Ashley Bemis Imaging & tclean
12:20-12:50 Andrés Pérez-Sánchez Self-calibration
12:50-14:30 Lunch break
14:30-15:30 Alex Hygate Analysis Tools
15:30-16:30 Aida Ahmadi Intro to CARTA

* Note that this is a rough schedule as we plan to dedicate plenty of time for questions after each session.

Directions to Leiden Observatory

Note that this is not the old observatory in the center of Leiden. Instructions on how to get to Leiden Observatory, including transportation from Schiphol Airport or the central trains station, can be found here. Note that these instructions specify the route to the Lorentz Center, which is in the building on the right in the photo below (Oort building). The event will be held in the joining taller building –  Huygens building. Leiden Observatory is located on the 4-5th floors of both buildings, and the Allegro offices are located on the 11th floor of the Huygens building.

Locations inside the building

Workspaces reserved for the ALMA Data Reduction Training Day on December 9, 2022 are located in room HL-111 on the 1st floor of the Huygens building. There is a reception at the entrance of the building where they can provide you with directions.

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6th Netherlands ALMA Science Day: Dec. 8, 2022

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Allegro announces the 6th Netherlands ALMA Science Day, that will take place in person at Leiden Observatory on Thursday, December 8, 2022. At the Science Day, we will highlight the latest scientific results obtained with ALMA by the Netherlands astronomical community. The meeting will also allow ample time to discuss user experiences and other ALMA related topics. Registration for contributed talks is now open (deadline: Nov. 25, 2022) and we welcome contributions in all science areas. 

Following the Science Day, on Friday, December 9, 2022, we will also host an introductory ALMA Data Reduction Training Day. At this workshop, Allegro fellows will introduce CASA and ALMA data reduction techniques, share tips & tricks, and offer hands-on training in exploring the ALMA archive, self-calibration, imaging, and data analysis.

 

6th Netherlands ALMA Science Day
Dec. 8, 2022
Session I (Chair: Ashley Bemis)
1000-1005 Welcome (Allegro)
1005-1020 Joshua Butterworth (Leiden) Understanding if molecular ratios can be used as diagnostics of AGN and starburst activity: The case of NGC 1068
1020-1035 Ko-Yun (Monica) Huang (Leiden) Reconstruct shock history in NGC 253 with ALCHEMI
1035-1050 Mathilde Bouvier (Leiden) Sulphur-bearing species in NGC 253: what do they trace?
1050-1105 Ian Roberts (Leiden) Gas Compression from Ram Pressure in Nearby Cluster Galaxies
1105-1120 Raffaella Morganti (ASTRON, Groningen) On-going feeding of the radio galaxy 3C84
1120-1145 Gergö Popping (ESO) The latest from ALMA
1145-1205 ALMA Q&A and discussion
1205-1300 Lunch
Session II (Chair: Alex Hygate)
1300-1330 Rychard Bouwens (Leiden) The REBELS Large Program
1330-1345 Ivana van Leeuwen (Leiden) Dust-obscured star formation at z ∼ 6 from [CII] selected companion galaxies
1345-1400 Violeta Gamez Rosas (Leiden) Kinematics of the molecular torus in NGC 1068
1400-1415 Di Wen (Groningen) Testing Primordial Black Hole Dark Matter with ALMA Observations of Strong Gravitational Lensing
1415-1430 Hector Olivares (Nijmegen) Black hole physics and the Event Horizon Telescope
1430-1445 Short break
Session III (Chair: Aida Ahmadi)
1445-1500 Margot Leemker (Leiden) Hot or cold: finding the temperatures in transition disks using ALMA
1500-1515 Logan Francis (Leiden) Accretion Burst Echoes as Probes of Protostellar Environments and Episodic Mass Assembly
1515-1530 Milou Temmink (Leiden) Investigating the Cold Chemistry in the Asymmetric Disk of HD 142527
1530-1545 Lucas Stapper (Leiden) Herbig disks: flat vs flared, really?
1600 End of meeting
Directions to Leiden Observatory

The address of Leiden Observatory is Niels Bohrweg 2, 2333 CA Leiden. Note that this is not the old observatory in the center of Leiden. Instructions on how to get to Leiden Observatory, including transportation from Schiphol Airport or the central trains station, can be found here. Leiden Observatory is located on the 4-5th floors of the Oort building (seen on the right in the photo below), and the Huygens building (the taller building seen on the left in the photo below). Allegro offices are located on the 11th floor of the Huygens building.

The Science Day will take place in room HL 414 on the 4th floor of the Huygens building. We will have signs and there is also a reception at the entrance of the building where they can provide you with directions.

For those joining us online, connection details will be sent to you by email before the start of the event.

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ALMA Proposal Preparation Day 2022

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The Allegro ARC Node would like to invite you to attend a proposal preparation workshop on March 28, 2022. The aim of this workshop is to assist you in making the most out of ALMA’s new capabilities, getting an overview of the new modes offered, and proposal preparation through the ALMA Observing Tool (OT). We will also offer guidance with writing double-anonymous proposals and in the new stages of proposal writing and reviewing (the “distributed proposal review process”) that has been in use from Cycle 8 2021. An overview of important dates and what’s offered in Cycle 9 will be released with the Call for Proposals on March 24, 2022.

The workshop will consist of:

  1. an in-person event with the Allegro team on March 28th with a few presentations and an extensive Q&A session. The workshop will take place at Leiden Observatory, but we will organise streaming for those unable to travel.
  2. individual 1-1 support that can be booked at any time (e-mail us)

You can register to attend the workshop using this registration form. Deadline for registration: March 20, 2022

Program March 28, 2022
before 11:00 Arrival to Allegro offices (HL 1122)
11:00-11:30 Welcome coffee/tea & cookies (HL 11th floor)
11:30-12:00 ALMA science overview Katharina Immer & Aida Ahmadi
12:00-12:20 ALMA Call for proposals & capabilities in Cycle 9 Violette Impellizzeri
12:20-13:15 Lunch
13:15-13:35 Distributed peer review Katharina Immer
13:35-13:50 Dual anonymous proposal review Andrés Pérez-Sánchez
13:50-14:15 How to write an ALMA proposal Violette Impellizzeri
14:15-14:35 Break
14:35-15:10 The ALMA Observing Tool Ashley Bemis
15:10-15:30 Simulating ALMA observations Alex Hygate
15:30-15:50 Mining the ALMA archive Aida Ahmadi
15:50-16:10 Break
16:10-16:30 Open Q&A session
 
Registered participants

Michiel Hogerheijde Leiden Observatory
Violette Impellizzeri Leiden Observatory
Alex Hygate Leiden Observatory
Andrés Pérez-Sánchez Leiden Observatory
Ashley Bemis Leiden Observatory
Aida Ahmadi Leiden Observatory
Katharina Immer Leiden Observatory
Marco Grossi Observatório do Valongo, UFRJ
Sander Schouws Leiden Observatory
Maren Hempel Universidad Andres Bello , Chile
Veronica Allen University of Groningen
Wuji Wang Center for Astronomy of Heidelberg University
Pooneh Nazari Leiden Observatory
Simin Tong Leiden Observatory
Thomas Steinmetz Nicolaus Copernicus Center for Astronomy (Torun)
Di Wen Kapteyn Astronomical Institute
Agnieszka Kobak Nicolaus Copernicus Center for Astronomy (Torun)
Alice Booth Leiden Observatory
Lucas Stapper Leiden Observatory
Margot Leemker Leiden Observatory
Bayron Portilla Revelo Kapteyn Astronomical Institute
Marta Frias Castillo Leiden Observatory
Fernanda Roman de Oliveira University of Groningen
Ko-Yun (Monica) Huang Leiden Observatory

 
Directions to Leiden Observatory

The address of Leiden Observatory is Niels Bohrweg 2, 2333 CA Leiden. Note that this is not the old observatory in the center of Leiden. Instructions on how to get to Leiden Observatory, including transportation from Schiphol Airport or the central trains station, can be found here. Leiden Observatory is located on the 4-5th floors of the Oort building (seen on the right in the photo below), and the Huygens building (the taller building seen on the left in the photo below). Allegro offices are located on the 11th floor of the Huygens building.

Upon arrival and before the start of the event, join us on the 11th floor of the Huygens building for tea, coffee, and cookies. The workshop will take place in room HL 106-109 on the 1st floor of the Huygens building. We will have signs and there is also a reception at the entrance of the building where they can provide you with directions.

For those joining us online, connection details will be sent to you by email before the start of the event.

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I-TRAIN: Writing & Reviewing ALMA proposals

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The European ARC Network invites users to an online training on good practices for writing and reviewing ALMA proposals on March 18th, 11:00 CET.

This training is organised in view of the upcoming ALMA proposal deadline in April, and will serve as a guideline for writing ALMA proposals and in particular anonymous proposals. The training will also offer guidelines on reviewing proposals, how to best give feedback and the ALMA Reviewer Tool. It will include some tips and tricks and plenty of time for discussion and questions at the end. No preparation will be needed for this session, but we encourage everyone to bring plenty of questions for the Q&A.

The duration of this training session will be about one hour. If you have any doubts or questions, do not hesitate to contact the Allegro node at alma@strw.leidenuniv.nl.

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ALMA Cycle 9 Proposal Preparation Workshop

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The Allegro team will host the ALMA Cycle 9 Proposal Preparation Workshop on March 28th, 2022. You should not miss this workshop if you are planning to write an observing proposal for the coming cycles of the ALMA telescope! The registration deadline is Monday, March 21st 2022.

We plan to have presentations/talks to explain the brand new capabilities offered for the new ALMA cycle, the Observing Tool, and how to make simulation of ALMA observations which could make your science case stronger. For newcomers, we will also have a presentation about ALMA use cases to inspire proposal ideas. In addition, we will present overviews about the Dual Anonymous procedure and the Distributed Peer Review process.

In fact, all proposals will be reviewed using the dual anonymous procedure, and for this new call, proposals requesting less than 50 hours on the 12-m Array, and less than 150 hours with the 7-m antennas, will be reviewed through the distributed peer review system.

The long baselines configurations are back in the list of array configurations for Cycle 9. With that, minimum and maximum baselines offered are 0.16 and 16.2 km, respectively. In addition, high frequency observations with long baselines can now be requested.

Moreover, new for this new cycle is the possibility to request VLBI observations of Continuum in Band 7, and VLBI Spectral Line observations in Band 3, as well as localised Solar mapping scans in bands 3, 5, 6 and 7 with Total Power antennas.
For more details, check the Cycle 9 pre-announcement!

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ALMA Data Reduction Training Day: November 30, 2021

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Following the 5th Netherlands ALMA Science Day, on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, we will host an ALMA Data Reduction Training Day that will follow a hybrid format: all presentations and hands-on activities can be followed online, but we also have physical workspaces available in Leiden for those who wish to make use of these.

The training will begin at 9 AM and continue into the afternoon with coffee breaks and an hour lunch break. In the first part, the Allegro team will be presenting a series of talks that cover the following topics: how to go from the archive to obtaining calibrated visibilities, calibration, imaging, self-calibration, and analysis tools. There will be a short Question & Answer session at the end of each talk (approximately five minutes), with a longer general Q&A session at the end of the talk series.

In the afternoon, we will host an interactive workshop during which we will take you through the following topics:

  • Inspection of data quality
  • Continuum subtraction
  • Basics of imaging
  • Self-calibration
  • Advanced imaging techniques
  • Analysis tools

The workshop will make use of CASA Guides that are readily available online, and we will provide you with the dataset we will be using on the day of the workshop.

Program* November 30, 2021
9:00-9:05 Zoom connection opens
9:05-9:15 Welcome
9:15-10:00 Aida Ahmadi ALMA data: From the archive to calibrated visibilities
10:00-10:30 Katharina Immer Calibration
10:30-10:45 Coffee break
10:45-11:30 Ashley Bemis Imaging
11:30-12:00 Andrés Pérez-Sánchez Self-calibration
12:00-13:00 Lunch break
13:00-13:20 Alex Hygate Analysis Tools
13:20-13:45 Alex Hygate Simulating ALMA observations
13:45-14:00 Discussion – Q&A
14:00-14:15 Coffee Break
14:15-17:00 Guided ALMA data reduction workshop (slides)

* Note that this is a rough schedule as we plan to dedicate plenty of time for questions after each session.

Registered participants: (Last update 24-11-2021)

Michiel Hogerheijde Leiden Observatory
Violette Impellizzeri Leiden Observatory
Aida Ahmadi Leiden Observatory
Alex Hygate Leiden Observatory
Andrés Pérez-Sánchez Leiden Observatory
Ashley Bemis Leiden Observatory
Katharina Immer Leiden Observatory
Marta Frias Castillo Leiden Observatory
Naadiyah Jagga Leiden Observatory
Violeta Gamez Rosas Leiden Observatory
Lucas Stapper Leiden Observatory
Lisa Wölfer Leiden Observatory
Christian Ginski Leiden Observatory
Agnieszka Kobak Nicolaus Copernicus University
Milou Temmink Leiden Observatory
Ko-Yun (Monica) Huang Leiden Observatory
Anna Bartha-Veres Leiden Observatory
Yuan Chen Leiden Observatory
Ian Roberts Leiden Observatory
Mariam Abdallah Leiden Observatory
Fangyou Gao Kapteyn astronomical institute
Jurrian Meijerhof Leiden Observatory
Hanneke Poorta API
Sicen Guo Leiden Observatory
Luna van Haastere Leiden Observatory
Prathap Rayalacheruvu National Institute of Science Education and Research
Joshua Butterworth Leiden Observatory
Pooneh Nazari Leiden Observatory
Theodorus Topkaras Leiden Observatory
Directions to Leiden Observatory

Note that this is not the old observatory in the center of Leiden. Instructions on how to get to Leiden Observatory, including transportation from Schiphol Airport or the central trains station, can be found here. Note that these instructions specify the route to the Lorentz Center, which is in the building on the right in the photo below (Oort building). The event will be held in the joining taller building –  Huygens building. Leiden Observatory is located on the 4-5th floors of both buildings, and the Allegro offices are located on the 11th floor of the Huygens building.

Locations inside the building

Workspaces reserved for the ALMA Data Reduction Training Day on November 30, 2021 are located in room HL-111 on the 1st floor of the Huygens building. There is a reception at the entrance of the building where they can provide you with directions.

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5th Netherlands ALMA Science Day: Nov 29, 2021

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Allegro announces the 5th Netherlands ALMA Science Day, that will take take place on Monday, November 29, 2021. Due to changes in COVID-19 regulations, we will now be hosting this event fully online.

At the Science Day, we will share the latest scientific results obtained with ALMA by the Netherlands astronomical community. Guest speakers include Alice Booth (Leiden University, on the Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales [MAPS] Large Program), Eva Schinnerer (MPIA Heidelberg, on Resolved molecular gas properties of nearby massive star-forming galaxies from the PHANGS Large Program), and Gergö Popping (ESO, with the latest news from ALMA). In addition, contributed talks cover a wide range of science topics, including protoplanetary disks, molecular clouds, and high-redshift galaxies. A few openings are still available for contributed talks, and we welcome contributions in all science areas. The meeting will also allow ample time to discuss user experiences and other ALMA related topics.

Following the Science Day, on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, we will also host an introductory ALMA Data Reduction Training Day that will follow a hybrid format: all presentations and hands-on activities can be followed online, but we also have physical workspaces available in Leiden for those who wish to make use of these. At this workshop, Allegro fellows will introduce CASA and ALMA data reduction, share tips & tricks, and offer extensive hands-on training in data imaging and analysis.

 

— Connection details will be sent to registered participants —

We look forward to seeing many of you at our – online – Science Day!

Program November 29, 2021
10:55-11:00 Zoom connection opens
11:00-11:05 Welcome (Violette Impellizzeri)
11:05-11:35 Alice Booth (Invited) Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales – an ALMA large program to understand the chemistry of planet formation
11:35-11:50 Alex Hygate Discovery of a massive, highly star-forming, morphologically complex ULIRG at z = 7.31
11:50-12:05 Ko-Yun (Monica) Huang The chemical footprint of AGN feedback in the outflowing circumnuclear disk of NGC1068
12:05-12:20 Lucas Stapper The mass and size of Herbig disks as seen by ALMA
12:20-13:00 Social Lunch
13:00-13:30 Eva Schinnerer (Invited) Resolved molecular gas properties of nearby massive star-forming galaxies
13:30-13:45 Michael Janssen The latest results from the Event Horizon Telescope: Zooming into the heart of Centaurus A
13:45-14:00 Lisa Wölfer Spiral structures in the gas disc of CQ Tau
14:00-14:15 Filippo Fraternali Fast rotating and not-so-turbulent discs in z~4 galaxies
14:15-14:30 Nikki Zabel The Virgo environment traced in CO: how do HI-identified environmental mechanisms affect the molecular gas in cluster galaxies?
14:30-14:50 Break
14:50-15:05 Christian Ginski From microns to mm – multi wavelength studies of circumstellar disks
15:05-15:20 Raffaella Morganti ALMA view of the molecular gas in radio galaxies
15:20-15:40 Violeta Gamez Rosas NGC 1068 MATISSE imaging and thermal map of the dust close to the AGN
15:40-16:00 Gergö Popping ALMA Status Update
16:00-16:20 Discussion
Closing remarks

 

Registered participants: (Last update 24-11-2021)

Michiel Hogerheijde Leiden Observatory
Violette Impellizzeri Leiden Observatory
Leen Decin KU Leuven
Rychard Bouwens Leiden Observatory
Aida Ahmadi Leiden Observatory
Alex Hygate Leiden Observatory
Andrés Pérez-Sánchez Leiden Observatory
Ashley Bemis Leiden Observatory
Katharina Immer Leiden Observatory
Alice Booth Leiden Observatory
Eva Schinnerer Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA)
Michael Janssen Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR)
Marta Frias Castillo Leiden Observatory
Naadiyah Jagga Leiden Observatory
Huib van Langevelde JIVE/Leiden Observatory
Felix Semler University of Groningen
Violeta Gamez Rosas Leiden Observatory
Lucas Stapper Leiden Observatory
Lisa Wölfer Leiden Observatory
Christian Ginski Leiden Observatory
Agnieszka Kobak Nicolaus Copernicus University
Milou Temmink Leiden Observatory
Jim Shih API, University of Amsterdam
Lingyu Wang SRON
Gergö Popping ESO
Margot Leemker Leiden Observatory
Raffaella Morganti ASTRON & Kapteyn Astronomical Institute (Groningen)
Filippo Fraternali Kapteyn Astronomical Institute (Groningen)
Nikki Zabel Kapteyn Astronomical Institute (Groningen)
Alessia Annie Rota Leiden Observatory
Osmar Manuel Guerra Alvarado Leiden Observatory
Ko-Yun (Monica) Huang Leiden Observatory
Anna Bartha-Veres Leiden Observatory
Yuan Chen Leiden Observatory
Per-Gunnar Valegard API, University of Amsterdam
Ian Roberts Leiden Observatory
Karla Mariana Rojas Martinez API, University of Amsterdam
Mariam Abdallah Leiden Observatory
Fangyou Gao Kapteyn Astronomical Institute (Groningen)
Jurrian Meijerhof Leiden Observatory
Hanneke Poorta API, University of Amsterdam
Sicen Guo Leiden Observatory
Luna van Haastere Leiden Observatory
Andres Felipe Ramos Padilla SRON/RUG
Prathap Rayalacheruvu National Institute of Science Education and Research
Joshua Butterworth Leiden Observatory
Pooneh Nazari Leiden Observatory
Theodorus Topkaras Leiden Observatory

ALMA Proposal Preparation Day 2021

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The ALMA Cycle 8 2021 Call for Proposals is now open with a submission deadline on April 21, 2021. 

The Allegro ARC Node would like to invite you to attend a proposal preparation workshop. The aim of this workshop is to assist you in making the most out of ALMA’s new capabilities, getting an overview of the new modes offered, and proposal preparation through the ALMA Observing Tool (OT). We will also offer guidance with writing double-anonymous proposals and in the new stages of proposal writing and reviewing (the “distributed proposal review process”) that will be in use from Cycle 8 2021.

The format of our workshop will be virtual, and it will consist of:

  1. a live online event with the Allegro team on March 29th with a few presentations and an extensive Q&A session
  2. online video tutorials that will be uploaded after the online event (watch last year’s video tutorials here)
  3. online drop-in sessions on Wednesdays 14-15 and Fridays 9-10
  4. individual 1-1 support that can be booked at any time (e-mail us)

Our online event will be used to address questions related to proposal submission and the distributed proposal review process that will be adopted from Cycle 8 2021 onwards. Since proposals will have to be written in a fully double-anonymous fashion this year, the Allegro team will provide advice on how this can be achieved, and explain how one can refer to unpublished data and previous ALMA projects without accidentally violating the double-anonymous guidelines.

You can register to attend the online event on March 29th using this registration form.

An overview of important dates and what’s offered in Cycle 8 2021 can be found in the Call for Proposals. As a reminder, the Cycle 8 2021 will include configurations from C-1 up to C-8, with a special focus on high frequency observing. New capabilities that will be offered include Solar observations in Band 5, a passive-phasing mode for VLBI, high-frequency observations (Bands 9 and 10) with the stand-alone 7-m array, mosaicking of continuum line polarisation observations (Bands 3 to 7), spectral scans with the 7-m Array and up to 75 hours of full polarisation observations of a single field with the 7-m Array. No long baseline observations are offered in Cycle 8 2021.

We look forward to seeing many of you at the ALMA Proposal Preparation Day on March 29th! Meanwhile, don’t hesitate to e-mail us if you have questions, concerns, or need support. We would be happy to set up a remote meeting with you. PIs who are considering a Large Program are especially encouraged to contact Allegro early so we can explore the many ways we can support your project and help optimize your program.

Program March 29, 2021
9:30 Welcome
9:35-9:50 Violette Impellizzeri ALMA Call for Proposals & Capabilities in Cycle 8 2021
9:50-10:10 Katharina Immer Distributed Peer Review
10:10-10:30 Aida Ahmadi Dual Anonymous Proposal Review
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:20 Ashley Bemis & Andrés Pérez-Sánchez The ALMA Observing Tool
11:20-11:40 Alex Hygate Simulating ALMA Observations
11:40-12:00 Aida Ahmadi Archive Mining
12:00 Open Q&A Session
Registered participants: (Last update 25-03-2021)
Michiel Hogerheijde Leiden Observatory
Violette Impellizzeri Leiden Observatory
Alex Hygate Leiden Observatory
Andrés Pérez-Sánchez Leiden Observatory
Ashley Bemis Leiden Observatory
Aida Ahmadi Leiden Observatory
Katharina Immer Leiden Observatory
Pooneh Nazari Leiden Observatory
Marta Frias Castillo Leiden Observatory
Ian Roberts Leiden Observatory
Kirsty Butler Leiden Observatory
Leindert Boogaard Leiden Observatory & MPIA
Jakob van den Eijnden University of Oxford
Fernanda Roman de Oliveira Kapteyn Astronomical Institute
Matthew Kenworthy Leiden Observatory
Danial Rangavar Langeroodi Leiden Observatory
Belen Alcalde ESO
Maximilian Beyer VU Amsterdam
Martijn van Gelder Leiden Observatory
Cristina Garcia Leiden Observatory
Antonello Calabro INAF OAR
Jozsef Varga Leiden Observatory
Audrey Coutens IRAP
Dominika Itrich ESO
Di Wen Kapteyn Astronomical Institute
Daniele Aragao Ronso da Costa Lima Kapteyn Astronomical Institute
Lucas Stapper Leiden Observatory
Olga Bayandina Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC
Lisa Wölfer MPE Garching/Leiden Observatory
Elielson Soares Pereira IAG-USP (Brazil)
Heitor Ernandes USP
Joshua Butterworth Leiden Observatory
Louise Lamblin Leiden Observatory
Sicen Guo Leiden Observatory
Ko-Yun (Monica) Huang Leiden Observatory