UK ALMA Data Workshop

14^th-16^th November 2018

University of Durham

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Registration:

Registration deadline 7^th November

!!! We have now reached capacity, registrants after 00:00 26-OCT-2018 will be added to a waiting list !!!

Title: - Prof. Dr. Miss Ms Mrs Mr Mx

First Name:

Surname:

Institution:

e-mail:

Experience:

What is your level of experience using interferometry:

Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced

Dietary Requirements:

Lunch and coffees/teas will be provided:

Please let us know of any additional requirements:

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Agenda:

November 14^th - Day 1

• 13:30 - Introductions and outline of school
  
• 13:45 - Fundamentals of radio interferometry
  
• 14:30 - ALMA calibration overview
  
• 15:15 - Getting started with CASA and Hands-on: Calibration
  
• 15:45 - Tea/Coffee
  
• 16:15 - Imaging interferometric data
  
• 17:00 - Continue calibration
  
• 17:30 - Finish

November 15^th- Day 2

• 09:00 - Day 1 recap / outline for day 2
  
• 09:15 - Hands-on: Continue calibration
  
• 10:00 - Hands-on: Imaging continuum data
  
• 10:30 - Coffee/troubleshooting
  
• 11:00 - Hands-on: Continue imaging continuum
  
• 12:30 - Lunch
  
• 13:30 - Spectral line observational and data reduction considerations
  
• 14:00 - Hands-on: Spectral line data set
  
• 15:30 - Tea
  
• 16:00 - Simulating data
  
• 16:30 - Hands-on: continued
  
• 17:30 - Finish

November 16^th - Day 3

• 09:00 - Day 2 recap / outline for day 3
  
• 09:15 - What to expect in an ALMA data delivery (partly hands-on)
  
• 09:45 - Self-calibration - when and how and when to stop
  
• 10:30 - Coffee
  
• 11:00 - Hands-on: Self-calibration
  
• 13:00 - Lunch and close
  

The agenda is somewhat flexible depending on the time take to complete the hands on sessions.

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Additional information:

Preparation:
    It would be useful to register with the ALMA Science Portal, if you haven't already, to make sure that
you can access all documentation (and, in future, tools). The basic package you will need for this Workshop
will be CASA Version 5.4 (or at least 5.1.1-5).
     You will need at least 15-20G of storage (the more the better) to complete the hands-on tutorials.

CASA information and download:
    http://casa.nrao.edu/