Workshop Astro-Antarctica

14 sept. 2011, 09:30 → 15 sept. 2011, 17:20 Europe/Paris

Amphi (Marseille CPPM)

The main aims of the meeting are to present and discuss:
- the status and results of the site qualification and astronomical instruments at Dome A and Dome C
- a summary of the recent meetings (SCAR Sydney, visit of Lyu in China...)
- possible plans of cooperation between Europe and China
- a possible European proposition to be submitted to the next (and last, as concerns Research Infrastructures) FP7 call (deadline 23 November 2011)
- the IAU Symp 288 to be held in Beijing in August 2012 (in the framework of the IAU GA)

mercredi 14 septembre

09:30 → 10:30 Registration and coffee/tea

10:30 → 10:45 Welcome to CPPM

Orateur: Eric Kajfasz (CPPM)

10:45 → 11:00 Logistics

Orateurs: Angélique Pepe (CPPM), Charling Tao

11:00 → 11:20 Aims of the workshop, status and prospects of Astrophysics in Dome C

Orateur: Nicolas Epchtein (Laboratoire Fizeau, Nice)

Transparents Epchtein.ppt

11:20 → 12:05 The Concordia station at Dome C

Orateur: Christine David (IPEV)

Transparents David.ppt

12:05 → 12:25 Site qualification results in Dome C: an overview

Orateur: Dr Eric Fossat (Nice)

Transparents marseille-Fossat.ppt

12:25 → 13:05 Summary of Sydney SCAR workshop

Orateurs: Charling Tao, John Storey (USW, Sydney), Lyu Abe

Transparents Marseilles_AAA2011.ppt

13:05 → 14:25 Lunch break

14:25 → 14:45 Current Australian activities in Antarctic astronomy

Orateur: John Storey

Transparents Marseilles_Storey.ppt

14:45 → 15:30 Chinese astronomy in Dome A

Orateurs: Andre Tilquin, Charling Tao (CPPM), Lifan Wang (Texas A&M, CCAA)

Transparents WangLifan_Marseille.pptx

15:30 → 16:15 Dome C recent environment results

Orateurs: Christophe Genthon, Philippe Ricaud, Stefania Argentini (ISAC-CNR)

Transparents

• meteodc.ppt
• ricaud.ppt
• stefania.ppt

16:15 → 16:45 Coffee/Tea Break

16:45 → 17:30 Italian results in Dome C (IRAIT)

Orateurs: Gilles Durand (IRFU, CEA, Saclay), Maurizio Busso

Transparents MarseilleGillesIraitCamistic.ppt

Video SnowBlownAirburst.m4v

17:30 → 18:15 Astrophysical results in Dome C (ASTEP)

Orateur: Dr Lyu Abe (Fizeau)

18:15 → 18:30 Preparation of IAU Symposium 288 (Beijing, 2012)

Orateur: Dr Nicolas Epchtein

20:00 → 23:00 Dinner

jeudi 15 septembre

09:00 → 09:30 Science with PILOT

Orateur: Dr Will Saunders (AAO)

Transparents ASA08.ppt

09:30 → 10:00 The PLT Design study

Orateurs: Dr Lyu Abe, Dr Nicolas Epchtein (Fizeau)

Transparents PLT-DS_marseille_2011.ppt

10:00 → 10:30 Discussion on Technical issues with PILOT/PLT/KDUST

Orateurs: Dr Abe, Epchtein, Marchiori, Dr Charling Tao, Will Saunders

10:30 → 10:50 EIE presentation

Orateur: Giampietro Marchiori (European Industrial Engineering (Mestre, Italy))

Transparents EIE-ANTARTICA_WORKSHOP.pdf

10:50 → 11:20 Coffee/Tea Break

11:20 → 11:35 Astronomy in Antarctica and the EC Framework Programme

Orateur: Dr Nicolas Epchtein (Fizeau)

11:35 → 12:30 Open discussion

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:00 WG discussions

Orateur: All

15:00 → 16:00 Summary and conclusions

Minutes workshop_antarctica.pdf

16:00 → 17:00 Coffee/Tea