This is the fourth meeting of the AtLAST consortium and it will be held in hybrid form, with in-person participants meeting at the ESO headquarters in Garching, Germany. We expect about 40-50 participants in total. Similar to last year, besides the presentations from the work packages and relevant discussion sessions, we open the opportunity for about 9 (TBD) contributed talks on scientific and technical topics that are relevant to the project.
Program
DAY 1 - Tuesday October 10, 2023
9:30 Arrival at ESO, coffee, buffer
Session 1 (10:00 - 12:00) Chair: Sabrina Sartori; Minutes: Joshiwa van marrewijk
- 10:00 - 10:15 Introduction
- 10:15 - 11:00 WP1 report (30 min talk + 15 min discussion)
- 11:00 - 11:45 WP6 report (30 min talk + 15 min discussion)
12:00 - 14:00 Lunch break; in parallel: at 12:00 Alice Schimek is giving the ESO lunch talk in Auditorium Eridanus
Session 2 (14:00 - 15:45) Chair: Tony Mroczkowski; Minutes: Joshiwa van Marrewijk
- 14:00 - 15:00 AtLAST simulator hands-on session
- 15:00 - 15:45 WP3 report (30 min talk + 15 min discussion)
15:45-16:15 Coffee break
Session 3 (16:15 - 17:30) Chair: Tony Mroczkowski; Minutes: Sabrina Sartori
- 16:15 - 17:00 WP4 report (30 min talk + 15 min discussion)
- 17:00 - 17:30 Discussion
DAY 2 - Wednesday October 11, 2023:
Session 1 (09:00 - 10:45) Chair: Pamela Klaassen (no minutes)
- 09:00 - 10:45 Contributed talks (15 + 5 min each):
- 09:00 - 09:20 Sven Wedemeyer "Observing the Sun with AtLAST - Prospects and Challenges"
- 09:20 - 09:40 Daizhong Liu "CI and high-J CO tracing photodissociation and stellar feedback in the nuclear starburst environment?"
- 09:40 - 10:00 Isabel Montoya Arroyave "About the high CO excitation in local ULIRGs"
- 10:00 - 10:20 Joshiwa van Marrewijk: "Towards a complete AtLAST mock observation simulator" (in collab with Thomas Morris, Tony Mroczkowski, and Luca di Mascolo)
- 10:20 - 10:40 Sergio Poppi "The SRT- metrology and/or operation topics
10:45 - 11:15 Coffee break
Session 2 (11:15 - 12:00) Chair: Pamela Klaassen; Minutes: Carlos De Breuck
- 11:15 - 12:00 WP5 report (30 min talk + 15 min discussion)
12:00 - 14:00 Lunch break
Session 3 (14:00 - 15:45) Chair: Carlos De Breuck; Minutes: Claudia Cicone
- 14:00 - 14:20 Hans Kaercher “The design challenges of the AtLAST Telescope”
- 14:20 - 15:00 WP2 report
- 15:00 - 15:45 Discussion focused on WP2 (45 min)
15:45 - 16:15 Coffee break
Session 4 (16:00 - 17:30) Chair: Carlos De Breuck; Minutes: Claudia Cicone
- 16:15 - 16:45 Report from instrumentation Working Group (WG7)
- 16:45 - 17:05 Simon Berry "lessons learned from SKA’s journey"
19:30 - 21:30 Dinner at Moti Mahal, Garching
DAY 3 - Thursday October 12, 2023
Chair: Claudia Cicone; Minutes: Isabelle Viole
9:30: Coffee at ESO
- 10:00 - 12:00 General discussion
- 10:00 - 10:30 Roadmapping (wrapping up the Design study project)
- ~10:30 Group photo of the remote participants on Zoom (Cameras ON)
- 10:35 - 12:00 Planning of future EU calls and actions
12:00 - 14:00 Lunch break
- 14:00 - 14:45 Closed door meeting of External advisory committee ONLY
- 14:45 - 17:00 Advisory committee + Executive Board + WP leaders meeting
Logistics info for in-person participants:
Travel
Detailed travelling information is available at this webpage.
Hotels
It is advisable to book early. It appears that Hotel Hoyacker Hof in Garching is already fully booked.
- Stellaris Apartments (within the campus, walking distance from ESO Headquarters): they said that the guests would get a better rate if they booked directly (individually) at the website
- Hotel König Ludwig II in Garching (website)
There are several additional hotel options in Garching and Munich, check e.g. Booking.com.
Conference room
The AtLAST consortium meeting will be held in the Telescopium auditorium, in the old building.
