Early-stage training site for European long-wavelength astronomy
3rd Workshop - MPIfR Bonn - April 7-11, 2008
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Early-stage training site for European long-wavelength astronomy3rd Workshop - MPIfR Bonn - April 7-11, 2008 |
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The network ESTRELA organises workshops as part of the overall scheme of the programme. After the meetings in Dwingeloo and Manchester in January and October last year, respectively, the next one will take place at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) in Bonn from April 7th to 11th 2008. Attendance of the ESTRELA fellows at ESTRELA workshops is part of the contract with the European Union. All the students of the International Max Planck Research School for Radio and Infrared Astronomy are welcome to attend to the lectures.
List of Participants and Speakers [PDF]
Morning: Lectures
| E. Ros: | Welcome Remarks |
| A. Kraus: | The 100-m Radio Telescope in Effelsberg |
| Multimedia: | |
| PSR1133A sound [wav] | |
| Movie with the mounting of the subreflector in Effelsberg [avi] | |
| R. Beck: | LOFAR and the SKA |
| D. Samtleben: | CMB - Introduction and experimental techniques |
| C.S. Chang (MPIfR): | VLBI on M87 and gamma-ray AGN |
| L. Quinn (Jodrell): | Methanol & Excited OH Masers in the Methanol Multibeam Survey |
| C. Struve (ASTRON): | HI observations of (powerful) radio galaxies |
| W. Alef: | Correlators |
Morning & afternoon: Soft Skills Seminar on "Scientific Presentation", by Mrs Sabine Hatzl (Training-Coaching-Meditation)
Evening: Social programme - Football together with local players at the Soccer Center Bonn
Morning: Lectures & Student Talks
| P. Schilke: | APEX and ALMA |
| D. Samtleben: | CMB Science and future experiments |
| J. Morgan: | Using the DiFX software correlator |
| H. Rampadarath: | A VLBA Survey at 327 MHz: A catalogue of E-LOFAR calibrators |
| E. Keane: | The Search for Nearby RRATs & Other Transient Radio Bursts |
Morning: Lectures and student talks
| E. Ros: | Communicating Astronomy: How to Make a Press Release |
| T. Krichbaum: | Millimetre VLBI |
Morning: Lectures and student talks
| A. Roy: | The Art and Science of VLBI |
| R. Hurley: | Radio spectra of compact sources in ARP220 |
| S. Bryan: | Luminous Satellite Galaxies in Gravitational Lenses |
| M. Serylak: | Single-pulse studies of the radio milisecond pulsars |
Y.Y. Kovalev: Using radio surveys
D.V. Lal: Simulating the Square Kilometre Array
M. Perucho: Relativistic Outflows and Jet MHD Numerical Simulations
A. Roy: The Art and Science of VLBI
D. Samtleben: The Cosmic Microwave Background: Experiments
P. Schilke: APEX and ALMA
Rooms have been booked at the Mozart Hotel next to the railway station in the Bonn City Centre. All participants should have got confirmation on their booking.
The most convenient airport to arrive at is the Köln-Bonn Flughafen, known internationally simply as Cologne(CGN).
There are many direct flights from European cities, especially from budget airlines (EasyJet, GermanWings, TUIfly, Air Berlin...) but also from Lufthansa and other national carriers. There is a BUS service (line 670) to the Bonn Central Railway Station (Bonn "Hauptbahnhof" or "Hbf") leaving from outside the terminal building, roughly every 30 mins (this varies with time of day and day of the week).
See: http://www.duesseldorf-international.de
See: http://www.airportcity-frankfurt.com
Both these airports are within reasonable reach of Bonn Hbf by TRAIN. For train times consult: http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de
There are train services from Düsseldorf Airport to Bonn Hbf; direct connections take just over 1 hour. There are also a few direct train connections from Frankfurt Airport to Bonn Hbf, taking about 1h 50m. There is a more frequent (and faster) ICE train service to Siegburg (38 mins) from which there is a direct connection by TRAM ("S-Bahn") line 66 to Bonn Hbf (25 mins).
Note that Ryanair does not fly to Frankfurt Airport (FRA) but to Frankfurt-Hahn (HHN). Although there are many cheap flights, this airport is a 2 hour drive from Bonn and very poorly connected by public transport.
The bus lines 623 (heading for Lessenich) and 621 (heading for Duisdorf) will bring you from the Railway Station to the MPIfR. Here you find a map of the bus station. The ride will take about 15 min. Alight at the bus stop Immenburg.
On April 14th-18th the MPIfR will host the Scientific Workshop "Astronomy in the Next Decade: Synergies with the Square Kilometre Array", funded by the EU Programme Marie Curie Conferences and Training Courses on the Square Kilometre Array Design Studies (MCCT SKADS).
On April 21th-25th the University of Cologne and the MPIfR will host the International Conference "The Universe under the Microscope: Astrophysics at High Angular Resolution" in Bad Honeff, next to Bonn.
Eduardo Ros (Chair)
Chin-Shin Chang
Last updated:
Thu Mar 20 12:10:34 CET 2008