Registration Is Open for NAIC-NRAO Summer Schools
Robert Minchin NRAO
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) and National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC) are organizing the 8th NAIC-NRAO Summer School on single-dish radio astronomy. For the first time this school will be followed by a three-day course on radio interferometry, including hands-on imaging and analysis of Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) data.
Single Dish School will be held 5-10 July 2015 at NRAO in Green Bank, WV. This course is intended to provide graduate students, postdocs, and experts in other fields of astronomy with background knowledge and practical experience with the techniques and applications of single-dish radio astronomy. The school includes a series of lectures from experts in the field. Participants will also take part in a hands-on project using either Arecibo's William E. Gordon Telescope or the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT). The hands-on component is a significant part of the program, allowing participants to make observations, analyze the data acquired, and interpret the results during the course of the week.
Interferometry School will take place 12-14 July 2015, also at NRAO Green Bank. Interferometry School will include two days of lectures on radio interferometry at a level appropriate for graduate students in astrophysics. The final day will feature hands-on work to image and analyze ALMA data using the Common Astronomy Software Applications (CASA) package.
Registration is now open for these schools. Please visit the school website to register.
The number of participants will be limited due to the lodging available at NRAO Green Bank, so register soon. Please send any questions to Alison Peck.