ALMA-VLBI QA2 Workshop– Leiden Lorentz Center, 24-28 February 2020
Allegro is hosting a QA2 training workshop for phased-ALMA data acquired during VLBI observations, which will be held in Leiden (the Netherlands), on February 24-28 2020.
VLBI is an observing mode offered since Cycle 4, and the first observations were conducted in Apr 2017. The QA2 process for VLBI projects is significantly more complex than the procedure for standard projects, requiring a close loop between ARCs, JAO and VLBI correlators.
The main goal of the workshop is to train ALMA astronomers so that the QA2 work load can be distributed across different regions. The training workshop will involve hands-on work on past cycles datasets.
This workshop is restricted to the trained QA2 analysts in ALMA Regional Centers (ARCs).
- Program
- Training Material
- SOC / LOC
- Participants
- Hotels
- Directions
Program
The workshop will be held in the 2nd floor of the Snellius Building, room TBD. We will meet on Monday at 09:00 for welcome and introductions and will start the program at 10:00 am. On the first day we will have introductory talks. On the second day we will have four sessions “QA2 script overview”. On the third and fourth days we will have hands-on sessions with test datasets.
On the last day, we will work on documentation and discuss next steps.
We count to start everyday at 9:00 and finish at 17:30.
We look forward to seeing you!
Follow this link to see the Programme.Training Material - Workshop Material:
- Introductory Presentations (google slides)
- Walk through the ALMA-VLBI QA2 script (pdf slides)
- Workshop test datasets and scripts (FTP link)
- Literature:
- PolConvert algorithm: Martí-Vidal et al. 2016, A&A, 587, 143
- ALMA Phasing System: Matthews, Crew et al. 2018, PASP, 130, 015002
- Phased-ALMA Calibration: Goddi et al. 2019, PASP, 131, 075003
- CASA polarization calibration tutorial on 3C286 SV data.
- Full Polarization QA2 procedure.
- Polarization Calibration Guide by Hiroshi Nagai.
- VLBI QA2 Processing.
| Ciriaco Goddi (Chair) | Allegro/Dutch ARC node |
| Geoff Crew | Haystack/MIT |
| Ivan Marti-Vidal | University of Valencia |
| Hugo Messias | JAO |
| Stefanie Muehler | German ARC node |
| Dirk Petry | ESO |
| Helge Rottmann | MPIfR |
| European ARC nodes | |
| Lydia Moser | German node |
| Rosita Paladino | Italian node |
| Kazi Rygl | Italian node |
| Andres Perez | Allegro/Dutch node |
| Daniel Tafoya | Nordic node |
| Tobia Carozzi | Nordic node |
| Ciro Pappalardo | PACE/Portuguese node |
| Adam Avison | UK node |
| Anita Richards | UK node |
| East Asia ARC | |
| Atsushi Miyazaki | Japanese node |
| Jihyun Kang | Korean node |
| Alfonso Trejo-Cruz | Taiwanese node |
| North America ARC | |
| Brian Mason | NRAO |
| Erica Keller | NRAO |
| JAO | |
| David Rebolledo | JAO |
| VLBI Correlators | |
| Jan Wagner | MPIfR |
| Yurii Pidopryhora | MPIfR |
There are regular buses from the Leiden Centraal station to the Lorentz Center (see the links below for more specific details if you will be coming by bus).
In alternative, you can look into renting a bike for your stay. You can pick this up at the railway station, at the rear (exit towards the hospital). Bikes costs 7.50 euro per day or 37.50 for a week.Near the workshop venue:
Hilton Garden Inn (500-m to the Lorentz Center, 4-stars)
Holiday Inn (950-m to the Lorentz Center, 4-stars)
Van der Valk Hotel (1.6-km to the Lorentz Center, 4-stars)
Near the train station / center of Leiden.
Golden Tulip Leiden-centre (Central station, 4-stars)
Fletcher Wellness-Hotel (Central station, 4-stars)
Tulip Inn Leiden-centre (Central station, 3-stars)
Ibis Leiden-centre (Central station, 3-stars)
Boutique Hotel d’Oude Morsch (Near Central station, 3.5-stars)
Best Western City Hotel (Center, 3-stars)
Instructions on how to get to Leiden Observatory, including transportation from Schiphol Airport, can be found here:
https://www.lorentzcenter.nl/howto.php
And a site map can be found here:
https://www.lorentzcenter.nl/map_LC_hotels_stat_web.php
The venue of the workshop is the Snellius building of the Lorentz Center. The Leiden Observatory and Allegro offices are located on the 4-5th and 11th floor, respectively, of The Huygens building (in front and to the right with respect to the Snellius building).
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Room TBD on the 2nd floor of the Snellius building: 
At the entrance of the building there is a reception were they can provide you with directions.
