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^ Date | 18 -- 19 May 2009 | | ^ Date | 18 -- 19 May 2009 | | ||
^ Location | ASTRON, Dwingeloo | | ^ Location | ASTRON, Dwingeloo | | ||
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+ | ==== Summary ==== | ||
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+ | On May 18 and 19, 20009, ASTRON hosted a LOFAR Technical Status | ||
+ | meeting in Dwingeloo. This meeting brought together technical | ||
+ | working groups from all the Key Science Projects as well as many of | ||
+ | the international partner consortia. | ||
+ | international LOFAR stations now in the field and more on the way, | ||
+ | LOFAR is preparing to move into a new phase of its construction. This | ||
+ | next phase will include an intense period of technical commissioning | ||
+ | and scientific validation ramping up to actual science observations | ||
+ | early in 2010. This commissioning period is expected to kick-off in | ||
+ | the fall of 2009 with its first major activity, an initial shallow all- | ||
+ | sky survey to populate the global sky model (GSM) required for LOFAR' | ||
+ | calibration. | ||
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+ | Following this initial GSM survey, the Radio Observatory at ASTRON | ||
+ | plans to solicit proposals for commissioning projects from the various | ||
+ | LOFAR Key Science Projects and international partners. This meeting was | ||
+ | intended to assist the various KSP groups in the preparation of | ||
+ | commissioning proposals in response to this announcement of | ||
+ | opportunity. Over the course of the two days, members of the LOFAR | ||
+ | project reviewed the observational capabilities of the system | ||
+ | expected to be in place by the start of the GSM. Each of the KSPs | ||
+ | also summarized their specific commissioning plans as well. These | ||
+ | discussions will be used as valuable input to the integrated | ||
+ | commissioning activities that LOFAR will execute over the coming term | ||
+ | leading to a fully functional Observatory and the first science | ||
+ | results early next year. | ||
==== Agenda ==== | ==== Agenda ==== | ||
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* C. Broekema: {{: | * C. Broekema: {{: | ||
* H. Holties: {{: | * H. Holties: {{: | ||
- | * G. de Bruyn: Calibration Status | + | * G. de Bruyn: |
* R. Nijboer: {{: | * R. Nijboer: {{: | ||
* M. Wise: {{: | * M. Wise: {{: | ||
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* R. Nijboer: {{: | * R. Nijboer: {{: | ||
* J. Hessels: {{: | * J. Hessels: {{: | ||
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=== Day 2, Tue 19 May 2009 === | === Day 2, Tue 19 May 2009 === | ||
- | * A. Polatidis: Proposal Support | + | * A. Polatidis: |
- | * M. Wise: Commissioning Plans | + | * M. Wise: {{: |
- | * G. de Bruyn: MSSS Specifications | + | * G. de Bruyn: |
* J. Conway: Long-baseline Issues | * J. Conway: Long-baseline Issues | ||
- | * H. Rottgering: Surveys | + | |
- | * J. Anderson: Magnetism | + | |
- | * G. de Bruyn: EoR | + | * J. Anderson: |
- | * R. Fender: Transients | + | * G. de Bruyn: |
+ | * R. Fender: | ||
* B. Stappers: Pulsars | * B. Stappers: Pulsars | ||
- | * A. Horneffer: Cosmic Rays | + | * A. Horneffer: |
- | * G. Mann: Solar and Space Weather | + | * G. Mann: {{: |