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last change 2008 June 13, P. Böhm

NEON 3D Spectra School 2008

Program         May, 19 - 24

MONDAY 19
09:00       Jeremy Allington-Smith: History and development of 3D imaging
10:00 Martin M. Roth: Various IFU types
11:00 Coffee break
11:30 Richard McDermid: 3D Spectroscopy Data Reduction Principles
12:30 Discussion
13:00 Lunch break
14:00 Tutors: Presentation of the 4-5 instruments used in the practical work:
Sabine Mengel SINFONI data reduction
Jeremy Walsh VLT FLAMES
James Turner GMOS IFU: introduction for the data reduction tutorials
Ana Monreal-Ibero PMAS: The Potsdam Multiaperture Spectrophotometer
  Formation of the groups
17:00 Visit of AIP, welcome drink
 
TUESDAY 20
09:00 Guy J. Monnet: An overview of ESO's IFU instruments
10:00 James Turner: GMOS and Gemini instrumentation
11:00 Coffee break
11:30 Roland Bacon: Major scientific results from 3D observations
12:30 Discussion
13:00 Lunch break
14:00 Tutors: Practical exercises in groups: 1st part
16:00 Coffee break
16:15   Practical exercises in groups: 2nd part
 
WEDNESDAY 21
09:00 Mark Swinbank: Exploring high-z Galaxies with IFU Spectroscopy
10:00 Emmanuel Pecontal: SNe with SNIFS
11:00 Coffee break
11:30 Roland Bacon: Future VLT instruments: MUSE
12:30 Discussion
13:00 Lunch break
14:00 Tutors: Practical exercises in groups: 1st part
16:00 Coffee break
16:15   Practical exercises in groups: 2nd part
18:00 Visit of campus Telgrafenberg including Einstein tower and the Great Refractor
 
THURSDAY 22
09:00 Ray Sharples: Future VLT Instruments: KMOS
10:00 Harald Kuntschner: Slitless spectroscopy with the HST
11:00 Discussion
11:30 Coffee break
12:00 Tutors: Practical exercises in groups: 1st part
13:00 Lunch break
14:00 Practical exercises in groups: 2nd part
16:00 Coffee break
16:15   Practical exercises in groups: 3rd part
 
FRIDAY 23
09:00 Pierre Ferruit: JWST/NIRSpec and its IFU
10:00 Jean-Gabriel Cuby: EAGLE: an MOAO fed dIFU working in the NIR on the E-ELT
11:00 Discussion
11:30 Coffee break
12:00 Tutors: Practical exercises in groups: 1st part
13:00 Lunch break
14:00 Practical exercises in groups: 2nd part
16:00 ALL: General Discussion: "Future needs and present shortcomings"
17:00 Barbecue with AIP staff
 
SATURDAY 24
09:00 Tutors: Practical exercises in groups: last part
  Cold drinks served,
  coffee available in the dispenser in the entrance hall
13:00   Closing
 

Tutoring on data reduction/analysis for the following instruments:

FLAMES: Jeremy Walsh
GMOS: James Turner
OASIS: Richard McDermid
PMAS: Ana Monreal Ibero
SINFONI: Sabine Mengel

The list of participants is available here, including students, tutors, lecturers, and SOC/LOC.

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