e-MERLIN and Jodrell Bank Observatory : A radio astronomy facility for the SKA era
Meeting Programme and presentations
Thursday 15th September 2016
Session 1: Overview, concept and meeting motivation
10:00 - Welcome and overall vision - Mike Garrett (JBCA)10:20 - The SKA era and the role of National Facilities - Phil Diamond (SKAO)
10:45 - Extragalactic Astrophysics - role of National Facilities - Paul Alexander (Cambridge)
11:05 - Galactic Astrophysics - role of National Facilities - Melvin Hoare (Leeds)
11:25 - Coffee
12:20 - Lovell Telescope developments: Phased Array Feed - Mike Keith (JBCA)
12:40 - 13:00 - Discussion (Overall concepts)
Session 2: Technical and Operational developments
14:00 - SKA Technical developments relevant to the National Facility - Keith Grainge (JBCA)14:20 - SKA SDP and pipelines - Anna Scaife (JBCA)
14:40 - SKA-based receivers for e-MERLIN - Mike Jones (Oxford)
14:55 - New telescopes for e-MERLIN : CUGA - Melvin Hoare (Leeds)
15:10 - 15:40 - Discussions (Technical and operational)
15:40 - 16:15 - Afternoon tea break
Session 3: Planets and star-formation
16:15 - Overview and introduction - Melvin Hoare (Leeds)16:25 - Proto-Planetary disks (PEBBLES) - Jane Greaves (Cardiff)
16:40 - Massive star-formation feedback with e-MERLIN: Present and future - Katharine Johnston (Leeds)
16:55 - Maser science and the latest K-band developments - Anita Richards (JBCA)
17:10 - 17:30 - Discussion (Local Universe : Galactic)
17:30 - 20:00 - Drinks reception and meal at JBO
Friday 16th September 2016
09:00 - The EVN and e-MERLIN - Rene Vermeulen (EVN CBD Chair & ASTRON)Session 4: Pulsar and Transient Science
09:15 - Overview and Introduction - Ben Stappers (JBCA)09:25 - Multi-frequency, high-resolution and rapi-trigger programmes with AMI and e-MERLIN - Kunal Mooley (Oxford)
09:40 - Fast Transients and pulars - Evan Keane (SKAO)
09:55 - Challenges and prospects for radio transient detection - Mateusz Malenta(JBCA)
10:10 - LOFT-e: A radio transient Detection System for e-MERLIN - Charlie Walker (JBCA)
10:25 - 10:40 - Discussion (Transients and Pulsars)
Session 5: Galaxies
10:50 - Overview and Introduction - Ian McHardy (Southampton)11:00 - Local galaxy studies with e-MERLIN - Megan Argo(JBCA)
11:15 - Disentangling star-formation and AGN with the SKA - Minnie Mao (JBCA)
11:30 - LIRGs and ULIRGs with e-MERLIN and the EVN - Antxon Alberdi (IAA, Spain/SKAO)
11:45 - 12:00 - Discussion (Local Universe: Galaxies)
Session 6: Galaxy evolution
12:00 - Overview and Introduction - Antxon Alberdi (IAA, Spain/SKAO)12:10 - e-MERGE - latest results and future - Tom Muxlow (JBCA)
12:25 - Sub-mm starbursts at high-z - Alasdair Thomson (Durham)
12:40 - Isolating AGN using wide-field VLBI and e-MERLIN - Jack Radcliffe (JBCA/Groningen)
12:55 - 13:10 - Discussion (Galaxy evolution)
13:10 - Lunch
Session 7: Cosmology
14:00 - Overview and Introduction - Richard Battye (JBCA)14:10 - Weak Lensing - Michael Brown (JBCA)
14:25 - Strong Lensing - Neal Jackson (JBCA)
14:40 - 15:00 - Discussion (Cosmology)
15:00 - 16:00 - Discussion and Wrap-up - the way forward