Welcome to ALMA Community Day! 10/29/13 Welcome to ALMA Community Day! Loreto Barcos-Muñoz Joint ALMA Observatory NRAO Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Schedule 09:30 - 10:00 — Welcome + Introduction to NRAO telescopes 10/29/13 Schedule 09:30 - 10:00 — Welcome + Introduction to NRAO telescopes 10:00 - 10:45 — ALMA Overview and Capabilities  10:30 - 10:45 — Science Highlights (Hot DOGs with ALMA – Tanio Diaz-Santos) 10:45 - 11:00 — Science Highlights (Protoplanetary disks with ALMA –Viviana Guzman) 11:00 - 11:30 — Coffee Break 11:30 - 12:30 — Radio/submillimeter Interferometry Basics  12:30 - 13:30 — Lunch 13:30 - 14:30 — Proposal Preparation Process and Strategies + ALMA Data Products  14:30 - 15:30 — The ALMA Observing Tool (hands-on tutorial)  15:30 - 16:30 — Coffee Break 16:30 - 17:30 — Introduction to CASA: Including ALMA Imaging + Simulations  At home — Please fill out a survey at the end of the workshop 

Wifi Available Red Wifi          ASTRONOMIA Password        ASTRO.2018

Software to Download If you haven’t downloaded in advance, you will need both to participate in the afternoon hands-on time! 1) ALMA OT https://almascience.nrao.edu/proposing/observing-tool Download the webstart version (will automatically download the most recent version each time you open it) 2) CASA https://casa.nrao.edu/casa_obtaining.shtml Download most recent version 5.1.1

Where Can I Get Help After This Workshop? 10/29/13 ALMA Helpdesk Questions answered within 48 hours (around the clock staffing in the week leading up to the proposal deadline). Ticket-based https://help.almascience.org Student Observing Support Up to $35k to support undergraduate or graduate student (from U.S. institutions) involvement in successful ALMA proposals https://science.nrao.edu/opportunities/student-programs/sos Page Charges Support available upon request for authors from US institutions reporting ALMA/VLA results (think about US-based collaborators!) https://library.nrao.edu/pubsup.shtml Face-to-face Visits NRAO covers travel expenses for up to 2 people from 2 teams per week to get support for data reduction, and others, at the NAASC, https://science.nrao.edu/facilities/alma/visitors-shortterm Through the helpdesk you can also get access to computing resources at the NAASC https://science.nrao.edu/facilities/alma/docs/manuals/computing-resources/referencemanual-all-pages

Where Can I Get Help After This Workshop? 10/29/13 Data Reduction Workshop Data reduction parties in Charlottesville, a few times per year, announced on https://science.nrao.edu/facilities/alma/community1  Synthesis Imaging Workshop Synthesis Imaging workshop in Socorro, May 16-23. Registration is still open: http://www.cvent.com/events/16th-synthesis-imaging- workshop/event-summary-b36e4bc16b574d5d94229f9d885d0eff. Good References for Radio Interferometry Thompson, A.R., Moran, J.M., Swensen, G.W. 2004 “Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy”, 2nd edition (Wiley-VCH) Perley, R.A., Schwab, F.R., Bridle, A.H. eds. 1989 ASP Conf. Series 6 “Synthesis Imaging in Radio Astronomy” (San Francisco: ASP) - www.aoc.nrao.edu/events/synthesis IRAM Interferometry School proceedings - www.iram.fr/IRAMFR/IS/IS2008/archive.html Essential Radio Astronomy Course, J. Condon & S. Ransom - https://science.nrao.edu/opportunities/courses/era