1. 06/10/2006IRAM Interferometry School1 ARC node at IRAM F.Gueth – IRAM Grenoble

2. 06/10/2006IRAM Interferometry School2 ALMA @ IRAM IRAM deeply involved in ALMA construction Hardware: –band 7 (280—360 GHz) development and (pre-)production –receiver common optics –backend samplers Software & proto-ARC: –scientific software requirements (SSR) group –real-time telescope calibration pipeline –tests of prototype antennas

3. Band 7, Lazareff et al. IRAM

4. Band 7 noise temperature, 8 GHz IF (Maier et al. IRAM)

5. 06/10/2006IRAM Interferometry School5 ARC node at IRAM IRAM partners CNRS (France) MPG (Germany) IGN (Spain) ARC node at IRAM also supported by French community Spain ALMA committee IRAM open to all astronomers: 30% observing time outside partner countries, TNA RadioNet FP6

6. 06/10/2006IRAM Interferometry School6 IRAM millimeter interferometry center IRAM ARC node will be an activity of the IRAM millimeter interferometry center Center is already in place –GILDAS software (CLASS, CLIC, …) –PdBI f2f user support since >10 years –mm-interferometry school series since 1998 –general expertise in mm-interferometry calibration and imaging techniques

7. 06/10/2006IRAM Interferometry School7 ARC node at IRAM Goals of mm-interferometry expertise center:  User formation  User face-to-face support  Technical expertise center  Data reduction software Based on and fully open to collaborations with other groups Several actions already started or planned

8. 06/10/2006IRAM Interferometry School8 User formation Interferometry school series  5 th school Oct. 2-6 2006, 66 participants Long-period visits of PhD/postdocs –Formation to mm-interferometry techniques and data reduction, observations at PdBI (new access) –Can start in 2007 (new building available) –Please contact us if interested

9. IRAM mm-interferometry school series Every two years since 1998 General introduction to mm-interferometry, PdBI data reduction, introduction to ALMA ALMA practical session in 2008 (  Early Science) Lectures and book available on the web

10. 06/10/2006IRAM Interferometry School10 User f2f support In place at IRAM for PdBI since ~10 years –Each project has a local contact to help during the data reduction at Grenoble Will be extended to support ALMA users –Critical for early-science  required in 2009

11. 06/10/2006IRAM Interferometry School11 Technical Expertise ALMA commissioning –GILDAS to be used for antenna SD holographies New observing mode: OTF interferometry development at PdBI then ALMA (EU-FP6) Using Jupiter satellites as mm flux calibrators: PdBI/30m project started (collab. with Paris Obs.) ALMA imaging simulator

12. 06/10/2006IRAM Interferometry School12 Software devl’t Software developments for ALMA: –telescope calibration pipeline –GILDAS/CLIC adapted for ALMA holographies –goal: long-term support/upgrade of ALMA software pyGILDAS development: interoperability of the data reduction software (collab. with Bordeaux Obs.)