A noticed before, if one is planing to propose a project making use of ALMA as part of the Global 3mm VBLI Array (GMVA), please note that one mus also submit a the GMVA proposal via the NRAO PST before the 1st February deadline.
More information in the GMVA webpage.
Exciting news for ALMA Cycle 4, which has just been pre-announced. Many new capabilities are now anticipated, such as the use of the Atacama Compact Array alone or ALMA as a VLBI station. Breakthrough science will definitely arise as a result.
On 22nd March 2016, a call will be released, as well as the latest version of the ALMA Observing Tool, with which one will submit proposals until the deadline on 21st April 2016.
More detailed preliminary information on anticipated array capabilities and key dates for Cycle 4 are available here.
For any further information, do not hesitate to contact us by any of the provided contacts.
Good luck!
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is now offering postdoctoral fellowship positions to join the ALMA science operations group. Fellows will be based in the Santiago Central Office in Chile, with eventual shifts to the ALMA Operations Support Facility (OSF) near San Pedro de Atacama for real-time interaction with the telescope. Full details here.
Results from ALMA Long Baseline observations and from SPHERE, Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) and other high-contrast adaptive optics (AO) instruments have given a taste of what to expect over the next few years in the fields of protoplanetary and debris disks, and planet formation. For the first time observations of the regions where planets form are achievable. The workshop will discuss the state-of-the-art results, offering a panchromatic view, with a balance between observations and theory. Discussions will be scheduled on how facilities, such as JWST, E-ELT and TMT, and advances in modeling, will advance the field of planetary formation.
Details are available from the workshop webpage.
A conference to be held at ESA/ESTEC on 12—15 April 2016, which will cover all astrophysical aspects of water, including the water trail, from the formation of water in molecular clouds to water on planetary bodies, including in our own solar system; water as a probe of physics and and chemistry; and water in nearby to water in extra-galactic and high redshift sources.
More information at the conference website. Abstract submission deadline on 11th December.
After the communication in August of the ALMA Cycle-3 proposal review outcome to the PIs, the ALMA consortium has recently made available the list of high priority projects and a report on the proposal review process. While the former lists the A- and B-graded projects, along with the respective PI, co-Is, and abstract, the latter describes the review process along with interesting statistics (such as requested facility specifications, science categories interest, …).
We would like to highlight a milestone achieved by the Portuguese community via the acceptance (A-grade) of the proposal PI’ed by David Sobral (based at IA), focused on the recently discovered high-redshift galaxy with PopIII-like stellar populations. In addition, the Portuguese community is involved (in co-authorship) in six other high-priority and two filler (C-graded) proposals. We also highlight the proposal PI’ed by Elisabete da Cunha (based at Swinburne University, Australia) which was also considered to be of high priority via the very over-subscripted Open-Skies time.
We take the chance to call your attention to the recent ALMA status report and the results of the ALMA Cycle-3 user survey.
We hope these very successful results make you even more eager to apply for ALMA time in Cycle 4! We will be here to help you!
The FCT Investigator programme aims to support the recruitment of outstanding researchers into Portugal’s R&D centres. Open to scientists of all nationalities, and across research fields, this highly competitive programme targets scientists with exceptional track-records and clear potential to develop innovative research. Close to 600 new FCT Investigators have been selected in the three previous calls. The 2015 call is expected to fund 200 new FCT Investigator grants. Deadline on 15th September 2015. Please, read further in the call webpage.
Also, note the deadline 2nd September 2015 to associate your project to our host institution, IA. More information regarding this here.
Good luck!
New ALMA Science Verification data has been released. This batch includes:
– M100: Band 3 CO(1-0) observations with the 7m Array and the Total Power Array, demonstrating the ALMA Compact Array and data combination capabilities;
– 3C 286: Band 6 continuum observations demonstrating ALMA’s polarization capability.
Should you need any help with these data, please use the Helpdesk or contact PACE directly.
Several new sets of “User Provided Data Products” (UPDPs) have recently been ingested in the Herschel Science Archive and are available for retrieval. The number of UPDPs served by the HSA is gradually increasing. The full list of available UPDPs at any time is available here.
Also, the “ALMA/Herschel Archival Workshop” presentations are now available online here.
In the ALMA Status Page, one can check current specifications of the array. Of great interest to DDT or ToO proposals is the information on the current and future configurations. Take a look!