Scientific program
Monday 9 September
Start at 09:00
Session-1: The Millimetron Antenna: Development status and What to expect (rms and °K)
0) Welcome; Goals for this workshop Th. de Graauw, ESO / ASC LPI (10)
1) Introduction to the Millimetron Space Observatory. S. Likhachev, ASC LPI (30)
2) Millimetron spacecraft structure and technical requirements. A. Smirnov ASC LPI (30)
3) The Millimetron antenna. Y. Podobedov, ASC LPI (30)
Questions-Discussions
±10.40-11.00 Coffee/Tea Break
4)Panels of the primary mirror; E. Filina, ASC LPI (25)
5)Thermal design of the Payload; E. Golubev, ASC LPI (25)
6) In-flight Surface Error Measurement System; A. Baryshev, Kapteyn / RUG (20)
Questions-Discussions
±12.30 Lunch Break
Re- Start at 14.00
Session-2: Millimetron Key Science Cases and Associated Instrumentation Requirements
8) Performance Predictions: Strawman Instrumentation, sensitivity calculations.
- Single dish mode: Strawman instrumentation packages; Sensitivity prediction for Spectroscopy and Imaging, with direct and heterodyne detection; A. Baryshev, RUG (20)
- VLBI mode: instruments and orbital constraints; A. Rudnitskiy and V. Kostenko, ASC LPI (20)
9) Millimetron vieuw on Key Science cases and required instrumentation
- Overview of the Millimetron main scientific tasks: AGN, CMB spectral distortions, life in the Universe and others; D. Novikov, ASC LPI (30)
- Black Hole Environment Imaging and possible worm hole detections; Y. Shchekinov and I. Novikov, ASC LPI (30)
±15.40-16.00 Coffee/Tea Break
c. Science with CMB spectral distortions; J. Chluba, JBCA / University of Manchester (30)d. Water at the earliest stages of star formation; P. Caselli , MPE (30)
11) Millimetron and CMB; J. Silk, IAP / Phys. Oxford (30) 17:00 (Skype)
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Tuesday 10 September
Start at 09.00
Session 3. More (Key) Science with Millimetron: VLBI and Single Dish, Cosmology and Galaxy Evolution
12) Introduction and recap; Th. De Graauw; ESO/ASC LPI (15)
VLBI Mode
13) Millimetron and VLBI; E. Fomalont; ALMA/NRAO (25)
14) Simulations of imaging Sgr A* and M87: F. Roelofs; RU Nijmegen (20)
Single Dish Mode
16) Compact obscured nuclei; S. Aalto, Chalmers University of Technology (30)
17) Studies of high redshift galaxies with Millimetron; S. Pilipenko; ASC LPI (30)
±11.15- 11.30 Coffee/Tea Break
18) Scientific Synergies with Millimetron in the Study of Infrared-Bright Galaxies; Jeong Woong Seob; KASI (15)
19) Perspective on Future CMB Observations; F. Bouchet; IAP (30)
±12.30 Lunch Break
Re- Start at 14:00
21) CMB Observations with a mm-submm Spectro-Polarimeter;P. de Bernardis, Sapienza Univ. Roma (30)
Session 4. More (Key) Science with Millimetron: Star and planet formation
23) Millimetron Galaxy-wide mapping of star formation ingredients; D. Elia, INAF-IAPS Rome (25)
±16.00 -16.30 Coffee/Tea Break
27)The water trail; M. Hogerheijde, University of Leiden (30)
Session 5: Related Missions/Projects
28) ALMA and Millimetron: L. Testi, ESO (25)
29) The SPICA mission; P. Roelfsema, SRON (25)
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Workshop Dinner 20.00
Wednesday 11 September
Start at 09.00
Session 6: More (Key) Science with Millimetron: Stars and Solar System
30) A Clearer Look At Evolved Stars; T. Danilovich, KUL (20)
31) Astro-Chemistry and Millimetron: B. Le Floch, Grenoble Univ. (30)
32) Solar System Observations with Millimetron: Giant Planets and satellites; P. Hartogh, MPS (30)
33) Solar System Observations with Millimetron: Asteroids and Comets; D. Lis, CalTec (30)
±10.50 -11.10 Coffee/Tea Break
Session 7: Instrumentation for Millimetron
35) Imaging and low/mid resolution polari-spectrometer concepts; A. Baryshev, RUG (30)
36) Imaging heterodyne spectrometer concept and science case; M. Wiedner, LERMA (30)
37) Nb-based Tunnel Junctions for Low-n; V. Koshelets, Kotel'nikov IREE RAS (15)
±13.00 Lunch Break
Re- Start at 14:15
Session 8: Related Missions and Projects
39) RadioAstron Mission heritage; A.Rudnitsky and A. Andreanov, ASC-LPI (15)
40)From SOFIA science to Millimetron observing programs; H. Zinnecker, SOFIA (30)
41) Herschel: Heritage and Directions for the Millimetron Space Mission; G.Pilbratt, ESA-ESTEC (30)
±15.30 -15.45 Coffee/Tea Break
Session 9: Programmatic considerations
42) Science Management Plan (SMP) and working groups ; Th. de Graauw, ESO / ASC LPI (20)
43) Budget, Fundraising; S. Likhachev, ASC LPI (20)
Discussion and Workshop summary; (Moderator: Th. de Graauw) (20)
Workshop ends ±17.00
Posters
MHROC - Millimetron Heterodyne Receiver of OI and CII; Volker-Ossenkopf-Okada, Phys. Inst. Koln.
Cosmology with the SZ spectrum: from RSZ to CMB Y distortions; G. Luzzi, Univ. di Roma