Next Generation Sky Surveys : The Transient Sky

19 January, 10 10:00 AM - 20 January, 10 04:00 PM

Hosted by the Astrophysics Research Centre, School of Maths and Physics, Queen's University Belfast

Any slides or other material generated as a result of this event can be found at: www.nesc.ac.uk/action/esi/contribution.cfm?Title=1052

PLEASE NOTE THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD AT QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY BELFAST.

The UK astronomical community is now considering plans for its involvement in the next generation of sky survey projects, which could see first light in the period 2015-2020. Assessing what role the UK may take in each of them requires answers to a set of scientific, technical and political questions. These questions are closely related, and a year-long eSI Theme provides a way to gather the UK community views and form an opinion. Queen’s will host the second meeting in the eSI theme, which is focused on the transient sky. The rationale for this meeting will be :

• Review the current, and upcoming sky surveys with UK involvement
• Identify the leadership roles that we can take
• Judge the community interest in joining future synoptic sky surveys
• Review the scientific interest in the transient sky and the computational challenges
• Review our aspirations for ground-based and space based involvement for example (but not limited to) Pan-STARRS, LSST, EUCLID/JDEM
• Identify the technical expertise we have and what we could contribute to
• Identify the computational challenges associated with time domain survey science
• How we inform STFC + FUAP/NUAP/GBFR of community desires

Target Audience

This meeting is intended for UK scientists involved in time domain surveys and science of the transient sky. This includes explosive transients, moving objects and time variable phenomena. We aim to combine discussion on ground and space based surveys and multi-wavelength synergy.

Programme

This event is provisionally scheduled to start at 10:00 Tuesday 19 January 2010 and close at 16:00 on Wednesday 20 January 2010.

A programme is available at: http://star.pst.qub.ac.uk/~sjs/NGSS-QUB-Jan10-Programme.pdf

Accommodation

A list of suitable accommodation is available at: https://habu.pst.qub.ac.uk/groups/aboutarc/wiki/02f56/Places_to_stay.html

Registration for this event is now closed. To enquire about an application or to cancel a previous application please contact NeSC Administration.

Important Dates

03 Dec - Registration Opens
15 Jan - Registration Deadline
15 Jan - Date we will respond to your application by (Please note this is the latest date we will respond to your application. It is normal policy for us to respond within 5 working days where possible.)
19 Jan - Event Starts at 10:00hrs

Getting to QUB

The meeting will be held in the Physics Board room in the main Physics building shown on the link:

https://habu.pst.qub.ac.uk/groups/aboutarc/wiki/2aecd/Find_ARC.html

The main QUB website has information on how to travel to Queen's .

Enquiries

Enquiries should be made directly to our Conference Administrator.

http://www.nesc.ac.uk/esi/