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5th Engineering Forum Workshop (Cagliari / Italy, 12 - 13 May 2011)
Receiver Gain Stability
1st Announcement sent on February 23rd, 2011.
5th Eng. Forum Workshop Poster in A0 Format.
Participants
| No | Name | Institute Country | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergio Mariotti | INAF | Italy | |
| 2 | Germano Bianchi | INAF IRA | Italy | |
| 3 | Tonino Pisanu | INAF-OAC | Italy | |
| 4 | Alessandro Navarrini | IRAM | France | |
| 5 | Sener Türk | MPIfR | Geramny | |
| 6 | Reinhard Keller | MPIfR | Germany | |
| 7 | Alessandro Orfei | INAF-IRA | Italy | |
| 8 | Francesco Gaudiomonte | INAF OAC | Italy | |
| 9 | Andrea Possenti | INAF-Osservatorio di Cagliari | Italy | |
| 10 | Pietro Bolli | INAF - OAC | Italy | |
| 11 | Peter Wilkinson | University of Manchester | UK | |
| 12 | Juan Daniel Gallego Puyol | Observatorio Astronomico Nacional | Spain | |
| 13 | Bartosz Lew | Nicolaus Copernicus University | Poland | |
| 14 | Eduardo Artal | Universidad de Cantabria | Spain | |
| 15 | Andrea Cremonini | INAF-IRA | Italy | |
| 16 | Giuseppe Valente | INAF OAC | Italy | |
| | | Instituto Telecomunicacoes | Portugal | |
| 18 | Daniel Bruch | IAF | Germany | |
| 19 | Petri Kirves | Metsähovi Radio Observatory | Finnland | |
| 20 | Patrice Serres | IRAM | France | |
| 21 | Ernesto Limiti | University of Rome Tor Vergata | Italy | |
| 22 | Walter Ciccognani | University of Rome Tor Vergata | Italy | |
| 23 | Sergio Colangeli | University of Rome Tor Vergata | Italy | |
| 24 | Diego Palombini | University of Rome Tor Vergata | Italy | |
| 25 | Marco Monni | Astronomical Observatory of Cagliari | Italy | |
| 26 | Galen Watts | NRAO | USA | videoconference |
| 27 | Giampaolo Serra | Astronomical Observatory of Cagliari | Italy | videoconference |
| 28 | Edward Wallack | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | USA | |
| 29 | Andrea Pinna | Università di Cagliari | Italy | |
| 30 | Daniele Locci | Universita di Cagliari | Italy | |
| 31 | T. L. Venkatasubramani | SKA-KAT Project | South Africa | videoconference |
| 32 | Roberto Frau | Università degli studi di Cagliari | Italy |
Programme
Abstract submission deadline on April 30th, 2011 !!!!
All abstracts will be available under 5th Engineering Forum Workshop Abstracts
Thursday, 12 May 2011
| Time | Issue |
|---|---|
| 13.00 - 14.00 | Lunch at the hotel Margerita |
| 14.30 - | Departure from hotel |
| 15.30 - 17.30 | Visit at the radio telescope site (SRT) |
| 18.30 - | Arrival to the hotel |
| 20.00 - | Dinner |
Friday, 13 May 2011
Talks
| Time | Title | Speaker | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09.00 – 09.30 | Registration | ||
| 09.30 – 09.40 | Welcome and Introduction | R. Keller & T. Pisanu | |
| 09.40 - 10.20 | Mechanisms of 1/f noise and Gain Instabilities in metamorphic HEMTS | D. Bruch (IAF) | |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | Gain Fluctuations of Cryogenic Amplifiers | J.D. Gallego Puyol (OAN) | |
| 11.10 - 11.40 | Coffee break | ||
| 11.40 - 12.10 | Receiver chain: Typical Gain drift and instabilities and their causes | S. Mariotti (INAF-IRA) | |
| 12.15 - 12.55 | Precision Continuum Receivers for Astrophysical Applications | E. Wallack (NASA) | |
| 13.05 - 14.30 | Lunch | ||
| 14.30 - 15.10 | Stability of the IRAM receive | P. Serres (IRAM) | |
| 15.20 - 15.50 | Added Phase Noise measurement for Local Oscillator distribution systems | G. Bianchi (INAF-IRA) | |
| 16.00 - 16.30 | Coffee break | ||
| | |||
| 17.10 - 17.40 | Low frequency noise measurements in direct detection radiometers | E. Artal (Universidad de Cantabria) | |
| 17.50 - 18.00 | Summary | R. Keller & T. Pisanu | |
Group Photo:
Directions, Accomodation & Dinner Location:
The meeting is organised with Osservatorio Astronomico de Cagliari - INAF and it will be held at the Hotel Regina Margherita in Cagliari / Italy.
Please read the Travel Information to find more details baout the meeting. Please note that we have made only a block reservation at the Hotel Regina Margherita, but you are welcome to choose any other hotel.
The reservation code for Hotel Regina is 59553 (single room: 95,00€; double room 140,00€)
A social dinner sponsored by RadioNet-FP7 will be at 8 pm on May 12, 2011 at the ….
Please let us know if you have any special wishes concerning the dinner.
Organisation
| LOC | SOC |
|---|---|
| Pietro Bolli (OAC-INAF) | Tonino Pisanu (OAC- INAF) |
| Marco Monni (OAC-INAF) | Reinhard Keller (MPIfR) |
| Giuseppe Valente (OAC-INAF) | A. Navarrini (IRAM) |
| Francesco Gaudiomonte (OAC-INAF) | F. Schäfer (MPIfR) |
| Izabela Rottmann (MPIfR) | M. Seelmann-Eggebert (FhG/IAF) |
Registration:
Registration and abstract submission deadline is on April 30th, 2011 !!!!
Please fill out the **Registration Form** or contact Izabela Rottmann for the logistics arrangements. In particular, you are kindly asked to provide the following details:
- name
- institute
- e-mail address
- arrival date
- departure date
- talk yes/no
- poster yes/no
- trip to SRT yes/no
- vegetarian yes/no
- dinner yes/no
- hotel room needed yes/no
- remarks
We plan to organise a trip to the Sardinien Telescope (SRT) on May 12th, 2011 (afternoon)
in conjunction with the workshop.
Please indicate in the registration form if you would like to participate in this tour.
Limited travel support for this meeting can be given via RadioNet-FP7 on special request to Reinhard Keller.
A short document explaining the travel claim
procedure can be found on RadioNet webpage.
For further help please contact Izabela Rottmann (MPIfR, Bonn)
