Resolving The Sky - Radio Interferometry: Past, Present and Future

Europe/London
Ballroom 1 (The Lowry Hotel)

Ballroom 1

The Lowry Hotel

50 Dearmans Place, Chapel Wharf, Manchester, M3 5LH United Kingdom
Michael Garrett (ASTRON)
Description

For more than half a century, radio interferometry has revolutionised our view of the Universe. New phenomena, such as relativistic motion in AGN have been discovered, and a wealth of detail has been revealed about a wide variety of astronomical sources, from nearby stars to the most distant galaxies.  These discoveries have been enabled by radio interferometry's routine capability to deliver images with sub-milliarcsecond resolution and micro-arcsecond precision astrometry. Major new advances in both the interferometric technique and the science it delivers are expected over the coming decade. This conference will take a look at the past, present and future of radio interferometry, as the astronomical community prepares for the next big step forward, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA).

The meeting coincides with the retirement of Prof. Richard T. Schilizzi, Director of the SKA Project Development Office (SPDO) and past director of the Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE). We celebrate the major contribution Richard has made to the field with a scientific programme that will address the following topics: key historical developments in interferometry, the study of micro-quasars and AGN, the development of advanced interferometry techniques and new calibration algorithms, future interferometers (incl. ALMA, SKA and the SKA pathfinders & precursors), mm and sub-mm interferometry, precision spacecraft navigation, geodetic VLBI and Space VLBI.

Participants
  • Alan Whitney
  • Althea Wilkinson
  • Anastasios Tzioumis
  • Andrew Faulkner
  • Andrzej Marecki
  • Anna Kapinska
  • Anne Green
  • Anton Zensus
  • Antonis Polatidis
  • Antony Schinckel
  • Antxon Alberdi
  • Arnold van Ardenne
  • Arpad Szomoru
  • Bo Peng
  • Bruce McAdam
  • Cathryn Trott
  • Clive Dickinson
  • Colin Greenwood
  • Colin Lonsdale
  • Cormac Reynolds
  • David Jauncey
  • Dayton Jones
  • Elena Righi-Steele
  • Emily Xanthopoulos
  • Georgina Harris
  • Ger de Bruyn
  • Grazia Umana
  • Greta Collins
  • Hans Olofsson
  • Hans-Rainer Kloeckner
  • Harry van der LAAN
  • Hayley Bignall
  • Hideyuki Kobayashi
  • Hisashi Hirabayashi
  • Huib van Langevelde
  • Ignas Snellen
  • Ilse van Bemmel
  • James Moran
  • Jan Blommaart
  • Jan Geralt Bij de Vaate
  • Jan Noordam
  • Jasper Wall
  • Jo Bowler
  • John Conway
  • John Womersley
  • Jon Marcaide
  • Joseph Lazio
  • Juande Santander Vela
  • Justin Jonas
  • Kenneth Johnston
  • Kenneth Kellermann
  • Kobus Cloete
  • Leonid Gurvits
  • Leonid Matveenko
  • Lisa Harvey-Smith
  • Makoto Inoue
  • Marshall Cohen
  • Melanie Gendre
  • Michael Garrett
  • Michael Lindqvist
  • Michiel van Haarlem
  • Miller Goss
  • Ming Zhang
  • Minh Huynh
  • Miriam Janssen
  • Patricia Vogel
  • Paul Alexander
  • Peter Barthel
  • Peter Dewdney
  • Peter Hall
  • Peter Quinn
  • Peter Thomasson
  • Peter Wilkinson
  • Philip Crosby
  • Philip Diamond
  • Raffaella Morganti
  • Rendong Nan
  • Rene Vermeulen
  • Richard PORCAS
  • Richard Schilizzi
  • Rob Beswick
  • Rob Millenaar
  • Ron Ekers
  • Roshene McCool
  • Roy Booth
  • Sandor Frey
  • Sang-Sung Lee
  • Sergei Gulyaev
  • Simon Berry
  • Simon Garrington
  • Stephen Watts
  • Steve Torchinsky
  • Steven Tingay
  • Thijs (J.M.) van der Hulst
  • Tim O'Brien
  • Tim Stevenson
  • Wenwu Tian
  • Wim Brouw
  • Xuelei Chen
  • Yuri Kovalev
  • Zsolt Paragi
    • 17:30 20:30
      Reception and Registration 3h Banqueting Hall (Manchester Town Hall)

      Banqueting Hall

      Manchester Town Hall

      Albert Square, Manchester, M1 5DB
    • 08:00 09:00
      Registration and Tea, Coffee & Danish Pastries 1h Ballroom 1

      Ballroom 1

      The Lowry Hotel

      50 Dearmans Place, Chapel Wharf, Manchester, M3 5LH United Kingdom
    • 09:00 09:10
      Introduction to RTS 2012 and Logistics 10m Ballroom 1

      Ballroom 1

      The Lowry Hotel

      50 Dearmans Place, Chapel Wharf, Manchester, M3 5LH United Kingdom
      Speakers: Colin Greenwood (SPDO), Prof. Michael Garrett (ASTRON)
    • 09:10 10:30
      PAST Ballroom 1

      Ballroom 1

      The Lowry Hotel

      50 Dearmans Place, Chapel Wharf, Manchester, M3 5LH United Kingdom

      SESSION 1-1

      • 09:10
        First Interferometry in Radio Astronomy: Ruby Payne-Scott Observes Solar Type I Bursts Australia Day, 26 January 1946 20m
        Speaker: Miller Goss (NRAO)
        slides
      • 09:30
        The Structure of Radio Sources: the Molonglo Papers 20m
        Speaker: Dr Bruce McAdam (University of Sydney)
        slides
      • 09:50
        Breaking the Milliarcsecond Barrier 20m
        Speaker: Dr Kenneth Kellermann (NRAO)
        slides
      • 10:10
        Early VLBI observations in the Soviet Union 20m
        Speaker: Prof. Leonid Matveenko (Space Research Institute, head VLBI Laboratory)
        slides
    • 10:30 11:00
      TEA, COFFEE & BISCUITS 30m Ballroom 1

      Ballroom 1

      The Lowry Hotel

      50 Dearmans Place, Chapel Wharf, Manchester, M3 5LH United Kingdom
    • 11:00 12:40
      PAST Ballroom 1

      Ballroom 1

      The Lowry Hotel

      50 Dearmans Place, Chapel Wharf, Manchester, M3 5LH United Kingdom

      SESSION 1-2

      • 11:00
        The Beginnings of the EVN and JIVE in Europe 20m
        Speaker: Prof. Roy Booth (Hartebeeshoek Radio Astronomy Observatory)
        slides
      • 11:20
        Highlights of the Expansion of SN1993J 20m
        Speaker: Prof. Jon Marcaide (Univ Valencia)
        slides
        video
      • 11:40
        The History of the SKA - Born Global 20m
        Speaker: Prof. Ron Ekers (CSIRO)
        slides
      • 12:00
        The Start of SKA: What Really Happened 20m
        Speaker: Jan Noordam (ASTRON)
        slides
      • 12:20
        Connecting Early VLBI to SKA Capabilities 20m
        Speaker: Prof. Arnold van Ardenne (ASTRON)
        slides
    • 12:40 13:40
      LUNCH 1h Ballroom 1

      Ballroom 1

      The Lowry Hotel

      50 Dearmans Place, Chapel Wharf, Manchester, M3 5LH United Kingdom
    • 13:40 15:00
      PAST Ballroom 1

      Ballroom 1

      The Lowry Hotel

      50 Dearmans Place, Chapel Wharf, Manchester, M3 5LH United Kingdom

      SESSION 1-3

      • 13:40
        The Story of Space VLBI 20m
        Speaker: Prof. Richard Schilizzi (SPDO)
        slides
      • 14:00
        Space VLBI as Seen from Japan 20m
        Speaker: Dr Hisashi Hirabayashi (The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science/Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (retired))
        slides
      • 14:20
        The Development of VLBI in China and its Relation to the EVN 20m
        Speaker: Dr Xiaoyu Hong (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory)
        slides
      • 14:40
        Beyond VLBI - Microarcsecond Resolution with Inter-Stellar Scintillation 20m
        Speaker: Dr David Jauncey (CASS & MSO)
        slides
    • 15:00 15:30
      TEA, COFFEE & CAKE 30m Ballroom 1

      Ballroom 1

      The Lowry Hotel

      50 Dearmans Place, Chapel Wharf, Manchester, M3 5LH United Kingdom
    • 15:30 20:00
      VISIT TO JODRELL BANK 4h 30m (Lovell Telescope) (JBO)

      (Lovell Telescope)

      JBO

    • 08:30 09:00
      TEA, COFFEE & DANISH PASTRIES 30m Ballroom 1

      Ballroom 1

      The Lowry Hotel

      50 Dearmans Place, Chapel Wharf, Manchester, M3 5LH United Kingdom
    • 09:00 10:40
      PRESENT Ballroom 1

      Ballroom 1

      The Lowry Hotel

      50 Dearmans Place, Chapel Wharf, Manchester, M3 5LH United Kingdom

      SESSION 2-1

      • 09:00
        The 'Never-ending' Story of J1819+3845 and Some New Results on BLLac's Faraday Fog 20m
        Speaker: Prof. Ger de Bruyn (ASTRON)
        slides
      • 09:20
        Combining VLBI and MASIV – How Intrinsic Properties Influence Interstellar Scintillation of AGN 20m
        Speaker: Dr Hayley Bignall (ICRAR/Curtin University)
        slides
      • 09:40
        The Evolution of Compact Radio Sources 20m
        Speaker: Prof. Paul Alexander (University of Cambridge)
        slides
      • 10:00
        Cold Gas in the Life Cycle of Radio Sources 20m
        Speaker: Prof. Raffaella Morganti (ASTRON)
        slides
      • 10:20
        Poster Roulette Session 20m
        Sub-mm: VLBI toward a shadow image of a super massive black hole – M. Inoue. The SKA Molonglo Prototype (SKAMP) Project – A. Green. Flux density variations of radio sources in M82 – M. Gendre. Nuclear opacity in compact AGN jets - A. Pushkarev WSRT and LOFAR observations of the Lockman Hole – G. Guglielmo.
    • 10:40 11:10
      TEA, COFFEE & BISCUITS 30m Ballroom 1

      Ballroom 1

      The Lowry Hotel

      50 Dearmans Place, Chapel Wharf, Manchester, M3 5LH United Kingdom
    • 11:10 12:30
      PRESENT Ballroom 1

      Ballroom 1

      The Lowry Hotel

      50 Dearmans Place, Chapel Wharf, Manchester, M3 5LH United Kingdom

      SESSION 2-2

      • 11:10
        The High Frequency Flares in the BAL QSO, Mrk 231 20m
        Speaker: Dr Cormac Reynolds (International Centre for Radio Astronomy)
        slides
      • 11:30
        X-shaped Radio Sources as the Parent Population of Core-dominated Triple Blazars 20m
        Speaker: Dr Andrzej Marecki (Toruń Centre for Astronomy)
        slides
      • 11:50
        FR Dichotomy, Accretion Modes and Environmental Factors in the Local Universe 20m
        Speaker: Dr Melanie Gendre (JBCA)
        slides
      • 12:10
        Core Motion in 0851+202 (OJ287) 20m
        Speaker: Dr Marshall Cohen (Caltech)
    • 12:30 13:30
      LUNCH 1h Ballroom 1

      Ballroom 1

      The Lowry Hotel

      50 Dearmans Place, Chapel Wharf, Manchester, M3 5LH United Kingdom
    • 13:30 14:50
      PRESENT Ballroom 1

      Ballroom 1

      The Lowry Hotel

      50 Dearmans Place, Chapel Wharf, Manchester, M3 5LH United Kingdom

      SESSION 2-3 (Convenor tbc)

      • 13:30
        A Search for the Third Lensed Image in JVAS B1030+074 20m
        Speaker: Dr Ming Zhang (XAO-CAS)
        slides
      • 13:50
        SS433, Microquasars and Other Transients 20m
        Speaker: Dr Zsolt Paragi (Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe)
        slides
      • 14:10
        VERA and the East Asian VLBI Network 20m
        Speaker: Prof. Hideyuki Kobayashi (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan)
        slides
      • 14:30
        High Angular Resolution Radio Observations of (U-)LIRGs 20m
        Speaker: Dr Antxon Alberdi (IAA-CSIC)
        slides
        video
    • 14:50 15:10
      TEA, COFFEE & CAKES 20m Ballroom 1

      Ballroom 1

      The Lowry Hotel

      50 Dearmans Place, Chapel Wharf, Manchester, M3 5LH United Kingdom
    • 15:10 16:10
      PRESENT Ballroom 1

      Ballroom 1

      The Lowry Hotel

      50 Dearmans Place, Chapel Wharf, Manchester, M3 5LH United Kingdom

      SESSION 2-4

      • 15:10
        The MeerKAT Radio Telescope 20m
        Speaker: Prof. Justin Jonas (Rhodes University)
        slides
      • 15:30
        Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) 20m
        Speaker: Prof. Philip Diamond (CSIRO)
        slides
      • 15:50
        SKA Project Status Update 20m
        Speaker: Prof. John Womersley (Science and Technology Facilities Council)
        slides
    • 17:15 22:45
      CONFERENCE DINNER 5h 30m Revolution Gallery (Manchester Museum of Science and Industry)

      Revolution Gallery

      Manchester Museum of Science and Industry

      Liverpool Road, Castlefield, Manchester, M3 4FP
    • 08:30 09:00
      TEA, COFFEE & DANISH PASTRIES 30m Ballroom 1

      Ballroom 1

      The Lowry Hotel

      50 Dearmans Place, Chapel Wharf, Manchester, M3 5LH United Kingdom
    • 09:00 10:20
      PRESENT & FUTURE Ballroom 1

      Ballroom 1

      The Lowry Hotel

      50 Dearmans Place, Chapel Wharf, Manchester, M3 5LH United Kingdom

      SESSION 3-1

      • 09:00
        CMB Interferometry 20m
        Speaker: Dr Clive Dickinson (Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester)
        slides
      • 09:20
        Resolving The Sky with LOFAR - Status and Results 20m
        Speaker: Dr Rene Vermeulen (ASTRON)
        slides
      • 09:40
        Realisation of a Low Frequency SKA Precursor: The Murchison Widefield Array 20m
        Speaker: Prof. Steven Tingay (International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research)
        slides
      • 10:00
        Mid-Frequency Aperture Arrays: the Future of Radio Astronomy 20m
        Speaker: Dr Ilse van Bemmel (ASTRON)
        slides
        video
    • 10:20 10:50
      TEA, COFFEE & BISCUITS 30m Ballroom 1

      Ballroom 1

      The Lowry Hotel

      50 Dearmans Place, Chapel Wharf, Manchester, M3 5LH United Kingdom
    • 10:50 12:30
      PRESENT & FUTURE Ballroom 1

      Ballroom 1

      The Lowry Hotel

      50 Dearmans Place, Chapel Wharf, Manchester, M3 5LH United Kingdom

      SESSION 3-2

      • 10:50
        Implementing a High Performance Aperture Array (Mid) in SKA2 20m
        Speaker: Dr Andrew Faulkner (University of cambridge)
        slides
      • 11:10
        Long March with the SKA 20m
        Speaker: Bo Peng (NAOC)
        slides
        video
      • 11:30
        Space VLBI Mission RadioAstron: Current Status and Early Science Program 20m
        Speaker: Dr Yuri Kovalev (Lebedev Physical Institute)
        slides
      • 11:50
        Redshift, Time, Spectrum – the Most Distant Radio Quasars with VLBI 20m
        Speaker: Dr Sandor Frey (FOMI Satellite Geodetic Observatory)
        slides
      • 12:10
        SKA Studies of the Radio Transient Universe 20m
        Speaker: Prof. Peter Hall (ICRAR/Curtin)
        slides
    • 12:30 13:30
      LUNCH 1h Ballroom 1

      Ballroom 1

      The Lowry Hotel

      50 Dearmans Place, Chapel Wharf, Manchester, M3 5LH United Kingdom
    • 13:30 15:10
      PRESENT & FUTURE Ballroom 1

      Ballroom 1

      The Lowry Hotel

      50 Dearmans Place, Chapel Wharf, Manchester, M3 5LH United Kingdom

      SESSION 3-3

      • 13:30
        Fundamental Limits of Radio Interferometers: Calibration and Source Parameter Estimation 20m
        Speaker: Dr Cathryn Trott (CAASTRO / Curtin University)
        slides
      • 13:50
        HI Research in the Era of SKA Pathfinders 20m
        Speaker: Prof. Thijs (J.M.) van der Hulst (Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen)
        slides
      • 14:10
        Space Radio Astronomy in the Next 1000001 (Binary) Years 20m
        Speaker: Prof. Leonid Gurvits (JIVE)
        slides
      • 14:30
        VLBI Astrometry of Planetary Orbiters 20m
        Speaker: Dr Dayton Jones (JPL/Caltech)
        slides
      • 14:50
        Success Drivers for Large High-Technology Projects: Implications for the SKA 20m
        Speaker: Mr Philip Crosby (SPDO)
        slides
    • 15:10 15:30
      TEA, COFFEE & CAKES 20m Ballroom 1

      Ballroom 1

      The Lowry Hotel

      50 Dearmans Place, Chapel Wharf, Manchester, M3 5LH United Kingdom
    • 15:30 16:20
      PRESENT & FUTURE Ballroom 1

      Ballroom 1

      The Lowry Hotel

      50 Dearmans Place, Chapel Wharf, Manchester, M3 5LH United Kingdom

      SESSION 3-4

      • 15:30
        Future of VLBI 20m
        Speaker: Dr Huib van Langevelde (JIVE)
        slides
      • 15:50
        After the SKA - Radio Astronomy in 2049 20m
        Speaker: Dr Lisa Harvey-Smith (CSIRO)
        slides
      • 16:10
        Wrap Up 10m
        Speaker: Prof. Michael Garrett (ASTRON)
        slides
    • 16:20 17:20
      CLOSING RECEPTION 1h Ballroom 1

      Ballroom 1

      The Lowry Hotel

      50 Dearmans Place, Chapel Wharf, Manchester, M3 5LH United Kingdom