Name: AAVS2.0 Test Results and Simulation Meeting
Start: 2020-06-23T07:00:00+01:00
End: 2020-06-24T12:45:00+01:00
Location: No location set

AAVS2.0 Test Results and Simulation Meeting

from Tuesday, 23 June 2020 (07:00) to Wednesday, 24 June 2020 (12:45)

Monday, 22 June 2020
Tuesday, 23 June 2020

07:00 Opening
Opening
07:00 - 07:05
07:05 Objectives and Logistics of Meeting - André van Es (SKA Organisation)
Objectives and Logistics of Meeting
- André van Es (SKA Organisation)
07:05 - 07:20
07:20
07:20 - 09:35
Contributions

07:20 View on simulation effort required during construction and commisioning of SKA LOW and motivation for measurement campaign and simulations - Mark Waterson (SKA Organization) Robert Laing (Square Kilometre Array Organisation)

07:40 Presentation on System simulations using OSKAR - Fred Dulwich (University of Oxford)

08:00 Presentation on work within SCHAAP team - Stefan Wijnholds (ASTRON)

08:30 Fast full-EM simulations of SKA arrays using HARP - Quinten Gueuning

08:50 Presentation on EM Antenna and Station Simulations using FEKO and Galileo - David Davidson (Curtin University) Pietro Bolli (INAF - OAA)

09:10 Discussion on simulation work
09:35 Embedded Element Patterns
Embedded Element Patterns
09:35 - 11:15
Contributions

09:35 EEP from Station Simulations - David Davidson (Curtin University) Pietro Bolli (INAF - OAA)

09:50 results of 2019 UAV campaign presenting results of complete date reduction - Giuseppe Virone (CNR-IEIIT)

10:10 Discussion on EEP
11:15 Finite Groundplane
Finite Groundplane
11:15 - 11:55
Contributions

11:15 Finite Groundplane work - Pietro Bolli (INAF - OAA)

11:25 Work on Finite Groundplane - Eloy de Lera Acedo (Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge)

11:35 Discussion on Finite Groundplane effects
11:55 System configuration & changes during AAVS2.0 - Andrea Mattana (INAF)
System configuration & changes during AAVS2.0
- Andrea Mattana (INAF)
11:55 - 12:10
12:10 Overview of AAVS2.0 diagnostics and monitoring - Jader Monari (IRA INAF) Andrea Mattana (INAF)
Overview of AAVS2.0 diagnostics and monitoring
- Jader Monari (IRA INAF)
- Andrea Mattana (INAF)
12:10 - 12:30
12:30 Presentation on results of day one
Presentation on results of day one
12:30 - 12:45
* what has been achieved * what needs to be done next

12:45 Break
Break
12:45 - 13:00
13:00
13:00 - 13:45
Contributions

13:00 Roll Call - André van Es (SKA Organisation)

13:05 Presentation on UK work on Lord's Bridge UK 64 prototype station

13:35 Discussion
Wednesday, 24 June 2020
07:00 Welcome - André van Es (SKA Organisation)
Welcome
- André van Es (SKA Organisation)
07:00 - 07:05
07:05 Objectives and Logistics of the Meeting - André van Es (SKA Organisation)
Objectives and Logistics of the Meeting
- André van Es (SKA Organisation)
07:05 - 07:15
07:15 AAVS2.0 Measurement Campaign
AAVS2.0 Measurement Campaign
07:15 - 08:35
Contributions

07:15 Overview of AAVS2.0 measurement campaign - Gianni Bernardi (SKA SA & Rhodes University) Marcin Sokolowski (Curtin University) Randall Wayth (Curtin University, ICRAR)

07:25 Calibration & Stability - Randall Wayth (Curtin University, ICRAR)

07:45 Drift scans and beamforming results Imaging... - Marcin Sokolowski (Curtin University)

08:05 Beamforming, pointed tracking - Andrea Mattana (INAF) Marcin Sokolowski (Curtin University)
08:35 AAVS2.0 System Performance
AAVS2.0 System Performance
08:35 - 09:45
Contributions

08:35 Sensitivity results - Gianni Bernardi (SKA SA & Rhodes University) Jess Broderick (ASTRON)

08:50 Pulsar observations - Giovanni Comoretto (INAF Osservatorio astrofisico di Arcetri) Marcin Sokolowski (Curtin University)

09:15 Discussion on System Performance
09:45 Polarisation
Polarisation
09:45 - 11:30
Contributions

09:45 IXR results based on current Station simulations - David Davidson (Curtin University) Paola Di Ninni (OAA-INAF) Pietro Bolli (INAF - OAA)

10:05 Polarisation study - Adrian Sutinjo (Curtin University)

10:25 Characterisation of polarisation - Giulia Macario

10:45 Discussion on Polarisation
11:30 Review of AAVS2.0 campaign relating to Verification of Requirements - Daniel Hayden (SKAO)
Review of AAVS2.0 campaign relating to Verification of Requirements
- Daniel Hayden (SKAO)
11:30 - 11:50
11:50 Discussion on AAVS2.0 system testing - identify topics which merit further study
Discussion on AAVS2.0 system testing - identify topics which merit further study
11:50 - 12:20

12:20 Presentation on results of Day Two
Presentation on results of Day Two
12:20 - 12:45
* what has been achieved * what needs to be done next * plan and actions towards new goals