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ALMA/45m/ASTE Users Meeting 2018 26-27 December, 2018 NAOJ, Mitaka, Japan Science Advisory Committee (SAC) Report On behalf of JSAC/EASAC Kotaro Kohno Univ. of Tokyo Roles of ASAC Make appropriate recommendation and advice to the ALMA
ALMA/45m/ASTE Users Meeting 2018 26-27 December, 2018 NAOJ, Mitaka, Japan On behalf of JSAC/EASAC
Communications Communications
è twice/yr
è every 2-3 months Regional SACs
telecon è twice/yr
(e.g., NAOJ/NINS)
Momose-san’s slide
ALMA Board Chair: Toshikazu Ohnishi è Karin Oberg (Jan. 2019)
※ moving to one f2f meeting/yr by 2021
(KASI)
【Dep. Chair】
【Dep. Chair】
(U. Diego Portales)
H.-R. V. Chen (NTHU)
Y.-W. Tang (ASIAA) W.-H. Wang (ASIAA)
As of October 2018 ※ A. Dutrey ※ M. Tafalla
1. Assessment of the performance of ALMA scientific capabilities 2. Assessment of the technical aspects of the ALMA system performance 3. Assessment of the science outcomes from ALMA 4. Recommendation of ways to maximize ALMA’s scientific impact 5. Reporting on operational or scientific issues by the wider community (ANASAC, ESAC, EASAC) 6. Assessment of the scientific impacts of the ALMA development program
1. The ASAC should identify the main science cases that would require joint observing proposals between ALMA and other facilities, especially JWST. 2. The ASAC should suggest additional ways to further engage the community in proposing for high frequency observations. 3. The ASAC should begin to discuss the proper metric to measure the success of the distributed proposal review model pilot, currently slated for the October 2019 ACA delta call (Cycle 7.5).
– no clear resolution; is there any new classes of sources where joint proposals would be necessary? – time critical events or transients è ToO and DDT can work. – (Board still sticks to this?)
– cross-band calibration will be the key to offer Band 9 and 10 as standard mode in Cycle 8. – promote B-ranked high frequency proposals ahead of A- ranked low frequency proposals when the weather conditions are appropriate
never get data is seriously discouraging for future submissions
– a contentious subject during the last two ASAC f2f meetings in 2018; ASAC is coherently against it, whereas JAO strongly eagers to implement it – ACA delta call (Cycle 7.5) will be the opportunity to test the DPR model; user/reviewer feedback will be important.
– another topic which was discussed through the last two ASAC f2f meetings – ASAC prefers 2 yr cycle (e.g., for faster turn-around time, which is essential for student/young post-doc) – but 3 yr will also be useful for high frequency promotion