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Giant Magellan Telescope

Giant Magellan Telescope Integral-Field Spectrograph (GMTIFS) Information Day

Programme for Monday 31 August 2009, 09:30-16:00

Links on this page are to PDFs of the Powerpoint presentations and to videos of the presenters

09:15-09:40Reception




Morning Session
Chair: Warrick Couch

09:40-09:45HousekeepingWarrick Couch
09:45-10:00Welcome[vlc wmp] Harvey Butcher (Director RSAA)
10:00-10:15GMTIFS Overview[vlc wmp] Peter McGregor (GMTIFS Proj. Sci.)
10:15-10:30Galaxies in the Early Universe[vlc wmp] Lisa Kewley (Uni of Hawaii)
10:30-10:45Super-Massive Black Holes in Galaxies[vlc wmp] Jeremy Mould (UMelb)



10:45-11:00Morning TeaCommonwealth Solar Observatory Common Room



11:00-11:15Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts[vlc wmp] Brian Schmidt (ANU)
11:15-11:30Star and Planet Formation[vlc wmp] Peter McGregor (ANU)
11:30-11:45Radio Galaxies[vlc wmp] Mike Dopita (ANU)
11:45-12:00Solar System Studies[vlc wmp] Jeremy Bailey (UNSW)



12:00-13:00Lunch & Tour of RSAA FacilitiesLunch: Commonwealth Solar Observatory Common Room
Tour: Mike Petkovic (GMTIFS Proj. Man.)




Afternoon Session
Chair: Roger Franzen

13:00-13:15Industry Involvement[vlc wmp] Harvey Butcher (Director RSAA)
13:15-13:45GMTIFS Technical Overview[vlc wmp] Matt Doolan (ANU)
13:45-14:00Opto-mechanical Design[vlc wmp] John Hart (ANU)
14:00-14:15Detector systems[vlc wmp] Peter McGregor (GMTIFS Proj. Sci.)
14:15-14:30Control system[vlc wmp] Lew Waller (AAO)
14:30-14:45Software systems[vlc wmp] Jon Neilsen (ANU)
14:45-15:00Formal Close[vlc wmp] Harvey Butcher (ANU)



15:00-16:00Informal Discussion[vlc wmp]