From cher7851 at uni.sydney.edu.au Mon Feb 8 12:14:03 2016 From: cher7851 at uni.sydney.edu.au (Christopher Herron) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 01:14:03 +0000 Subject: [ASA] 2016 HWSA Pre-registration Poll Message-ID: Dear ASA student members, (Please pass this on to students who may not be ASA members) This year we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the ASA, whose inaugural president was Dr Harley Wood, after whom the Harley Wood School of Astronomy (HWSA) is named. The HWSA is a school whose purpose is to bring together astronomy students in an informal setting to encourage networking between students, as well as to provide students with important knowledge and skills via a series of talks and workshops. The 2016 HWSA will be held at the Tops Conference Centre, Stanwell Tops (one hour south of Sydney), from Thursday 30th June to Sunday 3rd July. The theme for this year's HWSA is 'Seize the Day: Making the Most of Your Opportunities', and the talks and workshops planned will focus on emphasising the opportunities available to students, as well as encouraging students to be proactive when it comes to networking and collaboration, and starting and managing research projects. According to our budget, the registration fee for the 2016 HWSA will be lower if more students attend the school. For example, if 80 students attend then the registration fee will be approximately $420 per student, and if 110 students attend, then the registration fee will be approximately $350 per student. These registration fees include accommodation, all meals, starting with afternoon tea on Thursday and ending with lunch on Sunday, attendance at the conference dinner, and transportation by coach between Sydney and Stanwell Tops on Thursday and Sunday. Thus, we would like to obtain a reliable estimate of how many students plan on attending the HWSA, so that we can set a registration fee that is as low as possible. Please fill out the following the form to indicate how likely you are to attend the 2016 HWSA: http://goo.gl/forms/kQJRwEYXpS The form takes a couple of minutes to fill out, and will also help us determine what coaches need to be organised, whether child care is required, and gauge interest in additional activities. The poll will remain open until 8pm on Friday 12th Feb, AEDT. For more information on the 2016 HWSA, please see the HWSA website: http://www.asa2016.org/hwsahome/ If you have any questions about the 2016 HWSA or this pre-registration poll, please contact Chris Herron via email: C.Herron at physics.usyd.edu.au Kind regards, Chris Herron, on behalf of the 2016 HWSA LOC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cfoster at aao.gov.au Mon Feb 8 13:19:27 2016 From: cfoster at aao.gov.au (Caroline Foster) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 13:19:27 +1100 Subject: [ASA] Call for registration: The 2016 ITSO/AAO Observational Techniques Workshop Message-ID: <56B7FB2F.7020005@aao.gov.au> Apologies to those who receive this more than once. The International Telescope Support Office in conjunction with the Australian Astronomical Observatory will hold the 2016 ITSO/AAO Observational Techniques Workshop from midday on Tuesday May 3 to midday on Friday May 6, 2016 at the AAO Headquarters in North Ryde, Sydney. The workshop is designed to be an introduction to the optical and infrared facilities available to the Australian astronomical community, and will include tutorials and demonstrations where you can get your hands on real data and learn how to reduce it. Topics to be covered in the workshop include: * Overview of data acquisition, telescopes and calibrations * Imaging and spectroscopy data reduction * Hands-on tutorials and reduction demos The workshop will be open to all but places are limited, so preference will be given to students and early-career researchers. Thanks to generous sponsorship from AAL and the Australian government's Collaborative Research Infrastructure Scheme, there will be no registration fee. Workshop Website The workshop now has a website, which can be found here: http://www.aao.gov.au/conference/OTW2016/. The page will carry the current draft program and links to software used during the workshop. Please check this site regularly for updates! Dining Lunch (Wednesday and Thursday), morning and afternoon teas will be provided to all registrants. There will be a casual workshop dinner at the Orchard pub in Chatswood on the Thursday evening. Registration Registration is now open and it's free! To register your attendance, please fill out the on-line registration form (click on the registration tab at http://www.aao.gov.au/conference/OTW2016/) before 4 April 2016. Places are limited and priority will be given to students and early career researchers, so please do make sure to register at your earliest convenience. Getting to the AAO The AAO headquarters are located at 105 Delhi Rd in North Ryde. It is most easily accessible by train (700m from North Ryde station) or bus (Route 545 between Chatswood and Parramatta). Note that due to security requirements, anyone not registered for the workshop will not be admitted to the workshop venue. Accommodation Suggestions for accommodation near the AAO and further afield can be found under the accommodation tab at http://www.aao.gov.au/conference/OTW2016/. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me (Caroline Foster, cfoster at aao.gov.au). 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Ambitious projects are encouraged, and the AAO expects large observing programs to be awarded a total of at least 25% of the available time on the AAT; in some past semesters Large Programs have been allocated almost 50% of the available time. Existing AAT Large Program commitments are listed at this link . All proposals should be submitted with the standard online AAT application system Lens, which will open on 15 February 2016. Non-standard page limits and section headings will apply as outlined below. The case for the proposed large observing program must include: 1. A major, compelling and feasible scientific program. The proposal should focus on key questions that the observational data would address, but should also outline anticipated secondary uses of the data by the broader community. ?Major? in this context will generally mean programs requiring 50 nights or more (there is no set upper limit), possibly extending over several semesters. The science will be expected to be groundbreaking and not just incremental. Proposers need to discuss what their program will achieve in comparison with other on-going and future programs on similar timescales. The scientific program should be described in no more than 5 pages (including figures, tables, and references). 2. An observing strategy describing the provision of the input target sample, the detailed plan for the observations (number of nights including the standard allowance for weather, cadence of time-critical observations, and total duration of the project), the proposed instrumental setups, constraints on weather conditions or timing of observations, signal-to-noise or other figures of merit required to achieve the science goals, and any special support needed for the observations. The number of targets, required data quality, sensitivity limits and other relevant information should be rigorously justified. Programs requiring multiple visits to the same field should present a strategy for updating targets to achieve optimum efficiency. The observing strategy should be described in no more than 2 pages. 3. A management plan outlining the collaboration involved in the program, the sharing of responsibilities for scientific management; the planning of observations; the carrying out of observations; data reduction; quality control at each of these stages; data release to the AAO community and compliance with International Virtual Observatory Alliance standards; and finally, data analysis and exploitation by the proposing team. Specifically, the plan should address the following issues. a. Data reduction procedures and requirements: what are the team's specific data reduction needs and their capacity to support these needs. b. Funding: what resources have been secured (or are being secured) to support team personnel, and what is the duration of this funding? c. Observing management: what observing experience (directly applicable to the AAT instrument to be used) do team members have, and how many have indicated a willingness to participate in observing runs? The AAO expects all Large Program teams to become self-supporting at the AAT, in terms of including observers who are already competent with or are willing to be trained in the operations of the instrument(s) for the program without additional AAO staff support. The plan should outline the roles of all team members and how members contribute to carrying out the program. Proposers may also wish to suggest a publication strategy, including the process for determining authorship. The management plan should be described in no more than 2 pages. 4. A project timeline, including the observational and analysis aspects, with milestones and regular reviews by ATAC during the course of the program. 5. An outreach plan. Proposers should plan for significant public outreach, and the proposal should explain the broader impact of the project. The timeline and outreach plan, together, should be described in no more than 1 page. Proposers are encouraged to form broad collaborations across the Australian and international communities in support of their programs. The PIs for large programs will generally be expected to commit to the project as the main focus of their research over the program?s duration. Proposers should also familiarise themselves with the method of time accounting at the AAT (see this link ) as well as the conditions for Long-term projects at this page . Proposals for large observing programs should be submitted to ATAC by the standard proposal deadline of 5pm 15 March 2016. The number of large programs to be awarded time will be determined with a clear preference for a small number of very high quality programs delivering high impact science as quickly as possible. Within these guidelines, ATAC will award time based on considerations including the relative scientific merit and impact of the large programs and standard programs, the quality of the management, publication and outreach plans, and the phasing of programs to provide a steady rollover of large programs for the longer term. A panel of independent expert referees will be asked to provide comments on the proposals; proposers will be given the opportunity to respond to the referees? comments. ATAC will, at its discretion, seek progress reports (which may be refereed) at various stages of the project. If proposals of sufficient merit are not received in this call, an additional call will be made for semester 17A. Anyone considering submitting a large program proposal should contact the AAO Director ( director at aao.gov.au ) to discuss their plans. Warrick Couch AAO Director 8 February 2016 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Kind regards, Organising Committee Jacinta den Besten (UoM) Rachel Webster (UoM) Katie Mack (UoM) Catherine de Burgh-Day (BOM) Clare Kenyon (UoM) Daniela Carrasco (UoM) Tanya Hill (Museum Victoria) Kirsty Waring (UoM) Anthea King (UoM) Noura Alonzi (UoM) Chiara Tonini (UoM) Sinem Ozbilgen (UoM) Kim Dorrell (UoM) Stephi Bernard (UoM) Christian Reichardt (UoM) Andrew Cole (UTas) Jacinta den Besten Laby Teaching and Outreach Fellow Telescopes in Schools Program Coordinator Astrophysics Group, School of Physics, David Caro Building, Cnr Tin Alley & Swanston St University of Melbourne, Parkville VIC 3010 http://telescopesinschools.wordpress.com Mob 0425 704 916 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From andrew.hopkins at aao.gov.au Wed Feb 10 14:27:26 2016 From: andrew.hopkins at aao.gov.au (Andrew Hopkins) Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 14:27:26 +1100 Subject: [ASA] The 6th Subaru International Conference (Nov 28 - Dec 2; Hiroshima); 1st Circular In-Reply-To: <20160210.122525.226791961.t.kodama@nao.ac.jp> References: <20160210.122525.226791961.t.kodama@nao.ac.jp> Message-ID: <56BAAE1E.3050708@aao.gov.au> -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [sbrconf16soc:13] Re: The 6th Subaru International Conference (Nov 28 - Dec 2; Hiroshima); 1st Circular Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 12:25:25 +0900 (JST) From: Tadayuki Kodama Reply-To: sbrconf16soc at ml.hiroshima-u.ac.jp To: sbrconf16soc at ml.hiroshima-u.ac.jp -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Colleagues, It is our great pleasure to announce the 6th Subaru International Conference to be held in Hiroshima, Japan for Nov 28 - Dec 2 on wide field studies of galaxy formation and evolution, and cosmology. Please feel free to forward this announcement widely to potentially interested colleagues. We hope to see many participants at this conference in the beautiful city of Hiroshima, perfectly set in the wonderful late autumn environment. Best wishes, Taddy Kodama on behalf of the SOC National Astronomical Observatory of Japan Koji Kawabata on behalf of hte LOC Hiroshima University ==================================================================== The 6th Subaru International Conference Panoramas of the Evolving Cosmos --+--+--+--+-- Nov 28 - Dec 2, 2016 Hiroshima, Japan International Conference Center Hiroshima http://hasc.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/subaruconf16/ ==================================================================== <> Subaru hosted its 1st international conference at Hayama, Japan in Dec 2007 with the title "Panoramic Views of Galaxy Formation and Evolution", in which we showcased and discussed the great achievements of modern wide-field studies of galaxies across cosmic time to which Subaru had been making significant contributions with its unique wide-field instruments such as Suprime-Cam mounted on the prime focus of the Subaru telescope. The recent advent of the new prime focus camera Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) in 2013, which now offers a 7 times wider field of view (1.77deg^2) than Suprime-Cam, has revolutionized the survey power and is now performing unprecedentedly large deep and wide legacy surveys of the panoramic, evolving cosmos. The gigantic prime focus spectrograph PFS, with ~2400 fibers over a comparable FoV is also under construction, with operations expected to start in 2019. A number of other wide-field missions are also coming on line, such as DES, VIPERS, LSST, WFIRST, EUCLID, as well as NIR--MIR missions. We are entering into a new era in which the high-z Universe can be as extensively explored as is the nearby Universe, and the closest galaxies in the local Universe can be fully mapped. With such exciting facilities in hand and a promising future ahead of us, it is an appropriate time for us to meet together to present and discuss new science results in various areas of galaxy evolution, including some initial results from HSC. We will also discuss the future directions of wide-field studies of galaxies and cosmology in 2020s. <> Nov 28: Cosmic Dawn Nov 29: Cosmic Noon/Afternoon Nov 30: Cosmology, Excursion to Miyajima (or free afternoon) Dec 01: Wide Field Surveys, Banquet Dec 02: Galaxy Archaeology <> Peter Behroozi (STScI) Richard Bower (Durham) Rebecca Bowler (Oxford) Benedetta Ciardi (MPA) Elisabete da Cunha (ANU) Pieter van Dokkum (Yale) Natascha Foerster-Schreiber (MPE) Anna Frebel (MIT) Josh Frieman (Chicago) Karl Glazebrook (Swinburne) Jenny Greene (Princeton) Puragra Guhathakurta (UCSC) Luigi Guzzo (INAF) Evan Kirby (Caltech) Konrad Kuijken (Leiden) Ivo Labbe (Leiden) Alexie Leauthaud (Kavli-IPMU) Satoshi Miyazaki (NAOJ) Melissa Ness (MPIA) Pascal Oesch (Yale) John Peacock (Edinburgh) Brant Robertson (UCSC) John Silverman (Kavli-IPMU) Dan Stark (Arizona) David Weinberg (OSU) Andrew Wetzel (Caltech) Beth Willman (LSST) <> This conference will be held in the International Conference Center Hiroshima (ICCH), a representative public building in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park located at Hiroshima city central. There are many regular domestic flights (~1.5hr) from Tokyo Haneda (or Tokyo Narita) airports to Hiroshima airport. You can then reach to the city center with a limousin bus (~40 min). Also, there are frequent superexpress trains (JR Shinkansen) from Tokyo station to Hiroshima station (~4hr trip, departure in every ~20 min in daytime). <> We have made a block reservation in a hotel near the venue on a special rate for the conference participants. We recommend the overseas participants to stay in the hotel. More information will appear on our webpage in due course. <> On the afternoon of the third day, Nov 30 (Wed), we will organize an optional excursion to the World Heritage, Itsukushima (so-called, Miyajima) shrine. Miyajima is also one of the three most specutacular scenic beauties in Japan. Late November - early Dec is the best season to visit there and you can enjoy the breathtaking views set in autumn colors especially by the maple tree leaves around the shrine. On the evening of the fourth day, Dec 1 (Thu), the conference banquet will be held in a popular restaurant within a walking distance of ICCH. Taking this opportunity, we will celebrate Prof. Arimoto (Subaru Director)'s forthcoming retirement. <> February 10: 1st announcement Late May: Registration opens; 2nd announcement Late July: Deadline for abstract submission Late August: Deadline for registration with a discount rate Mid September : 3rd announcement with the full program Late September : Deadline for registration Nov 28 - Dec 2 : Conference <> Masashi Chiba (Tohoku) James Dunlop (Edinburgh) Eiichi Egami (Arizona) Richard Ellis (ESO) Henry Ferguson (STScI) Andrew Hopkins (AAO) Tadayuki Kodama (NAOJ; Chair) Olivier Le Fevre (LAM) Tohru Nagao (Ehime) Masami Ouchi (Tokyo) Michael Strauss (Princeton) Masahiro Takada (Kavli-IPMU) Rosemary Wyse (JHU) <> Koji Kawabata (Hiroshima; Chair) Nobuhiro Okabe (Hiroshima) Makoto Uemura (Hiroshima) Yousuke Utsumi (Hiroshima) Michitoshi Yoshida (Hiroshima) Masaru Kajisawa (Ehime) Subaru Secretaries (NAOJ) sbrconf16loc at ml.hiroshima-u.ac.jp -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Prof. Andrew Hopkins, Head of Research and Outreach Australian Astronomical Observatory P.O. 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This event is supported by the Astronomy Australia Limited; the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science; the National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Science; and CAASTRO. The Workshop details are as follows: * Title: Inaugural Australia-China Workshop on Astrophysics * Website and registration: http://www.caastro.org/event/2016-acamar * Registration Fee: Free for nominated Chinese delegates; $200 for Australian delegates (a link for payment will be sent to registered delegates) * Dates: 5-7 April 2016 * Location: Rendezvous Hotel, Perth, Australia * Abstract deadline for contributed talks and posters: February 29 Scientific Organising Committee * Michael Burton (UNSW) * Di Li (NAOC) * Bo Peng (NAOC) * Elaine Sadler (Sydney) * Brian Schmidt (ANU, co-chair) * Zhiqiang Shen (SHAO) * Lister Staveley-Smith (ICRAR) * Lifan Wang (PMO, co-chair) * Jing Wang (CASS) * Ji Yang (PMO) Local Organising Committee * Angela Dunleavy * Debra Gooley * Kate Gunn (chair) * Clare Peter * Kylie Williams Following the ACAMAR workshop, CAASTRO and ICRAR will be running a one-day "OzSKA" event on Friday April 8, 2016 at the same venue. The purpose of this meeting is to bring the local community up to date on SKA matters including project membership, key upcoming dates and progress on operations. This workshop may also be of interest to those attending the ACAMAR workshop and will also be held at the Rendezvous Hotel. To find out more about the OzSKA meeting and register your participation to attend please visit: http://www.caastro.org/event/2016-ozska ACCOMMODATION Accommodation is available at the Rendezvous Hotel at a special discount rate to delegates. The conference rate for rooms is AUD$215/night room only. We encourage participants to take advantage of this rate and book their accommodation promptly. To make an accommodation reservation: ACCOMMODATION BOOKING LINK (or see the attachment to this email) and quote the following code ACAMR. ACAMAR DRAFT Program DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 Session 1 Antarctic Astronomy and Dome A: Plenary Session * Review talk * Contributed talks Big Data Challenges: Plenary Session * Review talk * Contributed talks Radio Astronomy and SKA: Plenary Session * Review talk * Contributed talks Break Session 2 Astrophysics and Instrumentation: Plenary Session * Invited talks * Contributed talks Australia-China collaboration: Plenary Session * Contributed talks * Panel discussion Astrophysics and Instrumentation: Plenary Session * Invited talks * Contributed talks Workshop wrap-up LUNCH Session 3 Breakout Breakout Breakout Breakout Social activity Break Session 4 Breakout Breakout ACAMAR Breakout Evening Reception Workshop Dinner If you have any questions or for more information please contact Kate Gunn (kate.gunn at sydney.edu.au). If you require an invitation letter for your visa application please contact Kylie Williams (k.williams at sydney.edu.au). 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The main purpose of this one-day meeting is to update the Australian astronomical community about recent progress within the SKA project including: the development of key science and working group activities, how to participate, key upcoming dates, and progress towards the realisation of scientific operations on SKA1. The programme will include a number of invited talks, but some significant portion of the day will be devoted to contributed talks and discussion. This event adjoins the ACAMAR meeting, being held at the same venue, the Rendezvous Hotel, on the three days immediately prior to OzSKA, 5-7 April 2016, and all delegates from this meeting are welcome to attend OzSKA. To find out more about the ACAMAR meeting and register your participation please visit: http://www.caastro.org/event/2016-acamar An outline of the OzSKA schedule is listed below. The talks will conclude by 2:15pm and the meeting by 3pm to allow interstate and international travellers to make their mid-afternoon flights. 8:30 - 10:00 Introductory talks: including invited speakers Sarah Pearce and David Luchetti 10:00 - 10:30 Morning tea 10:30 - 12:30 Invited and contributed talks 12:30 - 13:15 Lunch 13:15 - 14:15 Invited and contributed talks 14:15 - 15:00 Discussion and wrap up ACCOMMODATION Accommodation is available at the Rendezvous Hotel at a special discount rate to delegates. The conference rate for rooms is AUD$215/night room only. We encourage participants to take advantage of this rate and book their accommodation promptly. To make an accommodation reservation: ACCOMMODATION BOOKING LINK (or see the attachment to this email) and quote the following code ACAMR. All travellers other than Australian and New Zealand citizens need a valid visa or authority to enter Australia (including electronic visas). For some nationalities, processing and issuance of visas can take several weeks/months, so apply well before your planned travel. Please contact Kylie Williams if you need a letter of invitation for your visa application. Local Organising Committee * Jean-Pierre Macquart * Martin Meyer * James Miller-Jones * Kate Gunn * Kylie Williams For more information about this event please contact Jean-Pierre Macquart (j.macquart at curtin.edu.au). KYLIE WILLIAMS | Events and Communications CAASTRO | School of Physics | Faculty of Science | ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics Rm 217 Building H90 | 44-70 Rosehill Street, Redfern | NSW |2016| The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006 T +61 2 9114 2183 | F +61 2 9114 2195| M +61 478 404 619 Email k.williams at physics.usyd.edu.au W http:// www.caastro.org Please note: I am in the office Monday, Wednesday and Thursday -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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All the published data is accessible via TopCat or our archive access website at skymapper.anu.edu.au, and participants are encouraged to explore the site with the current test data before registering and the full DR1 before coming to the workshop. At the workshop you can meet the team while you browse the archive, ask questions, point out barriers for science, explore collaboration and discuss possibilities for enhancing the functionality of the SkyMapper archive and interface. About a quarter of the time will be spent on introductions into the data properties and tutorials for data access. The remainder of the time is dedicated to hands-on work, 1-to-1 discussions between individuals or collaborations and the SkyMapper team. The open schedule of the workshop is an opportunity for individuals or groups to set most of the workshop agenda on day 1 and choose topics for exploration. We will form working groups on the topics that are seen by the participants as most relevant. Every group can be supported by a SkyMapper team member and report back to the workshop. Workshop Details: * Dates: 29 March - 31 March 2016 * Location: CSO Common Room, RSAA Mount Stromlo, Canberra, ACT * Registration: for the meeting is free, supported by the sponsors, and includes lunch and tea breaks. The registration deadline is Tuesday March 15th 2016. Travel and Accommodation Participants will arrange their own travel and accommodation; however, we list here some relatively convenient options in the general vicinity of the workshop venue. * University House ANU * Crowne Plaza: 1 Binara St Canberra, Ph: 1800 669 562 * Rydges Lakeside Canberra: 1 London Circuit, Canberra ACT 2601 Ph: (02) 6247 6244 Organising Committee: * Julie Banfield * Elisabete da Cunha * Baerbel Koribalski * Gerhard Meurer * Anais Moeller * Chris Onken * Brad Tucker * Marc White * Kylie Williams * Christian Wolf * Fang Yuan We look forward to welcoming you to the workshop. 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You can access this poll here: http://goo.gl/forms/kQJRwEYXpS Please fill out this form, as knowing how many students plan on attending the HWSA will help us set a registration fee that is as low as possible. For more information on the 2016 HWSA, please see the HWSA website: http://www.asa2016.org/hwsahome/ If you have any questions about the 2016 HWSA or this pre-registration poll, please contact Chris Herron via email: C.Herron at physics.usyd.edu.au Kind regards, Chris Herron, on behalf of the 2016 HWSA LOC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From vkilborn at swin.edu.au Fri Feb 12 22:43:00 2016 From: vkilborn at swin.edu.au (Virginia Kilborn) Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 11:43:00 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Gravitational waves are detected! Message-ID: <0AB5773417C05846AF91678429C1E4B352F126DB@gsp-ex03.ds.swin.edu.au> Dear ASA members, As you will now know, the first gravitational waves have been detected from the LIGO team - congratulations to the whole (large!) team involved in the discovery. There are a number of Australian researchers and institutes that are part of the LIGO team and on the discovery paper, including the University of Western Australia, Monash University, Charles Sturt University, Australian National University, the University of Adelaide. In addition, CSIRO helped to build part of the detector in Australia - well done to all. A few of the many articles on the news are listed below, and the discovery paper is attached. http://www.nature.com/news/einstein-s-gravitational-waves-found-at-last-1.19361 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-11/einstein's-gravitational-waves:-what-do-they-mean/7159238 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/einsteins-gravitational-waves-detected-in-major-breakthrough/news-story/ab0295587d9a8f7c0585b2aa73e3929c and all about that chirp: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/gravitational-waves-how-they-sound-and-why-scientists-are-going-nuts-20160211-gms4bc.html Once again well done to all involved, and we welcome in a new era of discovery! Virginia President, ASA --- Virginia Kilborn Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology Swinburne University of Technology Ph (w) +61 (0)3 9214 4380 http://www.astronomy.swin.edu.au/~vkilborn/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: PhysRevLett.116.061102.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 935476 bytes Desc: PhysRevLett.116.061102.pdf URL: From vkilborn at swin.edu.au Sun Feb 14 21:30:55 2016 From: vkilborn at swin.edu.au (Virginia Kilborn) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2016 10:30:55 +0000 Subject: [ASA] FW: Gravitational waves are detected! In-Reply-To: <0AB5773417C05846AF91678429C1E4B352F126DB@gsp-ex03.ds.swin.edu.au> References: <0AB5773417C05846AF91678429C1E4B352F126DB@gsp-ex03.ds.swin.edu.au> Message-ID: <0AB5773417C05846AF91678429C1E4B352F2125A@gsp-ex03.ds.swin.edu.au> Dear everyone, In my excitement on Friday, I left out one of the Australian institutes involved in the LIGO team and discovery paper - The University of Melbourne, and in particular Andrew Melatos' group. Apologies for the omission, and congratulations again! Virginia President, ASA Virginia Kilborn Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology Swinburne University of Technology Ph (w) +61 (0)3 9214 4380 http://www.astronomy.swin.edu.au/~vkilborn/ ________________________________ From: Virginia Kilborn Sent: Friday, 12 February 2016 10:43 PM To: asa at physics.usyd.edu.au Subject: Gravitational waves are detected! Dear ASA members, As you will now know, the first gravitational waves have been detected from the LIGO team - congratulations to the whole (large!) team involved in the discovery. There are a number of Australian researchers and institutes that are part of the LIGO team and on the discovery paper, including the University of Western Australia, Monash University, Charles Sturt University, Australian National University, the University of Adelaide. In addition, CSIRO helped to build part of the detector in Australia - well done to all. A few of the many articles on the news are listed below, and the discovery paper is attached. http://www.nature.com/news/einstein-s-gravitational-waves-found-at-last-1.19361 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-11/einstein's-gravitational-waves:-what-do-they-mean/7159238 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/einsteins-gravitational-waves-detected-in-major-breakthrough/news-story/ab0295587d9a8f7c0585b2aa73e3929c and all about that chirp: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/gravitational-waves-how-they-sound-and-why-scientists-are-going-nuts-20160211-gms4bc.html Once again well done to all involved, and we welcome in a new era of discovery! Virginia President, ASA --- Virginia Kilborn Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology Swinburne University of Technology Ph (w) +61 (0)3 9214 4380 http://www.astronomy.swin.edu.au/~vkilborn/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: PhysRevLett.116.061102.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 935476 bytes Desc: PhysRevLett.116.061102.pdf URL: