Conceptual design review

ESO/PAOS progress meeting 

PRIMA astrometry operations and software 

Version 7, September 27th, 2004

 http://www.strw.leidenuniv.nl/~bakker/PRIMA/index.html 

Participants

 

Agenda

Chair: Andreas Quirrenbach

Project Manager: Francesco Pepe

Wednesday, 29 September 2004

10:00

Welcome (15720)

Bakker

 

VLT-PLA-AOS-15750-0001, Issue 3

 

 

VLT-SOW-ESO-15750-3298, Issue 2

 

 

ESO status report

10:10

PRIMA STS update

Delplancke

10:40

PRIMA MET update

Delplancke

11:10

PRIMA FSU update

Menardi

 

 

 

12:45

Unorganized lunch

 

 

 

 

 

PRIMA astrometry error budget (15753)

14:00

Overview error budget

Tubbs

 

VLT-TRE-AOS-15753-0001, Issue 0.1

 

14:45

Dispersion control

Mathar

 

UL-TRE-AOS-15753-0010, Issue 0.1.266

 

16:00

Polarization control

Murakawa

 

AS-TRE-AOS-15753-0011, Issue 0.1

 

16:00

Delay line tunnel thermal and structural stability

Le Poole

 

UL-TRE-AOS-15753-0012, Issue 0.1

 

16:30

Invited speaker: Fringe tracking with PRIMA, lessons learned with FINITO and VINCI

Meisner

 

 

 

18:00

Common dinner with BBQ on the beach

 Zeester restaurant


 

Thursday, 30 September 2004

09:00

Setting the objectives of the day

Quirrenbach

 

 

 

09:15

Top down-versus bottom up approach error budget

Quirrenbach

 

UL-TRE-AOS-15753-0002, Issue 0.1

 

 

 

 

 

PRIMA astrometry operations and calibration strategy/plan (15754)

09:45

Calibration and observation strategy

Reffert

 

VLT-TRE-AOS-15754-0001, Issue 0.02

 

11:00

Calibration and observation plan

Launhardt

 

VLT-PLA-AOS-15759-0001, Issue 0.1

 

 

 

 

 

PRIMA astrometry data reduction and analysis tools (15752)

11:30

Requirements

Bakker

 

UL-TRE-AOS-15752-0001, Issue 0.3

 

12:00

Design and implementation

De Jong

 

UL-TRE-AOS-15752-0010, Issue 0.2

 

 

 

 

13:00

Lunch

 

 

 

 

 

PRIMA astrometry observation preparation tools (15751)

14:00

Requirements

Ségransan

 

VLT-SPE-AOS-15751-0001, Issue 0.1

 

 

 

 

15:00

Analysis tools

Köhler

 

UL-TRE-AOS-15720-0020, Issue 0.1

 

15:15

Data formats

Jaffe

 

NOV-SPE-AOS-15752-0001, Issue 0.1

 

15:45

PRIMA simulator

De Jong

 

UL-TRE-AOS-15752-0020, Issue 0.3

 

 

 

 

16:00

Software development tools

De Jong

 

- CVS, WWW project coordination tools

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16:05

ESO progress meeting and interface with ESO

Delplancke

Ballester

 

 

 

16:30

PRIMA AOS documentation

Pepe

 

VLT-LIS-DDL-15720-0005, Issue 0.2

 

 

 

 

17:00

Reference star selection criteria

Setiawan

 

VLT-PLA-AOS-15759-0003, Issue 0.1

 

 

 

 

17:10

Wine and cheese party

all


 

Friday, 01 October 2004

08:30

Setting the objectives of the day

Launhardt

 

 

 

 

Science day (15759)

08:45

Reference star selection criteria

Launhardt

 

- Status report on activities

 

 

- Discussion of selection criteria

 

 

 

 

 

Rationale, definition, and tasks of the Science Team

09:15

Introduction: Rationale for a Science Team

Queloz

09:45

ESO Science Proposal and GTO time allocation

Launhardt

10:00

Tasks and duties of the Science Team

Launhardt

 

- Internal MoU

 

 

- Discussion

 

 

 

 

 

Reports and current Science Team activities

10:45

Current science team activities

Launhardt

11:00

Preparatory science

Launhardt

 

(Studies, modeling, prep-obs strategy)

 

11:20

Target and reference star selection

Reffert

11:40

Which spectroscopic information on target and refstars can use from CORALIE and HARPS

Ségransan

 

 

 

12:00

Unorganized lunch

 

 

 

 

13:00

Closed session (PIs, Management board, ESO)

 

 

- Contractual matters (discussions and signatures)

 

 

- Consortium – ESO

 

 

- Internal MoU

 

 

 

 

14:00

Preparatory observing programs

Setiawan

 

- Status, organization, data access

 

 

- Planned observations

 

14:30

Program definition and preparations

Launhardt

 

- Short overview + open discussion

 

 

 

 

 

Other business

15:15

Science data handling

Queloz

 

Observations, support to ESO, post-doc at Paranal (what tasks?)

 

 

 

 

 

Summary

16:00

Summary of CDR

Pepe

 


 

PAOS PDR: February Wednesday 23 + Thursday 24 2005 (ESO HQ)

 

 

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