The Gregorian dome of the William E. Gordon Telescope at the Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. This 300-m telescope was a cornerstone of NANOGrav observations until its collapse in December 2020. Image: SaveTheAO
Agenda
Monday, December 19
8:00-8:45 am: Breakfast
8:45-9:00 am: Walk to Learning Center
9:00-9:45 am: Welcome; NANOGrav and PREP overview (Henri Radovan, all)
9:45-10:30 am: Setting up AO connections (Anna McGilvray, Arun Venkataraman, all)
10:30-10:45 am: Coffee break
10:45-11:30 am: What are pulsars and why we time them (Henri Radovan)
11:30-12:15 pm: Pulsar emission basics (Sophia Sosa)
12:15-12:30 pm: Walk to cafeteria
12:30-1:15 pm: Lunch
1:15-1:30 pm: Walk to Learning Center
1:30-2:15 pm: Introduction to the 12-m telescope (Ben Perera)
2:15-3:00 pm: Preparing an observation and data analysis (Ben Perera)
3:00-3:30 pm: Coffee Break
3:30-4:15 pm: Interstellar medium basics (Michael Lam)
4:15-5:00 pm: Interstellar medium tutorial (Michael Lam)
5:00-5:30 pm: Free time
5:30-6:30 pm: Dinner
Tuesday, December 20
8:00-8:45 am: Breakfast
8:45-9:00 am: Walk to Learning Center
9:00-9:45 am: 12-m data analysis I (Ben Perera, all)
9:45-10:30 am: 12-m data analysis II (Ben Perera, all)
10:30-10:45 am: Coffee break
10:45-11:30 am: Telescope receiver basics (Felix Fernandez)
11:30-12:15 pm: Group photo; 12-m data analysis III (Ben Perera, all)
12:15-12:30 pm: Walk to cafeteria
12:30-1:15 pm: Lunch
1:15-1:30 pm: Walk to Learning Center
1:30-2:15 pm: The NANOSTARS undergraduate education and research program (Fronefield Crawford)
2:15-3:00 pm: Workshop exercise: hands on workshop rating pulsar candidates with new viewer for nanostars (Fronefield Crawford)
3:00-3:30 pm: Coffee Break
3:30-4:15 pm: General NANOGrav data reduction pipeline (Michael Lam)
4:15-5:00 pm: Quicklook data quality assessment (Michael Lam)
5:00-5:30 pm: Free time
5:30-6:30 pm: Dinner
Wednesday, December 21
8:00-8:45 am: Breakfast
8:45-9:00 am: Walk to Learning Center
9:00-9:45 am: Introduction to the new PINT software (Sophia Sosa)
9:45-10:30 am: Pulsar timing tutorial (Sophia Sosa)
10:30-10:45 am: Coffee break
10:45-11:30 am: FRB and pulsar science with the 12-m; possible research projects (Ben Perera)
11:30-12:00 pm: Free time
12:00-12:15 pm: Walk to cafeteria
12:15-1:00 pm: Lunch
1:00-3:30 pm: Site visit to the 12-m telescope; group photo (Ben Perera)
3:30-4:30 pm: Coffee; closing remarks; The Mark survey (all)
Participants
Tiahra Aviles-Gonzalez
Caryelis Bayona-Figueroa
Froney Crawford
Michael Lam
Joshua Lopez-Kuilan
Isidel Martir-Irizarry
Alberto Mendez-Rivera
Vanelie Olivieri-Encarnacion
Ben Perera
Henri Radovan
Iliomar Rodriguez-Ramos
Amanda Roman-Ashby
Erick Roura
Sophia Sosa
Alnaldo Zapata-Velez