ALMA Day 2025

Onsala Space Observatory, Tuesday, 3 June 2025

Program

  • 09:00 Bus leaves from Johanneberg Campus
  • 10:00 Arrival at Onsala Observatory
  • 10:00 -- 10:30 Welcome Fika
  • 10:30 -- 11:30 Seminar by Michiel Hogerheijde (Leiden University)

Star and planet formation with ALMA in the WSU era

ALMA has provide unique insight into the processes involved in the formation of stars and their planetary systems. With the WSU, the increased sensitivity and, especially, the vastly increased spectral grasp will revolutionise (again!) our understanding of how these processes eventually lead to the formation of habitable planets. I will review our progress of the past 10+ years with ALMA in this field, and sketch the avenues that the WSU will open, in connection with other observational facilities such as JWST and ELT.

Zoom link: https://chalmers.zoom.us/j/65043892037

  • 11:30 -- 12:00 Open discussion: WSU-related topics, user feedback
  • 12:00 -- 13:30 Lunch
  • 13:30 -- 14:30 Contributed talks (10+5 min each)
    • Sub-mm HCN lasers in carbon-rich AGB stars -- Ka Tat Wong (Uppsala)
    • Dust detections and upper limits in the early Universe -- Tom Bakx (Chalmers)
    • Apex B7 progress -- Mathias Fredrixon (GARD, Chalmers)
    • ALMA Band 6+7 receiver -- Victor Belitsky (GARD, Chalmers)
  • 14:30 -- 15:00 Afternoon Fika
  • 15:00 -- 15:50 Open discussion:
    • GTO - Introduction by Wouter Vlemmings (Chalmers)
    • GARD and ALMA: past, present, future - Vincent Desmaris (GARD/Chalmers)
  • 16:00 Bus leaves back to Johanneberg Campus