First Announcement: IRAM Observing School 2007

- mm Observing in Times of HERSCHEL -

September 28 - October 5, 2007

Pradollano (Sierra Nevada, Spain)

The purpose of the school is to attract new users to current and future mm-telescopes. This fourth school in IRAM Spain will concentrate on single dish mm-astronomy.

There will be a lecture course on mm-techniques and applications to different areas of research, scientific highlight talks, observations with the IRAM 30-m telescope and a lab course on ``Data analysis and interpretation''.

http://www.iram.es/IRAMES/events/summerschool2007/

Lecturers: Philippe André (CEA, Saclay), José Cernicharo (IEM/CSIC, Madrid), Pierre Cox (IRAM, Grenoble), Pierre Hily-Blant (IRAM, Grenoble), Peter Schilke (MPIfR, Bonn), Clemens Thum (IRAM, Grenoble)

Topics:

• mm-astronomical observing techniques
• Inter- and circumstellar chemistry
• Physical and chemical conditions of the interstellar medium
• dust continuum observations
• The early universe
• Synergies between mm-observations and Herschel

Applications will be accepted from young scientists with little previous experience in mm-astronomy. The course is limited to 45 students, who will be selected on the basis of their CV and references. Up to one officially supported student from each institute participating in the FP6 network ``The Molecular Universe'' will be admitted. Information and inscription are via http://www.iram.es/IRAMES .

Rainer MAUERSBERGER

The figure below is a B/W negative version of the true observing school poster. The original can be downloaded from the school's website. http://www.iram.es/IRAMES/events/summerschool2007/.