Description

Dear Members,
The board invites you and your partner to a lecture by Joost Adema,

Joost Adema (55) is an astronomer, is affiliated to the RUG/NOVA and knows an awful lot about the ALMA telescope in Chile and its application possibilities. The lecture he will give us is structured as follows:
1. A brief historical explanation of the discovery of Infra-Red radiation.
2. How we got into sub-mm radiation in Groningen via far-Infrared.
3. Why Sub-mm radiation is so interesting.
4. Explanation of the important recent Sub-mm detector HIFI on the Herschell satellite.
5. ALMA
- Location
- Configuration
- Organisation
- NOVA contribution to ALMA
- Status of ALMA
- Future of ALMA
- Recent observations

The programme is as follows:
19:30 reception with coffee/tea.
19:45 start lecture.
21:15 end lecture.
21:45 closing.

Speaker(s)

Joost Adema

Location

Gorechthuis, room 11 (first floor)

Hortuslaan 1, 9751 BE in Haren

Organiser

Region North

GRONINGEN ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION

Name and contact details for information

T.A. Wester 0624652717

twester@ziggo.nl

Site ALMA

Apply via

T.A. Wester 0624652717

twester@ziggo.nl