MAVIS Science Workshop

MAVIS 2019 Science Workshop Program

Below is the preliminary outline of the program. We will add speakers and titles as they are confirmed.

Time Speakers Presentation
11:00 - 13:30Registration and Lunch
13:30 - 15:00Session 1: Project Updates and Status
13:30 - 14:00Francois Rigaut MAVIS - Current Project Status (pdf)
14:00 - 14:30Simon O'TooleData and Software Requirements for MAVIS (pdf)
14:30 - 15:00Simon EllisMAVIS Spectrograph and Imager (pdf)
15:00 - 15:30Richard McDermid MAVIS Science Case (pdf)
15:30 - 16:00Afternoon Tea
16:00 - 17:00 Session 2: Q+A Discussion with Project Team
17:00Adjourn
Time Speakers Presentation
09:00 - 10:30 Science Session 1 (Chair: Richard McDermid)
09:00 - 09:20 Devika Kamath(Remote) Investigating second generation proto-planetary disks around evolved stars with MAVIS (pdf)
09:20 - 09:40 Holger BaumgardtSearching for intermediate mass black holes with MAVIS (pdf)
09:40 - 10:00 Gayandhi De SilvaProbing the Centre's of Globular Clusters with MAVIS (pdf)
10:00 - 10:30 All ParticipantsDiscussion on Blue / Stellar Science Requirements for MAVIS
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30 Science Session 2 (Chair: Trevor Mendel)
11:00 - 11:20 Jeremy MouldLSST supernova followup (pdf)
11:20 - 11:40 Stuart RyderSupernovae and Fast Radio Bursts with MAVIS (pdf)
11:40 - 12:10 All ParticipantsDiscussion on Transient Science Requirements for MAVIS
12:10 - 12:30 Luca CorteseThe promise of MAVIS for galaxy evolution studies (pdf)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:50 Science Session 3 (Chair: Gayandhi de Silva)
13:30 - 13:50 Brent Groves(Remote) Resolving the Nearby Universe with MAVIS (pdf)
13:50 - 14:10 Sarah SweetAngular momentum distribution sets galaxy morphology (pdf)
14:10 - 14:30 Trevor MendelIntermediate redshift galaxy kinematic with MAVIS (pdf)
14:30 - 14:50 Tayyaba ZafarHunting faint absorbing galaxies (pdf)
14:50 - 15:20 Afternoon Tea
15:20 - 17:00 Science Session 4 (Chair: Sarah Sweet)
15:20 - 15:40 Rob Bassett(Remote) Resolving Ly-alpha Structure at z ~ 3 (pdf)
15:40 - 16:00 Deanne FisherStudying galaxies from z=0.5 to 2.5 with MAVIS (pdf)
16:00 - 17:00 All ParticipantsDiscussion on Galaxy Evolution Science Requirements for MAVIS
19:00 Workshop Dinner: Lachlin's Restaurant
Time Speakers Presentation
09:00 - 10:30 Session 1: Group Discussion - Building the MAVIS Science Case (Chair: Richard McDermid)

  • Prioritising MAVIS Science
  • MAVIS Working Groups
  • Key observing programs
  • Writing the MAVIS Science Case: Involvement, communications, etc.
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30 Session 2: Wrap up of workshop and next steps (Chair: Richard McDermid)
12:30 WORKSHOP ENDS

Macquarie University

Balaclava Rd, North Ryde NSW 2109, Australia

MAVIS Science Workshop

4 - 6 December 2019

Our Sponsors

Our sponsors