Download the program for Special Session 7
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Abstracts for all
presentations
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AstroPoles - Astronomy from the Polar Plateaus - the astronomy program for the International Polar Year
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Publication templates and copyright form Email manuscripts to Michael Burton (m.burton@unsw.edu.au) by September 15
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Papers submitted for Publication in Highlights of Astronomy, Volume 14
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| Coordinating Division:
IX (Optical and Infrared Techniques) |
| Participating Division:
X (Radio Astronomy) / Commission:
40 (Radio Astronomy) |
| Scientific Organizing Committee: |
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Michael Burton (Australia,
Chair), Maurizio Busso (Italy), Eric Fossat (France), James Lloyd
(USA), Mark McCaughrean (UK), Christian Spiering
(Germany), and Shoji Tori (Japan). |
| Proceedings' Editor: Michael G. Burton. |
| Contact person: Michael G. Burton |
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School of Physics, University of New South Wales |
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Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia |
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Phone: +61 2 9385 4553 - Fax: +61
2 9385 6060 - Email: m.burton(at)unsw.edu.au |
| Preliminary Scientific Program Summary:
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Antarctica offers a range of remarkable
conditions that provide a superlative environment for the
conduct of astronomy from the visible to the millimetre wavebands,
as well as for high energy astrophysics experiments.
This meeting will discuss the current state of Antarctic astronomy,
especially following the winter-time opening of a new high
plateau facility, Concordia Station at Dome C. The status
of facilities at the South Pole and Concordia will be reviewed,
and new science results presented. This will be followed by
a discussion on future plans for facilities. Finally,
the meeting will provide an opportunity for discussing plans
for the International Polar Year in 2007-08, including a possible
site testing expedition to Dome A, the summit of the Antarctic
plateau.
Principal topics:
- South Pole
- Dome C
- Dome A
- The International Polar Year
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Registration and Further Information:
To attend it is necessary to register for the IAU General
Assembly. To submit an abstract, either to give an oral
presentation or poster paper, you also need to submit the
abstract via the IAU General Assembly web site. These can
both be done at URL www.astronomy2006.com.
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