19 – 23 June, 2023
Organizers:
STELLAR project
Institute of Astronomy with National Astronomical Observatory – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Branch Cosmos – Union of Physicists in Bulgaria
Where: National Astronomical Observatory Rozhen
Deadline for Applying: 15 May 2023
Notification of Acceptance: 20 May 2023
Language: English
Requirements: laptop, Google account
LECTURERS:
Maaijke Mevius, ASTRON, Netherlands
Peijin Zhang, University of Helsinki, Finland
Pietro Zucca, ASTRON, Netherlands
Shane Maloney, DIAS, Ireland
Katarzyna Beser, ASTRON, Netherlands
TECHNICAL SUPPORT:
Momchil Dechev
Mohamed Nedal
Asen Mutafov
LOC:
Rositsa Miteva
Kamen Kozarev
Dimitar Sotirov
Milko Bakardzhiev
TOPICS
I. Solar and space weather activity:
(1) Dynamic spectra
(2) Tied array imaging
(3) Interferometric imaging
II. Single station studies
III. Sun and space weather with LOFAR
IV. Ionospheric studies
PROGRAM:
Sunday, 18.06.2023
14:00 Departure from Sofia (organized bus)
18:00 Arrival & orientation
19:00-20:00 Dinner
Monday, 19.06.2023
08:00-09:00 Breakfast
09:00-11:00 Tutorial I: LOFAR for the Sun – Overview; Solar observations with LOFAR: quiet Sun; Low-frequency view of the Sun (Peijin Zhang)
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-13:00 Tutorial II: Space Weather (Shane Maloney)
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00 Practice I: Demos on data staging and calibration; Interferometric imaging: basic data inspection for MS file (Peijin Zhang)
16:00-16:30 Coffee break
16:30-18:30 Practice II: Single station data analysis (Shane Maloney)
18:30-20:00 Dinner
Tuesday, 20.06.2023
08:00-09:00 Breakfast
09:00-11:00 Tutorial III: Sun and space weather with LOFAR: Observation modes, data formats, and software (Pietro Zucca)
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-13:00 Tutorial IV: Introduction to the ionosphere (Maaijke Mevius)
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00 Practice III: Beam-formed data analyses; Interferometric imaging: calibration (Peijin Zhang / Pietro Zucca)
16:00-16:30 Coffee break – visit to the 2-m telescope
16:30-18:30 Practice IV: Ionospheric analysis (Maaijke Mevius / Katarzyna Beser)
18:30-20:00 Dinner
Wednesday, 21.06.2023
08:00-09:00 Breakfast
09:00-11:00 Tutorial IV: Ionospheric observations with LOFAR (Maaijke Mevius)
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-13:00 Tutorial III: Solar imaging (Pietro Zucca)
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00 Practice III: Solar imaging and post-processing (Peijin Zhang / Pietro Zucca)
16:00-16:30 Coffee break
16:30-18:30 Practice IV: Ionospheric analysis (Maaijke Mevius / Katarzyna Beser)
18:30-20:00 Dinner
Thursday, 22.06.2023
08:00-09:00 Breakfast
09:00-11:00 Tutorial II: Single station observations with LOFAR (Shane Maloney)
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-13:30 Practice II: Single station data analysis (Shane Maloney)
13:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00 Practice III: Solar wind measurements with LOFAR (Peijin Zhang/Pietro Zucca)
16:00-16:30 Coffee break
16:30-18:30 Practice IV: Ionospheric observation with LOFAR (Maaijke Mevius/Katarzyna Beser)
18:30-20:00 Dinner
Friday, 23.06.2023
08:00-09:00 Breakfast
09:00-11:00 Practice
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-13:00 Practice
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00 Practice
16:00-16:30 Coffee break
16:30-18:30 Wrap-up; Questionnaire; Final remarks
18:30-20:00 Dinner
Saturday, 24.06.2023
08:00-09:00 Breakfast
09:00-10:00 Departure to Sofia
PARTICIPANTS
Anton Atanasov
Pavlina Aleksieva
Martin Bakanov
Svetoslav Botev
Sasha Boteva
Aleks Georgiev
Danislav Kodzhabashev
Liliana Makotela
Ida Nikolova
Samuil Petrov
Vladislav Petrov
Boyan Velev
Yovelina Zinkova
In person event
Previous summer schools by Branch Cosmos:
1st – https://bulgarianspace.online/space-schoolbg-2021/
2nd – https://bulgarianspace.online/second-summer-school_2022/
Support: transport Sofia-NAO Rozhen-Sofia, food and accommodation
CONTACT
rmiteva@nao-rozhen.org