J17: Latest observations and results (2)

Friday, August 22  16:00-17:00,  Room #12

Session Chair: Ken Kellermann

This is a standing item on the Commission J programmes of all URSI General Assemblies. The session will consist of papers that highlight prominent and high impact observations and discoveries over the past triennium. New observatories, such as ALMA, LOFAR and Spektr-R have shown how the observational envelope is being stretched by these new facilities.

16:00  J17.1   MINIMIZING THE MEERKAT SYSTEM NOISE TEMPERATURE

R. Lehmensiek, I. P. Theron

EMSS Antennas (Pty) Ltd, Stellenbosch, South Africa


16:20  J17.2  THE WIBAR SPECTROMETER FOR THE NANÇAY RADIO TELESCOPE

J. -M. Martin1, P. Colom2, J. Borsenberger1, G. Kenfack3, D. Valls-Gabaud4, C. Belleval4, S. Vergani1, E. Gerard1, H. Sol5

1GEPI, Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France
2LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France
3USN, Observatoire de Paris, Nançay, France
4lERMA, Observatoire de Paris, Paris, France
5LUTH, Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France


16:40  J17.3   SEARCHES FOR CLASS I METHANOL MASERS IN THE GALAXY

X. Chen1,2, S. P. Ellingsen3, Y. Xu4, Z. -Q. Shen1,2

1Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Shanghai, China
2Key Laboratory of Radio Astronomy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
3School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
4Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing, China