Minutes of the First EALFA Consortium Workshop

March 15-17, 2003 at the Arecibo Observatory

The minutes reflect as closely as possible what actually happened, but because they have been produced from written notes of the proceedings, they are intended to provide a summary, not a transcript.

Minutes of Presented Talks and Associated Discussions:

Front End Optics German Cortes (on telecon from Ithaca) and Desh Desphande (NAIC)	PDF
Front End Construction Desh Deshpande (NAIC)	HTML    PDF    PPT
IF/LO System Lisa Wray (NAIC)	PDF
The WAPP: The Dedicated Receiver for ALFA Jeff Hagen (NAIC)
RFI Issues at AO: Past, Present and Future Murray Lewis(NAIC)	HTML    PDF    PPT
Galactic ALFA Surveys: What might Happen in a Week Chris Salter (NAIC)
Simulations of ALFA Findings for Three Surveys Riccardo Giovanelli (Cornell)	HTML    PDF    PPT
First results from a Pilot Fast Mapping Survey Kristine Spekkens (Cornell)	HTML    PDF    PPT
Jodrell Multi-beam Virgo Survey Jonathan Davies (Cardiff)	HTML    PDF    PPT
The SMUDGES Survey Liese van Zee (Indiana U.)
Searching the Environment around Ly Absorbers Jessica Rosenberg (U.Colorado)	HTML    PDF
General Introduction and Consortium Guidelines Don Campbell (NAIC)
Pulsar ALFA Surveys Jim Cordes (Cornell)	PDF    PPT
HIPASS Results and Lessons Lister Staveley-Smith (ATNF)	HTML    PDF    PPT
HIDEEP and HIJASS Results Erwin de Blok (Cardiff)	HTML    PDF    PPT
HI Mass Function Steve Schneider (U.Mass.)
GOLDMiNe: Virgo Cluster Optical and HI Databases Peppo Gavazzi (U.Milano)	HTML    PDF    PPT
Ionization and the Detection of Low HI Mass Galaxies Suzanne Linder (Cardiff)
The Search for HVCs in Other Galaxies Mary Putman (U.Colorado)	HTML    PDF    PPT
Using the Parkes Multibeam to search for HVC Analogs DJ Pisano (ATNF)	HTML    PDF    PPT

Minutes of the Scheduled Discussion Sessions: