2nd Russian-Chinese "IAA-RAS & NAOC-CAS Collaborating Researches & Workshops"

Dates

7-12 October 2019

The subject of the workshops

The 2nd Russian-Chinese "IAA-RAS & NAOC-CAS Collaborating Researches & Workshops" provides a platform for discussion of joint research in the field of astrometry, space geodesy, astrophysics and radio astronomical instrumentation.

Topics to be discussed:

Development of radio astronomical equipment;
Observation and processing of signals from the CE-3 lunar landing module;
refinement of EPM lunar ephemeris based on CE-3 observations;
Radar observations of the Moon and near-Earth objects;
Astrophysical VLBI observations of active galaxy nuclei, pulsars, etc.
Astrometric VLBI quasar observation astrometry to determine the Earth's rotation parameters;
Experience exchange, practical training.

The venue

St. Petersburg;
Irkutsk region, Irkutsk;
Republic of Buryatia, Tunkinsky district, Badary observatory

Participating organizations

Institute of Applied Astronomy of the RAS (IAA RAS), Russia
National Astronomical Observatory (NAOC), China
Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory (XAO), China
Yunnan Observatory (YNAO), China
National Time Service Center (NTSC), China
Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), China

Program

Monday, October 7th

Meeting at site 2 (Kutuzova Embankment, 10)

10:00 - 12:00 Session 1

3-Way lunar radio ranging experiment on RT-32 radio telescopes (Dmitry MARSHALOV, IAA RAS)
The research of Lunar Libration at NAOC (Jinsong PING, NAOC)
Application of Lunar-Earth ranging measurements (Wenxiao LI, NAOC)
The developments of Lunar Laser Ranging in China (Mingyuan WANG, NAOC)

12:00 - 12:15 Coffe-break

12:15 - 13:30 Session 2

FAST VLBI: Current status and future plans (Rurong CHEN, NAOC)
Array Networking between KVAZAR and QVN (Ming ZHANG, XAO)
Astrophysics observation in IAA RAS (Alexey MELNIKOV, IAA RAS)

13:30 - 15:30 Lunch

15:30 - 18:00 Session 3

Pulsar and VLBI Observation of Kunming 40m Radio Telescope (Yonghua XU, YNAO)
Monitoring of water vapour in the atmosphere in the QUASAR network observatories (Gennady ILIN, IAA RAS)
Radar observations of near-Earth objects in IAA RAS (Yuri BONDARENKO, IAA RAS)
Preliminary work on promoting radar astronomical study at NAOC (Jing SUN, NAOC)
Imaging Theory and Key Technology of Ground-based Radar Astronomy (Gen LI, BIT)
Experience exchange and disscussion

Tuesday, October 8

Svetloe Observatory

10:30 - 12:00 Session 1

Svetloe radioastronomical observatory (Ismail RAHIMOV, IAA RAS)
Yunnan Observatory (Yonghua XU, YNAO)
Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory (Ming ZHANG, XAO)

12:00 - 13:00 Excursion on observatory

13:00 - 15:00 Lunch

Wednesday, October 9

Meeting at site 2 (8 Zhdanovskaya Street)

10:00 - 11:30 Session 1

IAA RAS receiving system for 13-m radio telescope (Alexander EVSTIGNEEV, IAA RAS)
Development of modern Data Acquisition Systems in IAA RAS (Evgeny NOSOV, IAA RAS)
Time-frequency Synhronization System on radiotelescopes of QUASAR VLBI Network (Alexandr VYTNOV, IAA RAS)

11:30 - 12:30 Coffe-break and excursion

12:30 - 13:30 Session 2

Data recording and transmission system of QUASAR VLBI network (Ilya BEZRUKOV, IAA RAS)
IAA RAS Software correlator (Voytsekh KEN, IAA RAS)
Experience exchange and disscussion

13:30 - 15:00 Lunch

Thursday, October 10th

Flight to Irkutsk

Friday, October 11th

11:00 - 13:30 Events

A meeting at the Badary Observatory
A visit to the Siberian Solar Telescope
Symposiun summary

13:30 - 15:00 Lunch

Saturday, October 12th

Departure