Message SF2A No 92 -  21/10/02

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1. Resultats du sondage de la CJC concernant les post-doctorants
2. Appel a propositions "CFHT Wide-Field Infrared Surveys"
3. Conference "Extrasolar Planets: Today and Tomorrow", IAP - July 2003
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1. Resultats du sondage de la CJC concernant les post-doctorants
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La Commission Jeunes Chercheurs de l'Observatoire de Paris (CJC) a lance 
en fevrier 2002 une large enquete aupres des post-doctorants et anciens, 
en collaboration avec l'Ecole Doctorale d'Astronomie & d'Astrophysique 
d'Ile de France et la Societe Francaise d'Astronomie et d'Astrophysique 
(SF2A).
 
Les resultats de cette enquete et son analyse sont desormais en ligne 
sur le site de la CJC:

--> wwwsio.obspm.fr/commissions/cjc/sondage
 
La CJC remercie tous ceux et celles qui ont repondu au sondage. 
Elle remercie Pierre Lena ainsi que les doctorants et post-doctorants qui 
ont aide a elaborer les questions.
 
Elle vous invite enfin a diffuser le plus largement possible les resultats 
de ce sondage autour de vous.
 
Merci !
 
La Commission Jeunes Chercheurs de l'Observatoire de Paris (CJC)

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2. Appel a proposition "CFHT Wide-Field Infrared Surveys"
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Jean-Luc Beuzit (Jean-Luc.Beuzit@obs.ujf-grenoble.fr)

CFHT Wide-Field Infrared Surveys: A call for ideas

The CFHT is developing a wide field near infrared camera, WIRCAM, in 
collaboration with institutes in the three communities as well as in Korea 
and Taiwan. The instrument will be sensitive between 0.8 and 2.5 microns, 
and provide a total field-of-view of 20 x 20 arcminutes with an image scale 
of 0.3"/pixel. z, J, H, K filters will be available, as well as a limited 
selection of narrow-band filters:

--> www.cfht.hawaii.edu/News/Projects/WIRCam/New

Following upon its highly successful CFH12K and soon to be commissioned 
MegaPrime optical cameras, WIRCAM will give CFHT continuous wide-field 
imaging capabilities from below 4000 Angstrom to beyond 2.5 microns. Both 
MegaPrime and WIRCAM are tip-tilt corrected, and will provide excellent 
image quality. The scientific impact of WIRCAM will range from the nearest 
and faintest objects in the solar neighbourhood to the most distant quasars 
at z = 7.

In the MegaPrime era Canada and France have decided to join most of their 
dark and grey telescope time for a large and challenging project, the CFHT 
Legacy Survey (CFHTLS). Detailed information on this survey can be found on 
the CFHT web site at: 

--> www.cfht.hawaii.edu/Science/CFHLS

The CFHT SAC is currently considering whether a similarly ambitious 
project should use WIRCAM for a significant amount of the CFHT bright time, 
starting by mid-2004. The SAC therefore invites brief proposals of ideas 
for wide field infrared surveys with WIRCAM from all CFH communities and 
the collaborative institutes (the Korea Astronomical Observatory in Korea 
and the CosPA institutes in Taiwan). These may be from individuals or 
groups. Responders should submit to the CFHT director 
(wircamsurvey@cfht.hawaii.edu), by November 7 2002, a description in up 
to 2 pages of the survey idea and its database requirements.

These ideas will be reviewed by the WIRCAM Steering Group. This Steering Group 
was appointed by CFHT, with advice from SAC, to supervise the development of 
the camera and prepare a WIRCAM survey. It will then propose strategies for a 
core suite of survey programs, taking into account survey programs planned or 
under way at CFHT and elsewhere (UKIDSS and others). The discussions will also 
consider observing date windows, and the optimum way to complete programs 
over 5 years or less. As CFHT and SAC may decide to modify the membership of 
the WIRCAM Steering Group to include other people motivated in participating 
to the survey definition and realization, please indicate in your response to 
the call for idea whether you are willing to/interested in serving on the 
WIRCAM Steering group. 

The WIRCAM Steering Group,
R. Abraham, J.-L. Beuzit, J. Bouvier, M. Y. Chun, T. Davidge, T. Forveille,
J.-F. Le Borgne, E. Martin, H. Yee

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3. Conference "Extrasolar Planets: Today and Tomorrow", IAP - July 2003
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Caroline Terquem (terquem@iap.fr)

First announcement: EXTRASOLAR PLANETS: TODAY AND TOMORROW 
30 June-4 July 2003, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, France

The XIXth IAP international astrophysical colloquium will be held on 
30 June-4 July 2003, at the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, France. 
The conference is on Extrasolar Planets. Major topics are:

- Detections of extrasolar planets: methods, results and programs
- Extrasolar planets images and spectroscopy 
- Planetary systems properties 
- Atmospheres and exospheres of extrasolar planets 
- Extrasolar comets 
- Planetary systems evolution 
- Protoplanetary and planetary disks: structure, properties and evolution 
- Planetary formation 
- Interaction between disks and planets 
- Dynamics of multiple planetary systems

Anyone interesting in participating is encouraged to pre-register at
the conference web site:
--> www.iap.fr/col2003

Specific enquiries about the conference can be made to col2003@iap.fr

*Scientific Organising Committee:
S. Balbus (USA), P.-O. Lagage (France), A.-M. Lagrange (France), 
A. Leger (France), G. Marcy (USA), M. Mayor (Switzerland), J. Papaloizou (UK), 
P. Sackett (Australia), D. Sasselov (USA), W. Ward (USA), G. Wetherill (USA).

*Local Scientific Organising Committee:
Jean-Philippe Beaulieu, Alain Lecavelier des Etangs, Caroline Terquem

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