CUBES Phase B Progress Report 2 and F2F meeting

20 Sept 2022, 08:30 → 22 Sept 2022, 12:00 Europe/London

Edinburgh

The first day of the meeting will be dedicated to the Phase B CUBES Progress Report 2 with ESO. During the second and the third day the second Phase B F2F meeting will take place. Both meetings will be held in presence at the Royal Observatory of Edinburgh, with the possibility to attend the meetings remotely. Aim of the F2F meeting is to finalize the CUBES PDR documentation.

All times reported in the Timetable are in UK time.

Meeting location

Royal Observatory Edinburgh

Blackford Hill

Edinburgh

EH9 3HJ

For the position see: Google maps.

Tuesday, 20 September

1 Splinter session: Electronics cable routing

2 Splinter session: Mechanics-Detector interfaces and pumping location

3 Splinter session: CCD trade-off

4 Introduction (D. Lunney, O. Sqalli, S. Cristiani)

5 Management - PA/QA - Dissemination (R. Cirami, S. Covino)

6 Science (C. Opitom)

7 System (M. Genoni)

8 Optics (including grating prototype) (W. Seifert)

9 Mechanics (J. Stürmer)

15:25 coffee break

10 Detector (D. Lunney)

11 Calibration (B. Castilho)

12 Electronics (I. Coretti)

13 Fiber Link (E. Redaelli)

14 AIT (G. Pariani)

15 Software (G. Calderone)

16 Discussion and wrap-up

Wednesday, 21 September

17 Plenary session: Introduction + Science/Operations

18 Plenary session: System requirements & ICD

10:15 coffee break

19 Plenary session: Presentation on grating prototype (U. Zeitner, IOF)

20 Splinter session: AIV - inputs for PDR documents and open points

21 Splinter session: AFC functionality

22 Splinter session: Fore-optics A&G sensitivity analysis

12:30 Lunch

23 Splinter session: Cable routing

24 Splinter session: Cooling

25 Splinter session: Cabinets & cable wrap

15:00 Coffee break

26 Splinter session: AFC projector mechanical design (stiffness requirement)

27 Splinter session: Detector temperature stability

Thursday, 22 September

28 Plenary session: Discussion on CUBES ICDs

29 Splinter session: Software: summary of outcomes from meeting discussions

30 Closing remarks

10:30 Visit to UKATC laboratories