1. What place for Millimetre Astronomy? Michael Burton UNSW

2. Millimetre Spectral Windows 12 mm – ATCA 7 mm – ATCA 3 mm – ATCA 2 mm – Oz! sub-mm – ALMA 200+300µm – Dome C far-IR – Dome A Massive Protostar z~6 Starburst / AGN

3. Australia’s role in the age of ALMA? Mopra + ATCA ALMA (staged opening to 2012) Complementarity Community vitality to SKA

4. What will ALMA be missing? Only cover 3-4 of the 10 wavebands –3mm + 1mm + 0.8mm + 0.4mm –No 7mm, 12mm, 2mm –Limited use at 3mm? Small Field of View –~arcminute

5. Mopra 3mm + Wide Bandpass Finder Telescope –c.f. Schmidt vs. AAT Teaching Facility –Model for CSIRO / University Collaboration –Wider access to funding sources 2mm - reshape dish? 3mm - multibeam 7mm - receiver, then multibeam The ‘DQS’

6. ATCA MM-interferometer Fed by Mopra, Feeds ALMA –Provide a foundation for ALMA science 12mm 3mm multibeam –c.f. ALMA’s small FOV 7mm –untouched by ALMA 2mm? Real time phase monitoring

7. How to fund and support this? CSIRO – University Collaboration –$1m into mm-astronomy since 1998 ARC Linkage Infrastructure (LIEF) University capital grants International partners –Collaborate to, e.g., obtain multi-beam? –New sources; e.g. Singapore? Teaching + Research –Don’t forget the value of combining the two!

8. What to do about ALMA? Australia must find a way to play some role in ALMA to ensure the continued vitality of its astronomical community in the pre-SKA era. ESO?? –Solves both the ELT + ALMA issues! Strategic International Alliances –Chile Our southern hemisphere cousin Builds on established and productive links –ARC Linkage for exchanges and access? Position ourselves to take advantage of any opportunities that may arise in Antarctica –e.g. HEAT at Dome A

9. Mopra A model for University–CSIRO collaboration Teaching and Training –5 mm workshops –Nurtured a mm-community Brings new resources –Attracted ~$1 million in funding to astronomy –22m dish, wide-band correlator, OTF mapping, Friend of the Telescope etc. Fostered Intl collaboration –SEST, ESO –Chile

10. Working with Universities It took 5 years to build to OTF mapping Needs nurturing: –Slow at the start, but sure in the end. Teaching and Research –Develops a community –Opens new funding opportunities –Fosters new science opportunities