ALMA Cycle 7 Supplemental Call Proposer's Guide Misato Fukagawa (EA ARC) Atacama Large Millimeter/submillim AfacamaLarge Millimeter/submillimeterArray Science About Proposing Data Observing Processing Tools Documentation Help Observatory News The Cycle 7 ACA Supplemental Call for Proposals is now openl Sep 04, 2019 NAOJ News ALMA2019: science results and cross-facility synergies Apr 18, 2019 ALMA Cycle 7 Supplemental Call Proposal Preparation Meeting Aug 13, 2019 Status Phase 2 for Cycle 7 Current Configuratio Highest Priority Proj ALMA Cycle 7 Supplemental Call Pre-Announcement Aug 19, 2019 ALMA announces ACA observatory filler programs for Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks Cycle 6 ALMA Science" P o rtal Aug 14, 2019 More... https://almascience.nao.ac. Science Highlights - An ALMA+ACA measurement of the shock in the Bullet Cluster Refereed publication Last observed sourc Current configuration More... The thermal Sunyaev-Zeldow tool for characterising galaxy through X-ray observations. Y of a cluster merger bow shoo in the Bullet Cluster (1E0657 an SZ study. A combination o sensitivity to the electron pres shown in the images of the ra (right) ALMA+ACA interferom performed directly in Fourier center and right panels indica the shock front. Previously of 2 Search Site About Science Observing Data Processing Tools Documentati Proposing Cycle 7 Supplemental Call Cycle 7 Call for Proposals In Cycle 7, ALMA is offering : submitted starting 3 Septem Since the Supplemental Cal the scientific output of the A i the Supplemental Call will b : al Call for Proposals. Proposals can be ıl deadline on 1 October 2019 15:00 UT. onths, the Supplemental Call will maximize e to be proposed. Proposals accepted in een January 2020 and September 2020. Proposing Guidance Proposer’s Guide Cycle 7 Capabilities Observing Tool Capabilities and Time The Supplemental Call is op: that propose to use standard Call. Proposals may request anticipated that approximate l Sensitivity Calculator Proposal Template Large Programs) without time constraints ACA stand-alone proposals in the Main l-m array plus Total Power array. It is ll be scheduled in the Supplemental Call. Duplicate Observations ALMA Primer Technical Handbook 2014/4/16 Anticipated Timeline (all da 3 Cycle 7 Supplemental
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. The Supplemental Call proposal submission server will not be available for a few hours on September 10 and September 25 because of scheduled maintenance. I he precise downtimes will be noted on the Science Portal. Users will need to update the Observing Tool (OT) after the September 10 maintenance period. For most users, this will happen automatically using the automated webstart tool.
Observing Tool
The ALMA Observing Tool (OT) is a Java application used (telescope runfiles for accepted proposals) materials. It is a The current Cycle 7 release of the OT is configured for the order to submit proposals you will have to register with the
Download & Installation
The OT will run on most common operating systems, as lo are experiencing Java problems) and is unlikely to work w tarball. The Web Start application is the recommended way of usi your computer and it will also automatically detect and inst in Java 9 (and maybe 10). If problems are encountered wit The tarball version must be installed manually and will not download. It is in general though less prone to installation p
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1. Maximize the scientific output of the ACA by allowing more timely science to be proposed. 2. Distributed Peer Review System will be tested. . ● ● ● Proposals may request to use the 7-m array only or the 7-m array plus Total Power array. It is anticipated that approximately 2500 hours on the 7-m array will be scheduled in the Supplemental Call. Proposals accepted in the Supplemental Call will be scheduled for observations between January 2020 and September 2020. Proposals that are scheduled for observation from the Cycle 7 supplemental CfP will be given a grade C observing priority. → The Call is open to Regular Proposals (i.e., no Large Programs) without time constraints.
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Same as in the Main Call. Please note that this is ACA stand-alone. Non-standard mode is not offered as in the Main Call. Table 3: List of non-standard modes → Nagai-san's talk on the observing capabilities Bands 9 and 10 observations Band 7 observations with maximum baselines > 5 km if a suitable phase calibrator is not available within 5 degrees of the science target¹ All polarization observations Bandwidth switching projects (having less than 937.5 MHz aggregate bandwidths over all spectral windows) Solar observations (Bands 3, 6 and 7) VLBI observations User-specified calibrations Astrometric observations
Weather, Angular . resolution etc. → Proposer's Guide Please remember, Supplemental Call is for Jan—Sep.
Table A-1: Angular Resolutions (AR) and Max
ALMA Cycle 7 Proposal Review: Detailed Report . https://almascience.nao.ac.jp/news/documents-and- tools/cycle7/alma-cycle7-stats
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Duplications
Same as the Main Call, but note that the detailed information is updated in the Science Portal • Duplicate observations of the same location on the sky with similar observing parameters (frequency, angular resolution, coverage, and sensitivity) are not permitted unless scientifically justified. Detailed criteria of what constitutes a duplicated observation are specified in Appendix A of the Users’ Policies. PIs are responsible for checking their proposed observations against the Archive and the list of Grade A programmes provided by ALMA to avoid duplicate observations. The proposal cover sheet contains a section where PIs can justify proposed duplicate observations. pordinates, properties of eal Technical Handboo Atacama Large Millimeter/submillim
. Proposal teams that submit a Cycle 7 proposal to observe some or all Science Goals (SGs) of a currently active but unfinished project will have the relevant SGs identified as a “resubmission” by ALMA. A SG is deemed a “resubmission” if it constitutes a duplication of an active SG following the rules specified in Appendix A of the Users’ Policies and the PI of the relevant Cycle 6 project is listed as a PI, co-I or co-PI of the corresponding Cycle 7 proposal or the Cycle 7 PI is listed as an investigator on the Cycle 6 proposal. . For such resubmissions, the relevant portion of the Cycle 7 proposal will be cancelled if the observations are successfully completed in Cycle 6. Observations started in a previous cycle and accepted as a resubmission in Cycle 7 will continue to be observed with the setup of the previous cycle. . A scientific justification must be provided if the proposers request one or more additional epochs of observations in Cycle 7 even if the Cycle 6 observations are completed. The APRC will decide if such resubmissions are accepted.
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Proposal format is the same as in the Main Call: ● Page limits . Total length: 4 pages for Regular proposals (A4 or US l Letter format) Font size: no smaller than 12 points including figure captions, tables and references The OT will check the font size of the Scientific Justification PDF and issue a warning if more than 15% of the text is smaller than 12 points. Such proposals will be re-checked by ALMA after the proposal deadline. If it is confirmed that the font restrictions were not followed, the proposal will be rejected and not be sent to the proposal review panels. Latex template is in the Science Portal and users can use it. .
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● In Cycle 7, two changes were made to the proposal coversheet in order to reduce potential biases in the proposal review process. The investigators will be listed with the first letter of the first name and the full surname. ) The list of investigators on the cover sheet will be randomized. Users are encouraged not to disclose the name of the PI in the Scientific.
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Proposals submitted in the Supplemental Call will be peer reviewed using a distributed system in which each proposal team selects a designated reviewer to participate in the review process. Each submitted proposal will be ranked (1—10) by ten reviewers, and the final rank-ordered list of proposals will be determined by an average of the reviewer rankings. Please carefully read the instruction for the review in Science Portal https://almascience.nao.ac.jp/proposing/7m- array-supplemental-call
Peer Review Process
Proposals submitted in the Supplemental Call will be peer reviewed reviewer to participate in the review process. Each submitted propo will be determined by an average of the reviewer rankings. The review process is described in detail in the following web page ■ Tools for the Supplemental Call Review Process = How to use the Reviewer Tool ■ Review Criteria ■ Conflict Criteria ■ Guidelines for Writing Comments to the Pl ■ Guidelines for Mentors ■ Unconscious Bias ■ Frequently Asked Questions
2. 3. 4. All participants in the review process are expected to behave in an ethical manner. If it is found that a reviewer has not behaved in an ethical manner, the proposal(s) associated with the reviewer may be rejected. Each proposal must designate one reviewer to participate in the review process. The designated reviewer may be the PI of the proposal or one of the CO-Is. The reviewer must be specified in the Observing Tool (OT) at the time of proposal submission and cannot be changed after the proposal deadline. Reviewers must declare any major conflicts of interest of their assigned proposals. Any proposals with a major conflict of interest will be replaced by another proposal.
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5. 6. 7. 8. Each designated reviewer is responsible for writing comments and scientific ranks for ten proposals. If a person is the designated reviewer on multiple proposals, they will receive ten different review assignments for each submitted proposal. If a designated reviewer does not submit their reviews and ranks by the review deadline (November 12, 2019 15:00 UT), the proposal for which they were identified as the reviewer will be rejected. All participants in the review process agree to keep the materials confidential and will not use the materials for any other means other than the proposal review. Participants will delete any proposals after they have completed their assessments. PIs who do not have a PhD may be selected as the designated reviewer. In such cases, a mentor must be specified who will assist the PI in the review process. The mentor must have a PhD and be specified in the OT at the time of proposal submission.
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https://almascience.nao.ac.jp/proposing/7m-array-supplemental-call/guidelines-for-reviewers ALMA Proposal Review Tool By clicking below, I acknowledge that: ✅ All of the review materials that I will see as part of the review process are strictly confidential. ✪ I will behave in an ethical manner and will rank the proposals assigned to me based solely on their scientific merits. 🎁 I will declare an reassignments for 🎁 The proposal(s) November 12, 201 A reminder of the final review submission deadline The review process for th particular, Reviewers sho Review criteria • Conflict criteria • Unconscious bias • Writing constructi
https://almascience.nao.ac.jp/proposing/7m-array-supplemental-call/review-criteria • The scientific merit should be assessed on the content of the proposal using the above criteria. Reviewers should not consider the experience of the proposal team, with ALMA or otherwise, in the scientific rankings. Reviewers should not consider the scheduling feasibility in assigning their rankings. The JAO will assess the scheduling feasibility when building the observing queue. The ALMA Observing Tool (OT) validates most technical aspects of the proposal. Reviewers should assume a proposal is technically feasible and not downgrade a proposal on technical feasibility concerns. Reviewers may note any technical concerns of a proposal in their comments to the JAO in the reviewer tool and may request technical assessment to be performed during the review process. The JAO will evaluate these technical concerns if the proposal is accepted.
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. Please ensure that the reviewer you have selected has an up- to-date email address in the Observing Tool. The JAO will use email to communicate with your reviewer, so if the address is out of date, there is a chance that your reviewer will not submit their reviews on time and your proposal will be rejected as a result. General questions about the process can be submitted to the ALMA Helpdesk, but once the review process starts, all official communication between the JAO and the reviewer will be done through the reviewer's email address that is registered in her/his ALMA account. The assignment algorithm uses science category and the keywords you select for your submitted proposal to be the "fields of expertise" of the designated reviewer of that proposal. The assignments will be done for similar. Thus please be careful in choosing keywords, and keep in mind that two keywords may better describe your proposal rather than just one. . .
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https://almascience.nao.ac.jp/proposing/7m-array-supplemental-call/7m-array- supplemental-call-main
Conflict Criteria
The goal of the review assignments is to provide informed, unbiased assessments of the proposals. In general, a Reviewer has a major conflict of interest when their personal research would benefit if the