First Meeting

The first meeting took place in January 16-20 2017.

Monday, January 16, 2017

0930 Welcome and adoption of agenda

Session I. Review of LSB science cases with current/future capabilities

1000 Valls-Gabaud ‘Overview of science cases. Requirements for a space mission.’
1230 Lunch
1400 Zaritsky ‘LSB science with DESI’
1530 Coffee
1600 Mihos ‘LSB science in groups and clusters of galaxies’
1730 End
1900 Dinner at the Kornhauskeller

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Session II. Ground-based programmes

0900 Trujillo ‘LSB science at GTC’
1030 Coffee
1100 Cebrián ‘Repeatability of Ultra-Deep Imaging’
1230 Lunch
1400 Román ‘Pushing the surface brightness limits: PSF and dust characterization’
1530 Coffee
1600 Spitler ‘The Hunstman array’
1630 Mihos ‘M101 at LSB levels’
1730 End
1900 Dinner at the Wein und Sein restaurant

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Session III.A. Space-based programmes

0900 Hayes ‘HST and low-redshift LSB imaging’
1030 Coffee
1100 Lee ‘KASI space capabilities and programmes’
1230 Lunch
1400 Private guided visit of Einstein-Haus at Kramgasse No. 49.

Thursday, January 19, 2017

Session III.B. Space-based programmes

0900 De Maio ‘HST imaging of the intracluster light’
1030 Coffee
1100 Spitler ‘The Australian Space Eye’
1230 Lunch
1400 Lee ‘The SphereX / CIBER2 / MESSIER space missions’
1530 Coffee
1600 Kneib ‘WFIRST and LSB science’
1730 End
1900 Fondue dinner at the Zunft zu Webern restaurant

Friday, January 20, 2017

Session IV. Brainstorming discussions on technical issues

0900 Measuring PSFs
1030 Coffee
1100 Measuring flat fields mitigating straylight
1230 Lunch
1400 Measuring and mitigating CTE and Cerenkov. Characterising foregrounds
1530 Coffee
1600 General discussion and agenda for the second meeting
1700 End

1830 Drinks at the Klösterli Weincafe
2000 Late dinner at the Rosengarten Restaurant