Program News and Announcements

20 March 2024

UV Science and Instrumentation Workshop 7 – 9 May 2024; Register by 31 March 2024

We are pleased to announce a workshop on ultraviolet astrophysics and instrumentation to be held 7 – 9 May 2024 in the von Karman auditorium at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, CA (with optional JPL tour on 10 May). This workshop fosters greater collaboration in the astrophysics community in preparation for the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) and other mission opportunities.

UV instruments will be part of the instrument suite of HWO. In addition, there will be opportunities to develop instruments for other astrophysics missions, even before HWO. Within that context, the goals of this workshop are:

• Discuss potentially driving science cases for UV instruments, including cross-disciplinary applications, with experts in the field.
• Provide an opportunity for the broad discussion of potential instrument architectures.
• Develop a common understanding of the technological bottlenecks and potential solutions.

Breakout sessions will focus on specific instrument architectures (IFU, MOS, etc.), to discuss differentiating factors, strengths, and weaknesses in relationship to specific science applications, and might identify technology gaps.

The workshop will generate and publish a peer-reviewed final report.

Click HERE to register for the workshop. Deadline to register is Sunday, 31 March 2024.