SKA Pathfinder HI Science Coordination Committee (PHISCC)
On 18 November 2009, during an international HI workshop in Bunker Bay, Western Australia, a group of principal investigators of HI surveys with SKA pathfinder telescopes met to discuss coordination of their respective surveys. The consensus was (a) coordination was desired to maximize scientific productivity from the pathfinders; and (b) such coordination would lead to a better science case for the SKA, better science input to prospective SKA HI surveys, and a more cohesive scientific community.
Aspects of coordination that PHISCC intends to address:
- liasion with the SKA HI (Galaxy) working group
- sky coverage (eg, ensure that northern and southern pathfinder HI surveys are complementary)
- survey depth (eg, ensure that the most scientifically productive “wedding cake” survey strategy is employed with the minimum of unnecessary overlap)
- commuincate/coordinate early science projects on pathfinders
- intensify sharing of RFI impact on pathfinders and mitigation paths
- post-processing software and data archives (eg, source finding and parametrisation)
- simulations (such as mock sky cubes and catalogs for pathfinders)
PHISCC coordinator: Marc Verheijen
PHISCC meetings:
- 2019, Feb 11 – 13, 12th International PHISCC Workshop: New HI Pathfinder Science, Perth, Australia
- 2018, Jun 11 – 13, 11th International PHISCC Workshop, Pingtang, China
- 2017, Feb 6 – 11, 10th International PHISCC Workshop: Exploring First Light, Pune, India
- 2016, Feb 1-3, 9th International PHISCC Workshop: Upgrading our HI Toolkit, Cape Town, South Africa
- 2015, Mar 16 – 19, 8th International PHISCC Workshop: HI Surveys get real, Rutgers, US
- 2014, Mar 17 – 19, 7th International PHISCC Workshop: The Challenges of the Upcoming HI Surveys, ASTRON, The Netherlands
- 2013, Jun 17 – 21, 6th PHISCC Meeting: HI Kinematics and RFI Workshop, Sydney, Australia
- 2012, Jan 29 – Feb 3, 5th PHISCC Meeting: Parametrisation of Galaxies in HI , Capetown, South Africa
- 2011, Feb 2 – 4, 4th PHISCC Meeting, Perth, Australia
- 2011, Jun 14 – 18, Gas in Galaxies: from Cosmic Web to Molecular Clouds, Kloster Seeon, Germany (3rd PHISCC Meeting)
- 2010, May 2 – 6, 3rd UCT/ICRAR/APERTIF Workshop on SKA Pathfinder and Precursor HI Surveys: Commissioning and Simulation Needs, Arniston, South Africa (2nd PHISCC Meeting)
- 2009, Nov 16 – 18, Widefield HI and Optical Surveys, Bunker Bay Retreat, Australia (inaugural PHISCC meeting)
