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SUMMARY:The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) in 2023 and future opport
 unities
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DESCRIPTION:The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX)  12m submillimeter t
 elescope has significantly contributed to a wide variety of astronomy scie
 nce areas\, ranging from the discoveries of new molecules to large-scale a
 nd deep imaging of the submillimeter sky. APEX has been operated since 200
 5\, initially by a partnership between the Max Planck Institute for Radio 
 Astronomy (MPIfR)\, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and the Onsala
  Space Observatory (OSO). This partnership ended in 2022 and now APEX is a
  sole project of the MPIfR\, hosted and operated by ESO.\n\nThroughout the
 se years\, 10% of the APEX observing time has been allocated to the Chilea
 n astronomical community\, among others to prepare and complement science 
 with ALMA. Chilean scientists have conducted state-of-the-art submm resear
 ch and also participated as important partners in large APEX projects.\n\n
 In recent years\, APEX has been significantly improved with upgrades to th
 e antenna itself as well as new heterodyne instruments highly complementar
 y to ALMA. A new large-format\, dual frequency continuum camera operating 
 at 350 and 870 μm simultaneously and a new high frequency heterodyne rece
 iver covering the 350 μm atmospheric window are scheduled for installatio
 n this year. With operations currently secured until the end of 2025\, the
  MPIfR is now looking at future operation options from 2026 onwards.\n\nTh
 is workshop aims at presenting the APEX 2023 status to the Chilean mm/subm
 m astronomical community and to start a dialog about future mm/submm singl
 e dish science interests in Chile and a possible stronger future involveme
 nt in the APEX project.\n\nThe workshop will cover the main aspects of the
  observatory from logistics and  instrumentation to ongoing  scientific 
 programs and future science opportunities with APEX (see introductory talk
 s). We  specifically invite contributions from the Chilean community on a
 ny of these topics and future interests related to mm/submm astronomy\, in
 cluding new developments on instrumentation and synergies with current and
  future observatories in Chile.  The workshop will close with a general d
 iscussion about opportunities for Chile in APEX from 2026 on.\n\nThe works
 hop will take place August 3-4\, 2023\, at Pontificia Universidad Católic
 a de Chile.\n\nhttps://events.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/indico/event/325/
LOCATION:Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
URL:https://events.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/indico/event/325/
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