Date: Wednesday 01 Aug 2012, 15:04 PDT

Subject: SPITZER: Cycle-9 Internet Issue Contingency Plan, Save the Date - IPAC Conference

Contents:
1. Cycle-9 Internet Issue Contingency Plan
2. Save the Date for the Next IPAC Conference

1. Cycle-9 Internet Issue Contingency Plan
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Caltech has experienced three major network outages in the past
week due to issues with a border router on campus. During these
outages there was no internet access to anything at IPAC,
including the archives, the Spitzer proposal system and email.
In case the campus experiences another outage we want you to 
know that you will be able to submit your proposals.

If the network goes down we cannot notify you and you cannot
contact us through normal channels. So just in case we have a
major network outage on Friday, please send an email to

lstorrielombardi@gmail.com

and let us know that you cannot access the proposal system.
If there is a major problem we plan to post an update on the
Astronomers Facebook page (the closed group for professional
astronomers) at

https://www.facebook.com/groups/123898011017097/

If necessary we will extend the deadline.


2. Save the Date for the Next IPAC Conference
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Infrared and Submillimeter Probes of Gas in Galaxies: From
the Milky Way to the Distant Universe

17 - 20 March 2013
Pasadena, CA
Hosted by IPAC

This conference aims to explore the formation and evolution
of galaxies using mostly gas tracers. Infrared and submillimeter
observations from Spitzer, Herschel, WISE, SOFIA, and ALMA
constrain not only the quantity and distribution of gas in
galaxies, but also the thermal and dynamical state of its
various phases. Star formation and feedback involve physics
that can be constrained with long wavelength observations:
photoelectric heating, UV excitation, turbulence, cosmic rays,
shock waves, atomic and molecular line emission, and thermal
emission from dust. The conference will begin with what we
know about the physical conditions of gas in the nearby
universe out to z = 1, and then push outwards to earlier
epochs when galaxies were forming most of their stars. Among
the topics under discussion will be the mystery of dark gas,
the conditions of gas in both isolated and interacting
galaxies, and the role of gas in the origin of the galaxy
main sequence. As we explore the results from current
facilities, we hope to lay the groundwork for understanding
future observations of gas and dust from JWST, SPICA, and CCAT.


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