Ratings for Winter 2007/2008 Proposals

The IRAM program committee convened in Grenoble on October 18 and 19 to discuss the proposals submitted for the winter 2007/2008 scheduling period. The committee was chaired by Andrew Baker (Rutgers University, USA) together with Fabian Walter (MPIA, Heidelberg) as co-chair. The principal investigators of each proposal have been informed by letter which included comments issued by the committee if there were any. As usual, the proposals were classified A (accepted), B (backup), and C (rejected).

Plateau de Bure Interferometer

A total of 146 proposals were received for the interferometer (Tab. 1). Proposals rated A will be scheduled in priority. Further time, if it becomes available, will go to the B programs, taking into account scientific merit, crowding in certain right ascension ranges and general aspects of balance.

For proposals rated A or B which do not have an IRAM internal collaborator, please consult the list of local contacts.

Table 1: IRAM PdBI proposal ratings for winter 2007/2008. A: Accepted, B: Backup, C: Rejected.

Project	Rate	Project	Rate	Project	Rate	Project	Rate	Project	Rate	Project	Rate
R05B	B	R05C	C	R05D	B	R05E	C	R05F	C	R060	B
R061	C	R062	C	R063	B	R064	A	R065	C	R066	C
R067	B	R068	A	R069	C	R06A	C	R06B	C	R06C	C
R06D	A	R06E	B	R06F	B$\Upsilon$	R070	C	R071	C	R072	C
R073	A$\dag$	R074	C	R075	C	R076	B	R077	B$\Upsilon$	R078	C
R079	C	R07A	C	R07B	C	R07C	C	R07D	C	R07E	C
R07F	C	R080	C	R081	A	R082	B	R083	C	R084	B
R085	C	R086	C	R087	C	R088	C	R089	B	R08A	C
R08B	A	R08C	B	R08D	B	R08E	A	R08F	A$\dag$	R090	C
R091	B	R092	B	R093	B$\dag$	R094	C	R095	B	R096	A
R097	B	R098	C	R099	C	R09A	A$\dag$	R09B	C	R09C	C
R09D	C	R09E	C	R09F	B$\dag$	R0A0	C	R0A1	C	R0A2	C
R0A3	B	R0A4	C	R0A5	C	R0A6	B	R0A7	C	R0A8	B$\dag$
R0A9	B$\ddag$	R0AA	B	R0AB	A	R0AC	C	R0AD	C	R0AE	C
R0AF	A$\dag$	R0B0	A$\dag$	R0B1	B	R0B2	C	R0B3	C	R0B4	C
R0B5	C	R0B6	B	R0B7	B$\ddag$	R0B8	C	R0B9	B$\ddag$	R0BA	B$\Upsilon$
R0BB	C	R0BC	C	R0BD	C	R0BE	C	R0BF	A	R0C0	B$\dag$
R0C1	B	R0C2	C	R0C3	B$\dag$	R0C4	B	R0C5	C	R0C6	C
R0C7	A$\dag$	R0C8	C	R0C9	B	R0CA	B	R0CB	C	R0CC	C
R0CD	C	R0CE	C	R0CF	A$\dag$	R0D0	B$\dag$	R0D1	B	R0D2	B
R0D3	C	R0D4	C	R0D5	C	R0D6	B$\dag$	R0D7	B	R0D8	C
R0D9	C	R0DA	C	R0DB	B$\dag$	R0DC	-	R0DD	B$\dag$	R0DE	C
R0DF	B	R0E0	B$\dag$	R0E1	B	R0E2	B	R0E3	C	R0E4	C
R0E5	A$\ddag$	R0E6	B	R0E7	A$\dag$	R0E8	-	R0E9	A	R0EA	B
R0EB	B	R0EC	C

$\dag$ : some parts of the program - others rated B or C. $\ddag$ : with time restrictions. $\Upsilon$ : time filler. -: not rated.

Table 2: IRAM 30-m proposal ratings for winter 2007/2008

A		B				C
122-07$^1$	123-07	119-07	125-07$^1$	126-07$^1$	127-07	120-07	121-07
132-07	147-07	129-07	133-07	134-07	136-07	124-07	128-07
148-07	151-07	138-07$^1$	139-07	140-07	141-07	130-07	131-07
159-07	162-07	143-07	144-07$^1$	152-07	153-07	135-07	137-07
168-07	169-07	154-07	160-07	163-07$^1$	164-07$^1$	142-07	145-07
173-07	175-07	165-07	166-07	167-07$^1$	172-07	146-07	149-07
177-07	178-07	174-07	179-07	181-07$^1$	183-07	150-07	155-07
182-07$^1$	193-07	184-07$^1$	185-07	186-07	187-07$^1$	156-07	157-07
197-07	206-07	188-07	189-07	190-07	191-07$^1$	158-07	161-07
210-07$^2$	217-07	192-07$^1$	195-07	198-07	199-07	170-07	171-07
219-07$^2$	221-07	203-07	204-07	208-07$^1$	209-07	176-07	180-07
230-07	237-07	211-07	212-07$^1$	213-07$^1$	214-07$^1$	194-07	200-07
240-07	243-07	215-07	216-07	218-07$^1$	220-07	201-07	202-07
		222-07$^1$	224-07	225-07	226-07	205-07	207-07
		229-07	231-07	232-07	233-07	223-07	227-07
		234-07	235-07	236-07$^1$	238-07	228-07	239-07
		241-07	242-07$^1$	244-07$^1$	246-07$^1$	245-07

$^1$ time reduced $^2$ part of time rated B

30-m telescope

We received 127 proposals for the 30m telescope (see alphabetic list), requesting 4589 hours of telescope time. Another 30 hours were requested by 6 interferometer proposals for short spacing observations. The highest rating ``A'' was given to 26 proposals ; 68 proposals were rated ``B'', i.e. were given backup status. The remaining proposals, although scientifically valuable in most cases, were rated ``C''. The individual ratings are listed in the attached table. All A-rated proposals will be scheduled on the telescope, although some with less time than requested. We expect that about half of the B-rated programs will actually be scheduled. The selection will take into account scientific merit, crowding in certain right ascension ranges, and general aspects of balance. Proposals rated ``C'' will not get telescope time.

The zero spacing proposals are not listed here. They will be scheduled on the 30m if they get observed at Bure.

Jan Martin WINTERS and Clemens THUM