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Phase-2 Programs

After the successful submission of a Phase-1 proposal and having obtained observing time, the complete set of technical details of the observations need to be defined. This information is contained within Scheduling Blocks and the creation of these is the heart of the Phase-2 process.

The OT provides two methods for creating Scheduling Blocks: they can either be created by allowing the OT to automatically generate them from a Phase-2 Science Goal (essentially identical to a Phase-1 Science Goal), or this can be done manually. The latter is not for the faint-hearted and is usually only carried out by observatory staff. Successful proposals will have had their Phase-1 Science Goals automatically copied to their Phase-2 counterparts and SB generation is the standard way of producing the SBs in this case.



The ALMA OT Team, 2017 Dec 18