Dear colleagues,

Here is a workshop announcement that should be of interest to some of you.

Best regards,

--Pascal

The need for a high-performance solar radio telescope in the United States has been recognized for many years. The FASR concept represents such a telescope, one that provides high-resolution imaging over a broad range of frequencies, sufficient to probe the solar atmosphere from the mid-chromosphere to the mid-corona, with high time and spectral resolution. EOVSA implemented many FASR design elements and, as such, has served as a valuable pathfinder instrument, spectacularly validating both the fundamental concept of time-resolved broadband imaging spectroscopy and the science it enables. In the meantime, science and technology have advanced and the need for full implementation of the FASR concept has only grown more important

In anticipation of upcoming funding opportunities, this workshop is being convened from 2021 Dec 1-3 to highlight progress in solar physics over the past decade, and to take stock of the unique contributions enabled by the current suite of new radio instruments, to refine the science goals and requirements of a next-generation solar radio facility. The workshop will provide a forum to discuss relevant new and emerging technologies that will enable this new science. We invite colleagues with an interest in solar physics and radio technology, and from other fields that would stand to benefit, to help explore the frontiers of science and technology that will guide updates and refinements to the FASR concept.

The workshop will be virtual, hosted from the University of California Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory (LOC: Pascal Saint-Hilaire, Milo Buitrago-Casas, Jim McTiernan, Gelu Nita). The Scientific and Technical Organizing Committee is composed of Marin Anderson (JPL), Tim Bastian (NRAO), Bin Chen (NJIT), James Drake (UMD), Dale Gary (NJIT), Lindsay Glesener (UMN), Gregg Hallinan (Caltech), Jonathon Kocz (UCB), Haosheng Lin (U. Hawaii), Sophie Musset (ESA), Dan Werthimer (UCB). Website and registration are at https://fasr21.ssl.berkeley.edu/. Deadline for contributions is November 1st, 2021. There is no deadline for participation.