Iberian AtLAST days

Session

Presentations I

4 Jun 2026, 09:30

Facultad de Químicas - Salón de Actos (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

22. AtLAST: Shaping together the next generation (sub)mm observatory

Evanthia Hatziminaoglou (IAC)

04/06/2026, 09:30

Intro talk

The coming decade will see a powerful suite of ground-based facilities come online, from radio to optical to multi-messenger astronomy. Yet a critical gap remains: a sensitive, high-resolution observatory at (sub-)mm wavelengths, essential for probing the cold Universe from planetary systems to cosmic structure. At the same time, the next generation of facilities must prioritise...

23. Instrument Overview and Conceptual Design of the 50-meter Atacama Large Aperture Submm Telescope (AtLAST)

Tony Mroczkowski (Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC))

04/06/2026, 10:00

Intro talk

From low-frequency radio through high energy gamma rays, the landscape of European facilities planned for the 2030s that can map large portions of the sky at subarcminute resolution is extensive. Yet facilities to map far-IR through mm wavelengths are lacking from this roadmap. The Atacama Large Aperture Submm Telescope (AtLAST) aims to fill much of this gap in our observational capabilities....

24. From Star Formation to Cosmic Structure: The Transformative Science of AtLAST

Teresa Huertas Roldán (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias), Jose Manuel Perez Martinez (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC))

04/06/2026, 10:30

Intro talk

AtLAST will transform our understanding of both the Milky Way and the extragalactic Universe by tracing the lifecycle of gas and dust across all scales and epochs. Within our Galaxy, its 50-meter dish and wide-field, high-resolution capabilities will map the interstellar medium (ISM) in unprecedented detail, revealing how giant molecular clouds fragment into stars and how magnetic fields and...