JCMT Users Meeting 2026
| Monday June 8, 2026 | |
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| 08:30~08:55 | Registration |
| 08:55~09:00 | Opning Remarks |
| 09:00~09:45 | JCMT status Geoffrey Bower (EAO) |
| 09:45~10:15 | Instrument status Dan Bintley (EAO) |
| 10:15~10:45 | KUNTUR: commisioning the 690 GHz detector on the JCMT Sarah Graves (East Asian Observatory) |
| 10:45~11:15 | Coffee Break |
| 11:15~11:45 | HARP upgrade and its possible replacement Chayanin Larkaew (National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand) |
| 11:45~12:05 | Development of a Cryogenic Laboratory for SIS Mixer Characterization at NARIT Hannarong Janthaloet (National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT) & Chiang Mai University (CMU)) |
| 12:05~13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30~14:00 | MUSCAT on the JCMT Simon Doyle (Cardiff University) |
| 14:00~14:30 | Direct Digitization and GPU Backends: Leveraging Next-Generation DSP for the JCMT ACSIS Upgrade Alexander Pollak (SETI Institute) |
| 14:30~15:00 | The IRAM 30m telescope Carsten Kramer (IRAM - Institute de Radioastronomie Millimetrique) |
| 15:00~15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30~16:00 | BISTRO: B-Fields in STar-Forming Region Observations Shih-Ping Lai (National Tsing Hua University) |
| 16:00~16:20 | Evidence for the gravity-driven and
magnetically-regularized gas flows feeding the massive protostellar cluster in Cep A Eswaraiah Chakali (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali) |
| 16:20~16:40 | Probing the multi-scale magnetic field structure in clumps by combining JCMT, SMA and ALMA polarisation - STREAMS Seamus Clarke (NCKU) |
| Tuesday June 9, 2026 | |
| 09:00~09:30 | EHT/BHEX with JCMT (TBD) Kazunori Akiyama (Heriot-Watt University) |
| 09:30~10:00 | Multi‑frequency VLBI and Frequency Phase Transfer at Millimeter Wavelengths Guang-Yao Zhao (Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy) |
| 10:00~10:30 | Opening the Submillimeter Window with JCMT: A New Frontier for Technosignature Searches Yuri Uno (NCKU) |
| 10:30~11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00~11:20 | The interaction of magnetic fields and stellar feedback: from protostellar outflows to starburst galaxies Kate Pattle (University College London (UCL)) |
| 11:20~11:40 | Assessing the Reliability of the Polarization–Intensity Gradient Method in Realistic Star-Forming Environments Kao Jo-Shui (NTHU/ASIAA) |
| 11:40~12:00 | A Polarized View of the Central Molecular Zone at Submillimeter Wavelengths Janik Karoly (University College London) |
| 12:00~13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30~14:00 | Heterodyne science/extra gals Lihwai Lin (ASIAA) |
| 14:00~14:20 | Molecular gas scaling relations and morphology in quenched galaxies Lapo Fanciullo (Tamkang University) |
| 14:20~14:40 | JCMT-MeerKAT Synergy: Environmental Effects on the Cold ISM of Virgo Dwarf Galaxies Bumhyun Lee (Yonsei University) |
| 14:40~15:10 | Coffee Break |
| 15:10~16:30 | Discussion on the future of JCMT |
| 18:00 | Banquet |
| Wednesday June 10, 2026 | |
| 09:00~09:30 | Turbulence-Regulated Fragmentation in Molecular Clouds: Linking Cloud-Scale Dynamics to Dense Structure in CHIMPS2 Raffaele Rani (NTHU) |
| 09:30~09:50 | CHIMPS2: A Comprehensive Catalogue of Molecular Clouds, Clumps, and Cores in the Inner Galactic Plane Ying Hsuan Liu (NTHU) |
| 09:50~10:20 | Pointing toward the Sun: Comet Watch with JCMT Yi-Jehng Kuan (National Taiwan Normal University/ASIAA) |
| 10:20~10:50 | Coffee Break |
| 10:50~11:10 | Understanding the dust grains alignment and evolution in DR21 filament using JCMT/POL-2 Thi My Ngan Le (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI), Korea) |
| 11:10~11:30 | Probing Hub–Filament 3D Geometry with JCMT SURFING survey: Serpens South Jia-Wei WANG (East Asian Observatory) |
| 11:30~11:50 | JCMT BISTRO Survey:
Exploring the Magnetic Fields in the Massive Star-Forming Region Onsala 2 Meng-Zhe Yang (National Tsing Hua University) |
| 11:50~13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30~13:50 | Is there a relationship between the Cosmic-Ray Ionization Rate / Ionization Fraction and Protostellar Disk Radius? Travis Thieme (ASIAA) |
| 13:50~14:10 | From Irradiated Envelope to Star-forming Interior: A Multi-wavelength Polarimetric View of Sagittarius C Huixin Zhang (University College London) |
| 14:10~14:30 | The Rotation Dip in the Envelope–Disk Transition of HH 111: Evidence for Magnetic Braking Jyun-Heng Lin (ASIAA/NTHU) |
| 14:30~15:00 | Coffee Break |
| 15:00~16:30 | Discussion on the future of JCMT (for back up and follow up) |
| Thursday June 11, 2026 | |
| Lectures and hands-on tutorials for new JCMT users | |