The SALT Science Working Group (SSWG) consists of representatives from all of the SALT partner institutions and is chaired by the SALT Project Scientist. Its main function to date has been to determine the top-level user requirements for SALT, known as the SALT Observatory Science Requirements (pdf - 122K). This document was ratified by the SALT Board in May 2000 and forms the basis of the SALT System Specification, a technical document that is the responsibility of the SALT Systems Engineer and the SALT Project Team.

The SSWG is concerned with all of the scientific aspects of the SALT project, and particularly with the choice of instrumentation for the telescope, which is currently the major activity.

The SSWG meets at least twice a year, coinciding with SALT Board meetings. More frequent business is conducted through email.

 

[01] SSWG Members

[02] PFIS Sites

[03] SALTICAM PDR

[04] High Resolution Spectrograph

 

The SSWG currently comprises of the following 14 members:

Chairperson:

David Buckley, SALT Scientist

Email: dibnob(at)saao.ac.za

Representatives:

University of Wisconsin, USA

Andrew Sheinis, sheinis(at)astro.wisc.edu

UK SALT Consortium, UK
Anne Sansom, aesansom(at)uclan.ac.uk

IUCAA, India
R. Srianand, anand(at)iucaa.ernet.in

AMNH, USA
Michael Shara, mshara(at)amnh.org

University of Canterbury, NZ
Michael Albrow, m.albrow(at)phys.canterbury.ac.nz

Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Centre, Poland
Janusz Kaluzny, jka(at)camk.edu.pl

University of Goettingen, Germany
Stefan Dreizler, dreizler(at)astro.physik.uni-goettingen.de

Rutgers University, USA
Jack Hughes, jph(at)physics.rutgers.edu

Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Richard Griffiths, griffith(at)astro.phys.cmu.edu

Hobby-Eberly Telescope, USA
Larry Ramsey, lwr(at)astro.psu.edu

Dartmouth College, USA
Brian Chaboyer, chaboyer(at)heather.dartmouth.edu

NRF / SAAO, South Africa
Darragh O' Donoghue, dod(at)saao.ac.za

University of North Carolina, USA
Gerald Cecil, cecil(at)physics.unc.edu