2006
Michelson Summer
Workshop: Frontiers of Interferometry: Stars, Disks,
and Terrestrial Planets
Final
Agenda
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6:00 - 8:00 pm - Opening Reception and Workshop Registration at Workshop Hotel: Four Points by Sheraton in Monrovia
Monday, July 24
Introduction to Optical and Near IR Stellar Interferometry
7:45am - Registration Desk Opens at Beckman Institute Auditorium
8:45 am - Opening Comments - Dawn Gelino (Michelson Science Center)
9:00 am - Optical Interferometry: Motivation and History - Peter Lawson (JPL)
10:00 am - Break
10:30 am - The Theory of Optical Interferometry - Chris Haniff (Cavendish Laboratory)
12:00 pm - Lunch (provided M,W,F)
1:00 pm - Atmospheric Limits to Interferometry - Mark Swain (MPI /JPL)
2:00 pm - Interpreting Visibility Amplitudes - Christian Hummel (ESO)
2:45 pm - Break
3:15 pm - Measuring Fundamental Stellar Properties Using Binaries - Christian Hummel (ESO)
4:15 pm - Fringe Delays, Astrometry, Very Narrow Angle Astrometry, and Differential Phase - Benjamin Lane (MIT)
5:15 pm - End of Day
Tuesday, July 25
7:45 am - Registration Desk Opens
8:45 am - Review of Day 1 - Michelle Creech-Eakman (New Mexico Tech)
9:00 am - Stellar Diameters, Rotation and Pulsation - Guy Perrin (Observatoire de Paris)
10:00 am - Exo-Planet Detection with Astrometry - Didier Queloz (Observatoire de Genève)
11:00 am - Break
11:30 am - Synthesis Imaging - Claire Chandler (NRAO)
12:30 pm - Lunch (on own T, Th)
2:00 pm - Closure Phases - Chris Haniff (Cavendish Laboratory)
3:00 pm - Break
3:30 pm - Science with Closure Phases - Peter Tuthill (University of Sydney)
4:30 pm - Stellar Atmospheres/Surfaces - Jason Aufdenberg (NOAO)
5:30 pm - End of Day
Wednesday, July 26
7:45 am - Registration Desk Opens
8:45 am - Review of Day 2 - Rafael Millan-Gabet (Michelson Science Center)
9:00 am - Studying Evolved Stars and Mass Loss - Bertrand Mennesson (JPL)
9:45 am - Break
10:15 am -Interferometric Observations of Young Stellar Objects - Josh Eisner (UC Berkeley)
11:00 am - Interferometric Observations of Extra-Galactic Objects - Mark Swain (MPI/JPL)
12:00 pm - Depart Caltech for tour of Mt. Wilson (box lunch included)
~5:00 pm - Return to Caltech & Workshop Hotel
Thursday, July 27
Advanced Observational Modes
7:45 am - Registration Desk Opens
8:45 am - Review of Day 3 - Rafael Millan-Gabet (Michelson Science Center)
9:00 am - Pupil Planes versus Image Planes - John Young (Cavendish Laboratory)
9:30 am - The Need for Bootstrapping - David Buscher (University of Cambridge)
10:00 am - Phase Referencing and the Atmosphere - Francoise Delplancke (ESO)
10:30 am - Break
11:00 am - The Importance of Spatial Filtering - Vincent Coudé du Foresto (Observatoire de Paris)
12:00 pm - Lunch (on own T, Th)
1:30 pm - Spectral Resolution - Christopher Tycner (USNO)
4:00 pm - General Interferometry Q & A session
4:30 pm - End of Day
6:00 - 8:30 pm - Workshop Banquet at Domenico's in Monrovia (included in Registration Fee)
Friday, July 28
How Do I Observe With an Interferometer?
7:45 am - Registration Desk Opens
8:45 am - Review of Day 4 (Quiz) - Peter Tuthill (University of Sydney)
9:00 am - Reducing Interferometric Data - David Buscher (University of Cambridge)
10:00 am - How Do I Calibrate Interferometric Data? - Rachel Akeson (Michelson Science Center)
11:00 am - Break
11:30 am - Data Modeling and Interpretation - Guy Perrin (Observatoire de Paris)
12:30 pm - Lunch (provided M,W,F)
1:30 pm - Design of an Observing Program - Michelle Creech-Eakman (New Mexico Tech)
2:30 pm - Future Missions: Ground & Space - Stephen Ridgway (NOAO)
3:15 pm - Break
3:45 pm - Future Prospects (Exo-Planet Detection, Galactic Center) - Chas Beichman (Michelson Science Center)
4:45 pm - Concluding Remarks - Dawn Gelino (Michelson Science Center)
5:00 pm - End of Workshop
2006 Michelson Summer Workshop
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, July 24-28, 2006