Conference Program
The meeting will have a duration of 5 days, starting on Monday morning and finishing on Friday around noon.
The program is split in 8 different sessions. It includes Review talks (R), Invited talks (T) and a series of contributed talks. Review talks have a duration of 25+5 minutes, while invited and contributed talks have a duration of 15+5 minutes. The current version of the program is not definitive, and minor changes may occur.
On Sunday 10th the registration desk will be open at the Physics Department from 17:00 to 19:30. For a map of the University campus please go to this link. More information on the conference venue is available at the "Location & Travel" link in this web page.
The abstract booklet is now available in PDF format at this link. A list of poster presentations is also available here.
Sunday 10th | ||
| 17:00-19:30 | Registration open | |
| 18:30 | Welcome Cocktail | |
Monday 11th | ||
| Session 1 - Abundances and Isototopes | ||
| 8:00 | Registration open | |
| 9:00 | Conference Opening | |
| 9:30 | M. Asplund & P. Nissen (R) | Lithium isotopic abundances in stars |
| 10:00 | A. García Pérez | Lithium isotopic stellar abundances derived from stellar spectra taken with Subaru |
| 10:20 | Coffee Break and Poster View | |
| 10:50 | M. Nieva | Accurate Quantitative Spectroscopy of OB stars |
| 11:10 | S. Hubrig | High resolution spectroscopy of HgMn stars: a time of surprises |
| 11:30 | N. Santos (T) | Spectroscopy of OGLE planet-host stars: abundances in different galactic regions |
| 11:50 | A. Reiners | First resolved narrow line profiles in ultracool dwarfs - New diagnostics in the FeH molecule |
| 12:10 | Lunch Break and Poster View | |
| Session 2 - QSO absorption lines | ||
| 14:30 | J.X. Prochaska (R) | The Neutral ISM in High z Galaxies |
| 15:00 | E. Jenkins (R) | Gas-phase Deuterium Abundances, Near and Far |
| 15:30 | M. Dessauges-Zavadsky (T) | Comprehensive abundance measurements in Damped Ly-alpha systems |
| 15:50 | P. Petitjean (R) | Molecular Hydrogen at high redshift |
| 16:20 | Coffee Break and Poster View | |
| 16:50 | S. Ellison (R) | QSO pairs |
| 17:20 | S. Lopez | Small-scale structure of the metals in the high-z Ly-alpha forest |
| 17:40 | A. Fox | VLT Observations of Hot Gas in Damped Lyman Alpha Systems |
| 18:00 | G. Prochter | The MIKE/HIRES Lyman Limit Survey: Motivation and First Results |
| 18:20 | End of scientific sessions and Poster View | |
Tuesday 12th | ||
| Session 3 - Abundances and Isotopes (continuation) | ||
| 9:00 | K. Biazzo | Determination of physical parameters of evolved stars |
| 9:20 | S. Uttenthaler | UVES spectroscopy of galactic bulge AGB stars: A search for Technetium and implications for dredge-up |
| 9:40 | M. Ammler | Characterisation of the Ursa Major group |
| 10:00 | D. Fabbian | Observational constraints on the [C/O] ratio at low metallicity |
| 10:20 | B. Barbuy | Oxygen abundances in metal-poor stars (-3.0<[Fe/H]<-1.2) from [OI], OI and Infrared OH lines |
| 10:40 | Coffee Break and Poster View | |
| 11:10 | P. Nissen | Sulphur Abundances in Very metal-poor stars |
| 11:30 | I. Roederer | Isotopic Abundances of heavy neutron-capture elements in metal-poor stars |
| 11:50 | K. Venn (R) | Metal poor stars in the nearby dSphs |
| 12:20 | End of scientific sessions | |
| 12:30 | Buses leave to Social Program | |
| 19:00 | Arrival by boat in downtown Aveiro | |
Wednesday 13th | ||
| Session 4 - Fundamental constants | ||
| 9:00 | C. Martins (R) | From alpha to w: Astrophysical Probes of Fundamental Physics |
| 9:30 | M. Murphy (T) | Constraints on variations in the fine-structure constant from VLT/UVES quasar spectra |
| 9:50 | H. Chand (T) | Constraints on the variation of fine-structure constant, based on HARPS and UVES/VLT data sample |
| 10:10 | S. Levshakov (T) | High-precision measurements of Delta-alpha/alpha from QSO absorption spectra |
| 10:30 | Coffee Break and Poster View | |
| 11:00 | N. Kanekar | Probing evolution in the fundamental constants with radio OH lines |
| 11:20 | R. Thompson | A probe of dark energy using precision molecular spectroscopy |
| Session 5 - Beyond photon noise | ||
| 11:40 | F. Kerber (T) | Establishing Wavelength Standards in the NIR: ThAr |
| 12:00 | S. Johansson (R) | Laboratory data for astrophysics - parameters, priorities, precision |
| 12:30 | N. Piskunov (T) | Optimal extraction of echelle spectra |
| 12:50 | Lunch Break and Poster View | |
| 14:30 | H. Ludwig (R) | Hydrodynamical model atmospheres and 3D spectral synthesis |
| 15:00 | D. Dravins (T) | Intrinsic Lineshifts in Astronomical Spectra |
| 15:20 | A. Martínez-Fiorenzano | Study of line bisectors and its relation with precise radial velocities in the search for extrasolar planets |
| 15:40 | A. Aret | A pan-spectral method of abundance determination |
| 16:00 | S. Zucker | Practical Application of Relativity to the Study of Spectroscopic Binaries |
| 16:20 | Coffee Break and Poster View | |
| Session 6 - Asteroseismology/Oscillations | ||
| 16:50 | M. Monteiro (R) | Asteroseismology across the HR diagramme |
| 17:20 | C. Aerts (T) | High-precision spectroscopy of pulsating stars (with planets?) |
| 17:40 | M. Jurkovic | Mapping atmospheric motions in Classical and Type II Cepheids |
| 18:00 | K. Sziladi | Iron Abundances of Southern Double-mode Cepheids from High-resolution Echelle Spectroscopy |
| 18:20 | M. Romaniello (T) | The effect of chemical composition on the Cepheid Period-Luminosity relation |
| 18:40 | End of scientific sessions and Poster View | |
Thursday 14th | ||
| Session 7 - Planets | ||
| 9:00 | F. Pepe (R) | Extra-solar planets with HARPS |
| 9:30 | W. Cochran (R) | Radial Velocity Planet Detection using an Gas Absorption Cell |
| 10:00 | C. Lovis (T) | Pushing down the limits of the radial velocity technique |
| 10:20 | M. Mayor | HARPS-NEF: A project to characterize Earth-like planets |
| 10:40 | Coffee Break and Poster View | |
| 11:10 | C. Melo (T) | Transiting Extra-Solar Planets, Follow the FLAMES... |
| 11:30 | T. Forveille (T) | Planets around M-dwarfs |
| 11:50 | A. Hatzes (T) | Planets around giant stars |
| 12:10 | J. Setiawan | Planet around active stars |
| 12:30 | Lunch Break and Poster View | |
| 14:30 | H. Jones | A Catalogue of Nearby Exoplanets |
| 14:50 | W. Benz (R) | Theory of planet formation |
| 15:20 | A. Correia | Determination of multiplanetary parameters: algorithms and theoretical stability studies |
| 15:40 | A. Collier Cameron (R) | Detection of planetary atmospheres |
| 16:10 | Coffee Break and Poster View | |
| 16:40 | R. Ferlet (T) | Extrasolar comets |
| 17:00 | D. Luz | Measuring winds in planetary atmospheres with high-precision velocimetry |
| 17:20 | Poster View | |
| 18:30 | Buses leave for Conference Dinner | |
| 23:00 | Return to Aveiro | |
Friday 15th | ||
| Session 8 - Future developments | ||
| 9:00 | S. D'Odorico (R) | The European Extremely Large Telescope Project and its Instrumentation Plan |
| 9:30 | H. Kaufl (T) | CRIRES: A High Resolution Infrared Spectrograph for ESO's VLT |
| 9:50 | F. Grundahl (T) | Stellar Oscillations Network Group - Asteroseismology and planet hunting |
| 10:10 | A. Quirrenbach (T) | Interferometric Spectroscopy |
| 10:30 | Coffee Break and Poster View | |
| 11:00 | D. Mkrtichian (T) | Network of 2m-class high-resolution spectroscopic telescopes |
| 11:20 | S. Johansson & V. Letokhov | Possibility heterodyne correlation interferometry with tunable laser and absolute frequency measurement |
| 11:40 | L. Pasquini (T) | CODEX |
| 12:00 | Closing Session and Discussion | |
| 13:00 | End of Meeting | |
