Programme
REGISTRATION: Monday, 6 March 2017, 12:00-13:30
Programme Overview
- Day 1, March 6: School
- Day 2, March 7: School
- Day 3, March 8: School / Community days
- Day 4, March 9: Community days
- Day 5, March 10: Community days / EII Science Council
| Day 1, School, 6 March (afternoon) | ||
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| 13:00 | Registration (in front of ESO Auditorium Telescopium) | |
| 14:00 | A. Mérand | Welcome |
| 14:15 | A. Mérand | Principles of Optical Interferometry [PDF] |
| 15:15 | C. Cid / X. Haubois / A. Pino | The VLTI [PDF] [PDF] |
| 16:15 | Coffee break | |
| 16:45 | A. Mérand | Data modeling and interpretation [PDF] |
| 17:30 | adjourn | |
| Day 2, School, 7 March | ||
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| 09:00 | M. Wittkowski | Observations constraints [PDF] |
| 09:15 | M. Wittkowski |
ESO preparation tools |
| 10:15 | F. Millour | JMMC preparation tools |
| 11:15 | Coffee break | |
| 11:45 | M. Wittkowski |
How to make OBs with P2PP |
| 12:30 | Lunch | |
| 14:30 | C. Hummel | Gravity Data reduction |
| 16:00 | Coffee break | |
| 16:30 | X. Haubois | Tools to manipulate OIFITS [PDF] |
| Day 3, School (morning)/ VLTI Community Days (afternoon) 8 March | ||
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| 09:00 | K.-H. Hofmann | Image reconstruction: IRBIs [PDF] |
| 10:30 | Coffee break | |
| 10:45 | J. Sanchez | Image reconstruction: BSMEM, Squeeze |
| 12:00 | End of the school | |
| 13:00 | Registration to the Community Days (in front of ESO Auditorium Telescopium) | |
| 14:00 | A. Mérand | Welcome |
| 14:15 | F. Gonté | The VLTI upgrade: STS, CIAO, etc. [PDF] |
| 14:45 | J. Woillez | Upcoming upgrades: NAOMI, Gra4MAT [PDF] |
| 15:00 | A. Pino / X. Haubois | VLTI Operations today [PDF] |
| 15:30 | F. Eisenhauer | First Light of GRAVITY |
| 16:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:20 | O. Pfuhl | Astrometry with GRAVITY |
| 16:35 | J.-B. Lebouquin | The microquasar SS 433 resolved by VLTI/GRAVITY |
| 16:50 | I. Waisberg | Sub-milliarcsecond Optical Interferometry of HMXBs with VLTI/GRAVITY: The cases of BP Cru |
| 17:05 | S. Kraus | Disc structure in a high-mass protobinary system |
| 17:20 | O. Straub | GRAVITY prospects for GR physics [PDF] |
| 17:35 | R. Brunngraeber |
Variability of protoplanetary disks as seen by MIDI and the second Gen. instrument Matisse |
| 18:00 | Beer and Brezn (in front of ESO Auditorium Telescopium) | |
| Day 4, VLTI Community Days, 9 March |
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| 09:00 | B. Lopez / Ph. Berio | MATISSE Update |
| 09:30 | M. Wittkowski | Improving imaging / time monitoring programs scheduling [PDF] |
| 09:50 | A. Mérand | Extending the u,v capabilities of VLTI [PDF] |
| 10:10 | G. Duvert | The Jean-Marie Mariotti Center in 2017 [PDF] |
| 10:30 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00-12:00 | Discussion: how to make the best scientific use of the VLTI as it is now? | |
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 | C. Paladini | The VLTI/MIDI view on the inner mass loss of evolved stars from the Herschel MESS sample [PDF] |
| 13:45 | M. Montarges | About the angular diameter of red supergiant stars [PDF] |
| 14:00 | J.-P. Berger | Protoplanetary discs structure at the astronomical unit scale: the PIONIER-VLTI view. |
| 14:15 | R. Klement | VLTI, CHARA, and NPOI measurements of the classical Be star beta Cmi |
| 14:30 | H. Boffin | Interferometry shows binary nature of the Luminous Blue Variable HR Car |
| 14:45 | G. Weigelt | Aperture-synthesis imaging of Eta Car’s wind-collision zone with a spectral resolution of 12000 |
| 15:00 | J. Sanchez | GRAVITY early results: Multiplicity of massive stars and Eta Car imaging |
| 15:15 | Coffee break, (Group Photo) | |
| 15:45 | L. Burtscher | GRA4MAT and the next steps for AGN research with the VLTI [PDF] |
| 16:00 | J.-U. Pott | The future of Interferometry in Europe (EII working group report) |
| 16:20 | A. Mérand | The VLTI Road Map |
| 16:40 | discussion | |
| Day 5, VLTI Community Days, 10 March (morning) |
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| The future: Visitor Instruments, new science cases etc. | ||
| 9:00 | G. van Belle | NPOI: Visible light operations, Upgrades |
| 9:15 | F. Millour | Science cases for a visible instrument |
| 9:30 | F. Millour | Concept(s) for a visible instrument [PDF] |
| 9:45 | R. Petrov | Hierarchical Fringe Tracking and the ultimate VLTI sensitivity |
| 10:00 | L. Labadie | The potential of 3-5 microns integrated optics for multi-telescope interferometry at the VLTI |
| 10:15 | O. Absil | Hi-5: a high dynamic range thermal near-infrared imager for the VLTI |
| 10:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:45 | Wrap up and final discussion | |
| 13:00 | EII Science Council Meeting (for members) | |