Mini-Workshop on VLTI Calibrators
ESO Garching, 30-31 January 2003







The meeting will be the third one on this subject, and will be focused on:


The meeting will have the format of a workshop, with few invited presentations. Most of the time will be devoted to interactions between the participants, exchange of ideas, and practical work. The number of participants will be restricted, in order to achieve a successful workshop in a limited time.

Contact: A. Richichi, arichich@eso.org

Announced participants: P. Ballester (ESO),  S. Bensammar (Paris Meudon), P. Borde (Paris Meudon), P. Cruzalebes (Nice OCA), A. Glindemann (ESO), C. Leinert (Heidelberg MPIA), J. Meisner (Leiden NEVEC), F. Paresce (ESO), I. Percheron (ESO), G. Perrin (Paris Meudon), A. Richichi (ESO), B. Stecklum (Tautenburg), L. Testi (Florence Arcetri), T. Verhoelst (Leuven), R. Waters (Amsterdam NOVA), H. Zinnecker (Potsdam AIP)

Venue: ESO Headquarters Garching, Room 231/232
 

Program:
 

  Day 1, January 30, 2003
09:00 Welcome (F. Paresce)
  Session: VLTI/ESO
09:10 VLTI Summary: status and near-future (A. Glindemann)
09:40 VLTI Calibrators: Background, activities, goals of the workshop (A. Richichi)
10:00 VLTI Data Flow (P. Ballester)
10:20 Quality Control Logs: the broad view (I. Percheron)
10:40 Coffee Break
  Session: VLTI/Partners
11:20 AMBER (L. Testi)
11:40 JMMC  (P. Cruzalebes)
12:00 MIDI/FRINGE  (B. Stecklum)
12:20 NEVEC (J. Meisner)
12:40 Reserved
13:00 Lunch Break
  Session: Other Interferometers
14:00 The use of M. Cohen's spectrophotometric reference stars 
      as calibrators for optical interferometry (P. Borde)
14:25 Calibration of interferometric data acquired with a 
      single-mode interferometer (G. Perrin)
14:50 Reserved
15:30 Coffee Break
  Session: Tools and Demos
16:00 VisCalc/CalVin (P. Ballester, B. Wiseman, A. Richichi)
16:40 The VLTI Input List (I. Percheron, A. Richichi)
17:00 Discussion
18:00 Adjourn
   
  Day 2, January 31, 2003
  Session: Discussions
09:00 Discussion on Software Tools for Calibration (Chair: P. Ballester)
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 Discussion on Calibrators Lists and Observation Strategies (Chair: I. Percheron)
12:30 Lunch Break
14:00 Discussion on Angular Diameters: Vis, IR, indirect (Chair: P. Borde)
15:00 Coffee Break
15:20 Discussion on Format, Merging, Collaborations (Chair: A. Richichi)
16:20 Conclusions, Action Items
16:50 Close


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