Programme
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Event |
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09:00 - 09:30
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Welcome- delivery of badges and covers |
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09:30 - 10:40
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Session 1 - Chris Haniff |
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09:30 - 09:40
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Welcome - Thierry Lanz, Director of the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur |
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09:40 - 09:55
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The CHARA Strategic Plan - Douglas Gies |
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09:55 - 10:10
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Update on the Adaptive Optics Program, funding, and the MSIP proposal - Theo ten Brummelaar |
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10:10 - 10:20
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Experience with the CHARA/NOAO open access calls - Stephen Ridgway |
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10:20 - 10:40
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Update on the NPOI - Gerard van Belle |
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10:40 - 11:10
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Coffee break |
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11:10 - 12:10
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Session 2 - Tim White |
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11:10 - 11:30
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An Update on the VLTI - Jean-Philippe Berger |
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11:30 - 11:50
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The Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer: A new path to first light - Chris Haniff |
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11:50 - 12:10
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Observing and Scheduling Follies - Christopher Farrington |
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12:10 - 13:40
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Lunch |
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13:40 - 15:20
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Session 3 - Miguel Montargès |
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13:40 - 14:00
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Weather, Seeing, and other Sundries - Nils Turner |
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14:00 - 14:20
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Telescope Alignment after AO Installation - Laszlo Sturmann |
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14:20 - 14:40
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New Findings about Alignment with AO - Judit Sturmann |
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14:40 - 15:00
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GRAVITY acquisition camera - Anugu Narsireddy |
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15:00 - 15:20
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MIRCx: Enabling 6-telescope imaging of protoplanetary disks - Stefan Kraus |
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15:20 - 15:50
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Coffee break |
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15:50 - 17:30
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Session 4 - Clément Ranc |
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15:50 - 16:10
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Plans for the new K-band combiner MYSTIC - John Monnier |
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16:10 - 16:30
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ALOHA : General presentation of the project and current efforts - François Reynaud |
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16:30 - 16:50
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On-sky ability of ALOHA/CHARA at 1.55 µm to detect astronomical sources in H - Pascaline Darré |
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16:50 - 17:10
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Implementation of ALOHA up-conversion interferometer at 3.39µm (L band) - Ludovic Szemendera |
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17:10 - 17:30
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Nearby red supergiants with the CHARA interferoemter - Miguel Montargès |
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18:00 - 19:30
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Wine and cheese party, on site |
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| Time |
Event |
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09:00 - 10:20
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Session 1 - Stefan Kraus |
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09:00 - 09:20
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Complex closure amplitudes: useful? - Fabien Baron |
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09:20 - 09:40
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PAVO Science Update - Tim White |
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09:40 - 10:00
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VEGA: status and science overview - Nicolas Nardetto |
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10:00 - 10:20
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Long baseline interferometry in the visible: first results of the FRIEND project - Marc-Antoine Martinod |
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10:20 - 10:50
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Coffee break |
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10:50 - 12:10
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Session 2 - François Reynaud |
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10:50 - 11:10
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Diameters and Effective Temperatures of Benchmark Stars - Orlagh Creevey |
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11:10 - 11:30
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Fundamental Properties of O- and B-type Stars - Katie Gordon |
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11:30 - 11:50
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Data Analysis and Preliminary Results of the JouFLU Exozodi Survey - Paul Nunez |
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11:50 - 12:10
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Results from the Exozodi Variability Study - Nicolas Scott |
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12:10 - 13:30
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Lunch |
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13:30 - 15:00
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Session 3 - Nicolas Nardetto |
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13:30 - 13:50
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Imaging the Pleiades - Florentin Millour |
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13:50 - 14:10
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Updates on an Imaging survey of red supergiants with MIRC - Ryan Norris |
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14:10 - 14:30
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Imaging Spotted Giant Stars - Rachel Roettenbacher |
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14:30 - 14:50
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Interferometric observations of microlensing events - Clément Ranc |
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14:50 - 15:20
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Coffee break |
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15:20 - 17:00
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Session 4 - Orlagh Creevey |
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15:20 - 15:40
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Unlocking the potential of Cepheids as primary distance calibrators - Pierre Kervella |
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15:40 - 16:00
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Flux distribution at the surface of rotating cool stars - Michel Rieutord |
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16:00 - 16:20
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Last results on the characterization of exoplanets and their stellar hosts with VEGA/CHARA - Roxanne Ligi |
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16:20 - 16:40
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The Ages of A-Stars - Jeremy Jones |
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16:40 - 17:00
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Overview of MIRC Observations of Be Stars in 2015 - Gail Schaefer |
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19:30 - 22:00
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Convivial buffet dinner at the Hotel Le Saint-Paul |
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Wednesday, March 16, 2016
| Time |
Event |
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09:00 - 10:35
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Session 1 - Philippe Stee |
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09:00 - 09:05
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Introduction - Science with Visible Beam Combiners - Denis Mourard |
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09:05 - 09:35
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The visible light roadmap - Nicolas Nardetto |
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09:35 - 09:45
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Imaging from IR to visible - John Monnier |
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09:45 - 09:55
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Imaging with Spectral Resolution - Florentin Millour |
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09:55 - 10:05
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Large science program on fundamental parameters of stars - Denis Mourard |
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10:05 - 10:35
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Discussion |
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10:35 - 10:55
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Coffee break |
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10:55 - 12:25
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Session 2 - Philippe Bério |
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10:55 - 11:00
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Introduction - Instrumentation - Denis Mourard |
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11:00 - 11:20
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First Results on an Integrated Optics 3T Multiaxial Beam Combiner for new generation instrument VEGA/CHARA - Guillermo Martin |
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11:20 - 11:35
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TBD - Mike Ireland |
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11:35 - 11:45
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Update on VISION - Gérard van Belle |
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11:45 - 11:55
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Visible Beam Combiner at MROI (TBC) - John Young |
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11:55 - 12:25
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Discussion |
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12:25 - 13:55
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Lunch - Buffet, on site |
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13:55 - 15:10
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Session 3 - Theo ten Brummelaar |
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13:55 - 14:00
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Introduction - Interfacing with Adaptive Optics and Fringe Tracking - Denis Mourard |
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14:00 - 14:20
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Optimization of coupling between AO and SMF - Cyril Petit |
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14:20 - 14:30
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Fringe Tracking and Gravity - Karine Perraut |
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14:30 - 14:40
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MYSTICx as a fringe tracker - Stefan Kraus |
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14:40 - 15:10
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Discussion |
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15:10 - 15:30
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Coffee break |
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15:30 - 16:30
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Session 4 - Anthony Meilland |
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15:30 - 15:35
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Introduction- Control Operation DRS - Denis Mourard |
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15:35 - 15:45
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Open questions - Jean-Michel Clausse |
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15:45 - 15:55
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CHARA point of view - Theo ten Brummelaar |
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15:55 - 16:05
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JMMC point of view - Gilles Duvert |
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16:05 - 16:30
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Discussion |
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16:30 - 17:20
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Session 5 - Denis Mourard |
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16:30 - 16:40
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Project organization - Denis Mourard |
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16:40 - 16:50
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VLTI point of view - Jean-Philippe Berger |
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16:50 - 17:00
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CHARA point of view - Theo ten Brummelaar |
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17:00 - 17:20
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Open discussion |
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