NOVA/LEIDEN/NEVEC/ESO/ESA Workshop:School on Space and Ground Based
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Introduction to interferometric techniques |
DAY 1 18/9/2000 |
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| 9:00 am | Registration desk is open | |
| 11:00 am | Welcome to participants, with coffee | |
| 11:15 am | Principles of interferometry (I) | Pierre LENA Observatoire de Paris |
| 1:00 pm | Lunch Break | |
| 2:30 pm | Principles of interferometry (II) | Pierre LENA Observatoire de Paris |
| 3:30 pm | Coffee Break | |
| 4:00 pm | Interferometry and astrometry | Andreas QUIRRENBACH University of California, San Diego |
| 5:30 pm until 7:30 pm |
Poster session and wine&cheese party |
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Major current facilities and scientific expectations |
DAY 2 19/9/2000 |
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| 9:30 am | Overview of existing instruments around the world
10:30 - 11:00 coffee break |
Andreas QUIRRENBACH University of California, San Diego |
| 12:00 am | Lunch Break | |
| 1:30 pm | The COAST interferometer 2:30 - 3:00 coffee break |
Chris HANIFF MRAO |
| 4:00 pm until 5:30 pm |
A science overview of optical interferometry | Rens WATERS University of Amsterdam Francesco PARESCE ESO |
| 8:00 pm | Summerschool Dinner | |
An overview of future space missions |
DAY 3 20/9/2000 |
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| 9:30 am | The Infrared Space Interferometer: Darwin 10:30 - 11:00 coffee break |
Alain LEGER IAS Orsay Glenn LUND Alcatel Space Industries |
| 12:00 am | Lunch Break | |
| 1:30 pm | Global astrometry with GAIA | Rudolf LE POOLE Leiden Observatory |
| 3:00 pm | Coffee Break | |
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Presentations
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| 3:30 pm | Space Far-IR Interferometry and the Study of Galaxy Evolution | Xiaolei Zhang Raytheon ITSS / NASA GSFC |
| 3:45 pm | Searching for planets with SIM | Maciejewski Andrzej Torun Centre for Astronomy |
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4:00 pm |
Questions and discussion | |
Coherent arrays of large ground-based telescopes |
DAY 4 21/9/2000 |
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| 9:30 am | A VLTI overview 10:30 - 11:00 coffee break |
Andreas GLINDEMANN ESO |
| 12:00 am | Lunch Break | |
| 1:30 pm | MIDI: the VLTI mid-infrared instrument | Christoph LEINERT MPIA Heidelberg |
| 3:00 pm | Coffee Break | |
| 3:30 pm until 5:00 pm |
What the experience of radio-interferometry tells us | Bill COTTON NRAO |
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Presentations :
Fighting the atmosphere
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| 5:00 pm | Atmospheric OPD implications for adaptive IR and optical interferometry | Bruno Femenia Osservatorio di Arcetri |
| 5:15 pm | Layer oriented Multi Conjugation in Adaptive Optics | Tordi Massimiliano Astronomical observatory of Padua |
| 5:30 pm until 5:45 pm |
Questions and discussion | |
Discussions and presentations by attendees |
DAY 5 22/9/2000 |
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| Presentations | ||
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Session 1:Instrumental
aspects of stellar interferometry
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| 9:30 | Dynamics and Control Modeling and Analasis Toolbox for Space-Based Observatories | Olivier de Weck M.I.T. Space Systems Laboratory |
| 10:00 | Questions and discussion | |
| 10:15 | The Large Binocular Telescope | Danner Depoy Ohio State University |
| 10:30 | The Mitaka optical/infrared Array MIRA-I.2 | Naoko Ohishi National Astronomical Observatory, Tokio |
| 10:45 | Questions and discussions | |
| 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
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Session 2: Observational
techniques
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| 11:30 | Redundant Spacing Calibration for actual atmospheric turbulence | Wilson McKellar Imperial College, London |
| 11.45 | On the use of lunar occultation and interferometric observations in combination for investigation of stars | Eugene Trunkovsky Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moskow |
| 12:00 | Questions and discussions | |
| 12:15 | Lunch Break | |
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Session 3:Theoretical
aspects of interferometric imaging
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| 13:30 | Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian methods for synthesis imaging | Jorge Nunez University of Barcelona |
| 13:45 | Integrating polarization into (optical) aperture sysnthesis: Why and How. | Jaap Tinbergen NFRA, Dwingeloo |
| 14:00 | Questions and discussions | |
| 14:15 | Conclusion of the workshop | |