2017 CHARA Science Meeting
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CHARA Science Meeting
Monday, March 13, 2017
| Session Chair | Topic | Speaker | Length | Start Time |
| Process Badges | 30 | 8:30 AM | ||
| Michelle Creech-Eakman | Welcome and an Update on CHARA | Douglas Gies | 20 | 9:00 AM |
| Welcome from Mount Wilson Institute | Tom Meneghini | 10 | 9:20 AM | |
| Welcome to Carnegie | John Mulchaey | 10 | 9:30 AM | |
| Update on the Adaptive Optics Program and the MSIP program | Theo ten Brummelaar | 20 | 9:40 AM | |
| NOAO-CHARA lessons learned | Stephen Ridgway | 10 | 10:00 AM | |
| Control Room Upgrades and Scheduling | Christopher Farrington | 20 | 10:10 AM | |
| Coffee Break | 30 | 10:30 AM | ||
| Nic Scott | ALOHA at CHARA – L-band Prospects | François Reynaud | 20 | 11:00 AM |
| Seeing and Weather Statistics | Nils Turner | 20 | 11:20 AM | |
| Observing report and seeing statistics | Norm Vargas | 20 | 11:40 AM | |
| Automated Telescope and Lab. Laser Beam Alignment | Laszlo Sturmann | 20 | 12:00 AM | |
| Lunch | 60 | 12:20 PM | ||
| Ellyn Baines | Challenges of Operating two Complementary AO Systems | Judit Sturmann | 20 | 1:20 PM |
| Initial Findings from Adaptive Optics Subsystems | Matt Anderson | 20 | 1:40 PM | |
| MIRCx and MYSTIC: instrumentation work update | Narsireddy Anugu | 20 | 2:00 PM | |
| VEGA recent results and ongoing programs | Anthony Meilland | 20 | 2:20 PM | |
| SPICA: a new visible combiner for CHARA | Denis Mourard | 20 | 2:40 PM | |
| Coffee Break | 30 | 3:00 PM | ||
| Paul Nunez | PAVO Science Update | Daniel Huber | 20 | 3:30 PM |
| Recent progress on FRIEND project | Marc-Antoine Martinod | 20 | 3:50 PM | |
| GMT Update | Antonin Bouchez | 20 | 4:10 PM | |
| TMT Update | Christophe Dumas | 20 | 4:30 PM | |
| End of Day | 4:50 PM |
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
| Session Chair | Topic | Speaker | Length | Start Time |
| Matt Anderson | Current Status of NPOI | Ellyn Baines | 15 | 9:00 AM |
| Status of NPOI Upgrades | Gerard van Belle | 15 | 9:15 AM | |
| Progress Update on MROI | Michelle Creech-Eakman | 20 | 9:30 AM | |
| An Update on the VLTI | Christian Hummel | 20 | 9:50 AM | |
| JMMC: Service Status & Perspectives | Laurent Bourges | 10 | 10:10 AM | |
| Coffee Break | 30 | 10:20 AM | ||
| Russel White | Fantastic Codes and Where to Find Them | Fabien Baron | 20 | 10:50 AM |
| Updates on Characterization of Stars -- With and Without Planets | Kaspar von Braun | 20 | 11:10 AM | |
| Latest results from the CHARA/JouFLU hot disks survey | Paul Nunez | 20 | 11:30 AM | |
| Monitoring of Exozodi Targets | Nic Scott | 20 | 11:50 AM | |
| Lunch | 60 | 12:10 PM | ||
| Narsireddy Anugu | The Ages of Adolescent Age Stars: From Pre- to Post-Main Sequence | Russel White | 20 | 1:10 PM |
| Fundamental Properties of O and B Stars | Katie Gordon | 20 | 1:30 PM | |
| High-precision orbit and stellar parameters for the spotted star UX Ari from MIRC observations | Christian Hummel | 20 | 1:50 PM | |
| Mapping the Orbit of Iota Orionis | Gail Schaefer | 20 | 2:10 PM | |
| Surface and Circumstellar Structures in Early-Type Interacting Binaries | Geraldine Peters | 20 | 2:30 PM | |
| Confronting Models of Colliding-Winds Binaries with Visual Orbits from Long-Baseline Interferometry | Noel Richardson | 20 | 2:50 PM | |
| Meeting Summary and Closing Remarks | Douglas Gies | 5 | 3:10 PM | |
| Group photo outside | All | 5 | 3:15 PM | |
| End of Day | 3:20 PM | |||
| Conference Reception Tuesday Evening | 6:00 PM |
CHARA Community Workshop
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
| Session Chair | Topic | Speaker | Length | Start Time |
| Process Badges |
30 | 8:30 AM | ||
| Daniel Huber | Welcome and Opening Remarks for the Workshop | Douglas Gies | 10 | 9:00 AM |
| Principles of Interferometry and Overview of the CHARA Array | Theo ten Brummelaar | 40 | 9:10 AM | |
| Science Review - Recent Results at the CHARA Array | Gail Schaefer | 30 | 9:50 AM | |
| Observing Strategies | Chris Farrington | 20 | 10:20 AM | |
| Coffee Break | 30 | 10:40 AM | ||
| Denis Mourard | Applying for Time at the CHARA Array | Steve Ridgway | 20 | 11:10 AM |
| Applying for Time at the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) | Christian Hummel | 20 | 11:30 AM | |
| JMMC Observation Preparation Tools (Aspro2 /SearchCal) | Laurent Bourges | 20 | 11:50 AM | |
| Imaging and Modeling Software - OIFITS Data Format | Fabien Baron | 20 | 12:10 AM | |
| Lunch | 65 | 12:30 PM | ||
| Noel Richardson | Science Topic: Stellar Diameters | Kaspar von Braun | 15 | 1:30PM |
| Science Topic: Ages of Stars | Jeremy Jones | 15 | 1:45 PM | |
| Science Topic: Imaging Stellar Surfaces | Fabien Baron | 15 | 2:00 PM | |
| Overiew: Navy Precision Optical Interferometer | Gerard van Belle | 15 | 2:15 PM | |
| Overview: Magdelena Rdige Observatory Interferometer | Michelle Creech-Eakman | 15 | 2:30 PM | |
| Coffee Break and Open Discussion | ||||
| Open time to talk with CHARA staff members about ideas for CHARA observing programs | All | 75 | 2:45 PM | |
| End of Day | 4:00 PM |
Tour of CHARA Facilities at Mt Wilson
Thursday, March 16, 2017
| Time | Scheduled Events |
| 9:00 AM | Departure from the Fuller Center for carpools |
| 10:00 AM | Arrival at Mount Wilson Observatory |
| Small group tours of the CHARA Facilities: | |
| Control Room, S2 Telescope, OPLE/Beam Combination Lab | |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch in CHARA Display Hall |
| 1:00 PM | Visit the 100-inch and MWO Museum |
| 2:00 PM | Departure for Pasadena |
| 3:00 PM | Return to Pasadena |