Monday, April 28, 2025
Time | Event | (+) |
08:30 - 09:00 | Registration - Register and collect name badges. | |
09:00 - 10:30 | Welcome and Overview (MATISSE) - Jeremy Jones | (+) |
09:00 - 09:10 | › Welcome - Denis Mourard, Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur | |
09:10 - 09:30 | › CHARA Year in Review - Douglas Gies, CHARA | |
09:30 - 09:50 | › Future Plans at the CHARA Array - Gail Schaefer, The Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy Array | |
09:50 - 10:10 | › From rebirth of optical interferometry to its future, some personal recollections. - Pierre Léna, Observatoire de Paris & Université Paris-Cité | |
10:10 - 10:30 | › The promise of quantum interferometry - Stephen Ridgway, NSF's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory | |
10:30 - 10:50 | Coffee break | |
10:50 - 12:30 | SPICA Update, SPICA Science Results, and Evolved Stars (MATISSE) | (+) |
10:50 - 11:10 | › SPICA progresses in 2024 - Denis Mourard, Laboratoire Lagrange (OCA, UNS, CNRS) | |
11:10 - 11:30 | › Study of surface brightness and magnetic activity of ISSP dwarf stars. - Romina Ibañez-Bustos, Laboratoire Lagrange, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur | |
11:30 - 11:50 | › Surface brightness color relations of Cepheids calibrated by optical interferometry - Manon BAILLEUL, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur | |
11:50 - 12:10 | › Long-term CHARA observations of Binary Cepheids - Alexandre Gallenne, Universidad de Tarapaca | |
12:10 - 12:30 | › Observation of asteroseismic red giant stars with SPICA, MIRCx and MYSTIC - Mathieu Vrard, Université Côte d'Azur | |
12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
14:00 - 15:35 | CHARA Staff Updates and Evolved Stars | (+) |
14:00 - 14:15 | › Current state of CHARA telescopes and Future plans - Nic Scott, CHARA (Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy) Array | |
14:15 - 14:30 | › Progress on the CHARA Michelson Pathfinder Project - Edgar Ligon, CHARA (Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy) Array | |
14:30 - 14:45 | › The new mobile Telescope at the CHARA array - Rainer Koehler, The CHARA Array | |
14:45 - 15:00 | › Updates on adaptive optics systems - Karolina Kubiak, CHARA (Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy) Array | |
15:00 - 15:15 | › Update on Silmaril - Cyprien Lanthermann, CHARA Array - Georgia State University | |
15:15 - 15:35 | › Imaging of Massive Evolved Stars at CHARA - Narsireddy Anugu, CHARA | |
15:35 - 16:10 | Coffee break | |
16:10 - 17:30 | Evolved Stars and Imaging | (+) |
16:10 - 16:30 | › Exploring asymmetries in the dusty shell of the semi-regular variable V CVn with CHARA - Nicolaus Steenken, Sternwarte Freimann - Amateur Astronomer | |
16:30 - 16:50 | › Radiative transfer modelling for the stellar merger remnant V838 Mon - Muhammad Mobeen, Nicolaus Copernicus University [Toruń] | |
16:50 - 17:10 | › Radiative transfer simulations for interferometric observations of AGB stars - Jon Hulberg, Catholic University of America | |
17:10 - 17:30 | › Limits of generative models for interferometric imaging - Fabien Baron, Georgia State University | |
18:00 - 22:00 | Banquet |
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Time | Event | (+) |
09:00 - 10:40 | CHARA Instruments and Research Tools | (+) |
09:00 - 09:20 | › MIRCX-MYSTIC Updates - John Monnier, University of Michigan | |
09:20 - 09:40 | › Update from the Exeter group: MIRC-X upgrades and science - Stefan Kraus, University of Exeter, Astrophysics Group | |
09:40 - 10:00 | › First results of photonic-based interferometry with the CHara ARray Integrated Optics Testbed (CHARIOT) - Kevin Barjot, Universität zu Köln = University of Cologne | |
10:00 - 10:20 | › JMMC News & updates - Laurent Bourgès, JMMC - CNRS | |
10:20 - 10:40 | › The Science Explorer : The new digital library of Space Science - Simon Anghel, Laboratoire de Temps et Espace, Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy | |
10:40 - 11:10 | Coffee break | |
11:10 - 12:30 | Stellar Disks | (+) |
11:10 - 11:30 | › Probing the disks around young stellar objects in terrestrial orbits with GRAVITY at VLTI - Karine Perraut, Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble | |
11:30 - 11:50 | › Chromatic Imaging and Modeling of l Puppis with VLTI/MATISSE: Unveiling Disc Asymmetries in B[e] Stars - Margaux Abello, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur | |
11:50 - 12:10 | › Imaging the inner AU of Young Stellar Objects - Noura Ibrahim, University of Michigan [Ann Arbor] | |
12:10 - 12:30 | › HD 143006: Interferometric Confirmation of Misaligned Protoplanetary Disc with CHARA/MIRCX and VLTI/PIONIER - Isabelle Codron, University of Exeter | |
12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
14:00 - 15:30 | Partner Interferometers, Instruments, and CHARA Staff Updates | (+) |
14:00 - 14:20 | › Current Status of the Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer - David Buscher, University of Cambridge | |
14:20 - 14:40 | › Updates from the VLTI - Antoine Merand, European Southern Observatory | |
14:40 - 15:00 | › SPINER: Testing the feasibility of a spectro-interferometric-échelle beam combiner. - Jeronimo Calderon Gomez, Université Côte d'Azur, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata [Roma, Italia] = University of Rome Tor Vergata [Rome, Italy] = Université de Rome Tor Vergata [Rome, Italie] | |
15:00 - 15:15 | › Dual-Star Interferometry at the CHARA Array - Narsireddy Anugu, CHARA | |
15:15 - 15:30 | › Overview of Modifications to the CHARA Array Delay Lines - Nils Turner, Georgia State University - CHARA Array | |
15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee break | |
16:00 - 17:30 | CHARA Staff Updates and Stellar Fundamental Parameters | (+) |
16:00 - 16:15 | › CHARA Operations and Scheduling - Christopher Farrington, CHARA (Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy) Array | |
16:15 - 16:30 | › CHARA Remote Operations and Data Access - Jeremy Jones, CHARA (Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy) Array | |
16:30 - 16:50 | › One big exoplanet family: A detailed look into the properties of the HD 219134 multi-planet system - Ashley Elliott, Department of Physics & Astronomy [Louisiana State University] | |
16:50 - 17:10 | › A Study of Rotation, Convection, and Activity Across the Kraft Break - Colin Kane, Georgia State University | |
17:10 - 17:30 | › Interferometry and Sun-like Stars - Rachael Roettenbacher, University of Michigan |
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Time | Event | (+) |
09:00 - 10:40 | Stellar Fundamental Parameters and Binary Stars | (+) |
09:00 - 09:20 | › Determination of fundamental parameters of stars using Interferometry. - N. Ebrahimkutty, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur | |
09:20 - 09:40 | › Uncoupling Gaia's blended binaries with Heimdallr and CHARA: precision masses for Galactic archaeology - Ireland Michael, Australian National University | |
09:40 - 10:00 | › Calibrating asteroseismology scaling relation by CHARA observation on Gaia binaries - Yi Lu, School of Physics and Astronomy [Exeter] | |
10:00 - 10:20 | › First results of the CHARA/SPICA ISSP binary program - Juraj Jonák, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur | |
10:20 - 10:40 | › The Radius Inflation Problem: Ditching Eclipsing Binaries - Becky Flores, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Georgia State University, The Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy Array | |
10:40 - 11:10 | Coffee break | |
11:10 - 12:30 | The Future of CHARA and Optical Interferometry | (+) |
11:10 - 11:30 | › Summary of the long-term prospective meeting, April 25th 2025 - Denis Mourard, Laboratoire Lagrange (OCA, UNS, CNRS) | |
11:30 - 12:30 | › Discussion of the short- and long-term priorities for CHARA - Gail Schaefer, The Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy Array - Douglas Gies, CHARA | |
12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch |