CHARA Science Meeting 2025 - Sciencesconf.org

8:30 - 9:00 (30min)

Registration

Register and collect name badges.

9:00 - 10:30 (1h30)

Welcome and Overview

MATISSE

Jeremy Jones

› Welcome - Denis Mourard, Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur 09:00-09:10 (10min)

› CHARA Year in Review - Douglas Gies, CHARA 09:10-09:30 (20min)

› Future Plans at the CHARA Array - Gail Schaefer, The Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy Array 09:30-09:50 (20min)

› From rebirth of optical interferometry to its future, some personal recollections. - Pierre Léna, Observatoire de Paris & Université Paris-Cité 09:50-10:10 (20min)

› The promise of quantum interferometry - Stephen Ridgway, NSF's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory 10:10-10:30 (20min)

10:30 - 10:50 (20min)

Coffee break

10:50 - 12:30 (1h40)

SPICA Update, SPICA Science Results, and Evolved Stars

MATISSE

› SPICA progresses in 2024 - Denis Mourard, Laboratoire Lagrange (OCA, UNS, CNRS) 10:50-11:10 (20min)

› Study of surface brightness and magnetic activity of ISSP dwarf stars. - Romina Ibañez-Bustos, Laboratoire Lagrange, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur 11:10-11:30 (20min)

› Surface brightness color relations of Cepheids calibrated by optical interferometry - Manon BAILLEUL, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur 11:30-11:50 (20min)

› Long-term CHARA observations of Binary Cepheids - Alexandre Gallenne, Universidad de Tarapaca 11:50-12:10 (20min)

› Observation of asteroseismic red giant stars with SPICA, MIRCx and MYSTIC - Mathieu Vrard, Université Côte d'Azur 12:10-12:30 (20min)

12:30 - 14:00 (1h30)

Lunch

14:00 - 15:35 (1h35)

CHARA Staff Updates and Evolved Stars

› Current state of CHARA telescopes and Future plans - Nic Scott, CHARA (Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy) Array 14:00-14:15 (15min)

› Progress on the CHARA Michelson Pathfinder Project - Edgar Ligon, CHARA (Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy) Array 14:15-14:30 (15min)

› The new mobile Telescope at the CHARA array - Rainer Koehler, The CHARA Array 14:30-14:45 (15min)

› Updates on adaptive optics systems - Karolina Kubiak, CHARA (Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy) Array 14:45-15:00 (15min)

› Update on Silmaril - Cyprien Lanthermann, CHARA Array - Georgia State University 15:00-15:15 (15min)

› Imaging of Massive Evolved Stars at CHARA - Narsireddy Anugu, CHARA 15:15-15:35 (20min)

15:35 - 16:10 (35min)

Coffee break

16:10 - 17:30 (1h20)

Evolved Stars and Imaging

› Exploring asymmetries in the dusty shell of the semi-regular variable V CVn with CHARA - Nicolaus Steenken, Sternwarte Freimann - Amateur Astronomer 16:10-16:30 (20min)

› Radiative transfer modelling for the stellar merger remnant V838 Mon - Muhammad Mobeen, Nicolaus Copernicus University [Toruń] 16:30-16:50 (20min)

› Radiative transfer simulations for interferometric observations of AGB stars - Jon Hulberg, Catholic University of America 16:50-17:10 (20min)

› Limits of generative models for interferometric imaging - Fabien Baron, Georgia State University 17:10-17:30 (20min)

18:00 - 22:00 (4h)

Banquet

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