High Accuracy Atomic Physics in Astronomy August 7–9 , 2006 [MONDAY]
[TUESDAY] [WEDNESDAY][WORKSHOP HOME] |
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8:30–9:00 |
Coffee and Pastries |
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9:00–9:30 |
Welcome and Tribute to Mike Seaton |
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Session I: Overview: Astrophysical Observations and Atomic Physics |
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| 9:30–10:00 | Claude Canizares: Recent Highlights from the High Resolution Transmission Grating Spectrometer on the Chandra X-ray Observatory | (Abstract) (Presentation) |
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| 10:00–10:30 | Alex Dalgarno: Interactions of the Solar Wind | ||
| 10:30–11:00 | Morning Break | ||
| Session II: The Iron Project: Theoretical Calculations and Data |
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| 11:00–11:30 | Werner Eissner: The Breit-Pauli R-matrix code and magnetic interactions | ||
| 11:30–12:00 | Sultana Nahar: THE IRON PROJECT – ATOMIC RADIATIVE PROCESSES IN THE ASTROPHYSICAL PLASMAS | ||
| 12:00–12:30 | Claudio Mendoza: OPserver: opacities and radiative accelerations on demand | ||
| 12:30–2:00 | Lunch Break | ||
| Session III: Astrophysical Observations and Atomic Measurements |
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| 2:00–2:30 | Andrea Dupree: Cool Stars and Atomic Physics |
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| 2:30–3:00 | E. Silver: X-Ray Measurements Using a Microcalorimeter on an Electron Beam Ion Trap |
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| 3:00–3:30 | Julia Lee: Solid State Astrophysics: Present & Future Prospects | ||
| 3:30–4:00 | Afternoon Break | ||
Session IV: Solar Physics and Abundances |
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| 4:00–4:30 | Gene Avrett: Critical Atomic Parameters in the Calculation of Solar C I-IV and O I-VI Emission Lines | (Abstract) (Presentation) | |
| 4:30–5:00 | John Kohl: The Role of Atomic Physics in Spectroscopic Studies of the Solar Corona | (Abstract) (Presentation) | |
| 5:00–5:30 | Jeremy Drake: | ||
| 5:30–7:00 | Reception – Perkin Lobby | ||
Tuesday, August 8, 2006 Phillips Auditorium |
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| 8:30–9:00 | Coffee and Pastries | ||
Session V: Astrophysical Modeling |
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| 9:00–9:30 | Robert Kurucz: Massive–scale Semi–empirical Calculations of Atomic Data for Opacities and Spectra | (Abstract) (Presentation) |
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| 9:30–10:00 | John Raymond: Accurate Atomic Rates and the Winds from Black Hole Accretion Disks | ||
| 10:00–10:30 | Nancy Brickhouse: Astrophysical Priorities for Accurate X-ray Spectroscopic Diagnostics | ||
| 10:30–11:00 | Morning Break | ||
Session VI: Spectroscopy and Atomic Data |
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| 11:00–11:30 | Peter Storey: Recombination-line spectroscopy - theory and applications | ||
| 11:30–12:00 | Tim Kallman: Sensitivity Analysis Applied to Atomic Data Used for X-ray Spectrum Synthesis | ||
| 12:00–12:15 | Claudio Mendoza: Atomic data for the modeling of K lines in elements with “10≤ Z≤ 20” |
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| 12:15–12:30 | Anil Pradhan: A proposal for improved Iron Project calulations for collision strengths | (Abstract) (Presentation) | |
| 12:30–2:00 | Lunch Break | ||
| Session VII: The Iron Project Progress Reports: I. Collisional Calculations |
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| 2:00–2:15 | Brenden M. McLaughlin: Electron collisions with Fe-peak elements | ||
| 2:15–2:30 | Mike Witthoeft: Excitation calculations along the F-like iso-electronic sequence | ||
| 2:30–2:45 | Marcio Melendez: Electron impact excitation and radiative transition rates for Cr II (Co-authors: Meriela Martinez, Manuel A. Bautista, Connor Ballance) | ||
| 2:45–3:00 | Marcio Melendez: Radiative transition rates and collision strengths for the n=3,4,5,6,7,8 configurations of Ca II (Co-authors: M. A. Bautista & N.R Badnell) | (Abstract) | |
| 3:00–3:15 | Manuel A. Bautista: A large scale representation of Fe II with AUTOSTRUCTURE (First Author: Jorge Troconis) | (Abstract) (Presentation) | |
| 3:15–3:30 | Patrick Palmeri: On the 1S2s2p 4Po5/2 metastable state in the Li-like ions |
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| 3:30–4:00 | Afternoon Break | ||
| Session VIII: The Iron Project Progress Reports: II. Radiative Calculations Chair: Werner Eissner |
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| 4:00–4:15 | John Tully: Z dependence of gf values | (Abstract) (Presentation) | |
| 4:15–4:30 | Sultana N. Nahar: Allowed and forbidden transitions in Fe XIX | (Abstract) (Presentation) | |
| 4:30–4:45 | Brenden M. McLaughlin: Photon Interactions with Atomic Systems: Theory and Experiment | (Abstract) | |
| 4:45–5:00 | Manuel A. Bautista: Photoionization of Fe V around the 3p → 3d core excitation region |
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| 5:00–5:15 | Manuel A. Bautista: Photoionization of neutral Ti and Cr | (Abstract) | |
| 5:15–5:30 | Sultana N. Nahar: Photoionization and electron-ion recombination of Na IX, Na X, Mg X, Mg XI |
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| Wednesday, August 9 Phillips Auditorium | |||
| 8:30–9:00 | Coffee and Pastries | ||
| Session IX: The Iron Project Reports III.: Spectral Analysis |
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| 9:00–9:15 | Peter Storey: The FeXI spectrum near 200 A - constructing an accurate target (Co-authors: Giulio Del Zanna and Helen Mason) |
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| 9:15–9:30 | Franck Delahaye: From accurate atomic data to elaborate stellar modeling | ||
| 9:30–9:45 | Justin Oelgoetz: Combining R-Matrix and non R-Matrix Atomic data for spectral modeling: the Generic Spectral Modeling (GSM) approach | ||
| 9:45–10:00 | Max Montenegro: Application of the new radiative-collisional code GSM in Astrophysics | ||
| 10:00–10:15 | Javier Garcia: On the X-ray reflected spectra from accretion disk models (Co-authors: Timothy Kallman & Sergei Nayakshin) |
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| 10:15–10:30 | Chiranjib Sur: Analysis of Fe XVI Spectra: Atomic Structure calculation using Relativistic Coupled Cluster Theory |
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| 10:30–11:00 | Morning Break |
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Session X: The Iron Project Reports IV.: New Code Development and Databases |
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| 11:00–11:30 | Connor Ballance: An overview of a parallel suite of non-relativistic, semi-relativistic and fully-relativistic R-matrix codes for electron-impact excitation and photoionisation of atomic systems | (Abstract) (Presentation) | |
| 11:30–11:45 | Honglin Zhang: An overview of the Los Alamos suite of atomic physics codes (Co-authors: C.J. Fontes, J.-Jr. Abdallah et al) |
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| 11:45–12:00 | Enrico Landi: Recent advances in the CHIANTI project | (Abstract) | |
| 12:00-12:15 | Enrico Landi: Benchmarking atomic data for X-ray lines | (Abstract) (Presentation) | |
| 12:15–12:30 | Peter Young: Assessing atomic models for forbidden transitions | (Abstract) (Presentation) | |
| 12:30-12:45 | Peter Young: Including ionization and recombination in CHIANTI | (Abstract) (Presentation) | |
| 12:45–2:15 | Lunch Break |
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Session XI: ITAMP/Iron Project: Discussion on New Initiatives |
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| 2:15–3:30 | Contributors: Kate Kirby, Yan Yu, Vijay Sheorey, Enrico Landi, |
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| 3:30–4:00 | Afternoon Break |
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Session XII: Iron Project Business Meeting |
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| 4:00–5:30 | New Coordinator, Next Meeting, Vote of Thanks to ITAMP | ||
Meeting Adjourned |
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