Programme and Scientific Sessions
Scientific sessions
- Binaries as Tests of Stellar Evolution Models
- Extreme and Unusual Binaries
- Rapid Phases of Binary Evolution
- Emission line Binaries
- Highest to Lowest Mass Binaries
Programme
Sunday July 1, 2012
| 16:00 – 19:00 | Registration |
Monday July 2, 2012
| 8:00 – 10:00 | Registration |
| 8:30 – 9:00 | Opening Addresses |
| Binaries as Tests of Stellar Evolution Models | |
| 9:00 – 9:30 | Steve Shore : T Pyx and its relation to cataclysmics and the recurrent compact nova systems (Invited talk) |
| 9:30 – 9:50 | Linda Schmidtobreick: SW Sex phenomenon as an evolutionary stage of CVs |
| 9:50 – 10:10 | Markus Schoeller: HgMn stars: cornerstones to understand late B-type multiple star formation |
| 10:10 – 10:40 | coffee–break |
| 10:40 – 11:10 | Krešimir Pavlovski: Probing stellar rotational evolutionary models with a little help of the genetics (Invited talk) |
| 11:10 – 11:30 | Matthias R. Schreiber: Understanding low-mass stars from post common envelope binaries |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Tyl Dermine: The key role of circumbinary discs in post-AGB binaries |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | Kazimierz Stepien: The ultimate fate of low-mass contact binary evolution: planetary system? |
| 12:20 – 12:40 | Maja Vuckovic: Subdwarfs - the Rosetta stones for testing the stellar evolution models |
| Rapid Phases of Binary Evolution | |
| 16:30 – 16:50 | Romuald Tylenda : Mergers of contact binary systems: the case of V1309 Scorpii |
| 16:50 – 17:10 | Barsukova E.A. et al.: Photometric and spectroscopic evolution of the red nova V4332 Sgr |
| 17:10 – 17:40 | coffee-break |
| 17:40 – 18:00 | Nataly Katysheva: The observations of unusual WZ Sge-type system OT J184228.1+483742 |
| 18:00 – 18:20 | Polina Golysheva et al.: Multicolour photometry of unusual dwarf nova star HS 0218+3229 |
| 21:00 | Welcome Reception |
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
| Extreme and Unusual Binaries | |
| 9:00 – 9:40 | Andrej Prsa : The power of eclipses in the era of Kepler and LSST (Review) |
| 9:40 – 10:10 | Laurent Eyer: GAIA Mission (Invited talk) |
| 10:10 – 10:40 | Christian Hummel: Binary studies with the Navy Optical Interferometer (Invited talk) |
| 10:40 – 11:10 | Valeri Orlov : Binary star speckle interferometry and speckle photometry at Telescopes of Observatorio Astronomico Nacional |
| 11:10 – 11:40 | coffee–break |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Kelly Hambleton: Tidal Excitation and Heartbeat Stars |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | Julia Alfonso Garzon: Searching for pulsating stars in eclipsing binaries in the OMC Catalogue |
| 12:20 – 12:40 | Edward Guinan: Eclipsing binaries that Don't Eclipse Anymore |
| 12:40 – 13:00 | Z. Mikulašek, M. Zejda, J. Liska: Visual observations of eclipsing binaries: Use or not to use |
16:00 – 19:00 Visit to the Observatory
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
| Extreme and Unusual Binaries - Epsilon Aurigae |
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| 9:00 – 9:40 | Edward Guinan: Demystifying the Enigmatic Long-Period Eclipsing Binary ε Aurigae (Review) |
| 9:40 – 10:10 | Philip Bennett: What do we really know about Epsilon Aurigae? Observational Constraints and Implications for the Evolutionary State of the F Star |
| 10:10 – 10:30 | Petr Harmanec : A new look into the spectral and light variations of epsilon Aurigae |
| 10:30 – 10:50 | Jan Budaj: Effects of dust on light-curves of eps Aur |
| 10:50 – 11:20 | coffee–break |
| 11:20 – 12:40 | Poster Session |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | Poster Session |
| 17:00 – 17:30 | coffee–break |
| 17:30 – 19:00 | Robert Stencel : Epsilon Aurigae - An Overview of the 2009-2011 Eclipse Campaign Results (Invited talk) and Panel discussion on Eps Aurigae |
Thursday, July 5, 2012
| Extreme and Unusual Binaries | |
| 9:00 – 9:40 | Swetlana Hubrig: Binarity versus magnetic fields in upper main-sequence stars (Review) |
| 9:40 – 10:10 | Alceste Bonanos : Binaries in clusters and local group galaxies (Invited talk) |
| 10:10 – 10:40 | Oleg Malkov : Classification of eclipsing binaries: extreme and unusual systems (Invited talk) |
| 10:40 – 11:30 | coffee–break |
| 11:30 – 11:50 | Jana Nemravova : Unusual quadruple system Xi Tau |
| 11:50 – 12:10 | Daniela Barria: Photometric and spectroscopic analysis of the eclipsing binary DQ Velorum |
| 12:10 – 12:30 | S. Zola, A. Baran: "2M1938+4603" - a unique system to study the reflection effect |
| Emission line Binaries | |
| 16:00 – 16:40 | Bozic, Koubsky, Harmanec : Hot emission-line binaries observed at Hvar (Review) |
| 16:40 – 17:10 | Philippe Stee : Be and other unusual binaries (Invited talk) |
| 17:10 – 17:30 | Anatoly Miroshnichenko: FS CMa Type Binaries with the B[e] Phenomenon: Towards Solving a Long-Standing Puzzle |
| 17:30 – 18:00 | coffee–break |
| 18:00 – 18:30 | Ronald Mennickent : Algol-like interacting binaries with long non-orbital periodicities |
| 18:30 – 18:50 | Vladimir Kolbas: Chemical composition of the components of Algol triple system |
Friday, July 6, 2012
| Highest to Lowest Mass Binaries | |
| 9:00 – 9:30 | Michael Corcoran: High Energy Interactions in Massive Binaries (Invited talk) |
| 9:30 – 10:00 | Slavek Rucinski: Spectroscopic metallicity determinations for contact binary stars (Invited talk) |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Katalin Oláh : Strange active giants in close binary systems (Invited talk) |
| 10:30 – 10:50 | Krisztián Vida : The strange close binary V405 And: the influence of different dynamos on the components |
| 10:50 – 11:20 | coffee–break |
| 11:20 – 11:50 |
R. Chini: A spectroscopic survey on the multiplicity of high-mass stars (Invited talk) |
| 11:50 – 12:10 | Palate Matthieu; Rauw Gregor; Mahy Laurent: Spectral modelling of massive binary systems: the example of LZ Cep |
| 12:10 – 12:30 | Vitaly Goranskij: Photometric evidence of a neutron star in the system of SS 433 |
| 12:30 – 12:50 | Nicola La Palombara: X-ray observations of the compact companions of the sdO stars HD49798 and BD+37 442 |
| 19:00 – 19:45 | D. Ruzdjak, J. Calogovic: 40 godina Opservatorija Hvar (in Croatian) |
21:00 Wine and cheese in a Dalmatian konoba