Program


Monday, June 18


17:00    Informal Reception (unhosted)

                    

             Days Inn, Swiftsure Restaurant and Lounge

             427 Belleville Street, Victoria, BC V8V 1X3, Phone: 250-389-0839


Tuesday, June 19

(Large Conference Room of the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics)


08:30    Continental Breakfast


09:00    Introduction and Welcome

             Julian Christou (Gemini) (PDF)

              

Recent AO science and perspectives at other large telescopes


09:10    Simone Esposito (INAF)

                New Technologies for AO Systems: Adaptive Secondaries and

                Pyramid Sensors (PDF)

09:30    Norbert Hubin

                AO Science at ESO (PDF)

09:50    Mark Morris (UCLA)

                AO at Keck (PDF)

10:10    Hideki Takami (Subaru)

                Future Instrument Plan of Subaru Telescope with Next Generation

                Adaptive Optics (PDF)


10:30    Coffee


Gemini AO scientific capabilities: present and future possibilities


10:50    Henry Roe (Lowell Observatory)

                Gemini STAC perspectives and desirements

11:00    Julian Christou / Benoit Neichel / (Gemini)

                The Current Gemini AO Suite (PDF1, PDF2)

11:15    Discussion


Scientific Potential of AO Systems


11:30    Ric Davies (MPE)

                Scientific Potential of AO Systems (PDF)


Invited talks from “leaders” of scientific disciplines that include:

    - Brief summary of field and where it is going

    - Prospectives, priorities, how AO can enable or facilitate critical

      observations

    - AO requirements (e.g., Strehl, field size, synoptic signature, guide star

      issues)


11:45    Cosmic Dawn: Searching for the First Stars, Galaxies and

             Black Holes


             Masayuki Akiyama (Tohoku University)

                 Galaxies, quasars and transient objects in the high redshift

                 Universe (PDF)


12:30    Lunch


13:30    Physics of the Universe: Probing Fundamental Science


             Chris Fassnacht (UC Davis)

                 Physics of the Universe: Gravitational Lensing (PDF)

             Kelly Denney (Dark Cosmology Centre)

                 Probing Fundamental Science with AGNs (PDF)


14:30    Galaxies and Clusters: Understanding Galaxy Evolution


             Jessica Lu (IfA)

                 Star Formation in Extreme Environments; Astrometry (PDF)

             Jason Melbourne (Caltech)

                 High Spatial Resolution Studies of Resolved Stellar

                 Populations (PDF)

             Shelley Wright (Dunlap Institute)

                 Adaptive Optics Observations of High Redshift Galaxies (PDF)


16:30    Stars and the Interstellar Medium: The Birth and Lives of Stars


             Gaspard Duchene (Berkeley)

                 The Birth and Life of Stars: Science Cases for a Future Gemini

                 North AO System (PDF)


19:00    Buffet Dinner


             Milestones Grill & Bar, www.milestonesrestaurants.com

             812 Wharf Street, Victoria, BC V8W 1T3, Phone: 250-381-2244

             Complimentary for workshop attendees

             The cost for each guest is $45 CAD - payment can be made by cash

             (Canadian dollars only) or credit card on the first day of the workshop.



Wednesday, June 20

(Large Conference Room of the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics)


08:30    Continental Breakfast


09:00    Julian Christou (Gemini) and SOC

                Summary from Day 1 and Objectives for Day 2


09:30    New Worlds: Exploring Planetary Systems


              Franck Marchis (SETI)

                  Potential of Present & Future AO Systems for

                  Planetary Sciences (PDF)

              Christian Marois (NRC-HIA)

                  High Contrast Exoplanet Imaging @ Gemini (PDF)

              Mike Fitzgerald (UCLA)

                   Formation of Extrasolar Planets (PDF)


10:30    Coffee


11:00    Poster pops

                ~3 minute descriptions of contributed posters

               David Andersen (NRC-HIA)

                    A Comparison of Astronomical Performance Metrics for Potential

                    Gemini-North Adaptive Optics Systems (PDF1, PDF2)

               Mark Ammons (LLNL)

                    Astrometric Follow-Up of GPI Discoveries (PDF)

               Alberto Rodriguez Ardila (LNA/MCTI)

                    Resolving the Coronal Line Region of NGC1068 by means of

                    AO Gemini/NIFS Spectroscopy (PDF)

               Brent Ellerbroek (TMT)

                    A Model for Computing Astrometry Errors Due to Optical

                    Surface Aberrations (PDF)

               Luc Gilles (TMT)

                    PSF Reconstruction for LGS MCAO (PDF)

               I. Iwata (Subaru)

                    Simulating GLAO Observations of Distant Galaxies (PDF)

               Shin Oya (Subaru)

                    Digest of Science Cases Presented at Subaru Next-Generation

                    AO Workshop (PDF)   

               Alexandre Roman-Lopes (ULS)

                    NIR Photometry and Optical/NIR Polarimetry Toward the

                    RCW41 Star-Forming Region (PDF)


12:30    Lunch


13:30    Breakout sessions by topic


16:00    Breakout Session Summaries and round table discussion

             (preliminary) - group leaders


18:00    Informal Gathering (unhosted)

                    

             Days Inn, Swiftsure Restaurant and Lounge

             427 Belleville Street, Victoria, BC V8V 1X3, Phone: 250-389-0839


Thursday June 21

(Large Conference Room of the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics)


08:30    Continental Breakfast


09:00    Breakout Session Summaries and round table discussion

             (continued) - group leaders

                - Incorporating feedback from overnight discussions


10:30    Coffee


11:00    Finalize AO Science Goals and AO Requirements

                - Consensus


12:30    Lunch   


Afternoon free to continue if necessary


End of workshop: Afternoon of Day 3