Program
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