Workshop Timeline
The workshop will start with a Welcome Reception on October 3rd.
The main scientific sessions with be from October 4th to October 7th.
We are planning an optional hands-on session on calculating atomic data on the final afternoon (Friday, 7th).
Please plan your trip accordingly.
Scientific Programme
Monday, October 3rd
| 17:00 | Welcome Reception and Registration |
| 19:00 | Walk to nearby restaurant (optional, for interested participants) |
Tuesday, October 4th
| 09:00 | Andreas Sander & SOC | Introduction to the Workshop |
| 09:15 | D. John Hillier | Review: Implementation and Requirements of Atomic Data in Stellar Atmospheres |
| 10:15 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 | Joachim Puls | Stellar Abundance Determinations in Hot Stars and their Dependence on Atomic Data |
| 11:30 | Matti Dorsch | (Trans-)Fe elements in Hot Subdwarfs and White Dwarfs |
| 12:00 | Paco Najarro | Massive Stars in the Infrared and the need for expanded atomic data for abundance analyses |
| 12:30 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 | Maria Bergemann | Determination of metal abundances in cool stars |
| 14:45 | Norbert Przybilla | Progress and data needs for line-formation calculations in intermediate to hot
stellar atmospheres |
| 15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00 | Jörn Wilms | Atomic Data in X-ray (astronomical) Spectroscopy |
| 16:45 | Javier Garcia | X-ray Spectroscopy of Astrophysical Environments |
| 17:30 | Peter van Hoof | Nebular Line modelling and the Atomic Line List |
| 18:15 | End of Day 1 |
Wednesday, October 5th
| 09:00 | Stefan Schippers | Review: Laboratory Measurements of atomic data: techniques, advantages and limits |
| 10:00 | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 | Ahmad Tauheed | Energy structure and transition data in the UV regime |
| 11:15 | Henrik Hartman | Laboratory Atomic Astrophysics for near-infrared Stellar Spectroscopy |
| 11:45 | Haris Kunari | Analysis of spectra of atoms/ions recorded using high resolution grating spectrographs and Fourier Transform Spectrometers |
| 12:15 | Pedro Amaro | Dielectronic recombination of highly charged Fe ions |
| 13:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:30 | Natalie Hell | Laboratory X-ray spectroscopy of highly charged ions for astrophysical applications |
| 15:15 | Efrain Gatuzz | Atomic data for high-resolution X-ray spectra |
| 15:45 | Bus trip to MPIK |
| 16:15 | Excursion to Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics (MPIK)
Visit of experiments including introductory presentations |
| 19:30 | Bus back to Heidelberg |
| 20:00 | Conference Dinner (Brauhaus Vetter) |
Thursday, October 6th
| 09:00 | Chintan Shah | Laboratory X-ray astrophysics studies using electron beam ion traps and advanced light sources |
| 09:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:15 | Catherine Ramsbottom | Review: Recent R-matrix atomic data for astrophysical applications |
| 11:15 | Anil Pradhan | The Opacity Project: New calculations of astrophysical opacities using the R-matrix method |
| 12:00 | Sultana Nahar | Radiative atomic processes in astrophysical plasma |
| 12:45 | Lunch Break |
| 14:15 | Giulio Del Zanna | Atomic structure calculations and the CHIANTI database |
| 15:00 | Pascal Quinet | Atomic data calculations for elements beyond the iron group |
| 15:45 | Abdul Wajid | Critical evaluation of energies, wavelengths, and transition probabilities for Co I-like zinc (Zn IV) in the ultraviolet wavelength region |
| 16:15 | Coffee Break |
| 16:35 | Natalia Oreshkina | Astrophysical line diagnosis requires non-linear dynamical atomic modeling |
| 17:20 | Jakob Stierhof | Independent calibration of soft x-ray transitions |
| 18:00 | Public Bus to Bismarckplatz (self-paid) |
| 18:30 | Heidelberg City Tour (with focus on Astronomy, starting at Bunsen-Statue, Altstadt) |
Friday, October 7th
| 09:00 | Charles Cheung | Developing a suite of scalable atomic structure codes |
| 09:45 | Sergio Simon-Diaz | Getting ready for a reliable abundance analysis of a sample of more than 1500 Galactic OB-type stars: motivations and first results |
| 10:15 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 | SOC | Workshop Summary by Klaus Werner, Helge Todt, Sultana Nahar, and Jose Crespo |
| 11:45 | Discussion | Atomic Data Needs and Determination Capabilities |
| 12:45 | Lunch Break |
| 14:15 | Discussion | Follow-up Projects/Collaborations and possible future workshop(s) |
| 15:00 | Coffee Break |
| 15:15 | Ming-Feng Gu | Lecture: Calculating your own atomic data with FAC |
| 16:30 | Sultana Nahar | Hands-on session: Calculating your own atomic data with SUPERSTRUCTURE |
| 17:30 | Coffee Break |
| 18:00 | Sultana Nahar | Hands-on session: Calculating your own atomic data with SUPERSTRUCTURE (continued) |
| 20:00 | Walk to nearby restaurant (optional, for interested participants) |
Invited Poster Presentations
| James Gillanders | The impact of atomic data on the constraints of platinum and gold in the neutron star merger GW170817 |
| Filipe Grilo | Photorecombination and electron-impact excitation of Fe and Sn plasmas (theory and experiment) |
Wolf-Rainer Hamann
Helge Todt | Atomic Data and Dielectronic Recombination in PoWR |
Roel Lefever
Matheus Bernini Peron | Flux-weighted mean opacities and dynamically-consistent atmosphere models |
| Yeisson Osorio | Multi-element NLTE radiative transfer: synergies between NLTE populations of different species |
