March 13-17, 2023 / Flatiron Institute / New York City
Full Schedule
All times are US Eastern Daylight
Bolded sessions will be available on zoom
Monday, March 13
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-9:45 Welcome & Introductions (Megan Bedell)
9:45-10:30 Instrument & Data Talks I (Session Chair: Lily Zhao; Remote Chair: Dan Foreman-Mackey)
- 9:45-10:00: Debi Prasad Choudhary -- The Solar-Stellar Spectrograph
- 10:00-10:15: Ryan Cole -- Precision Near Infrared Solar Spectroscopy with a Frequency Comb Calibrated Laser Heterodyne Radiometer
- 10:15-10:30: Carsten Denker -- High-resolution Solar Spectroscopy in the Context of Sun-as-a-Star Observations
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 Instrument & Data Talks II (Session Chair: Serena Criscuoli; Remote Chair: Megan Bedell)
- 11:00-11:20: Alexei Pevtsov -- Sun-as-a-star observations with NSF's SOLIS Facility
- 11:20-11:40: Xudong Sun -- SDO/HMI Observations: Utility in Stellar/Exoplanetary Astronomy
- 11:40-12:00: Guy Davies -- BiSON Sun-as-a-star observations: Over 40 years of data
12:00-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:00 Instrument & Data Talks III (Session Chair: Megan Bedell; Remote Chair: Matteo Cantiello)
- 1:30-1:40: Andrea Lin -- NEID
- 1:40-1:50: Annelies Mortier -- The HARPS-N Solar Telescope
- 1:50-2:00: Joe Llama -- EXPRES
- 2:00-2:10: Ryan Rubenzahl -- A Solar Calibrator for the Keck Planet Finder
- 2:10-2:30: Combined Q&A
- 2:30-3:00: Lily Zhao -- Combining Solar Observations from Four Stabilized Spectrographs
3:00-4:00 Group Discussion (Session Chair: Megan Bedell; Remote Chair: Matteo Cantiello)
4:00-6:00 Reception
Tuesday, March 14
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:30 Modeling Talks (Session Chair: Matteo Cantiello; Remote Chair: Megan Bedell)
- 9:00-9:22: Irina Kitiashvili -- 3D Realistic Modeling of the Sun and Solar-type Stars to Support Disk-Integrated Observations
- 9:23-9:45: Damian Fabbian -- Numerical modeling of solar (and stellar) surfaces
- 9:45-10:07: Mariela Vieytes -- The influence of chromospheric activity on line formation
- 10:08-10:30: Nikola Vitas -- The Curious Case of the Mn I 5394 Å line and its activity sensitivity: 1D versus 3D modeling
10:30-11:15 Coffee Break
11:15-12:00 Variability Talks I (Session Chair: Mariela Vieytes; Remote Chair: Megan Bedell)
- 11:15-11:30: Meetu Verma -- Sunspots formation and decay – observational point of view
- 11:30-11:45: Alex Pietrow -- Center-to-limb variation of spectral lines and their effect on full-disk observations
- 11:45-12:00: Serena Criscuoli -- Modeling Solar Irradiance variability
12:00-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:00 Variability Talks II (Session Chair: Ruth Angus; Remote Chair: Megan Bedell)
- 1:30-1:45: Khaled Al Moulla -- Which Spectral Segments are Optimal for Radial Velocity Extraction?
- 1:45-2:00: Ekaterina Dineva -- Characterization of Chromospheric Activity Based on PEPSI Sun-as-a-Star Spectra and Multiwavelength Disk-resolved Observations
- 2:00-2:15: Andrea Buccino -- Activity cycles in solar-type stars and beyond...
- 2:15-2:30: Sergey Marchenko -- OMI, TROPOMI & Co: the Sun seen by the remote-sensing satellites
- 2:30-2:45: Michael Palumbo -- Understanding and Modeling Granulation Noise with Synthetic Spectra from GRASS
3:00-3:30 Coffee Break
3:30-4:30 Group Discussion (Session Chair: Serena Criscuoli; Remote Chair: Megan Bedell)
Wednesday, March 15
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:00 Breakout Sessions
- Exoplanets
- Stellar Interiors
10:00-10:30 Post-Breakout Recap (Session Chair: Lily Zhao; Remote Chair: Dan Foreman-Mackey)
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break & Group Photo
11:00-12:00 Introduction to Hacking & time to work on pitches (Session Chair: Dan Foreman-Mackey; Remote Chair: Lily Zhao)
12:00-1:30 Lunch
Free afternoon
Thursday, March 16
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:30 Hack pitches (Session Chair: Dan Foreman-Mackey; Remote Chair: Megan Bedell)
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 Unstructured time for work
12:00-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:00 Unstructured time for work + Optional Tutorials
3:00-3:30 Coffee Break
3:30-4:30 Unstructured time for work
4:30-5:00 Hack Day I Wrap-up (Session Chair: Dan Foreman-Mackey; Remote Chair: Megan Bedell)
Friday, March 17
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-9:30 Hack Day II Check-in (Session Chair: Megan Bedell; Remote Chair: Lily Zhao)
9:30-10:30 Unstructured time for work
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 Unstructured time for work
12:00-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:00 Hacking Report-out and Workshop Wrap-up (Session Chair: Megan Bedell; Remote Chair: Lily Zhao)
3:00-3:30 Coffee Break
3:30-5:00 Unstructured time for work