PARTICIPATION

GENERAL

Conference organised by the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING)

Scientific programme

Final programme
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Times for presentations include questions and discussion

Sunday, May 8 18:00-21:00 Registration, welcome reception and buffet dinner

Monday, May 9 from 08:30 Registration 09:00-09:05 Welcome and opening of the workshop  - R. Rutten 09:05-09:20 Adaptive Optics and the development strategy for the 4.2-m William Herschel Telescope  - R. Rutten   Theme: Achievements of AO-assisted Integral Field Spectroscopy:Galaxies Chair: Roland Bacon 09:20-10:05 Potential science for OASIS with the laser  - S. Morris 10:05-10:35 Near-infrared integral-field spectroscopy of violent starburst environments  - R. de Grijs 10:35-11:00 The use of IFS to decouple the nucleus/host spectra of AGNs  - S. Sanchez 11:00-11:30 Coffee break 11:30-12:00 VLT-SINFONI observation of Mrk609 & NACO observation of SDSS J003542.6+004735.1 - Two showcases for X-ray active galaxies chosen from a sample of AGN suitable for adaptive optics observations with natural guide stars  - J. Zuther 12:00-12:30 Morphology and kinematics of the ionized gas in early-type galaxies  - J. Falcon-Barroso 12:30-13:00 First Results from the SINFONI GTO Program  - R. Davies   13:00-14:30 Lunch break   Chair: Thijs van der Hulst 14:30-15:15 Nearby Early-Type Galaxy Nuclei with OASIS  - R. McDermid 15:15-15:45 Uncovering the origin of activity in galaxies using Integral Field Spectroscopy  - R. Peletier 15:45-16:00 Stellar Populations in Barred Spirals  - S. Cantin 16:00-16:15 Integral field spectroscopy of NGC1068  - J. Allington-Smith 16:15-16:45 Coffee break and workshop group photo 16:45-17:30 AO assisted and integral field spectroscopy of galaxy nuclei  - N. Thatte 17:30-18:00 3D NIR spectroscopy of M 83 central region with subarcsecond resolution  - R. Diaz   18:00-19:00 Drinks served and talk on the island of la Palma by J.M. Castro

Tuesday, May 10 Theme: Achievements of AO-assisted Integral Field Spectroscopy: Stars and Stellar Systems Chair: Paulo Garcia 09:00-09:30 Probing shocked structures in outflows from galactic nuclei and young stellar objects  - G. Cecil 09:30-09:45 SINFONI Observations of Starclusters in Starburst Galaxies  - L. Tacconi-Garman 09:45-10:15 The impact of AO-assisted integral field spectroscopy on brown dwarf research  - E. Martin 10:15-10:45 A new T-association in the Cyg OB7 region  - I. Kovalenko 10:45-11:30 Coffee break and poster session 11:30-12:15 PSF-fitting techniques for crowded field 3D spectroscopy  - M. Roth 12:15-12:45 Probing outflow activity in very low mass objects and brown dwarfs  - E. Whelan 12:45-13:00 Compact stellar groups  - D. Lennon   13:00-14:30 Lunch break   Chair: Gerald Cecil 14:30-15:15 The past and future of starformation with IFSs  - P. Garcia 15:15-15:45 The 3-dimensional structure of outflows from newborn stars from Gemini  - T.L. Beck 15:45-16:15 Outflows from evolved stars with OASIS, NAOMI and GLAS  - R. Corradi 16:15-16:45 Coffee break   Theme: Future instrumentation prospects for science exploitation Chair: Niranjan Thatte 16:45-17:30 Scientific prospects with MUSE at VLT  - R. Bacon 17:30-18:00 GALACSI: The ground-layer AO system for MUSE  - R. Stuik

Wednesday, May 11 Theme: Future instrumentation prospects for science exploitation (continued)   09:00-09:25 NAOMI/OASIS on-sky performance  - C. Benn 09:25-09:45 GLAS: Development of a Rayleigh laser beacon for the WHT  - R. Rutten 09:45-10:15 OSIRIS: Adaptive Optics assisted integral-field spectroscopy at Keck  - A. Quirrenbach 10:15-10:45 SWIFT: An AO-assisted I,z band integral field spectrograph  - M. Tecza 10:45-11:00 Integral Field Spectroscopy with Gemini: Support for IFU data in the Gemini IRAF package  - J. Turner 11:00-11:30 Coffee break and poster session 11:30-12:00 Simulations of extreme adaptive optics and integral field spectroscopy  - A. Berton   Theme: Optimizing scientific return Chair: René Rutten 12:00-12:30 Discussion session: Opportunities for large scale survey observations. Data reduction and calibration issues. Improving the instrumentation suite.   From 12:45 Afternoon visit to the observatory, including lunch