Programme
Monday 15
17:30 Registration
18:30 Welcome Cocktail
Tuesday 16
9:00 - 12:35 MORNING SESSION: The outburst (chairman H. Bond)
20 R. Rutten Opening and welcome address. Adaptive optics developments at the WHT
25+10 A. Henden Optical and IR photometric evolution
25+10 U. Munari Optical spectroscopic evolution
Coffee Break (30 min)
25+10 N.Ashok et al. V838 Mon: Spitzer observations
15+5 N. Evans Infrared observations of V838 Mon
15+5 D.K. Lynch Recent infrared spectroscopy of V838 Mon (2005-2006)
15+5 A. Henden, C. Dahn Results on V838 Mon distance from trigonometric parallax measurements
15:00 - 18:30 AFTERNOON SESSION: Circumstellar and interstellar medium, ejecta (chairman N. Patat)
15+5 S.Desidera, A. Siviero Polarimetric evolution
15+5 J.P. Wisniewski The spectropolarimetric evolution of V838 Mon
15+5 S. Deguchi SiO maser emission in V838 Mon
15+5 M. Claussen Variable SiO maser emission from V838 Mon PPT
15+5 B. Barber Use of BT2 water line list to measure temperature and
column density evolution in V838 Mon
Coffee Break (30 min)
15+5 T. Kaminski Observations of V838 Mon and the nearby region in the
12CO J=1-0, J=2-1 and J=3-2 transitions
15+5 T. Geballe Spectroscopy of carbon monoxide in V838 Mon and what it tells us
15+5 L. Crause Spectroscopy and photometry of V838 Mon at SAAO
15+5 I. Kolka, T. Kipper Spectral variability and binary nature of V838 Mon
Wednesday 17
9:00 - 12:25 MORNING SESSION: Light echo: theory, HST and related events (chairman N. Evans)
25+10 B. Sugerman An introduction to scattered-light echoes
25+10 H. Bond V838 Mon light-echo evolution from HST observations
25+10 N. Patat Light echoes of supernovae
Coffee Break (30 min)
25+10 A. Rest Light echoes of SNe in the LMC
25+10 B. Sparks HST polarimetry of V838 Mon light echo
15:00 - 18:30 AFTERNOON SESSION: Light echo evolution from ground-based observatories (chairman T. Geballe)
15+5 A. Henden USNOFS observations of the echo evolution
15+5 M. Santander Light-echo evolution from ING observations
15+5 L. Crause SAAO observations of the echo evolution
15+5 T. Liimets The light-echo of V838 Mon
Coffee Break (30 min)
15+5 E.L. Martin Spectroscopic gravity sensitive features in the post-outburst
spectrum of V838 Mon
15+5 M. Afsar, H. Bond A young open cluster surrounding V838 Mon
15+5 V. Goranskij Historical light curves of peculiar novae V838 Mon and V4332 Sgr
40 (led by B. Sugerman) Open discussion on V838 Mon light echo
SOCIAL DINNER
Thursday 18
9:00 - 12:15 MORNING SESSION: Related objects and V838 Mon atmospheric parameters (chairman A. Henden)
25+10 T. Kipper Chemical composition of V838 Mon
15+5 Y. Pavlenko Modelling of V838 spectra and SEDs PDF
25+10 D. Banerjee, N. Ashok V4332 Sgr: a decade after its 1994 outburst
Coffee Break (30 min)
25+10 M. Siegel V838 Mon, M31-RV and stellar populations
15+5 S. Kimeswenger V4332 Sgr, V838 Mon - global context and relatives in our Galaxy
15+5 E. Barsukova, V. Goranskij Comparative analysis of blue spectra of the peculiar novae V838 Mon
and V4332 Sgr in the quiet state after their outbursts
AFTERNOON (leaving at 13:30): Visit to the telescopes and dinner in a Canarian style restaurant
Friday 19
9:00 - 12:20 MORNING SESSION: Evolutionary status and outburst mechanisms (chairman T. Kipper)
25+10 T.M. Lawlor Evolution models for V838 Mon: born-again binaries and others
25+10 R. Hirschi The evolution of massive stars
15+5 N. Soker On the main sequence merger model
Coffee Break (30 min)
15+5 A. Retter The planets-capture model of V838 Mon
60 (led by N. Soker) Overall discussion on V838 Mon, origin of eruption,
future observational projects and modeling
AFTERNOON: Beach volley tournament
Saturday 20
ALL DAY: Excursion to the Volcanoes in the South of La Palma
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S. Desidera et al. : Characteristics of planet harbouring stars
A. Konacki et al. : A spectrum of V838 Mon obtained at the Keck telescope in October 2005
A. Newman & A. Rest : A Method for Extracting Light Echo Fluxes Using the NN2 Algorithm
M. Orio & S. Starrfield : High energy observations of V838 Mon
P. Skoda et al. : Photometry and spectroscopy of V838 Mon at outburst maximum in February 2002
N. Matsunaga et al. : Near infrared light echo of V838 Monocerotis ?