Final programme (October 25)

 

 

The final programme can also be downloaded here

Monday 25 October
 
9.30
Manchado, Arturo: Welcome address
 
Session I - FRAMING THE PROBLEM
Chair: Arturo Manchado
 
9.40
10.35

Bautista, Manuel: Atomic data for neutral and singly ionized species. problems and limitations

11.30
Coffee break
12.00
12.30
13.00
Organization of work groups
 
 
13.30
Lunch
 
 
15.30
Aggarwal, Bautista, Shaw, Wesson. Panel discussion:
    How reliable are uncertainties in atomic data?

    Where are the breakthroughs in atomic data generation likely to be?

    How do current uncertainties limit applications to nebular astrophysics?

    What precision is attainable?
17.00
Coffee break
17.30
Work groups
 
 
 
Tuesday 26 October
 
Session II - SPECIFIC ISSUES
Chair: Jorge García-Rojas
 
9.30
10.00
10.30

Luridiana, Valentina: The new nebular software

11.00
Coffee break
11.30

Shaw, Richard: A comparison between the ELSA and nebular abundance codes

12.10

Bergemann, Maria: Role of input atomic data in spectroscopic analyses of the Sun and metal-poor stars

12.50

Lind, Karin: The impact of new collisional data on stellar abundance determination of Li and Na

 
 
13.30
Lunch
 
 
15.30
Mendoza, Ferland, Shaw, Simón-Díaz. Panel discussion:

    For which ions (including s-process elements) are new, better atomic data urgently required? 

    Which observations might serve as feedback to atomic data calculations?

    Can we trust atomic data? Paradigmatic cases.
17.00
Coffee break
17.30
Work groups
 
 
20.30
Dinner
 
 
 
Wednesday 27 October
 
Session III - ATOMIC DATABASES
Chair: Valentina Luridiana
 
 
 
9.30 Ferland, Gary: The Cloudy atomic data base - future goals
10.00
10.30

Del Zanna, Giulio: Atomic data for astrophysics: calculations, benchmarks and distribution

11.00
Coffee break
11.30

Ferland, Mendoza, Aggarwal, Del Zanna. Panel discussion: Creation of a database and organization of data user communities.

    Is a database a la Mendoza 1983 feasible?

    How should uncertainties be included?

    Which functionalities should be added to allow comparison?

    How can the interaction between users and producers be made more efficient?

12.45
Concluding remarks
 
 
13.15
Lunch
 
 
14.30
Visit to the Teide Observatory
 
 
 
 
 
SUGGESTED TOPICS FOR WORK GROUPS:
 
1) Organization of a user-friendly database 

2) Preparation of a quick start guide for atomic data users: general introduction to the topic, what is what, where to choose, how to assess data, etc. The following is a (very approximate) example of draft:

 
    The atom
 
    Level diagrams of main ions
 
    Spectroscopic notation
 
    What is reported in papers
 
    Experimental vs. theoretical data
 

    Atomic data: how they are determined, typical uncertainties

 

    Collisional data: theoretical vs experimental; how they are computed; different methods; typical uncertainties

 

    What is published in papers; collision strengths vs effective collision strengths.

 
    Databases