Lectures and tutorials

Block 1: Observations

  • An optical/UV/IR observational view of massive stars across cosmic time - Miriam García (Centro de Astrobiología, Madrid, Spain)
  • Stellar mass black holes: an observational perspective - Jorge Casares (IAC, Tenerife, Spain)
  • X-ray binaries- Montserrat Armas Padilla (IAC, Tenerife, Spain)
  • Observation and interpretation of gravitational wave events - Nadia Blagorodnova (ICCUB, Barcelona, Spain)
  • An observational perspective of CCSNe and other type of transients connected with the end products of massive star evolution - Takashi Moriya (NAO, Japan)

 


Miriam Garcia

Jorge Casares

Montse Armas Padilla

Nadia Blagorodnova

Takashi Moriya

Block 2: Theory and modelling

  • Stellar atmosphere modelling of massive stars - Joachim Puls (USM, Munich, Germany)
  • Characterization of massive binary systems (including OB+BH/NS systems) - Michael Abdul-Masih (IAC, Tenerife, Spain)
  • Physics of Massive star structure and evolution - Omar Benvenuto (Universidad de La Plata, Argentina)
  • Evolution of massive stars in binary systems - Alejandra De Vito (Universidad de La Plata, Argentina)
  • Population synthesis of massive stars and connection to GW events - Giuliano Iorio (ICCUB, Barcelona, Spain)

 


Joachim Puls

Michael Abdul-Masih

Omar Benvenuto

Alejandra de Vito

Giuliano Iorio

Block 3: Tutorials and hands-on sessions

  • Tutorial on the use of the stellar atmosphere codes - Joachim Puls (USM, Munich, Germany)
  • Tutorial on the computational modelling of single and binary star evolution - Pablo Marchant (Ghent University, Belgium)
  • Tutorial on quantitative spectroscopy of massive single stars - Sergio Simón Díaz & Dr. Sara R. Berlanas (IAC, Tenerife, Spain)
  • Tutorial on quantitative spectroscopy of massive binary stars - Michael Abdul-Masih (IAC, Tenerife, Spain)
  • Tutorial on the use of population synthesis tool SEVN - Maite Echeveste (Osservatorio de Arcetri, Florencia) & Gastón Escobar (IAC, Tenerife, Spain)
  • Tutorial on tools for analysis photometric variability - Gastón Escobar & Gonzalo Holgado (IAC, Tenerife, Spain)

 


Pablo Marchant

Sergio Simón-Díaz

Sara R. Berlanas

Maite Echeveste

Gastón Escobar