Topics for this year are:
- Spectroscopy of variable stars
- Model Atmosphere Analysis of Stellar Spectra
- Near Earth Objects spectroscopy
- Radial Velocity for exoplanets
- Spectroscopy instrumentation
- Practical sessions of data processing
- 3D spectroscopy
- Stellar Spectropolarimetry
The Scientific Program is available here as a pdf file.
ArAS First Advanced School of Astrophysics (ArAS SfA-Adv1)
October 16-21, 2021
Arrival Friday Oct. 15, Departure Friday Oct. 22.
Saturday (16 October) Opening Ceremony / Spectroscopy
GMT/UTC Cairo
5:30 - 7:00 07:30 - 09:00 Breakfast & Logistics (Hadia Selim – LOC Chair)
7:00 - 9:00 09:00 - 11:00 Registration
9:00 - 9:45 11:00 - 11:45 Opening Ceremony: Chair: Hadia Selim
Prof. Gad El-Qady - NRIAG President
Zouhair Benkhaldoun – ArAS President
Hadia Selim – LOC Chair
9:45 - 10:00 11:45-12:00 Break
Chair: Zouhair Benkhaldoun
10:00-11:00 12:00-13:00 Model Analysis of spectrum (Mohahed. I. Nouh)
12:00-12:30 14:00-14:30 Hands-on session - photometric data reduction (Ahmed Shokry)
12:30-13:30 14:30-15:30 Lunch
13:30-16:30 15:30-18:30 Hands-on session - spectroscopic data reduction (Ahmed Shokry)
16:30-17:30 18:30-19:30 Dinner
18:30-20:00 20:30-22:00 Observations using Kottamia telescope(s) Team
Sunday (17 October) Spectroscopy Instrumentations / Exoplanets
Chair: Hadia Selim
GMT/UTC Cairo
07:30 - 8:30 Breakfast
07:00-08:00 09:00-10:00 Spectroscopy Overview / ISIS Software (F. Sefyani)
08:00-09:00 10:00-11:00 Measurement of Radial Velocity by Cross Correlation Function CCF (F. Sefyani)
09:00-09:30 11:00-11:30 Break
09:30-10:30 11:30-12:30 Radial Velocity for Exoplanets (Z. Benkhaldoun)
10:30-14:00 14:30-16:00 Lunch
12:30-13:30 14:30-15:30 Exoplanets Observations (Z. Benkhaldoun)
13:30-14:30 15:30-16:30 Preparing to Observe Exoplanets from Oukaimeden Observatory (K. Barkaoui & G. Mourad)
14:30-16:30 16:30-18:30 Q&A session
16:00-17:30 18:30-19:30 Dinner
19:30-20:30 Free time
18:30-20:00 20:30-22:00 Observations using Kottamia telescope(s) Team
Monday(18 October) Practical Sessions of Data Processing
Chair: Hadia Selim
GMT/UTC Cairo
07:30 - 8:30 Breakfast
07:00-09:00 09:00-11:00 (Spectral Data reduction: Sefyani & Benhida - Team)
09:00-09:30 11:00-11:30 Break
09:30-10:30 11:30-12:30 (Python Interface for spectroscopic data reduction: Y. El Jariri)
10:30-12:30 12:30-14:30 Spectral Kottamia data reduction: (F. Sefyani A. Benhida and
Kottamia Team)
12:30-14:00 14:30-16:00 Lunch
14:00-16:30 16:00-18:30 Free Afeternoon
16:30-17:30 18:30-19:30 Dinner
Tuesday(19 October) Spectroscopy of Variable Stars & Stellar Spectropolarimetry
Chair: Ali Takey
GMT/UTC Cairo
7:30 - 8:30 Breakfast
10:00-11:00 9:00-10:00 Asteroseismology: Variable stars (Katrien Kolenberg)
11:00-12:00 10:00-11:00 Spectroscopy of Variable Stars (A. Benhida & F. Sefyani)
09:00-09:30 11:00-11:30 Break
09:30-12:30 11:30-14:30 Hands-on session
12:30-14:00 14:30-16:00 Lunch
14:00-15:00 16:00-17:00 Stellar Spectropolarimetry (Philippe Matias)
15:00-16:00 17:00-18:00 Q&A session
16:30-17:30 18:30-19:30 Dinner
19:30-20:30 Free Time
18:30-20:00 20:30-22:00 Observations using Kottamia telescope(s) Team
Wednesday(20 October) 3D Spectroscopy / Data reduction
Chair: F. Sefyani
GMT/UTC EDT
7:30 - 8:30 Breakfast
06:30-07:00 09:00-10:00 3D Spectroscopy I (Ismael Moumen)
08:00-09:00 10:00-11:00 3D Spectroscopy II (Ismael Moumen)
09:00-09:30 11:00-11:30 Break
09:30-11:00 11:30-13:00 Data reduction and analysis of KFISP photometric Observations
(Ali Takey)
11:00-12:30 13:30-14:30 Hands on session - Data reduction and analysis of KFISP photometric
Observations (Ali Takey)
12:30-14:00 14:30-16:00 Lunch
14:30-16:00 16:30-18:00 Hands on session - Data reduction and analysis of KFISP photometric
Observations (Ali Takey)
16:00-17:30 18:00-19:30 Dinner
17:30-18:30 19:30-20:30 Free Time
18:30-20:00 20:30-22:00 Observations using Kottamia telescope(s) Team
Thursday (21 October) Practical Session / Students presentations
Chair: Zouhair Benkhaldoun & Hadia Selim
GMT/UTC EDT
7:30 - 8:30 Breakfast
06:30-08:00 08:30-10:00 Presentations of students hands on session results - poster/oral
08:00-09:00 10:00-11:00 Presentations of students hands on session results - poster/oral
09:00-09:30 11:00-11:30 Break
09:30-10:30 11:30-12:30 poster/oral students presentation (own work, Ph.D., Master, etc.)
12:30-12:30 12:30-14:30 Q&A session
12:30-14:00 14:30-16:00 Lunch
14:00-15:00 16:00-17:00 Feedback & Discussions
15:00-16:30 17:00-18:30 Closing Ceremony
16:30-17:30 18:30-19:30 Dinner