8–12 April 2013, Wrocław, Poland

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Lecturers:

• Maria Bergemann (Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching, Germany)
• Giovanni Catanzaro (INAF - Catania Astrophysical Observatory, Italy)
• Richard O. Gray (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Appalachian State University, USA)
• Jiøí Kubát (Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic)
• Robert Kurucz (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA)
• Wojciech Pych (Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)
• Tatiana Ryabchikova (Institute of Astronomy RAS, Russia)
• Markus Schöller (European Southern Observatory, Germany)
• Barry Smalley (Keele University, Staffordshire, UK)
• Sergio Sousa (Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto, Portugal)

Programme:

Lectures:

Day 1

• Introduction to the subject of the school. Katrien Uytterhoeven Presentation   Video
• Stellar Atmosphers: introduction. Giovanni Catanzaro Presentation    Video
• How to build a model of the atmosphere and spectrum? Robert Kurucz Presentation    Video
• Atomic data - where to get them, how to use them. Tatiana Ryabchikova Presentation    Video
• Stellar spectral classification. Richard O. Gray Presentation    Video
• Codes for atmospheric model determination: ATLAS 9 and ATLAS12. Robert Kurucz Presentation    Video
• Workshop: Spectroscopic data reduction & normalisation (IRAF). Giovanni Catanzaro Presentation    Video

Day 2

• How to determine effective temperature from spectrum & spectral lines. Barry Smalley Presentation    Video
• How to determine surface gravity from spectrum & spectral lines. Giovanni Catanzaro Presentation    Video
• Effective temperature and surface gravity from photometric methods. Barry Smalley Presentation    Video
• How to determine rotational velocity, microturbulence & macroturbulence. Giovanni Catanzaro Presentation    Video
• Codes & methods of analysis: what do we have on the market. Tatiana Ryabchikova Presentation    Video
• Workshop: Atmospheric model determination: ATLAS9. Tatiana Ryabchikova
• Workshop: Spectrum synthesis, LTE analysis. Spectroscopy Made Easy (SME). Tatiana Ryabchikova

Day 3

• Convection in stars; including micro & macro-turbulence into the analysis. Barry Smalley Presentation    Video
• Diffusion: mechanism of element segregation. Tatiana Ryabchikova Presentation    Video
• Magnetic fields. Markus Schöller Presentation    Video
• Chemically peculiar stars. Markus Schöller Presentation    Video
• Spectroscopic analysis of cool giants/supergiants. Maria Bergemann Presentation    Video
• Workshop: Analysis of equivalent width (ARES/MOOG). Sergio Sousa Presentation

Day 4

• Basics of the NLTE physics. Jiøí Kubát Presentation    Video
• Mechanisms of departures from LTE. Maria Bergemann Presentation    Video
• NLTE analysis of spectra: FG stars. Maria Bergemann Presentation    Video
• NLTE analysis of spectra: OBA stars. Jiøí Kubát Presentation    Video
• Current status of NLTE analysis and perspectives for future. Jiøí Kubát Presentation    Video
• Introduction to DETAIL/SIU. Maria Bergemann Presentation
• Workshop: Spectrum synthesis, NLTE analysis: Spectrum Investigation Utility (SIU). Maria Bergemann, Jiøí Kubát

Day 5

• Problems with atomic data: including all lines. Robert Kurucz Presentation    Video
• What influences the results? Barry Smalley Presentation    Video
• Solar abundances problem. Maria Bergemann Presentation    Video
• The future: analysis of spectra with more complex physical models: NLTE and 3D model atmospheres. Maria Bergemann Presentation    Video
• Southern African Large Telescope (SALT). Wojciech Pych Presentation
• Workshop: 3D analysis: Spectrum Investigation Utility (SIU). Maria Bergemann