ESPRESSO 12th Progress Meeting, Geneva - May 11th-14th, 2015

 
Monday May 11th: Splinters
  14:00 - 14:10Welcome, practical informations
  14:10 - 14:40& Visit of the integration hall
  14:40 - 16:00Splinter 1: Science Software (Auditorium):
GCU, JGO, SSO, VDO, CLO, DSO, ASE
Splinter 2: Executive board closed session (Small room)
Splinter 3: Acceptances (Patio):
MRI, DME, ACA, MAB, PDM, MAM
espresso break
  16:30 - 19:00Splinter 1: Science Software (cont., Small room)
Splinter 4: Spectrograph integration (Small room):
MRI, DME, FPE, HDE, RRL, AFR, FTE, SSA, MAL, IHU
Splinter 5: Fiber Link integration (Patio):
JLR, FPE
 
Tuesday May 12th:
   I. Splinters
  09:30 - 12:00Splinter 4: Spectrograph integration (cont., Small room)
  14:00 - 15:00Splinter 3: Acceptance (cont., Patio):
MRI, DME, ACA, MAB, PDM, MAM
Splinter 6: Electronics (Patio):
MAB, VBA, CMA, IHU
  15:00 - 17:00Splinter 7: CT Barrels (Patio):
ACA, PSA, MRI
   II. Science Day (Auditorium)
Session I Exoplanets
  09:00 - 09:10Welcome (Paolo Molaro)
  09:10 - 09:30Exoplanets' landscape (Francesco Pepe)
  09:30 - 09:45Internal structure of low-mass planets (Carolina Dorn)
  09:45 - 10:00Ground-based transit surveys: ESPRESSO follow-up of NGTS targets (François Bouchy)
  10:00 - 10:15ESPRESSO follow-up of K2-TESS-CHEOPS targets (Christophe Lovis)
  10:15 - 10:30The CARMENES RV surveys (Maria Rosa Zapatero Osorio)
  10:30 - 10:45Targets selection and preparatory studies for the ESPRESSO exoplanets GTO programme (Pedro Figueira)
  10:45 - 11:00Use of ESPRESSO with high-cadence time spectra (Ennio Poretti)
espresso break
  11:20 - 11:40A new algorithm for precise RVs and activity study of M dwarfs (Nicola Astudillo)
  11:40 - 11:55Stellar granulation and activity patterns through 3D MHD simulations of surface convection (Heather Cegla)
  11:55 - 12:10Activity induced RV signals in high resolution spectra of late type dwarfs (Rafael Rebolo)
lunch
 
  14:00 - 14:15The star-planet connection through the metallicity prism (Sergio Sousa)
  14:15 - 14:30Exoplanets transmission spectroscopy with high-resolution spectrographs (Aurélien Wyttenbach)
  14:30 - 14:45Detection of reflected light of exoplanets with high resolution spectroscopy (Nuno Santos)
  14:45 - 15:00Atmospheric studies of exoplanets with HST, JWST and ESPRESSO (David Ehrenreich)
  15:00 - 15:15Laser Frequency Comb experience with HARPS (Gaspare Lo Curto)
  15:15 - 16:00General discussion on GTO program for exoplanets (R. Rebolo, M.R. Zapatero, P. Figueira)
espresso break
Session II Fundamental constants
  16:20 - 16:40Fundamental constants variability: theory (Carlos Martins)
  16:40 - 16:55Fundamental constants variability: observations (Paolo Molaro)
  16:55 - 17:10Target selection criteria for the GTO of fine-structure constant variations (Ana Catarina Leite)
  17:10 - 17:30Inter-galactic Medium studies with ESPRESSO (Valentina D'Odorico)
  17:30 - 17:50Use of ESPRESSO for Cosmology and conclusions of Session II (Stefano Cristiani)
 
  18:00  Social event
  20:00  Meeting Dinner
 
Wednesday May 13th: Reporting Day
  09:00 - 09:15  Project management (DME)
  09:15 - 09:25  Optical bench (FTE)
  09:25 - 09:40  Coudé Train optics and mechanics (ACA)
  09:40 - 09:50  Coudé Train CE and CS (MAB)
  09:50 - 10:00  Front-End (MAL)
  10:00 - 10:10  Exposure Meter (MRI)
  10:10 - 10:20  Calibration Unit (CBR)
  10:20 - 10:30  Laser Frequency Comb (FKE)
espresso break
  11:00 - 11:10  FF LED and Fabry Perot (IHU, FPE)
  11:10 - 12:00  System Engineering (MRI)
& Visit of the integration hall
lunch
  14:00 - 14:10  Fiber Link (JLR)
  14:10 - 14:20  APSU (MRI)
  14:20 - 14:30  Optical mounts (SSA)
  14:30 - 14:40  Spectrograph optics (AFR)
  14:40 - 14:55  Echelle grating (HDE)
  14:55 - 15:05  Cameras (HDE)
  15:05 - 15:15  Scientific detectors (HDE)
  15:15 - 15:30  Dewars and cryo-vacuum system (HDE)
espresso break
  16:00 - 16:30  Science SW (DSO, VDO, CLO)
  16:30 - 16:40  ICE (VBA)
  16:40 - 16:50  ICS (PDM)
  16:50 - 17:00  Vacuum system (IHU)
  17:00 - 17:10  Thermal system (IHU)
  17:10 - 17:20  RAMS (MAM)
  17:20 - 17:50  Paranal News and CREs status (GLC)
  17:50 - 18:00  General discussion and closure of meeting
 
Thursday May 14th: Integration Readiness Meeting
  09:00 - 09:20  Acceptances procedure and acceptances already done. (DME, MRI)
  09:20 - 09:40  MAIT plan (MRI)
  09:40 - 10:00  MAIT management plan (DME)
  10:00 - 10:20  ICD status. (ACA)
  10:20 - 10:30  Calibration plan (CLO, DME)
espresso break
  11:00 - 13:00  General discussion