Teaching Team and Agenda
Lecturers
TAs
Lynn Buchele
ISTA
Caleb Eastlund
University of Wyoming
Matthias Fabry
Villanova University
Eliza Frankel
University of Wyoming
Ducheng Lu
Paris Observatory
Sofia Mesini
KU Leuven
Niall Miller
University of Wyoming
Joey Mombarg
CEA
Annachiara Picco
KU Leuven
Tryston Raecke
Caltech
Lucas de Sa
Heidelberg University
Andy Santarelli
Yale University
Meng Sun
NAO, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mathijs Vanrespaille
KU Leuven
Josh Wanninger
University of Wyoming
Sunny Wong
Carnegie Observatories
Before Arriving
Important: We will not cover installation of MESA. Instead, you should come with the proper versions of the SDK and MESA installed. These versions will be announced here and via email several weeks before the summer school.
Daily Schedule
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 2:00 PM–4:00 PM | Check-in and badge pickup |
| 4:00 PM– | Late check-in and badge pickup (contact Meridith and/or Jared) |
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 7:30 AM–8:30 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:45 AM–9:30 AM | Opening Ceremonies |
| 9:30 AM–10:30 AM | Introduction to MESA |
| 10:30 AM–10:45 AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 AM–12:00 PM | Lab 1: Gyrochronology |
| 12:00 PM–1:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM–1:30 PM | Lab 1: Gyrochronology, continued |
| 1:30 PM–3:30 PM | Lab 2: Exploring MESA Custom Colors |
| 3:30 PM–3:45 PM | Coffee Break |
| 3:45 PM–5:30 PM | Lab 3: Combined age constraints with Asteroseismology |
| 5:30 PM–6:30 PM | Dinner |
| 6:30 PM–8:30 PM | Open Session |
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 7:30 AM–8:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:45 AM–9:00 AM | Discussion of Monday's Labs |
| 9:00 AM–10:30 AM | Lab 1: Finding the Beat |
| 10:30 AM–10:45 AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 AM–11:50 AM | Lab 2: Changing Tempo |
| 11:50 AM–12:00 PM | Group Photo |
| 12:00 PM–1:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM–3:30 PM | Lab 3: Beyond the Core: Echoes of Overshoot |
| 3:30 PM–3:45 PM | Coffee Break |
| 3:45 PM–5:30 PM | Catch-up Session |
| 5:30 PM–6:30 PM | Dinner |
| 6:30 PM–8:30 PM | Open Session |
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 7:30 AM–8:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:45 AM–9:00 AM | Discussion of Tuesday's Labs |
| 9:00 AM–10:30 AM | Lab 1: Place Your Bets: Explode or Implode? |
| 10:30 AM–10:45 AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 AM–12:00 PM | Lab 2: Getting in Debt |
| 12:00 PM–1:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM–3:30 PM | Lab 3: They All Go Broke |
| 3:45 PM–7:15 PM | Excursion: Meet at the parking lot |
| 7:30 PM–9:00 PM | Pizza party!! (with salad and stuff too) |
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 7:30 AM–8:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:45 AM–9:00 AM | Discussion of Wednesday's Labs |
| 9:00 AM–10:30 AM | Lab 1: Give or Take |
| 10:30 AM–10:45 AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 AM–12:00 PM | Lab 2: Stellar Swinging |
| 12:00 PM–1:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM–2:00 PM | Lab 2: Stellar Swinging, cont. |
| 2:00 PM–3:30 PM | Lab 3: Stable Relationships |
| 3:30 PM–3:45 PM | Coffee Break |
| 3:45 PM–5:30 PM | Lab 3 cont. and catch-up Session |
| 5:30 PM–6:30 PM | Dinner |
| 6:30 PM–8:30 PM | Open Session |
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 7:30 AM–8:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:45 AM–9:00 AM | Discussion of Thursday's Labs |
| 9:00 AM–10:30 AM | Lab 1: Evovling a Cepheid onto the instability strip |
| 10:30 AM–10:45 AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 AM–12:00 PM | Lab 2: Linear Analysis in GYRE vs. LNA (from RSP) |
| 12:00 PM–1:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM–3:30 PM | Lab 3: The Hertzsprung Progression (nonlinear modeling of a Cepheid in MESA-star) |
| 3:30 PM–3:45 PM | Coffee Break |
| 3:45 PM–approximately 4:15 PM | Graduation Ceremony |
| approximately 4:15 PM–5:30 PM | Free time |
| 5:30 PM–6:30 PM | Group Dinner |