Teaching Team and Agenda

Lecturers

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Meridith Joyce

University of Wyoming

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Yaguang Li

University of Hawaii

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Daniel Lecoanet

Northwestern University → Flatiron Institute

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Mike Zingale

Stony Brook University

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Lieke van Son

Radboud University

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Ebraheem Farag

Yale University

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TAs

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Lynn Buchele

ISTA

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Matteo Cantiello

Flatiron Institute

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Debatri Chattopadhyay

Northwestern University

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Caleb Eastlund

University of Wyoming

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Eliza Frankel

University of Wyoming

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Ducheng Lu

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Sofia Mesini

KU Leuven

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Niall Miller

Univeristy of Wyoming

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Annachiara Picco

KU Leuven

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Tryston Raecke

Caltech

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Lucas de Sa

Heidelberg University

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Andy Santarelli

Yale University

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Meng Sun

NAO, Chines Academy of Sciences

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Josh Wanninger

University of Wyoming

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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

TimeEvent
7:30 AM–8:45 AM Badge Pick-up and 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–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

TimeEvent
7:30 AM–8:45 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–12:00 PM Lab 2: Changing Tempo
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

TimeEvent
7:30 AM–8:45 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
3:30 PM–6:30 PM Free Afternoon
6:30 PM–9:00 PM Social Event (Details TBD)

TimeEvent
7:30 AM–8:45 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 Swirling
12:00 PM–1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM–3:30 PM Lab 3: Stable Relationships
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

TimeEvent
7:30 AM–8:45 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–5:00 PM Catch-up Session
5:00 PM–5:30 PM Graduation Ceremony
5:30 PM–6:30 PM Group Dinner