The Future of Cool-Star Astrophysics


July 30th - August 3rd, 2001, Boulder, Colorado


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Thursday 2nd August 2001

09:00-10:30am Physical Processes I - Karel Schrijver (Lockheed Martin - Palo Alto) [Chair Juergen Schmitt]
09:00-09:25am General Introduction
09:25-09:40am     Ness: Influence of Radiation Fields on Plasma Diagnostics
09:40-09:55am     Reiners: Differential Rotation on psi Cap from Line Profiles
09:55-10:10am     Morossi: Far-UV Continuum as a Diagnostic for Temperature Structure in G Stars
10:10-10:30am Introduction to Posters; General Discussion
10.30-11:00am coffee break
11:00-12:30pm Physical Processes II - Karel Schrijver
11:00-11:25am Coronal Structure and Processes
11:25-11:40am     Audard: A Study of the Coronal Plasma in RS CVn Binary Systems
11:40-11:55am     Osten: Observations of sigma2 CrB
11:55-12:10pm     Guedel: Stellar Coronae with XMM-Newton
12:10-12:30pm Introduction to Posters; General Discussion
12:30-02:00pm lunch / poster session
02:00-03:30pm Physical Processes III - Karel Schrijver
02:00-02:25pm Detailed Modelling of Atmospheric Phenomena
02:25-02:40pm     Raassen: Temperatures, Densities, Abundances of alpha Cen and Procyon
02:40-02:55pm     McMurry: Dynamic Modeling of the Chromosphere of alpha Tau
02:55-03:10pm     Lobel: Chromospheric Dynamics of Betelgeuse from STIS Spectra
03:10-03:30pm Introduction to Posters; General Discussion
03:30-04:00pm coffee break
04:00-05:00pm Physical Processes IV - Karel Schrijver
04:00-04:15pm Back to the Surface, and out to the Interplanetary Medium
04:15-04:30pm     Gray: Betelgeuse - Observational Constraints on Giant-Cell Convection
04:30-04:45pm     Wood: Mass Loss of Solar-Like Stars from H I Ly-alpha Absorption
04:45-05:00pm Introduction to Posters; General Discussion
05:00-06:30pm poster viewing (social hour / refreshments @ posters)
07:30-10:30pm banquet @ Millennium hotel
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