Scientific Program

SOC: Martin Barstow, John Hutchings, Luciana Bianchi, Ana. I. Gómez de Castro, Jeff Linsky, Jayant Murthy, Shingo Kameda, Mikhail Sachkov, Boris Gaensicke.

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24th October
15:00WELCOME
15:05Life-environmentology, Astronomy, and PlanetarY Ultraviolet Telescope Assembly (LAPYUTA) mission: instrument overview and development updatesGo Murakami (Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)
15:20Maturing the Habitable Worlds ObservatoryAki Roberge (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA)roberge_HWO_update_v1
15:45UV Spectroscopy with the Habitable Worlds Observatory: Instrument Capabilities and Technology NeedsKevin France (University of Colorado, USA)france_UVtech4HWO_NUVA2023
16:10ULTRASAT: Revolutionizing our view of the transient universeYossi Shvartzvald (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)Shvartzvald_ULTRASAT_NUVA23
16:25The scientific payload of the Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite (ULTRASAT)Sagi Ben-Ami (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
16:40SPARCS Payload Assembly, Integration and Test UpdatePaul Scowen (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA)Michael_Davis_JUICE_NECP_NUVA_2023
16:55JUICE Ultraviolet Spectrograph Near-Earth Commissioning ResultsMichael W. Davis (Southwest Research Institute, USA)
17:10The Cosmological Advanced Survey Telescope for Optical and UV ResearchTyrone E. Woods (University of Manitoba, Canada)
17:25UK participation in the CASTOR missionRuben Sanchez-Janssen (UK Astronomy Technology Centre)
17:40Future of UV astronomy in the United KingdomM.A. Barstow (University of Leicester/Space Park Leicester, UK)NUVA_241023
17:55Building a master catalogue of unique UV sourcesJuan C. Vallejo (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)JC_Vallejo_catalogo_uv_jcv_vz
25th october
15:00POLLUX and CASSTOR: preparing for high-resolution UV spectropolarimetryCoralie Neiner (Paris Observatory, France)
15:15The Polstar SMEX UV Spectropolarimetry MissionPaul Scowen (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA)
15:30MAUVE : A UV-Vis spectroscopy facility dedicated to studying the magnetic activity of active starsFatemeh Zahra Majidi (Blue Skies Space, Italy)Fatemeh_Zahra_Majidi_Mauve
15:45The Important Roles that IUE Played in Developing UV Spectroscopy from the pre-IUE era to the post-IUE eraJeffrey L. Linsky (JILA/University of Colorado, USA)eNUVA-IUE_Jeff_linsky
16:00On the path to the URIEL: the Ultraviolet Researcher to Investigate the Emergence of LifeAna I Gómez de Castro (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)
16:15The Baryon Cycle: Science Drivers for the Habitable Worlds ObservatoryJ. Christopher Howk (U. Notre Dame, USA)howk-NUVA2023-BaryonCycle
16:30Escaping metal from WASP-189b: Observations from CUTE CubeSatSreejith Aickara Gopinathan (Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences)
16:45Modelling integrated light spectra to study hot stellar components of old stellar populationsThayse Adineia Pacheco (Universidade de São Paulo / Liverpool John Moores University, Brazil)Talk_NUVA_Thayse
17:00Measuring a neutron star radius from ultraviolet and soft X-ray observationsDenis González-Caniulef (Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, France)Denis_Gonzalez_presentation
17:15UV study of blue straggler stars in open cluster NGC 7142 using AstroSatAnju Panthi (Birla Instititute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India)
17:30Constraining the properties of matter in neutron star interiors through UV observationsLuis Rodríguez (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile)
17:45Deciphering the role of star formation on the properties of PAH molecules: JWST and UVIT Perspective»Ujjwal Krishnan (CHRIST Deemed to be University, India)
18:00CASTOR’s high-resolution, UV-blue survey plans for nearby galaxies – POSTERDavid Thilker (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
Update on UVIT FUV imaging of the Small Magellanic Cloud – POSTERDavid Thilker (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
26th october
15:00The Need for Ultraviolet Spectroscopy to Understand PhotometryPeter Brown (Texas A&M University, USA)2023NUVA_UVspectroscopyneeds_Peter_Brown
15:15Microroughness surface scattering modeling of Low Surface Brightness (LSB) and UV observation for MESSIER Surveyor MissionChanggon Kim (Kyung Hee University, Republic of Korea)
15:30Microchannel Plate Detectors for Ultraviolet AstronomySebastian Diebold (IAAT University of Tübingen, Germany)231026_Diebold_NUVA_MCP_for_UV.
15:45Mirror Coating Considerations for the Habitable Worlds ObservatoryPaul Scowen (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA)
16:00Next generation microshutter arrays for the HWOAlexander Kutyrev (NASA GSFC, USA)
16:15Studies of Star Formation in Merging and Interacting Galaxies using the UVITMousumi Das (Indian Institute of Astrophysics)NUVA_mdas_2023
16:30Comparing Properties of Star-Forming Dwarf Galaxy Types using UVIT DataAmrutha. S (Indian Institute of Astrophysics)
16:45Journey into the North-Eastern Outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud with UVIT/AstroSatSipra Hota (Indian Institute of Astrophysics)
17:00AstroSat UV Deep Field – A unique view of the distant galaxiesChayan Mondal (Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), India)
17:15Unlocking Star Formation Secrets: UVIT Insights into Nearby Seyfert GalaxiesPayel Nandi (Joint Astronomy Programe, Indian Institute of Science)
17:30What drives th e wheels of evolution in NGC 1512? A UVIT StudyRobin Thomas (CHRIST, Deemed to be University, India)
17:45The secrets of polar ring galaxies: Insights from UVITAkhil Krishna (CHRIST, Deemed to be University, India)
18:00Theoretical Spectra for Interpreting UV Spectra from New, Large TelescopesSara R. Heap (NASA/GSFC emerita, USA)NUVA_2023_sarah_heap