Conference Program – November 2024
Sunday, November 24, 2024
Location: University Conference Center
15:00 – 16:30: Participant Welcome and Registration
16:30 – 18:30: Bienvenue Ceremony
Monday, November 25, 2024
Location: University Conference Center
Opening Session Ceremony
09:00 – 09:15: Opening, Welcome, and Host Remarks
Chair: Prof. Abdelmajid Benhida, Cadi Ayyad University
Co-Chair: Prof. Katrien Kolenberg, University of Antwerp/Leuven/Brussels, Belgium
Chair: Prof. Abdelmajid Benhida, Cadi Ayyad University
Co-Chair: Prof. Katrien Kolenberg, University of Antwerp/Leuven/Brussels, Belgium
09:15 – 09:25: Remarks by SOC Member
Speaker: Prof. Robert Szabó, Konkoly Observatory, Hungary
Speaker: Prof. Robert Szabó, Konkoly Observatory, Hungary
09:25 – 09:35: Remarks by the President of Cadi Ayyad University
Speaker: Prof. Blaid Bougadir / Prof. Hafidi Mohamed
Speaker: Prof. Blaid Bougadir / Prof. Hafidi Mohamed
09:35 – 09:45: Remarks by the Dean of FST (Faculty of Sciences and Technology)
Speaker: Prof. Said Rakrak
Speaker: Prof. Said Rakrak
09:45 – 09:55: Remarks by the Dean of FSSM (Faculty of Sciences Semlalia)
Speaker: Prof. Hassan El Mouden
Speaker: Prof. Hassan El Mouden
09:55 – 10:05: Remarks by the Director of Oukaimeden Observatory
Speaker: Prof. Zouhair Benkhaldoun
Speaker: Prof. Zouhair Benkhaldoun
10:05 – 10:30: Coffee Break & Poster Session
Session: Classical Pulsators in Binary Systems
Chair: Prof. Róbert Szabó
10:30 – 11:15: Classical Pulsators in the Gaia Era
Speaker: Vincenzo Ripepi (Invited Speaker)
Speaker: Vincenzo Ripepi (Invited Speaker)
11:15 – 11:30: Waiting for the Legacy: A Pulsating Stars Extensive Search in the Galactic Bulge
Speaker: Susmita Das
Speaker: Susmita Das
11:30 – 11:45: A Novel q-PED Method: Precise Physical Properties of a Merger-Origin Binary Cepheid
Speaker: Felipe Espinoza Arancibia
Speaker: Felipe Espinoza Arancibia
11:45 – 12:00: The Metal-rich RR Lyrae Conundrum: Tracers of the Oldest Milky Way Populations or Young Stellar Binaries?
Speaker: Giuliano Iorio
Speaker: Giuliano Iorio
12:00 – 12:15: The Hertzsprung Progression of Classical Cepheids in the Gaia Era
Speaker: Marcella Marconi
Speaker: Marcella Marconi
12:15 – 12:30: Ultra Long Period Cepheids
Speaker: Ilaria Musella
Speaker: Ilaria Musella
12:30 – 12:45: The Milky Way as Seen by Classical Cepheids
Speaker: Dorota Skowron
Speaker: Dorota Skowron
12:45 – 14:00: Lunch at University Club Restaurant
Chair: Prof. Abdelmajid Benhida
14:00 – 15:30: What JWST Can and Cannot (Yet) Reveal about the Hubble Tension
Speaker: Adam Riess (Nobel Prize)
15:30 – 16:00: Coffee Break & Poster Session
16:00 – 16:45: Waiting for the Legacy: A Pulsating Stars Extensive Search in the Galactic Bulge
Speaker: Massimo Dall’Ora (Invited Speaker)
Speaker: Massimo Dall’Ora (Invited Speaker)
16:45 – 17:30: Flash Poster (Group 1)
Chair: Prof. Katrien Kolenberg
Chair: Prof. Katrien Kolenberg
Participants:
Mahmud Negm Eldin: The Photometric and Spectroscopic Studies for Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae in Close Binary Systems
Chow-Choong Ngeow: Y-band Template Light-Curve for RR Lyrae
Garance Bras: Versatile Templates of Light Curves of Cepheids
Wilma Kiviaho: Interstellar Reddening of Galactic Cepheids
Sayali Kulkarni: RR Lyrae Stars: A Pulsating Window into the Milky Way using J-VAR DR1
Radoslaw Smolec: Towards Consistent Set of Evolutionary and Pulsation Models with MESA
Joseph Mullen: A NUV Analysis of Field RR Lyrae: Leveraging Archival Data and Preparing for Future Surveys
Jae Woo Lee: Absolute Properties of the Oscillating Eclipsing Algol XZ Ursae Majoris
Felipe Espinoza Arancibia: Empirical Instability Strip for Classical Cepheids in the Magellanic Clouds
18:30: Outreach Activity: Public Lecture by Rachael Beaton (in English) at FSSM
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Location: University Conference Center
Session: Numerical Modeling (Pulsation)
Chair: Prof. Radek Smolec
09:00 – 09:45: Recent Theoretical Advancements in Radial Stellar Pulsation Modeling: A Turbulent Topic of the Present
Speaker: Gábor Kovács (Invited Speaker)
Speaker: Gábor Kovács (Invited Speaker)
09:45 – 10:30: To Loop or Not to Loop
Speaker: Sylvia Ekstrom (Invited Speaker)
Speaker: Sylvia Ekstrom (Invited Speaker)
10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break & Poster Session
14:00 – 14:15: The Theory Perspective on the Metallicity Effect of Classical Cepheid Distances
Speaker: Richard Anderson
Speaker: Richard Anderson
14:15 – 14:30: RR Lyrae and Anomalous Cepheids in Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies at Near-Infrared Wavelengths
Speaker: Anupam Bhardwaj
Speaker: Anupam Bhardwaj
14:30 – 14:45: Panchromatic View of the LMC Based on Multi-Phase PL Relations
Speaker: Gautam Bhuyan
Speaker: Gautam Bhuyan
14:45 – 15:00: Toward a Comprehensive Grid of Cepheid Models with MESA: Uncertainties of the Evolutionary Tracks
Speaker: Oliwia Ziółkowska
Speaker: Oliwia Ziółkowska
15:00 – 15:15: RR Lyrae and Population II Cepheids in Galactic Globular Clusters
Speaker: Mauricio Cruz Reyes
Speaker: Mauricio Cruz Reyes
15:15 – 15:30: The SPECTRUM Project: Updating the Physics of Stellar Pulsation Models
Speaker: Giulia De Somma
Speaker: Giulia De Somma
12:30 – 14:00: Lunch at University Club Restaurant
Session: RR Lyrae Stars and Cepheids in Stellar Systems
Chair: Prof. Clara E. Martínez-Vázquez
14:00 – 14:45: Perspectives on the Inner Milky Way via RR Lyrae Variables
Speaker: Zdenek Prudil (Online Invited Speaker)
Speaker: Zdenek Prudil (Online Invited Speaker)
14:45 – 15:00: Exploring Ultra Diffuse Dwarf Galaxies with RR Lyrae Stars
Speaker: Kathy Vivas
Speaker: Kathy Vivas
15:00 – 15:15: Bridging Theory and Observations in Pulsation Properties of Classical Cepheids
Speaker: Mami Deka
Speaker: Mami Deka
15:15 – 15:30: The Galaxy Formation Told by Their Old Variable Stars
Speaker: Giuliana Fiorentino
Speaker: Giuliana Fiorentino
15:30 – 16:00: Coffee Break & Poster Session
16:00 – 16:15: Seismic Masses and Pulsational Properties of RR Lyrae Stars in K2 Globular Clusters
Speaker: Csilla Kalup
Speaker: Csilla Kalup
16:15 – 16:30: Calibrating Population-II Pulsators as Standard Candles Using Gaia Observations of Globular Clusters
Speaker: Bastian Lengen
Speaker: Bastian Lengen
16:30 – 16:45: Can the Hierarchical Formation of the Galactic Halo Explain the Oosterhoff Dichotomy?
Speaker: Emanuela Luongo
Speaker: Emanuela Luongo
18:30: Outreach Activity
● Visits to Educational Homes for School-Aged Girls: Dar Taliba Marrakech
● Presentation of Astrophysics Career Paths: Prof. Kathy Vivas, Dr. Rachael Beaton, Prof. Katrien Kolenberg, Dr. Róbert Szabó
● Visits to Educational Homes for School-Aged Girls: Dar Taliba Marrakech
● Presentation of Astrophysics Career Paths: Prof. Kathy Vivas, Dr. Rachael Beaton, Prof. Katrien Kolenberg, Dr. Róbert Szabó
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Location: Faculty of Sciences Semlalia
Session: Space Photometry of Classical Pulsators
Chair: Prof. Clara E. Martínez-Vázquez
09:00 – 09:45: RR Lyraes and Cepheids from Space: A Massive Topic
Speaker: László Molnár (Invited Speaker)
Speaker: László Molnár (Invited Speaker)
09:45 – 10:30: Secondary Variations of Cepheids and RR Lyrae Stars at Different Timescales
Speaker: József Benkő (Invited Speaker)
Speaker: József Benkő (Invited Speaker)
10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break & Poster Session
Chair: Prof. Kathy Vivas
11:00 – 11:15: Binarity from O-C Diagrams for Blazhko-Modulated Stars
Speaker: Salma Sylla
Speaker: Salma Sylla
11:15 – 11:30: The Original Kepler Data for RR Lyrae Stars: Is This Where the Buck Stops?
Speaker: Geza Kovacs
Speaker: Geza Kovacs
11:30 – 11:45: A Comparative Study of First Overtone Cepheids in the Magellanic Clouds at Multiwavelength: Models vs Observations
Speaker: Kerdaris Kurbah
Speaker: Kerdaris Kurbah
11:45 – 12:00: Does the Blazhko Effect Manifest in Delta Scuti Stars?
Speaker: Emese Plachy
Speaker: Emese Plachy
12:00 – 12:15: Binary Origins of Metal-Rich RR Lyrae
Speaker: Alexey Bobrick
Speaker: Alexey Bobrick
12:15 – 12:30: Circumstellar Matter Around RR Lyrae Stars
Speaker: Gergely Hajdu
Speaker: Gergely Hajdu
12:30 – 14:00: Lunch at Faculty of Sciences Semlalia
Chair: Prof. Rachael Beaton
14:00 – 14:15: Looking Beyond the Regular: Census of Non-Evolutionary Effects on Period Change from O-C Study of 7200+ Magellanic Cepheids
Speaker: Rajeev Singh Rathour
Speaker: Rajeev Singh Rathour
14:15 – 14:30: Chronicles of the Cosmos: The Ancient History of the Local Group Revealed by RR Lyrae Stars
Speaker: Clara Martinez-Vazquez
Speaker: Clara Martinez-Vazquez
14:30 – 14:45: Forget Metallicities: RR Lyrae Distances from Period-Amplitude-Luminosity Relations
Speaker: Cecilia Mateu
Speaker: Cecilia Mateu
14:45 – 15:00: Tracing the Local Group Evolution with Pulsating Variable Stars
Speaker: Matteo Monelli
Speaker: Matteo Monelli
15:00 – 15:15: Classical Pulsators in the Dwarf Irregular Galaxies of the Local Group
Speaker: Maria Tantalo
Speaker: Maria Tantalo
15:15 – 15:30: VELOCE: Constructing RV Curve Templates for Galactic Classical Cepheids
Speaker: Giordano Viviani
Speaker: Giordano Viviani
15:30 – 16:00: Coffee Break & Poster Session
15:30 – 16:00: Flash Poster (Group 2)
Chair: Prof. Katrien Kolenberg
Chair: Prof. Katrien Kolenberg
Participants:
Henryka Netzel: On the Incidence Rate of RR Lyrae Stars with Non-Radial Modes
Young-Beom Jeon: Spectroscopic Observations for RR Lyrae Stars
Rajeev Singh Rathour: Investigating the Pulsation Properties of Classical Cepheids: A MESA-RSP Survey
Bárbara Pozo: Multi-Band Study of the Morphology of RR Lyrae Light Curves
Adrienn Forró: Validation of the RR Lyrae Period Determination in the Pan-STARRS PS1 3π Survey with K2
Matthias Meuleman: A Spectroscopic Study of the Van Hoof Effect and the Tseraskaya-Blazhko Effect in RR Lyrae
Susmita Das: A Comprehensive and Updated Study of BL Herculis Stars
Cecilia Mateu: RR Lyrae Stars as Tracers of More Than Just Old Metal-Poor Populations
18:30: Outreach Activity
● Public Lecture by Prof. Kathy Vivas at FSSM
● Public Lecture by Prof. Kathy Vivas at FSSM
Thursday, November 28, 2024
Location: University Conference Center
Session: Period-Luminosity-Color Relations
Chair: Prof. Jamila Chouqar
09:00 – 09:45: An interferometric view of Binary Cepheids
Speaker: Alexandre Galenne (Invited Speaker)
Speaker: Alexandre Galenne (Invited Speaker)
09:45 – 10:00: Mitigating Random-Phase Errors in Cepheid Variable Star Studies: A Cross-Filter Correction Approach
Speaker: Mahdi Abdollahi
Speaker: Mahdi Abdollahi
10:00 – 10:15: Variable Stars in the Extended Halo of the Ursa Minor dSph Galaxy with Gaia DR3 Data
Speaker: Alessia Garofalo
Speaker: Alessia Garofalo
10:15 – 10:30: Period-Luminosity and Period-Luminosity-Metallicity Relations for Galactic Cepheids and RR Lyrae in the Sloan Bands
Speaker: Weronika Narloch
Speaker: Weronika Narloch
10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break & Poster Session
Chair: Prof. Kathy Vivas
11:00 – 11:15: Binary Cepheids
Speaker: Bogumił Pilecki
Speaker: Bogumił Pilecki
11:15 – 11:30: Towards Self-Consistent PLZ Relations for RR Lyrae Stars
Speaker: Manuel Sánchez Benavente
Speaker: Manuel Sánchez Benavente
11:30 – 11:45: Local Group Distances Based on New Multi-Wavelength PL Relations for Anomalous Cepheids
Speaker: Teresa Sicignano
Speaker: Teresa Sicignano
11:45 – 12:00: RR Lyrae Stars in the Galactic Bulge Region: Insight from 3D Kinematics and Structure
Speaker: Julio Olivares Carvajal
Speaker: Julio Olivares Carvajal
12:00 – 12:15: BLAPs as Hot Counterparts of the Classical Pulsators
Speaker: Paweł Pietrukowicz
Speaker: Paweł Pietrukowicz
12:15 – 12:30: New Theoretical Instability Regions and Pulsational Masses for Blue Large-Amplitude Pulsators
Speaker: Laszlo Molnar
Speaker: Laszlo Molnar
12:30 – 14:00: Lunch at University Club Restaurant
Session: Future Instrumentation, Projects, Data Analysis Techniques
Chair: Prof. Jean Francois le Borgne
14:00 – 14:45: Pulsators as Seen by Alert Brokers
Speaker: Nina Hernitschek (Invited Speaker)
Speaker: Nina Hernitschek (Invited Speaker)
14:45 – 15:00: Light Curve’s Recovery with Rubin-LSST: UnVEiling the Darkness of the Galactic Bulge (VESTALE) with RR Lyrae
Speaker: Marcella Di Criscienzo
Speaker: Marcella Di Criscienzo
15:00 – 15:15: Metallicity of RR Lyrae Stars Computed with Machine Learning and Deep Learning Algorithms
Speaker: Tatiana Muraveva
Speaker: Tatiana Muraveva
15:15 – 15:30: Spectroscopic Investigation of Anomalous Cepheid Variables
Speaker: Erasmo Trentin
Speaker: Erasmo Trentin
15:30 – 16:00: Coffee Break & Poster Session
16:00 – 16:15: Spectroscopy Study of RR Lyrae Stars to Constrain the Early Formation and Evolution of the Milky Way
Speaker: Karina Baeza Villagra
Speaker: Karina Baeza Villagra
16:15 – 16:30: Calibrating the Surface-Brightness Relation of Cepheids
Speaker: Manon Bailleul
Speaker: Manon Bailleul
16:30 – 16:45: Light Curve Templates of RR Lyrae for LSST Early Science
Speaker: Vittorio Francesco Braga
Speaker: Vittorio Francesco Braga
19:00: Gala Dinner
Friday, November 29, 2024
Location: University Conference Center
Session: Spectroscopy and Interferometry of Classical Pulsators
Chair: Prof. Katrien Kolenberg
09:00 – 09:45: Recent results from the SH0ES Team: HST and JWST photometry of Cepheid variables
Speaker: Louise Breuval (Invited Speaker)
Speaker: Louise Breuval (Invited Speaker)
09:45 – 10:30: Binary Cepheids: Insights from Simulation-Based Approaches
Speaker: Paulina Karczmarek (Invited Speaker)
Speaker: Paulina Karczmarek (Invited Speaker)
10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break & Poster Session
Chair: Prof. Robert Szabo
11:00 – 11:15: Chemistry and Kinematics of RR Lyrae and Classical Cepheids
Speaker: Giuseppe Bono
Speaker: Giuseppe Bono
11:15 – 11:30: Observational Calibration of the p-Factor of RR Lyrae Using the SPIPS Modeling Tool
Speaker: Garance Bras
Speaker: Garance Bras
11:30 – 11:45: The Van Hoof Effect and the Blazhko Effect in the RR Lyr Star
Speaker: Youssef El Jarir
Speaker: Youssef El Jarir
11:45 – 12:00: The Spectroscopic Characterization and Chemodynamical Analysis of RR Lyrae Stars in the DESI Survey
Speaker: Gustavo Medina Toledo
Speaker: Gustavo Medina Toledo
12:00 – 12:15: Humps, Line-Splitting, and Non-Radial Modes Revealed by Spectroscopic Time Series of Classical Cepheids
Speaker: Henryka Netzel
Speaker: Henryka Netzel
12:15 – 12:30: Cepheid Masses: Polaris
Speaker: Nancy Remage Evans
Speaker: Nancy Remage Evans
12:30 – 14:00: Lunch at University Club Restaurant
18:30: Outreach Activity
● Visit and Activities at Schools and the Lyceum in the Village of Amizmiz
● Meeting and Establishment of Astro Clubs (Including Donation of Galileoscopes and Astronomical Books)
● Visit and Activities at Schools and the Lyceum in the Village of Amizmiz
● Meeting and Establishment of Astro Clubs (Including Donation of Galileoscopes and Astronomical Books)
Saturday, November 30, 2024
Location: Optional Excursions
Optional Excursions:
Participants can choose between:
- Oukaimeden Observatory
- Essaouira