13–14 Oct 2022
Dep. of Physics of the University of Coimbra
Europe/Lisbon timezone

Program

 Thursday, 13th of October 
08:30-09:00RegistrationInês Ferreira, Gabriela Lapa
09:00-09:05Welcome + InformationsSonia Antón
09:05-09:15Update on the MW-Gaia programNic Walton
   
 Session: Overview of Gaia & Gaia Alerts 
 Chair: Mariateresa Crosta 
09:15-09:50Overview of  the Gaia missionAnthony Brown
09:50-10:30Gaia Photometric Science Alerts: where we were, where we are, where we are goingSimon Hodgkin
10:30-10:45Machine learning technique for procedures for exocomet hunting in the TESS databaseDaria Dobrycheva
10:45-10:50Transient characterization using the Virtual ObservatoryEnrique Solano
10:50-11:10Coffee-break 
 Session: Distance ladder and Ho tension  
 Chair: Zuzanna Kostrzewa-Rutkoswka 
11:10-11:50Gaia and the Local Distance scaleStefano Casertano
11:50-12:30Trouble with HubbleNils Schoneberg
12:30-13:30Lunch-break 
 Session: Regular Variable Stars 
 Chair: Stefano Casertano 
13:30-13:55Galactic AGB stars as seen by Gaia-DR3 and the VOFran Jiménez-Esteban
13:55-14:20Follow-up study of TCP J18224935-2408280; a symbiotic star identified during the outburstSonith L.S 
14:20-14:45Uncovering the hidden population of symbiotic Manica Perko 
14:45-15:25Regular Variable StarsMarcella Marconi
15:25-15:45Coffee-break 
 Session: Transient Phenomena 
 Chair: Mariateresa Crosta 
15:45-16:25Gaia as a black hole discovery machineLukasz Wyrzykowski 
16:25-16:50Is there a nearby microlensing stellar remnant hiding in Gaia DR3 astrometry?Maja Jablonska
16:50-17:15The impact of gravitational lensing in the reconstruction of stellar orbits around Sgr A*Silvia Pietroni
 Session: Gaia in the Multimessenger era  
 Chair: Federica Bianco 
17:15-17:55Gaia in the Multimessenger era Zuzanna Kostrzewa-Rutkoswka
17:55-18:20 Gravitational waves detection  in the context of relativistic astrometryFederica Santucci 
   
 Friday, 14th of October 
 Session: Active Galactic Nuclei 
 Chair: Jarle Brinchmann 
09:30-10:10AGN, SNe, extended sources, galaxies in the Gaia DR3 variability analysisLaurent Eyer
10:10-10:50QSOs and the Extragalactic Reference FrameBeatrice Bucciarelli
10:50-11:10Coffee-break 
 Session: Active Galactic Nuclei (continue) 
 Chair: Sonia Anton 
11:10-11:35The search for variable AGN with GaiaMaria Carnerero
11:35-12:00Binary supermassive black hole candidate in Stripe 82 regionMarta Fatovic 
12:00-12:25Unveiling the Changing Look   Quasar candidates by studying the extreme Spectral Index Variability and Light curve variability using SDSS and GAIA DR3Sarath SS
12:25-13:30Lunch-break 
 Session:  Tidal disruption events  
 Chair: Laurent Eyer 
13:30-14:10A review of tidal disruption eventsThomas Wevers 
14:10-14:35 The rise and fall of the iron-strong nuclear transient PS16dtmTanja Petrusevska
14:35-15:00The mass fallback rate of the debris in relativistic stellar tidal disruption eventsTaj Jankovič
15:00-15:20Coffee-break 
 Session: Gaia in the framework of  new facilities 
 Chair: Nils Schoneberg 
15:20-16:00The Rubin LSST transients and variable skyFederica Bianco
16:00-16:40PLATO, TESS  and GaiaSusana Barros
16:40-17:20EUCLID and GaiaJarle Brinchmann
17:20-18:00The SKA Observatory view of transients: synergies with GaiaPhilippa Hartley
18:00-18:25Long term follow-up coverage of Gaia alert sourcesRene Hudec