2013 Apr 30

FINAL PROGRAM, AAS TCS­3, Giants of Eclipse, Monterey CA, 28 July – 2 August, 2013

Sunday 28 July 6­8pm Opening reception

Monday 29 July Session 1A – Overview

0900­0910 Griffin & Stencel Introduction and welcome 0910­0945 Edward Guinan Villanova University Atmospheric Eclipses Now and Then: Probes of Stellar and Planetary Atmospheres 0945­1020 Andrea Dupree Harvard­Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Spectroscopy of Binaries and Friends 1020­1030 Griffin & Stencel Meeting logistics 1030­1100 Break

Session 1B ­ VV Cep stars 1100­1135 Wendy Bauer, Wellesley College The Ultraviolet Spectrum of VV Cephei from Eclipse Through Quadrature 1135­1210 Philip Bennett, Saint Mary's University The Fundamental Parameters and Chromospheric Structure of the M Supergiant VV Cephei 1210­1230 Bernard Yuhas, Kutztown University First CCD Photometry of the Interacting Binary AF Geminorum 1230­1400 Lunch

Session 1C – Theory 1 1400­1435 Peter Eggleton, LLNL Former Triples among Combined­Spectrum Binaries 1435­1455 Roger Griffin, University of Cambridge Radial­velocity Measurements of Eclipsing and Other Composite­spectrum Binary Systems 1455­1530 Thomas Ayres, University of Colorado Red Giant Atmospheres, through the Lens of UV Spectroscopy 1530­1600 Break 1600­1630 Poster highlights ** (5 min summaries)

**Posters: Frank J Melillo The Challenge of Observing the Zeta Aurigae Binary Stars Frank J Melillo The Challenge of Observing the Recent Eclipse of Epsilon Aurigae Wendy Bauer A Far­Ultraviolet Spectral Atlas of 31 Cygni Katelyn Ciccozzi Photometric Properties of RW Gem: An Update on the Evolutionary Status Vladimir Airapetian Tracing Magnetic 'Active Regions' in Non­Coronal and Hybrid Cool Giants Joseph Rodriguez Occultation of the T Tauri Star RW Aurigae A by its Tidally Disrupted Disk Philip Bennett Looking on the Dark Side: A Search for the Secondary Spectrum of ε Aurigae Tuesday 30 July Session 2A ­ epsilon Aurigae 1 0900­0935 Brian Kloppenborg* Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy Interferometric results from the epsilon Aurigae eclipse: Its more than just images! 0935­1010 Philip Bennett, Saint Mary's University What Do We Really Know about ε Aurigae? A Summary of Observational Constraints 1010­1030: Alaina Bradley Apache Point Observatory, NMSU Epsilon Aurigae­­Up Close and Personal 1030­1100 Break

Session 2B ­ epsilon Aurigae 2 1100­1135 Robert Stencel, Univ. of Denver Selected results from the epsilon Aurigae eclipse campaign, and what lies ahead 1135­1155 Gary Billings Rockyford Observatory, Alberta Rapid­cadence optical monitoring for short­period variability of ε Aurigae 1155­1230 Richard Pearson, University of Denver Three­dimensional Models of the Epsilon Aurigae Disk System 1230­1400 Lunch

Session 2C ­ epsilon Aurigae 3: Polarimetry 1400­1435 Kathleen Geise, University of Denver Spectrally­Polarized Features in Epsilon Aurigae In and Out of Eclipse 1435­1455 Sloane Wiktorowicz University of California, Santa Cruz High Precision Polarimetry of the Epsilon Aurigae Eclipse 1455­1515 Gary Cole Starphysics Observatory Long Term Broadband Polarimetry of Epsilon Aurigae and Field Stars 1515­1550 John Landstreet University of Western Ontario & Armagh Observatory Measuring the magnetic fields of cool giant and supergiant stars 1550­1620 Break

Session 2D – epsilon Aurigae 4 and Citizen Science 1620­1730 Workshop – Arne Henden, Citizen Science Wednesday 31 July Session 3A ­ Chromospheres 0900­0935 Joel Eaton Emeritus ζ Aurigae Binaries as a Probe of Chromospheric Physics 0935­0955 Teznie Pugh Western Ontario University The Spectroscopic Variations of Antares A ­ Two Timescales of Variation 0955­1030 Graham Harper Trinity College Dublin Periodic Photoexcited Si I Emission in Composite Binaries 1030­1100 Break

Session 3B ­ zeta Aur stars 1100­1135 Elizabeth Griffin Dominion Astrophysical Observatory Observing Stellar Chromospheres 1135­1155 Vladimir Airapetian Sigma Space Corporation The Role of Alfvén Waves in Atmospheric Dynamics of Non­Coronal, Hybrid and Coronal Giants 1155­1230 Daniel Huber NASA Ames Research Center Asteroseismology of Eclipsing Binary Stars using the Kepler Space Telescope 1230­1400 Lunch

Session 3C ­ Theory 2 1400­1435 Manfred Cuntz Univ. of Texas at Arlington Nonmagnetic Heating in Evolved Stars 1435­1455 Milena Ratajczak NCAC Polish Academy of Sciences Detailed Studies of Red Giants in Eclipsing Binaries 1455­1530 Klaus­Peter Schroeder University of Guanajuato Acoustic Heating Versus Magnetic Phenomena: Which Clues Does Observation Give Us? 1530­1600 Lynn Matthews MIT Haystack Observatory Insights into Mass Loss from Evolved Stars from HI 21­cm Line Observations

1600 Evening free OR special outreach reception with representatives from MIRA (Monterey Institute for Research in Astronomy) Thursday 01 August Session 4A ­ Interferometry 0900­0935 Harold McAlister Georgia State Univ. Long­Baseline Interferometry of Binary and Multiple Star Systems 0935­0955 Neal Ó Riain Trinity College Dublin Spectro­Interferometry and Radiative Transfer: New Insights into the Chromosphere 0955­1030 Gerard van Belle Lowell Observatory Directly Determined Linear Radii & Effective Temperatures of Giants with Long­Baseline Optical Interferometry 1030­1100 Break

Session 4B ­ Theory 4 1100­1135 Michele Montgomery U Central Florida Gas and dust in disks around CVs and Algols 1135­1205 Andrej Prsa Villanova University Eclipsing Binary Science through the Monocle of Kepler 1205­1230 Panel discussion: Binaries and Big Data 1230­1400 Lunch

Session 4C ­ Algols, CVs and relatives thereof 1400­1435 Mercedes Richards Penn State Univ. Mass Transfer Through the Eyes of Tomography 1435­1455 Geraldine Peters Univ. of Southern California Hot Accretion Spots and Nitrogen Enhancement in Algol­Type Interacting Binary Systems 1455­1530 Steve Howell* NASA ARC Cataclysmic Variables in the Kepler Era 1530­1600 Break

Session 4D – Asteroseismology 1600­1625 Kelly Hambleton Villanova University & UCL Panoramix: The Red Giant Heartbeat Star 1625­1650 Meredith Rawls New Mexico State University Red Giants in Eclipsing Binaries: Kepler Light Curves, Radial Velocities, and Asteroseismology

Friday 02 August Session 5A – Looking ahead 0900­0935 Arne Henden AAVSO APASS and All Sky surveys 0935­0955 Sumin Tang UC Santa Barbara, Caltech A Mysterious Twin of Epsilon Aurigae 0955­1020 Phillip Reed Kutztown University Using the Third Light Parameter of Eclipsing Binary Star Models to Find Triple Star System Candidates 1020­1100 Break 1100­1130 Tom Ake, STSCI Concluding Remarks End of meeting.