2013 Apr 30 FINAL PROGRAM, AAS TCS-3, Giants of Eclipse, Monterey CA, 28 July ± 2 August, 2013 Sunday 28 July 6-8pm Opening reception Monday 29 July Session 1A ± Overview 0900-0910 Griffin & Stencel Introduction and welcome 0910-0945 Edward Guinan Villanova University Atmospheric Eclipses Now and Then: Probes of Stellar and Planetary Atmospheres 0945-1020 Andrea Dupree Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Spectroscopy of Binaries and Friends 1020-1030 Griffin & Stencel Meeting logistics 1030-1100 Break Session 1B - VV Cep stars 1100-1135 Wendy Bauer, Wellesley College The Ultraviolet Spectrum of VV Cephei from Eclipse Through Quadrature 1135-1210 Philip Bennett, Saint Mary©s University The Fundamental Parameters and Chromospheric Structure of the M Supergiant VV Cephei 1210-1230 Bernard Yuhas, Kutztown University First CCD Photometry of the Interacting Binary AF Geminorum 1230-1400 Lunch Session 1C ± Theory 1 1400-1435 Peter Eggleton, LLNL Former Triples among Combined-Spectrum Binaries 1435-1455 Roger Griffin, University of Cambridge Radial-velocity Measurements of Eclipsing and Other Composite-spectrum Binary Systems 1455-1530 Thomas Ayres, University of Colorado Red Giant Atmospheres, through the Lens of UV Spectroscopy 1530-1600 Break 1600-1630 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 Far-Ultraviolet 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 Non-Coronal 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 0900-0935 Brian Kloppenborg* Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy Interferometric results from the epsilon Aurigae eclipse: Its more than just images! 0935-1010 Philip Bennett, Saint Mary©s University What Do We Really Know about ε Aurigae? A Summary of Observational Constraints 1010-1030: Alaina Bradley Apache Point Observatory, NMSU Epsilon Aurigae--Up Close and Personal 1030-1100 Break Session 2B - epsilon Aurigae 2 1100-1135 Robert Stencel, Univ. of Denver Selected results from the epsilon Aurigae eclipse campaign, and what lies ahead 1135-1155 Gary Billings Rockyford Observatory, Alberta Rapid-cadence optical monitoring for short-period variability of ε Aurigae 1155-1230 Richard Pearson, University of Denver Three-dimensional Models of the Epsilon Aurigae Disk System 1230-1400 Lunch Session 2C - epsilon Aurigae 3: Polarimetry 1400-1435 Kathleen Geise, University of Denver Spectrally-Polarized Features in Epsilon Aurigae In and Out of Eclipse 1435-1455 Sloane Wiktorowicz University of California, Santa Cruz High Precision Polarimetry of the Epsilon Aurigae Eclipse 1455-1515 Gary Cole Starphysics Observatory Long Term Broadband Polarimetry of Epsilon Aurigae and Field Stars 1515-1550 John Landstreet University of Western Ontario & Armagh Observatory Measuring the magnetic fields of cool giant and supergiant stars 1550-1620 Break Session 2D ± epsilon Aurigae 4 and Citizen Science 1620-1730 Workshop ± Arne Henden, Citizen Science Wednesday 31 July Session 3A - Chromospheres 0900-0935 Joel Eaton Emeritus ζ Aurigae Binaries as a Probe of Chromospheric Physics 0935-0955 Teznie Pugh Western Ontario University The Spectroscopic Variations of Antares A - Two Timescales of Variation 0955-1030 Graham Harper Trinity College Dublin Periodic Photoexcited Si I Emission in Composite Binaries 1030-1100 Break Session 3B - zeta Aur stars 1100-1135 Elizabeth Griffin Dominion Astrophysical Observatory Observing Stellar Chromospheres 1135-1155 Vladimir Airapetian Sigma Space Corporation The Role of Alfvén Waves in Atmospheric Dynamics of Non-Coronal, Hybrid and Coronal Giants 1155-1230 Daniel Huber NASA Ames Research Center Asteroseismology of Eclipsing Binary Stars using the Kepler Space Telescope 1230-1400 Lunch Session 3C - Theory 2 1400-1435 Manfred Cuntz Univ. of Texas at Arlington Nonmagnetic Heating in Evolved Stars 1435-1455 Milena Ratajczak NCAC Polish Academy of Sciences Detailed Studies of Red Giants in Eclipsing Binaries 1455-1530 Klaus-Peter Schroeder University of Guanajuato Acoustic Heating Versus Magnetic Phenomena: Which Clues Does Observation Give Us? 1530-1600 Lynn Matthews MIT Haystack Observatory Insights into Mass Loss from Evolved Stars from HI 21-cm 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 0900-0935 Harold McAlister Georgia State Univ. Long-Baseline Interferometry of Binary and Multiple Star Systems 0935-0955 Neal Ó Riain Trinity College Dublin Spectro-Interferometry and Radiative Transfer: New Insights into the Chromosphere 0955-1030 Gerard van Belle Lowell Observatory Directly Determined Linear Radii & Effective Temperatures of Giants with Long-Baseline Optical Interferometry 1030-1100 Break Session 4B - Theory 4 1100-1135 Michele Montgomery U Central Florida Gas and dust in disks around CVs and Algols 1135-1205 Andrej Prsa Villanova University Eclipsing Binary Science through the Monocle of Kepler 1205-1230 Panel discussion: Binaries and Big Data 1230-1400 Lunch Session 4C - Algols, CVs and relatives thereof 1400-1435 Mercedes Richards Penn State Univ. Mass Transfer Through the Eyes of Tomography 1435-1455 Geraldine Peters Univ. of Southern California Hot Accretion Spots and Nitrogen Enhancement in Algol-Type Interacting Binary Systems 1455-1530 Steve Howell* NASA ARC Cataclysmic Variables in the Kepler Era 1530-1600 Break Session 4D ± Asteroseismology 1600-1625 Kelly Hambleton Villanova University & UCL Panoramix: The Red Giant Heartbeat Star 1625-1650 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 0900-0935 Arne Henden AAVSO APASS and All Sky surveys 0935-0955 Sumin Tang UC Santa Barbara, Caltech A Mysterious Twin of Epsilon Aurigae 0955-1020 Phillip Reed Kutztown University Using the Third Light Parameter of Eclipsing Binary Star Models to Find Triple Star System Candidates 1020-1100 Break 1100-1130 Tom Ake, STSCI Concluding Remarks End of meeting..