Precision Spectroscopy in Astrophysics: Proceedings of the ESO/Lisbon/Aveiro Conference held in Aveiro, Portugal, 11-15 September 2006

Front Matter....Pages I-XXI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Lithium Isotopic Abundances in Stars....Pages 3-8
Lithium Isotopic Abundances in Old Stars....Pages 9-13
Accurate Quantitative Spectroscopy of OB Stars: the H, He and C Spectrum....Pages 15-18
High Resolution Spectroscopy of HgMn stars: A Time of Surprises....Pages 19-20
High-resolution Spectroscopy of Faint Stars with Transiting Planets....Pages 21-24
First Resolved Narrow Line Profiles in Ultracool Dwarfs....Pages 25-28
Physical Parameters of Evolved Stars in Clusters and in the Field from Line-depth Ratios....Pages 29-33
UVES and CRIRES Spectroscopy of AGB Stars: Technetium and the Third Dredge-up....Pages 35-38
Characterisation of the Ursa Major Group....Pages 39-43
[C/O] Observations in Low-[Fe/H] Halo Stars....Pages 45-46
Oxygen Abundances in Metal-poor Stars, from [OI], OI and IR OH Lines....Pages 47-50
Sulphur Abundances in Metal-poor Stars....Pages 51-54
Isotopic Abundances of Eu, Ba, and Sm in Metal-Poor Stars....Pages 55-59
Front Matter....Pages 61-61
Gas-phase Deuterium Abundances, Near and Far....Pages 63-68
Comprehensive Abundance Measurements in Damped Lyα Systems....Pages 69-72
Molecular Hydrogen at High Redshift and the Variation with Time of the Electron-to-proton Mass Ratio, μ = m e /m p ....Pages 73-76
Spectroscopy of QSO Pairs....Pages 77-82
Small-scale Structure of High-redshift OVI Absorption Systems....Pages 83-84
Hot Halos around High-Redshift Galaxies....Pages 85-86
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
Astrophysical Probes of Fundamental Physics....Pages 89-94
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
Revisiting VLT/UVES Constraints on a Varying Fine-structure Constant....Pages 95-99
On the Variation of the Fine-structure Constant, and Precision Spectroscopy....Pages 101-104
High-Precision Measurements of Δα/αfrom QSO Absorption Spectra....Pages 105-108
Probing Fundamental Constant Evolution with Redshifted OH Lines....Pages 109-112
A Molecular Probe of Dark Energy....Pages 113-116
Front Matter....Pages 117-117
Establishing Wavelength Standards in the near Infra-red: Th-Ar....Pages 119-122
Atomic Data for Astrophysics — Parameters Precision, Priorities....Pages 123-128
Optimal Extraction of Echelle Spectra....Pages 129-132
Hydrodynamical Model Atmospheres and 3D Spectral Synthesis....Pages 133-138
Intrinsic Lineshifts in Astronomical Spectra....Pages 139-142
Study of Line Bisectors and its Relation with Precise Radial Velocities in the Search for Extrasolar Planets....Pages 143-144
A Pan-Spectral Method of Abundance Determination....Pages 145-148
Spectroscopic Binary Mass Determination Using Relativity....Pages 149-152
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
Asteroseismology Across the HR Diagram....Pages 155-160
High-Precision Spectroscopy of Pulsating Stars....Pages 161-164
Mapping Atmospheric Motions in Classical and Type II Cepheids....Pages 165-168
Iron Abundances of Southern Double-mode Cepheids from High-resolution Echelle Spectroscopy....Pages 169-172
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Radial Velocity Planet Detection using a Gas Absorption Cell....Pages 175-180
Pushing Down the Limits of the Radial Velocity Technique....Pages 181-184
Transiting Planets: Follow the FLAMES.......Pages 185-189
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Planet Detection Around M Dwarfs: New Constraints on Planet Formation Models....Pages 191-196
Planets Around Giant Stars....Pages 197-200
Planets Around Active Stars....Pages 201-204
A Catalogue of Nearby Exoplanets....Pages 205-206
Determination of the Orbital Parameters of a System with N + 1 Bodies using a Simple Fourier Analysis of the Data....Pages 207-210
Extrasolar Comets....Pages 211-214
Measuring Winds in Titan’s Atmosphere with High-precision Doppler Velocimetry....Pages 215-218
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
The European Large Telescope and its Spectroscopic Instrumentation....Pages 221-226
CRIRES: A High Resolution Infrared Spectrograph for ESO’s VLT....Pages 227-230
Stellar Oscillations Network Group: Asteroseismology and Planet Hunting....Pages 231-234
Interferometric Spectroscopy....Pages 235-238
A Global Network of 2 m-class spectroscopic telescopes....Pages 239-242
Possibility of Heterodyne Correlation Interferometry with a Tunable Laser and Absolute Frequency Measurements....Pages 243-246
Codex....Pages 249-253
Front Matter....Pages 255-255
Precision Laboratory UV and IR Wavelengths for Cosmological and Astrophysical Applications....Pages 257-258
Abundance Analysis of α Centauri A....Pages 259-260
The SB3 Star 74 Aqr: Abundances and Magnetic Field....Pages 261-262
Nitrogen Isotope Ratios in Comets....Pages 263-265
Finding Stable Fits for Extrasolar Planetary Systems....Pages 267-268
Heavy Calcium in CP Stars: A New Isotopic Anomaly....Pages 269-270
Front Matter....Pages 255-255
The Li Abundance and the Age of AB Dor Association....Pages 271-272
Si and Ca Abundances of a Selected Sample of Evolved Stars....Pages 273-274
Abundance Trends with Condensation Temperature in Planet-harbouring Stars: Hints of Pollution?....Pages 275-276
Using the HeII Lyα Forest to Constrain the Temperature of the IGM....Pages 277-278
Production of H 3 + and D 3 + from ( CH 3 ) 2 CO and ( CD 3 ) 2 CO in PDR’S....Pages 279-281
Bisectors as Distance Estimators for Microquasars?....Pages 283-284
Metallicity of Pleiades Dwarf....Pages 285-286
Precision of Radial Velocity Surveys using Multiobject Spectrographs — Experiences with Hectochelle....Pages 287-289
High Resolution Study of the Young Quadruple System AO Vel with an Eclipsing BpSi Primary....Pages 291-292
A Survey for Extrasolar Planets Around A-F Type Stars....Pages 293-294
A Study of the Magnetic Helium Variable Emission-line Star HD 125823....Pages 295-296
bHROS: The High-Resolution Optical Spectrograph at Gemini South....Pages 297-298
Stellar Wobble Caused by a Binary System: Investigation in the Framework of the General Three Body Problem....Pages 299-300
The Chemical Composition of B-type Pulsators: Some Unexpected Results....Pages 301-302
Radial Velocity Precision in the Near-Infrared with T-EDI....Pages 303-304
HD154708 — The Challenging Abundance Analysis of an Extremely Magnetic Star....Pages 305-306
A Search for Disk-Locking in the Chamaeleon I Star Forming Region....Pages 307-308
A Precision Radial Velocity Survey of Red Giants....Pages 309-310
Chromospheric Lines as Diagnostics of Stellar Oscillations....Pages 311-312
Comparing 3D Solar Model Atmospheres with Observations: Hydrogen Lines and Centre-to-limb Variations....Pages 313-314
Front Matter....Pages 255-255
Towards the Detection of Reflected Light from Exo-planets: a Comparison of Two Methods....Pages 315-316
A Correlation Between the Activity Level and the Radial-velocity for Solar-type Stars?....Pages 317-318
Spectroscopic Parameters for a Sample of Metal-rich Solar-type Stars....Pages 319-320
Radial Velocity Search for Extrasolar Planets in Binary Systems....Pages 321-322
Inferring Photospheric Velocities from P Cygni Lines in Type IIP Supernova Atmospheres....Pages 323-324
High-resolution Spectroscopic Characterization of Young Stars....Pages 325-326
TIRAVEL — Template Independent RAdial VELocity Measurement....Pages 327-328