2nd CoRoT Brazil Workshop REPORT ON THE Second CoRoT Brazil Workshop (Ubatuba, 2-6th November) 9th CoRoT Week

2nd CoRoT Brazil Workshop IMPORTANT INFORMATION   Brazilian community (CoRoT Weeks occur in the far Europe…) 9th CoRoT Week

Ubatuba

2nd CoRoT Brazil Workshop  Discussion about 9 AP Proposals: AcRo CoRoT Pre-Main-Sequence Stars Planetary Systems   FEASABILITY, EXPECTATIONS, OBSERVATIONAL REQUIREMENTS 9th CoRoT Week

2nd CoRoT Brazil Workshop SESSION 1: The CoRoT Mission - A. Baglin (G. Vauclair): Preparation of the observing programme (the long way people took to arrive to a compromise …) - T. Lam-Trong : Progress report - M. Auvergne (R. Samadi): Calibrations/corrections of the scientific data - L. Boisnard: The mission profile & communications with the satellite 9th CoRoT Week

2nd CoRoT Brazil Workshop - BRAZILIAN CONTRIBUTION : THE GROUND SEGMENT V. Parro: CoRoT P U: software + validation protocol L.P. da Silva: Photometry on defocused stellar images F. Fialho: Optimized photometry (seismo channel) J.E. da Costa: S ky background: correction/calibration 9th CoRoT Week

2nd CoRoT Brazil Workshop - H. Carvalho: The brazilian space program   communications & Earth observations (Brazil-China) - M. Chamon: The Alcantara ground station - J. Braga: CoRoT and MIRAX joint science perspective 9th CoRoT Week

2nd CoRoT Brazil Workshop SESSION 2: The CoRoT Mission as a Tool for Astrophysics -A. Baglin (G. Vauclair): APs: the 1st CoRoT AO (  40 proposals for the first year: clusters & stellar evolution, seismology, microvariability, rotation, binaries, quasars & micro quasars and exoplanetary science ) 9th CoRoT Week

2nd CoRoT Brazil Workshop - A.M. Magalhaes: Polarization signature of extrasolar planets - V. J. Pereira: Magnetospheric accretion in PMS - M. Diaz: CVs with CoRoT 9th CoRoT Week

2nd CoRoT Brazil Workshop SESSION 3: AcRo CoRoT 1: Rotation/Activity - MJ. Goupil: The AcRo CoRoT objectives : (interplay between rotation, convection & stellar activity & with CoroT)  Physical processes controlling R. during  evolution ?  « « « generation of mag. fields ?  Do we understand correctly surface structures ( e.g. spots & granulation ) ? 9th CoRoT Week

2nd CoRoT Brazil Workshop  AcRo CoRoT objective : to be ready when data comes to use them efficiently  teams ( 10 AO Proposals on AcRo CoRoT ! )  Rotation on its « own » : -J.P. Zahn: Angular momentum transport & mixing -D. Reese (MJ. Goupil): Rotation and oscillations: non-perturbative approach 9th CoRoT Week

2nd CoRoT Brazil Workshop  Rotation on its « own » (continued): -A. Moya: Rotationally-induced transport mechanisms: seismic tests - J. Renan de Medeiros & J. Dias do Nascimento: Accepted APs: Stellar angular momentum evolution with the CoRoT mission; The Sun in time: the history of the solar angular momentum. 9th CoRoT Week

2nd CoRoT Brazil Workshop  Stellar Activity/Rotation: - S. Aigrain: Modelling/simulating micro-variability -F. Baudin & R. Samadi: Improved light curve simulator for CoRoT - S. Aigrain: Accepted AP: An unbiased study of rotation and stochastic variability and flaring 9th CoRoT Week

2nd CoRoT Brazil Workshop  Stellar Activity/Rotation (continued): -F. Baudin & R. Samadi: Accepted AP: Characterization of stellar granulation and stellar activity 9th CoRoT Week

2nd CoRoT Brazil Workshop SESSION 3: AcRo CoRoT 2: Rotation/Activity - G. Cutispoto: Stellar variability/microvariability: Spot maps and modelling -A.V.R. Silva: Accepted AP: Spot detection on solar like stars F. Jablonski: Bayesian analysis of CoRoT light curves 9th CoRoT Week

2nd CoRoT Brazil Workshop SESSION 3: AcRo CoRoT 3: PMS Stars -J. Gregorio-Hetem: The PMS thematic team -A. Hetem Jr.: Non-symmetrical protoplanetary disks -V. Ripepi: Accepted AP: Young stars in the field of the open cluster Dolidze 25 - E. Alecian: A pulsating, EB PMS system 9th CoRoT Week

2nd CoRoT Brazil Workshop SESSION 3: AcRo CoRoT 3 (cont.): PMS Stars -C. Torres: Young associations in the CoRoT fields 9th CoRoT Week

2nd CoRoT Brazil Workshop SESSION 3: AcRo CoRoT 4: Rotation & Asteroseismology - MJ. Goupil: Asteroseismology & stellar rotation (seismic measurements of stellar rotation with CoRoT: theoretical expectations + HH results) - R. Garrido: Delta Scuti and Gamma Dor in CoRoT (ground-based X CoRoT data) 9th CoRoT Week

2nd CoRoT Brazil Workshop SESSION 3: AcRo CoRoT– 4 (cont.): Rotation & Asteroseismology -G. Vauclair: Seismology of WD with CoRoT ( CoRoT  angular momentum evolution, amplitude variations, convection, … better models for cosmochronology) 9th CoRoT Week

2nd CoRoT Brazil Workshop SESSION 4: Exoplanets S. Ferraz-mello: The dynamics of extrasolar planetary systems - A.V. R da Silva: Search for planetary candidates within OGLE stars ( method to distinguish between stellar & planetary transits; 28 proposed planets out of 177 OGLE transit stars ; ApJL 2006) 9th CoRoT Week

2nd CoRoT Brazil Workshop SESSION 4: Exoplanets R. de la Reza: Observing debris disks with CoRoT - F. Jablonski: Accepted AP: Search for radio emissions from extrasolar planets using CoRoT observations of stellar variability 9th CoRoT Week

2nd CoRoT Brazil Workshop SESSION 4: Exoplanets M. Vannier: Accepted AP: Photometric detection of the starlight reflection by a « Pegasi » planet - O.C. Winter: Contribution of planetary migration  metallicity of the star 9th CoRoT Week

2nd CoRoT Brazil Workshop SESSION 4: Exoplanets – 2 (cont.) - S. Vauclair: Asteroseismology/abundance comparisons between stars with and without planets: a clue for a better understanding of their formation 9th CoRoT Week

2nd CoRoT Brazil Workshop SESSION 4: Exoplanets – 2 (cont.) - G. Porto-Mello: Astrobiologically interesting stars in the solar neighborhood (ApJ, in the press) -C.A. Wuensche: Why being earth-centered while seeking for life in the outer space ? 9th CoRoT Week

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FURTHER STEP after CoRoT: Boost of Astrobiological studies ?