School: The Tenth VLTI School of Interferometry

Published: 19 Feb 2020
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Sophia-Antipolis, France, 6–12 September 2020 

The European Interferometry Initiative (EII) is announcing its 10th OPTICON funded VLTI School. The school is aimed at PhD students, postdocs and astronomers who are new to optical interferometry. The training will address basics of optical interferometry theory, data reduction and interpretation, model fitting, image reconstruction, as well as observation proposals preparation for VLTI. The school’s programme is organised around two themes: one instrumental and one astrophysical. On the one hand, there will be an emphasis on MATISSE, the mid-infrared 4 telescopes beam combiner for VLTI. On the other hand, courses will address the study of young stellar object, protoplanetary discs and planet-hosting stars. The local organising institute is the Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur.  

If you're interested in participating you may also want to read the 2018 VLTI school report in The Messenger. Registration will open in early March 2020 and financial support is available for students (see the school’s website). Additional travel support can be obtained via the OPTICON funded Fizeau Exchange Programme ran by the EII.