International Conference
Zdeněk Kopal's Binary Star Legacy
Litomyšl, 31. 3. - 4. 4. 2004, Czech Republic
Wednesday 31 March
10:00 OPENING
10:30 I. INTRODUCTION: REMINISCENCES AND APPRECIATION OF A GREAT ASTRONOMER
A. Batten: Digging foundations for the "Royal Road" (I45)
E. Budding: One Fellow's View of the "Royal Road" (I45)
12:00 Lunch
14:00
M. Kitamura: Reminiscences of a Japanese contemporary (I45)
M. Solc: RR CrB and Algol - the first and last star in Zdenek Kopal's life with binaries (C30)
A.M. Cherepashchuk: Atmospheric eclipses in WR+O binaries: from Kopal and Shapley to present days (I45)
16:00 Coffee break
16:30
Poster session I. (oral presentation of posters, 3 minutes each)
Poster session II.(oral presentation of posters, 3 minutes each)
18:00 Dinner
20:00 Welcome reception and poster exhibition
Thursday 1 April
09:00 II. BINARY STAR MORPHOLOGY AND DYNAMICAL ASPECTS
I. Pustylnik: Resolving the Algol paradox and Kopal's classification of close binaries with evolutionary implications (I45)
C.L. Goudas: The global solution of dynamical systems (C30)
10:30 Coffee break
11:00
H. Rovithis-Livaniou: Period variations of close binaries (I45)
I.M. Volkov: The unique binary system alpha CrB (C15)
12:00 Lunch
13:30
P. Mayer: Triple and multiple systems (I45)
W. Van Hamme: Estimation of light time effects for close binaries in triple systems (C30)
V. Bakis: On the astrometric solution of the triple system XY Leo (C15)
D. Chochol: V475 Sct (Nova Scuti 2003) - binary or triple system? (C15)
A. Dariush: Photometric observations and apsidal motion study of V1143 Cyg (C15)
15:30 Coffee break
16:00
N. Samus: Intrinsic variables as components of close binaries (I45)
P. Koubsky: Be stars in binaries (C15)
A. Budovicova: Orbital solution of omicron And using spectral disentangling (C15)
Z. Sima: Mass limit of mass transfer in close binaries (C15)
S. Csizmadia: Physical processes in contact binary stars: mass and luminosity transfer (C15)
18:00 Dinner
20:00
Opera - V. Zouhar: Coronide (performance in the castle's theatre)
Friday 2 April
9:00 III. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS AND NUMERICAL MODELLING
III.1 SOLUTION OF ECLIPSE LIGHT CURVES
R.E. Wilson: Generalized eclipsing binary models (I45)
O. Demircan: Basic functions of the light curve analysis of eclipsing binaries in the frequency domain (I45)
10:30 Coffee break
11:00
D. Terrell: Photometric mass ratios and parameter recovery from binary star data (I45)
S. Nesslinger: Light curve analysis of early-type close binaries in the LMC (C15)
D. Graczyk: Long period eclipsing binaries in the Magellanic Clouds as distance indicators (C15)
12:30 Lunch
14:00
P. Hadrava: New techniques and limitations of light curve analysis (I45)
I. Pustylnik: A new package of computer codes for analyzing light curves of eclipsing precataclysmic binaries (PCB): application to UU Sge and V477 Lyr (C15)
M. Bauer: Light curve analysis of early-type overcontact systems (C15)
G. Djurasevic: Photometric study of the activity of SW Lac (C15)
15:30 Coffee break
16:00
A. Prsa: Using PHOEBE for binary star modelling - demonstrating usage and assessing perspectives (C15)
B. Kalomeni: Flickering and light-curve variation of the magnetic cataclysmic variable star AM Herculis (C15)
K. Gazeas: CCD photometry and modelling of the overcontact eclipsing binary systems NN Vir and YY CrB (C15)
R. Pazhouhesh: Radial velocity and light curve analysis of the eclipsing binary NN Vir (C15)
K. Yakut: The overcontact binary system V2388 Oph(C15)
18:00 Dinner
20:30
Concert by the Wallinger string quartet
Saturday 3 April
9:00 III.2 EVOLUTIONARY CALCULATIONS FOR INTERACTING BINARIES
P. Eggleton: Evolutionary calculations of low mass systems (I45)
B. de Loore: The evolution of massive close binaries (I45)
B. de Loore: Binary evolution compared to observed Algols (C15)
10:45 Coffee break
11:15 III.3 EXPLORING INTERACTION EFFECTS - MODERN TOOLS
P. Niarchos: Close binaries: a study of proximity effects and gravity darkening based on Kopal's Fourier method (I45)
E. Budding: Multiwavelength Study of the Algol System delta Lib (I45)
12:45 Lunch
13:30
D. Bisikalo: Numerical modelling of mass transfer in close binaries (I45)
T. Marsh: Doppler tomography (I45)
15:00 Coffee break
15:30
K. Pavlovski: An indirect imaging of the accretion disk rim in W Cru (C15)
A. Skopal: Present understanding of the light curves of symbiotic binaries (C15)
R.F. Viotti: Optical and X-ray observations of the symbiotic system AG Dra (C15)
M. Friedjung: Towards an understanding of a radial velocity shift in UV spectra of symbiotic binaries (C15)
Closing comments
17:30
Public panel discussion on Prof. Kopal (in English, translated to Czech)
19:00 Dinner or Folkloristic concert
20:30
Unveiling of a Kopal monument at his birthplace
21:00 Closing reception