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Tuesday 17th March 2009

08:30 Registration
09:00 Welcome and introduction Graziella Branduardi-Raymont (UCL/MSSL)
09:10 Atomic processes in plasmas Ehud Behar (NASA/GSFC)
10:10 Basics of spectroscopy Frits Paerels (Columbia)
11:10 Coffee
11:40 Spectroscopic techniques Frank Verbunt (Utrecht)
12:40 Statistics: Velocity profiles Andy Pollock (ESAC)
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Introduction to SPEX Elisa Costantini (SRON)
14:45 Exercises 1: Basics of SPEX, stellar spectra
15:45 Tea
16:15 Exercises 1 (continued): Basics of SPEX, stellar spectra
17:00 Advanced SPEX models: DEM, NEI etc. Jelle Kaastra (SRON)
17:45 End of the day's activities
18:00 Reception - drinks and nibbles (complimentary)
20:00 Closing for the day

Wednesday 18th March 2009

09:00 Exercises 2: Clusters, stars and supernovae
10:45 Coffee
11:15 Plasma codes Randall Smith (SAO)
12:15 SPEX absorption models Katrien Steenbrugge (Oxford)
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Exercises 3: AGN
15:45 Tea
16:15 Current and future spectrometers Frits Paerels (Columbia)
17:00 Closing remarks Graziella Branduardi-Raymont (UCL-MSSL)



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