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Memorie della Società Astronomica Italiana

Supplementi - Vol. 2


- The scientific outlook for Astronomy and Astrophysics Research at the CONCORDIA station:
Recommendations for future developments
Capri, 28-30 aprile 2003
Editors: Eric Fossat and Maurizio Candidi



 

Index 		 p. 3
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Foreword 		 p. 7
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List of Participants 		 p. 9
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Introductory Remarks
 
J.W.V. Storey, M.C.B. Ashley, J.S. Lawrence, M.G. Burton
Dome C---the best astronomical site in the world?  		 p. 13
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Marie-Lise Chanin
An exceptional situation in the Antarctic stratosphere in 2002 		 p. 19
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John Turner
The Meteorology and Climatology of the Antarctic Plateau 		 p. 26
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mm/sub-mm Astronomy
 
Paolo de Bernardis, Silvia Masi
CMB cosmology: current status and experimental trends  		 p. 32
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G. Dall'Oglio, L. Martinis, S. Pascucci, L. Pizzo, L. Sabbatini, L. Valenziano
COCHISE 		 p. 38
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A.Tartari, G.Boella, M.Candotti, M.Gervasi, V.Natale, A.Passerini, G.Sironi, M.Zannoni
Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect studies with MASTER  		 p. 44
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L. Sabbatini, G. Dall'Oglio, R.D. Davies, F. Cavaliere, L. Martinis, A. Miriametro, L. Pizzo, P.A. Russo, L. Valenziano
Observations of HII regions at millimeter wavelengths with the O.A.S.I. telescope at Terra Nova Bay 		 p. 50
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S. Masi, P.A.R. Ade, A. Balbi, J.J. Bock, J.R. Bond, J. Borrill, A. Boscaleri, P. Cabella, C.R. Contaldi, B.P. Crill, P. de Bernardis, G. De Gasperis, A. de Oliveira-Costa, G. De Troia, G. di Stefano, K. Ganga, E.Hivon, V.V. Hristov, A. Iacoangeli, A.H. Jaffe, T.S. Kisner, W.C. Jones, A.E.Lange, P.D. Mauskopf, C. Mactavish, A. Melchiorri, T. Montroy, F. Nati, P.Natoli, C.B. Netterfield, E. Pascale, F. Piacentini, D. Pogosyan, G. Polenta, S.Prunet, S. Ricciardi, G. Romeo, J.E.Ruhl, E. Torbet, M. Tegmark, N.Vittorio
BOOMERanG  		 p. 54
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P. G. Calisse, P. de Bernardis, L. Olmi, L. Piccirillo, G. Sironi, hbox{J. Delabrouille, M. Gervasi, Y. Giraud-Heraud, J. M. Lamarre, S. Masi, P. Mauskopf, F. Pajot, J. W. V. Storey
An International Center for Submillimeter Astronomy at Dome C, Antarctica: Statement of Work  		 p. 62
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G.Boella, M.Gervasi, A.Passerini, G.Sironi, A.Tartari, M.Zannoni
Antarctic activities of the Milano Bicocca Radio Group: a Status Report  		 p. 65
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J.T. Dempsey, J.W.V. Storey, and M.C.B. Ashley
COBBER: A Pocket Cloud Detector for Dome C 		 p. 70
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IR Astronomy
 
Patrick F. Roche
Opportunities in Infrared Astronomy from Dome C 		 p. 74
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Gino Tosti
IRAIT project: future mid-IR operations at Dome C during summer  		 p. 82
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J.S. Lawrence, M.C.B. Ashley, M.G. Burton, and J.W.V. Storey
Australian plans at Concordia 		 p. 88
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N. Epchtein
Infrared Wide Field Spectro-imagery at Dome C  		 p. 92
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M. Ferrari Toniolo
The meaning and the significance of a mid-ir antarctic experiment at Concordia Station 		 p. 97
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C. Abia, I. Domìnguez
A possible scientific case study for the future NIR spectrograph with IRAIT  		 p. 105
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Paolo Persi
Star Formation at Dome C 		 p. 113
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M. Dolci, G. Valentini, O. Straniero
From brown dwarfs to exo-planets: ideas for a study of sub-stellar objects based on mid-infrared photometry at Dome-C 		 p. 119
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M. Fiorucci, P. Persi, M. Busso, S. Ciprini, L. Corcione, G. Tosti
Mid-Infrared Astronomy with IRAIT at Dome C: performances and simulations  		 p. 125
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Visible Astronomy
 
J.P. Maillard, L. Drissen, F. Grandmont, C. Joblin
IR Astronomy at Dome C with a wide-field Imaging FTS 		 p. 131
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Corrado Spogli, Massimo Fiorucci
Mid-IR Observations of Dwarf Novae at Dome C 		 p. 137
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Eric Fossat
Visible Astronomy as well ? Why not ! 		 p. 139
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E. Aristidi, A. Agabi, J. Vernin, M. Azouit, F. Martin, A. Ziad, E. Fossat
First daytime seeing monitoring at Dome C 		 p. 146
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T. Travouillon, M.C.B. Ashley M.G. Burton, J. Lawrence, J.W.V. Storey
Low atmosphere turbulence at Dome C 		 p. 150
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D.W. Kurtz
The next step in photometric ground-based asteroseismology: Probing stellar interiors from the Concordia Station 		 p. 154
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G. Grec, C. Renaud, G. Berthomieu, J. Provost
Asteroseismology of $ \alpha$ Centauri from Concordia 		 p. 162
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Dean-Yi Chou, Ming-Tsung Sun
Earthshine measurements with automated telescopes 		 p. 168
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A. Cacciani, M. Dolci, S.M. Jefferies, W. Finsterle, E. Fossat, C. Sigismondi, L. Cesario, L. Bertello, F. Varadi
A two color pupil imaging method to detect stellar oscillations  		 p. 172
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R.F. Viotti, M. Badiali, A. Boattini, A. Carusi, R.U. Claudi A.M. Di Lellis, C.D. La Padula, M. Frutti, G.R. Lemaitre P. Montiel, D. Nanni, G. Piotto, G.B. Valsecchi, A. Vignato
Wide-field astronomical observations at Dome Concordia 		 p. 177
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G. Severino, V. Andretta, F. Berrilli, E. Cascone, M. Centrone, S. Criscuoli, D. Del Moro, I. Ermolli, F. Giorgi, S.M. Jefferies, M. Magrì, P.F. Moretti, M. Oliviero, L. Parisi, V, Porzio, L.A. Smaldone, Th. Straus
CONCORDIASTRO/Italy: A Solar High-Resolution Observation Program at Dome-C  		 p. 181
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P.F. Moretti, G. Severino, V. Andretta, F. Berrilli, E. Cascone, D. Del Moro, I. Ermolli, L. Parisi, V. Porzio, L.A. Smaldone, Th. Straus,
CASTEL: Capodimonte Antarctic Solar TELescope 		 p. 186
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A. Cacciani, S.M. Jefferies, W. Finsterle, C. Giebink, A. Knox, P. Rapex, B. Subrizi, L. Cesario
Mapping the Sound Speed Structure of the Sun's Atmosphere 		 p. 190
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Interferometry
 
Markus Schöller
Optical interferometry --- A brief introduction 		 p. 194
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L. Piccirillo
A large angular scale CMB polarization experiment for Dome-C  		 p. 200
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M.R. Swain, V. Coude du Foresto, E. Fossat, F. Vakili
The Antarctic Planet Interferometer and the Potential for Interferometric Observations of Extrasolar Planets from Dome C Antarctica 		 p. 207
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V. Coudė du Foresto, M. Swain, J. Schneider, F. Allard
Interferometric spectrophotometry of Pegasides: APISD the Antarctic Plateau Interferometer Science Demonstrator  		 p. 212
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Poster Session
 
J.S. Lawrence, M.C.B. Ashley, M.G. Burton, P.G. Calisse, J.T. Dempsey, J.R. Everett, O. Maher, J.W.V. Storey, and T. Travouillon
The AASTINO: Automated Astrophysical Site Testing INvincible Observatory  		 p. 217
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M. Boër
ARAGO: A Light Robotic Observatory for Dome-C 		 p. 221
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M. Boër
Advantages of Gamma-Ray Burst Follow-up Observations from Dome-C 		 p. 227
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Stefano Ciprini, Maurizio Busso
Mid-infrared Photometry of Carbon Stars and Perspectives for Surveys in the Magellanic Clouds from Dome-C  		 p. 233
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