Speaker: Jason P. Aufdenberg

Michelson Postdoctoral Fellow
National Optical Astronomy Observatory
Tucson, Arizona USA


"Infrared Interferometric Gravity Darkening
 Observations and Modeling of Vega"


The talk will describe new techniques for optical
groundbased interferometry, using the largest available
telescopes (e.g. VLT) and arrays (such as CHARA) to
measure the structure of resolved stellar surfaces. 
This is a new frontier for the highest resolution work
in stellar physics, the actual measurement of the shape
of stellar surfaces and the confrontation of these results
with models for stellar interiors and evolution.