Precision Spectroscopy in Astrophysics: Proceedings of the ESO/Lisbon/Aveiro Conference Held in Aveiro, Portugal, 11-15 September 2006 Book

Abundances and Isotopes
Lithium Isotopic Abundances in Stars   Poul Erik Nissen   Martin Asplund     3
Lithium Isotopic Abundances in Old Stars   Ana Elia Garcia Perez   Susumu Inoue   Wako Aoki   Sean Ryan     9
Accurate Quantitative Spectroscopy of OB Stars: the H, He and C Spectrum   M.F. Nieva   N. Przybilla     15
High Resolution Spectroscopy of HgMn stars: A Time of Surprises   S. Hubrig   C.R. Cowley   F. Gonzalez   F. Castelli     19
High-resolution Spectroscopy of Faint Stars with Transiting Planets   N.C. Santos   C. Melo   F. Pont   T. Guillot   A. Ecuvillon   M. Mayor   S. Udry   D. Queloz   G. Israelian   F. Bouchy   C. Moutou     21
First Resolved Narrow Line Profiles in Ultracool Dwarfs   Ansgar Reiners     25
Physical Parameters of Evolved Stars in Clusters and in the Field from Line-depth Ratios   K. Biazzo   L. Pasquini   A. Frasca   L. da Silva   L. Girardi   A. P. Hatzes   J. Setiawan   S. Catalano   E. Marilli     29
UVES and CRIRES Spectroscopy of AGB Stars: Technetium and the ThirdDredge-up   Stefan Uttenthaler   Hans Ulrich Kaufl   Josef Hron   Thomas Lebzelter   Maurizio Busso   Mathias Schultheis     35
Characterisation of the Ursa Major Group   Matthias Ammler   Eike W. Guenther     39
[C/O] Observations in Low-[Fe/H] Halo Stars   D. Fabbian   P. E. Nissen   M. Asplund   C. J. Akerman   M. Pettini     45
Oxygen Abundances in Metal-poor Stars, from [OI], OI and IR OH Lines   B. Barbuy   J. Melendez     47
Sulphur Abundances in Metal-poor Stars   P.E. Nissen   C. Akerman   M. Asplund   D. Fabbian   M. Pettini     51
Isotopic Abundances of Eu, Ba, and Sm in Metal-Poor Stars   Ian U. Roederer   Chris Sneden   James E. Lawler   Jennifer S. Sobeck   Catherine A. Pilachowski   John J. Cowan     55
QSO Absorption Lines
Gas-phase Deuterium Abundances, Near and Far   Edward B. Jenkins     63
Comprehensive Abundance Measurements in Damped Ly[alpha] Systems   M. Dessauges-Zavadsky   J. X. Prochaska   S. D'Odorico   F. Calura   F. Matteucci'     69
Molecular Hydrogen at High Redshift and the Variation with Time of the Electron-to-proton Mass Ratio, [gamma] = m[subscript e]/m[subscript p]   P. Petitjean   C. Ledoux   R. Srianand   P. Noterdaeme   A. Ivanchik     73
Spectroscopy of QSO Pairs   Sara L. Ellison     77
Small-scale Structure of High-redshift OVI Absorption Systems   S. Lopez   S. Ellison   S. D'Odorico   T.-S. Kim     83
Hot Halos around High-Redshift Galaxies   Andrew J. Fox   Patrick Petitjean   Cedric Ledoux   R. Srianand     85
Fundamental Constants
Astrophysical Probes of Fundamental Physics   C.J.A.P. Martins     89
Revisiting VLT/UVES Constraints on a Varying Fine-structure Constant   M. T. Murphy   J. K. Webb   V. V. Flambaum     95
On the Variation of the Fine-structure Constant, and Precision Spectroscopy   H. Chand   R. Srianand   P. Petitjean   B. Aracil     101
High-Precision Measurements of [Delta alpha]/[alpha] from QSO Absorption Spectra   Sergei A. Levshakov   Paolo Molaro   Sebastian Lopez   Sandro D'Odorico   Miriam Centurion   Piercarlo Bonifacio   Irina I. Agafonova   Dieter Reimers      105
Probing Fundamental Constant Evolution with Redshifted OH Lines   Nissim Kanekar   Jayaram N Chengalur   Tapasi Ghosh     109
A Molecular Probe of Dark Energy   Rodger I. Thompson     113
Beyond Photon Noise
Establishing Wavelength Standards in the near Infra-red: Th-Ar   Florian Kerber   Gillian Nave   Craig. J. Sansonetti   Gaspare Lo Curto   Paul Bristow   Michael R. Rosa     119
Atomic Data for Astrophysics - Parameters, Precision, Priorities   Sveneric Johansson     123
Optimal Extraction of Echelle Spectra   Nikolai Piskunov     129
Hydrodynamical Model Atmospheres and 3D Spectral Synthesis   Hans-Gunter Ludwig   Matthias Steffen     133
Intrinsic Lineshifts in Astronomical Spectra   Dainis Dravins     139
Study of Line Bisectors and its Relation with Precise Radial Velocities in the Search for Extrasolar Planets   A. F. Martinez Fiorenzano     143
A Pan-Spectral Method of Abundance Determination   A. Sapar   A. Aret   L. Sapar   R. Poolamae     145
Spectroscopic Binary Mass Determination Using Relativity   Shay Zucker   Tal Alexander      149
Asteroseismology/Oscillations
Asteroseismology Across the HR Diagram   Mario J. P. F. G. Monteiro     155
High-Precision Spectroscopy of Pulsating Stars   C. Aerts   S. Hekker   M. Desmet   F. Carrier   W. Zima   M. Briquet   J. De Ridder     161
Mapping Atmospheric Motions in Classical and Type II Cepheids   Monika Jurkovic   Jozsef Vinko     165
Iron Abundances of Southern Double-mode Cepheids from High-resolution Echelle Spectroscopy   K. Sziladi   J. Vinko   L. Szabados   M. Kun   E. Poretti     169
Planets
Radial Velocity Planet Detection using a Gas Absorption Cell   William D. Cochran   Artie P. Hatzes   Michael Endl   Diane B. Paulson   Robert A. Wittenmyer     175
Pushing Down the Limits of the Radial Velocity Technique   C. Lovis   M. Mayor   F. Pepe   D. Queloz   S. Udry     181
Transiting Planets: Follow the FLAMES...   C. Melo   N.C. Santos   F. Pont   M. Mayor   S. Udry   D. Queloz   F. Bouchy     185
Planet Detection Around M Dwarfs: New Constraints on Planet Formation Models   T. Forveille   X. Bonfils   X. Delfosse   J.-L. Beuzit   C. Perrier   D. Segransan   S. Udry   M. Mayor   F. Pepe   D. Queloz   F. Bouchy   J.-L. Bertaux     191
Planets Around Giant Stars   A.P. Hatzes   M. Dollinger   L. Pasquini   J. Setiawan   L. Girardi   L. da Silva     197
Planets Around Active Stars   J. Setiawan   P. Weise   Th. Henning   A.P. Hatzes   L. Pasquini   L. da Silva   L. Girardi   O. von der Luhe   M.P. Dollinger   A. Weiss   K. Biazzo     201
A Catalogue of Nearby Exoplanets   Hugh R.A. Jones   R. Paul Butler   Jason T. Wright   Geoff W. Marcy   Deborah A. Fischer   Steve S. Vogt   Chris G. Tinney   Brad D. Carter   Jon A. Johnson   Chris McCarthy   Alan J. Penny     205
Determination of the Orbital Parameters of a System with N + 1 Bodies using a Simple Fourier Analysis of the Data   Alexandre C.M. Correia     207
Extrasolar Comets   Roger Ferlet   Jeremie Boissier   Alain Lecavelier des Etangs    Alfred Vidal-Madjar     211
Measuring Winds in Titan's Atmosphere with High-precision Doppler Velocimetry   David Luz   Regis Courtin     215
Future Developments
The European Large Telescope and its Spectroscopic Instrumentation   Sandro D' Odorico     221
CRIRES: A High Resolution Infrared Spectrograph for ESO's VLT   Hans Ulrich Kaufl     227
Stellar Oscillations Network Group: Asteroseismology and Planet Hunting   Frank Grundahl     231
Interferometric Spectroscopy   Andreas Quirrenbach   Simon Albrecht     235
A Global Network of 2 m-class spectroscopic telescopes   Mkritichian D. E.   Hatzes A. P.   Lehmann H.   Han I.   Lee B. C.   Kim K.-M.   Sergeev A.   Kameswara Rao N.   Plachinda S.     239
Possibility of Heterodyne Correlation Interferometry with a Tunable Laser and Absolute Frequency Measurements   S. Johansson   V. Letokhov     243
CODEX   Luca Pasquini   G. Avila   B. Delabre   H. Dekker   S. D'Odorico   J. Liske   A. Manescau   P. Bonifacio   S. Cristiani   V. D'Odorico   P. Molaro   E. Vanzella    P. Santin   M. Viel   M. Dessauges-Zavadsky   C. Lovis   M. Mayor   F. Pepe   D. Queloz   S. Udry   M. Haehnelt   M. Murphy   R. Garcia-Lopez   F. Bouchy   S. Levshakov   S. Zucker     249
Posters
Precision Laboratory UV and IR Wavelengths for Cosmological and Astrophysical Applications   M. Aldenius   S. Johansson     257
Abundance Analysis of [alpha] Centauri A   L. Bigot   F. Thevenin   J. Provost   G. Berthomieu     259
The SB3 Star 74 Aqr: Abundances and Magnetic Field   G. Catanzaro   F. Leone     261
Nitrogen Isotope Ratios in Comets   Anita L. Cochran   Emmanuel Jehin   Jean Manfroid   Damien Hutsemekers   Claude Arpigny   Jean-Marc Zucconi   Rita Schulz     263
Finding Stable Fits for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   J. Couetdic   J. Laskar   A. C. M. Correia     267
Heavy Calcium in CP Stars: A New Isotopic Anomaly   C. R. Cowley   S. Hubrig   F. Castelli   B. Wolff   F. Gonzalez     269
The Li Abundance and the Age of AB Dor Association   Licio da Silva   Carlos Alberto Torres   Ramiro de la Reza   Germano Quast   Claudio de Melo   Michael Sterzik     271
Si and Ca Abundances of a Selected Sample of Evolved Stars   L. da Silva   L. Girardi   L. Pasquini   R. De Medeiros   J. Setiawan   M. Dollinger   A. Hatzes   A. Weiss     273
Abundance Trends with Condensation Temperature in Planet-harbouring Stars: Hints of Pollution?   A. Ecuvillon   G. Israelian   N. C. Santos   M. Mayor   G. Gilli     275
Using the HeII Ly[alpha] Forest to Constrain the Temperature of the IGM   Cora Fechner     277
Production of H[subscript 3 superscript +] and D[subscript 3 superscript +] from (CH[subscript 3])[subscript 2]CO and (CD[subscript 3])[subscript 2]CO in PDR'S   A.M. Ferreira-Rodrigues   S. Pilling   A.C.F. Santos   G.G.B de Souza   H.M. Boechat-Roberty|p279
Bisectors as Distance Estimators for Microquasars?   C. Foellmi     283
Metallicity of Pleiades Dwarf   H. Funayama   Y. Itoh   Y. Oasa   E. Toyota   T. Mukai     285
Precision of Radial Velocity Surveys using Multiobject Spectrographs - Experiences with Hectochelle   Gabor Furesz   Andrew H. Szentgyorgyi   Soren Meibom     287
High Resolution Study of the Young Quadruple System AO Vel with an Eclipsing BpSi Primary   J.F. Gonzalez   N. Nesvacil   S. Hubrig     291
A Survey for Extrasolar Planets Around A-F Type Stars   M. Hartmann   A.P. Hatzes   E.W. Guenther   M. Esposito     293
A Study of the Magnetic Helium Variable Emission-line Star HD 125823   S. Hubrig   N. Nesvacil   F. Gonzalez   B. Wolff   I. Savanov     295
bHROS: The High-Resolution Optical Spectrograph at Gemini South   Steven J Margheim     297
Stellar Wobble Caused by a Binary System: Investigation in the Framework of the General Three Body Problem   M.H.M. Morais   A.C.M. Correia     299
The Chemical Composition of B-type Pulsators: Some Unexpected Results   T. Morel   M. Briquet   C. Aerts     301
Radial Velocity Precision in the Near-Infrared with T-EDI   Philip S. Muirhead   David J. Erskine   Jerry Edelstein   Travis S. Barman   James P. Lloyd     303
HD154708 - The Challenging Abundance Analysis of an Extremely Magnetic Star   N. Nesvacil   S. Hubrig   S. Khan     305
A Search for Disk-Locking in the Chamaeleon I Star Forming Region   Duy Cuong Nguyen   Ray Jayawardhana   Marten van Kerkwijk   Alexis Brandeker   Aleks Scholz     307
A Precision Radial Velocity Survey of Red Giants   Andrzej Niedzielski   Alex Wolszczan     309
Chromospheric Lines as Diagnostics of Stellar Oscillations   Diane B. Paulson   W. Dean Pesnell   L. Drake Deming   Martin Snow   Travis S. Metcalfe   Tom Woods   Brigette Hesman     311
Comparing 3D Solar Model Atmospheres with Observations: Hydrogen Lines and Centre-to-limb Variations   Tiago M. D. Pereira   Martin Asplund   Regner Trampedach     313
Towards the Detection of Reflected Light from Exo-planets: a Comparison of Two Methods   Florian Rodler   Martin Kurster     315
A Correlation Between the Activity Level and the Radial-velocity for Solar-type Stars?   N.C. Santos   C. Melo   C. Lovis   M. Billeres     317
Spectroscopic Parameters for a Sample of Metal-rich Solar-type Stars   S.G. Sousa   N.C. Santos   G. Israelian   M. Mayor   M.J.P.F.G. Monteiro     319
Radial Velocity Search for Extrasolar Planets in Binary Systems   E. Toyota   Y. Itoh   S. Ishiguma   D. Murata   Y. Oasa   B. Sato   T. Mukai     321
Inferring Photospheric Velocities from P Cygni Lines in Type IIP Supernova Atmospheres   Jozsef Vinko     323
High-resolution Spectroscopic Characterization of Young Stars   Patrick Weise   Johny Setiawan   Thomas Henning   Andre Muller     325
TIRAVEL - Template Independent RAdial VELocity Measurement   Shay Zucker   Tsevi Mazeh     327