23rd GAPS Meeting

27 Oct 2025, 08:30 → 30 Oct 2025, 13:00 Europe/Rome

Aula Ovest (INAF - Astrophysical Observatory of Catania)

Antonino Francesco Lanza (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

The 23rd GAPS Progress Meeting will be organized and hosted by the INAF - Astrophysical Observatory of Catania on the 27th-30th October 2025.

The maximum attendance (in person) will be 50 persons. Registration is required for both in-person or remote participation. 

The social dinner will be held on Wednesday 29th October at 8.00 pm at the "Il Pozzo" restaurant in Via Musumeci 124, Catania (https://ristoranteilpozzo.net/).

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SOC: GAPS Board

LOC: Giancarlo Bellassai, Giovanni Bruno, Salvo Buttaccio, Flavia Calderone, Gianfranco Fallica, Antonino F. Lanza (Chair), Carmelo Lauretta, Giuseppe Leto, Sergio Messina, Marco Montalto, Alessandro Ruggieri, Gaetano Scandariato, Daniela Sicilia, Vikash Singh

 

This meeting is organized thanks to the funds granted by the INAF Scientific Directorate.

Monday 27 October

Registration

GUI-BRUSH: Hands-on session

1 Software introduction

Speaker: Paolo Giacobbe

2 Working environment and hands-on program of the day

Speaker: Francesco Amadori

3 Software installation and initialization procedures

Speaker: Francesco Amadori

10:50 Coffee break

GUI-BRUSH: Hands-on session

4 Data reduction and calibration GIANO (from archive to GUIBRUSH) & Tellurics removal

Speakers: Francesco Amadori, Paolo Giacobbe

12:00 Lunch break

GUI-BRUSH: Hands-on session

5 Introduction of forward modeling for CC

Speaker: Paolo Giacobbe

6 Forward Modelling & Cross Correlation Technique

Speakers: Francesco Amadori, Paolo Giacobbe

15:10 Coffee break

GUI-BRUSH: Hands-on session

7 Introduction of forward modeling for retrievals

Speaker: Paolo Giacobbe

8 High and low resolution retrieval

Tuesday 28 October

General themes: Chair: I. Carleo

9 Welcome

Welcome - Dott.ssa Maria Elisabetta Palumbo (Direttrice INAF-OACT)

Speaker: Maria Elisabetta Palumbo

10 Welcome

Saluti Istituzionali da parte della Direzione Scientifica (Dr. I. Pagano)

Speaker: Isabella Pagano

11 Board Updates

Speaker: Serena Benatti

12 Updates on GAPS papers

Speaker: Katia Biazzo

13 Report junior

Speaker: Claudia Di Maio

14 The NOCTIS project and its role in studying exoplanets

Speaker: Mario Basilicata

15 Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the first exoplanet discovered

Speaker: Daniela Sicilia

16 GAPS in support of Ariel: stellar obliquity and constraints on planet migration

Speaker: Andrea Bocchieri

10:30 Coffee break

ATMOSPHERES/BRIDGES: Chair: G. Mantovan

17 Status of the program

Speakers: Aldo S. Bonomo, Francesco Borsa

18 Stellar Abundance Ratios as diagnostics for Exoplanet Characterization

Speakers: Katia Biazzo, Martina Baratella

19 The never ending story between Giano-b and HD209458b

Speaker: Paolo Giacobbe

20 Linking disequilibrium chemistry models and observations for HD 209458 b

Speaker: Tomas De Azevedo Silva

21 Multi-instrument atmospheric characterization of the warm super-Neptune WASP-107 b using GUIBRUSH

Speaker: Francesco Amadori

22 Updates on the first investigation of the atmosphere of WASP-13 b with GIARPS

Speakers: Daniela Sicilia, Mario Basilicata

23 Beyond LTE: Probing the Extreme Atmosphere of KELT-9 b

Speaker: Alessia Di Paola

13:00 Lunch break

ATMOSPHERES/BRIDGES: Chair: G. Piccinini

24 Disentangling Planetary and Aliasing Signals in the CCF Analysis of KELT-20b/MASCARA-2b

Speaker: Federico Biassoni

25 Updates on V1298 Tau b

Speaker: Gloria Guilluy

Instrumentation: Chair: M. Basilicata

26 Updates from TNG

Speaker: Adriano Ghedina

27 HARPS-N Updates

Speaker: Rosario Cosentino

28 GIANO-B/GIARPS updates

Speaker: Avet Harutyunyan

29 LOCNES

Speaker: Riccardo Claudi

30 Status of the Observations

Speaker: Riccardo Claudi

31 RV jitter in the whole GAPS sample

Speaker: Riccardo Claudi

16:00 Coffee break

Board meeting

Wednesday 29 October

Young Objects: Chair: M. D'Arpa

32 Status of the program

Speaker: Silvano Desidera

33 Updates on V1298 Tau

Speakers: Mario Damasso, Pietro Leonardi

34 HARPS+NIRPS observations of DS Tuc

Speaker: Mario Damasso

35 PASTAR: Spot Modeling with Photometric Data

Speaker: Antonino Petralia

36 Activity indicators from Ariel spectra through PASTAR grid

Speaker: Claudia Di Maio

37 Discussion

10:30 Coffee break

Ariel Masses Survey (ArMS):: Chair: F. Calderone

38 Status of the program

Speaker: Serena Benatti

39 Status of AMS18

Speaker: Valerio Fardella

40 Status of AMS20

Speaker: Claudia Di Maio

41 Status of YO46

Speaker: Mario Damasso

42 Principal component analysis to correct TESS systematics

Speaker: Antonino Petralia

43 Vetting of TESS candidates for Ariel

Speaker: Giulia Piccinini

44 Discussion

13:00 Lunch break

Gaia Follow up: Chair: C. Di Maio

45 GFU Program Status

Speaker: Alessandro Sozzetti

46 Specific Systems: GFU02

Speaker: Giulia Piccinini

47 Specific Systems: GFU07

Speaker: Alessandro Ruggieri

48 Specific Systems: GFU08

Speaker: Matteo Pinamonti

49 Specific Systems: GFU25

Speaker: Mario Damasso

50 Detection completeness and follow-up potential of Gaia DR3 confirmed substellar companions

Speaker: Domenico Barbato

51 Gaia DR3 substellar companions around nearby M dwarfs: completeness and reliability in the 100pc sample

Speaker: Matteo Pinamonti

52 New Gaia candidates follow-up: Some considerations

Speaker: Alessandro Sozzetti

53 Discussion

15:30 Coffee break

Neptunian planets: Chair: A. Ruggieri

54 Status of the HONEI and SO programs

Speaker: Luca Naponiello

55 TOI-5789: A multiplanet and mutually inclined system

Speaker: Aldo S. Bonomo

56 Discussion

Social Dinner

Thursday 30 October

General themes: Chair: S. Benatti

57 Feedback on TNG observations

Speaker: Rosario Cosentino

58 Proposal for AOT53: Probing systems with meaningful TTVs

Speaker: Luca Naponiello

59 Discussion

60 Attività UTG-A

Speaker: Giusi Micela

61 Bandi di Astrofisica di Frontiera

10:30 Coffee break

General themes: Chair: S. Benatti

62 Bandi di Astrofisica di Frontiera (cont.) & Next activities of the Exoplanets community