Name: Ariel-IT: 5th national meeting on Ariel science
Start: 2026-05-05T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-05-07T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Fuligno Cenacle

Ariel-IT: 5th national meeting on Ariel science

from Tuesday, May 5, 2026 (9:00 AM) to Thursday, May 7, 2026 (5:00 PM)

Monday, May 4, 2026
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
9:30 AM Ariel updates
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Contributions

9:30 AM Welcome and Logistics - Maria Tsantaki (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

9:40 AM Ariel Science, Mission & Community Engagement - Giovanna Tinetti (UCL)

10:05 AM ARIEL Payload: Subsystems Status and Italian Contribution - Emanuele Pace (Università di Firenze)

10:30 AM Updates from ASI on Ariel - Valeria Cottini (ASI)
11:00 AM Break
Break
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM Ariel Updates, Dry-Run & Observations
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Contributions

11:30 AM Ariel Science Ground Segment, Instrument Operations Science Data Center, and Data Processing status overview - Andrea Lorenzani (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

11:50 AM The Ariel-IT Dry-run: context - Giuseppina Micela (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

12:20 PM Ariel-IT Dry Run: Simulation and retrievals updates - Andrea Lorenzani (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

12:40 PM Ground-based observations of the Stellar Characterisation WG - Monica Rainer (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
1:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM Ariel stars
2:30 PM - 4:05 PM
Contributions

2:30 PM The analysis of the M-dwarf sample - Jesus Maldonado Prado (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

2:55 PM The analysis of FGK sample: results and future plans - Maria Tsantaki (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

3:15 PM Chemical abundances of FGK planet hosts in the Ariel sample - Katia Biazzo (INAF - Astronomical Observatory of Rome)

3:35 PM Ariel stellar characterisation - updating the CNO abundances of the mission canditate sample - Ronaldo Oliveira da Silva (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
9:00 AM Activity, Star-Planet Interactions
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Contributions

9:30 AM The role of activity - Antonino Petralia (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

9:55 AM Characterization of the high-energy irradiation of the exoplanets in Italian Ariel Dry-Run sample - Antonio Maggio

10:15 AM Can Ariel Reveal Ionizing Radiation Effects? Insights from Atmospheric Modeling - Daniele Locci (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

10:35 AM Star-Planet Interaction: the role of stellar activity in shaping the evolution of planetary atmospheres - Daniele Locci (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
11:00 AM Break
Break
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM Activity, Star-Planet Interactions
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Contributions

11:30 AM Characterizing Stellar Flares in the ARIEL Targets: Activity Analysis and Transit Probabilities - Gabriele Galletta (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

11:50 AM Revised TESS Absolute Flux Scale Using Gaia BP/RP Spectra - Maria Messineo (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

12:10 PM Discussion on stars
1:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM Planet formation and population synthesis
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Contributions

2:30 PM From Discs to Planets: How Planet Formation Shapes Planetary Compositions - Elenia Pacetti (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

2:55 PM The impact of stellar composition on planet formation by pebble accretion - Danai Polychroni (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

3:20 PM Constraining the impact of the disc environment on planet formation history through planet population synthesis - Sebastiano Ledda (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

3:40 PM OPAL and its Legacy: new tools and methodologies for the study of exoplanets and star-disk-planet connections - Diego Turrini (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
4:00 PM Break
Break
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
4:30 PM Planetary characterization
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Contributions

4:30 PM Planetary characterisation to support Ariel target selection - Serena Benatti (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

4:55 PM Validation of Ariel candidates orbiting M-K stars - Giulia Piccinini (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

5:15 PM The Ariel Planetary Catalogue: An homogenous statistically derived catalogue of exoplanetary parameters - Mattia Claudio D'Arpa (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

5:35 PM MINERVA: Minimum observations for accurate Exoplanetary mass estimation with Radial Velocity Analysis — A New Tool for Estimating the Observational Effort in Exoplanetary Mass Determination - Claudia Di Maio (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
8:00 PM Social Dinner

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Thursday, May 7, 2026
9:00 AM Planetary atmospheres
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Unlocking exoplanetary atmospheres through the synergy of High- and Low-Resolution Spectroscopy - Gloria Guilluy (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

9:25 AM Oxygen partitioning in gas giant atmospheres through the lens of chemical kinetics - Paolo Matteo Simonetti (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

9:50 AM A Summary of the End to End Experiment Exoplanetary Atmospheres - Mattia Claudio D'Arpa (INAF)

10:10 AM Beyond Equilibrium: Photochemistry and Transport Signatures in Exoplanet Infrared Spectra - Tomás De Azevedo Silva (Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri - INAF)
10:30 AM Break
Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM Synergies and discussion
11:00 AM - 12:45 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM The PLATO space mission and its products of relevance for Ariel - Antonino Francesco Lanza (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

11:25 AM Synergies with HWO and LIFE - Giuseppina Micela (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

11:35 AM Synergies with HRMOS - Laura Magrini (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

11:45 AM Next steps

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