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, 5 May 2026 (09:00) to Thursday, 7 May 2026 (17:00)

Monday, 4 May 2026
Tuesday, 5 May 2026
09:30 Ariel updates
09:30 - 11:00
Contributions

09:30 Welcome and Logistics - Maria Tsantaki (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

09:40 Ariel Science, Mission & Community Engagement - Giovanna Tinetti (UCL)

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

10:30 Updates from ASI on Ariel - Valeria Cottini (ASI)
11:00 Break
Break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 Ariel Updates, Dry-Run & Observations
11:30 - 13:00
Contributions

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

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

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

12:40 Ground-based observations of the Stellar Characterisation WG - Monica Rainer (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:30
14:30 Ariel stars
14:30 - 16:05
Contributions

14:30 The analysis of the M-dwarf sample - Jesus Maldonado Prado (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

14:55 The analysis of FGK sample: results and future plans - Maria Tsantaki (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

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

15:35 Ariel stellar characterisation - updating the CNO abundances of the mission canditate sample - Ronaldo Oliveira da Silva (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
Wednesday, 6 May 2026
09:00 Activity, Star-Planet Interactions
09:00 - 11:00
Contributions

09:30 The role of activity - Antonino Petralia (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

09:55 Characterization of the high-energy irradiation of the exoplanets in Italian Ariel Dry-Run sample - Antonio Maggio

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

10:35 Star-Planet Interaction: the role of stellar activity in shaping the evolution of planetary atmospheres - Daniele Locci (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
11:00 Break
Break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 Activity, Star-Planet Interactions
11:30 - 13:00
Contributions

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

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

12:10 Discussion on stars
13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:30
14:30 Planet formation and population synthesis
14:30 - 16:00
Contributions

14:30 From Discs to Planets: How Planet Formation Shapes Planetary Compositions - Elenia Pacetti (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

14:55 The impact of stellar composition on planet formation by pebble accretion - Danai Polychroni (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

15:20 Constraining the impact of the disc environment on planet formation history through planet population synthesis - Sebastiano Ledda (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

15:40 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))
16:00 Break
Break
16:00 - 16:30
16:30 Planetary characterization
16:30 - 18:00
Contributions

16:30 Planetary characterisation to support Ariel target selection - Serena Benatti (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

16:55 Validation of Ariel candidates orbiting M-K stars - Giulia Piccinini (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

17:15 The Ariel Planetary Catalogue: An homogenous statistically derived catalogue of exoplanetary parameters - Mattia Claudio D'Arpa (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

17:35 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))
20:00 Social Dinner

20:00 - 22:00
Thursday, 7 May 2026
09:00 Planetary atmospheres
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 Unlocking exoplanetary atmospheres through the synergy of High- and Low-Resolution Spectroscopy - Gloria Guilluy (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

09:25 Oxygen partitioning in gas giant atmospheres through the lens of chemical kinetics - Paolo Matteo Simonetti (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

09:50 A Summary of the End to End Experiment Exoplanetary Atmospheres - Mattia Claudio D'Arpa (INAF)

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

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

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

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

11:45 Next steps

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