TOPICS

Observational techniques and data reductions: The workshop will explains different techniques to perform optical and infrared data reduction of astrophysical sources. It will cover the preparation phase of the observations, the different configurations of the instruments that will be used by the research group, and explain manual and automatic (pipelines) available to reduce these data.

Line analysis: The workshop will present several tools (codes, libraries), used to model spectral lines. It will also explain how to use line diagnostics (e.g. line ratios, fluxes, etc.) to determine the physical properties of the gas to distinguish photo ionized emission from shock heated emission.

Modelling of infrared data: The works will focus on the presentation of several dust radiative transfer software (e.g. DUSTY) used to model the spectral energy distribution of astrophysical sources. The topics will cover the assumptions that need to be taken about dust grain composition, grain size distribution, dust geometry and properties of the central star. It will also explain the possible interpretation of the results and explain the limitations of each code.