Substellar science has emerged in the last few decades as new branch of
Astrophysics that connects Stars, Exoplanets and the Solar System. The
advent of new surveys such as Euclid and Rubin LSST is poised to
increase the numbers of known substellar objects by more than an order
of magnitude, while the James Webb Telescope is providing new details
about their properties. Rapid advances in observational capabilities have spurred the
development of a new generation of theoretical models, now reaching unprecedented
levels of accuracy and physical completeness.
This meeting will bring together researchers interested in Substellar science with special emphasis on exploiting the wealth of data provided by Euclid and complementing it with other surveys and follow-up observations.
The conference is supported by the European Research Council Advanced grant nicknamed Substellar.
A total eclipse of the Sun will take place during the conference (August 12, 2026).
The proceedings of the conference will be formally published as part of the conference series of Astronomische Nachrichten.
More information at the conference website.
Program highlights
Key themes include:- Detection methods (Searching methods, astrometry, photometry, spectroscopy)
- Confirmation of UCD candidates
- Atmospheric properties of UCD's
- UCD in connection with Milky Way
- Multiplicity, planetary systems, disks
- Substellar luminosity and mass functions
- Connection with exoplanets
- Synergies of Euclid and other surveys
- Big data, machine learning for substellar science
- Prospects for Exolife in Substellar Worlds
- Theory of UCD's (atmospheric and evolutionary models, microphysics)
Scientific Organizing Committee
- Eduardo Martin (chair)
- Maruša Žerjal (co-chair)
- Nikola Vitas (co-chair)
- Patricia Cruz
- Pin-Gao Gu
- Nuria Huélamo
- Nicolas Lodieu
- Koraljka Mužić
- Ngoc Phan
- Annie Robin
- Johannes Sahlmann
- Kun Wang
Invited speakers
- Khalid Barkaoui, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain
- David Barrado, Centro de Astrobiología, Madrid, Spain
- Beth Biller, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, UK
- Clemence Fontanive, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, UK
- Kevin Luhman, Pennsylvania State University, USA
- Elena Manjavacas, Space Telescope Science Institute, USA
- Javier Olivares, UNED, Madrid, Spain
- Antonio Pérez Garrido, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Spain
- Rafael Rebolo, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain
- Céline Reylé, Observatoire de Besançon, France
- Richard Smart, Ossevatorio Astrofisico di Torino, INAF, Italy
- Enrique Solano, Centro de Astrobiología, Madrid, Spain
- Xianyu Tan, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
- Ramarao Tata, Ohio University, USA
- Maria Rosa Zapatero Osorio, Centro de Astrobiología, Madrid, Spain
- Jun-Yan Zhang, Western University, Ontario, Canada
