MONDAY, October 9, 2000
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8:15 |
Pick-up from the downtown hotels
by a chartered bus |
9:00 |
Brief welcome |
| | SESSION I:
Molecular Clouds:
Global Properties and Star Formation |
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Chairperson: Thomas Henning
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9:10
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Andi Burkert, MPIA, Germany
Star Formation in Turbulent Molecular Clouds |
9:50
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Fabian Heitsch, MPIA, Germany
Alfvén-wave Driven Turbulence in Molecular Clouds |
10:10
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Yasuo Fukui, Nagoya University, Japan
Molecular Clouds in the Local Group |
10:50 |
Coffee break |
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Chairperson: [Charles Lada, TBC]
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11:10
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Kengo Tachihara, MPE, Germany
Statistical study of nearby dense cores and
their modes
of star formation |
11:30
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Thomas Henning, U Jena, Germany
How to Form Massive Stars? |
12:00
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Yu-Nung Su, NCU,
Taiwan
Dust Continuum and Molecular Line Observations of
Massive Protostars and Super-Ultracompact HII Regions |
12:10
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Diego Mardones, U de
Chile, Chile
Spatial and Velocity Structure of Inward Motions
Around Nearby Protostars |
12:30 | General Discussion |
13:00 | Lunch at MPIA |
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SESSION II: Resolved Star-Forming Regions
and the Environmental Impact on the IMF |
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Chairperson: Wolfgang Brandner
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14:30
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Charles Lada, SAO, USA
The Nature of
Embedded Clusters: Insights
into the IMF and the Frequency
of Planetary
Systems in the Galaxy |
15:10
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João Alves, ESO, Germany
Lessons from the Simplest Mode of Star Formation |
15:30
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Leonardo Testi, Oss. di Arcetri, Italy
Star Formation in Clusters: Subclustering, Cloud
Fragmentation and the Origin of the Stellar IMF |
16:00
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Massimo Robberto, STScI, USA
The Orion Nebula Cluster at Mid-IR Wavelengths |
16:20 |
Coffee break |
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Chairperson: Hans Zinnecker
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16:40
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Kevin Luhman, CfA, USA
The Initial Mass Function of Stars and Brown Dwarfs:
A Comparison Among Different Galactic Populations |
17:10
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Joachim
Krautter, LSW, Germany
The Lupus star forming region -
a paradigm for low-mass star formation |
17:40
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Rainer Köhler, UCSD, USA
Multiplicity of T Tauri Stars in Different Star
Forming Regions |
18:00
| Pavel Kroupa, ITA, Germany
On the variation of the IMF |
18:30 |
General discussion |
19:00 | Return to
downtown Heidelberg |
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TUESDAY,
October 10, 2000
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8:15 | Pick-up from
the downtown hotels through a chartered bus |
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SESSION III: Resolved Star-Forming Regions:
Large-Scale Star
Formation Histories
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Chairperson: João Alves
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9:00
| Thomas Preibisch,
MPIfR, Germany
Triggered Star Formation in the Sco OB2 Association |
9:30
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Wolfgang Brandner, U of Hawaii, USA
Resolved Giant HII Regions: Past and Present Star
Formation Properties of NGC 3603 and 30 Doradus |
10:00
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Monika Petr, MPIfR, Germany
Isolated Young Binary Stars Near Star-Forming Regions |
10:20 | Coffee Break |
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SESSION IV: Large-Scale Star Formation:
Triggers, Theory
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Chairperson: Andi Burkert
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10:50
| Mordecai Mac Low, AMNH, USA
Isolated vs. Clustered Star Formation |
11:20
| Michael Smith, Armagh Obs., UK
Triggering Stars with Protostars |
11:40
| Sona Ehlerová, AI Prague, Czech
Republic
Star Formation in Expanding Shells |
12:00
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Hans Zinnecker, AIP, Germany
The binary mode of star formation
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12:30 | General Discussion |
13:00 | Lunch at MPIA |
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SESSION V: Formation of Star Clusters |
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Chairperson: Giovanni Carraro
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14:30
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Pavel Kroupa, ITA, Germany
The formation of bound star clusters |
14:50
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Christian Boily, ARI, Germany
The dynamics of mass loss during the formation of
open star clusters |
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SESSION VI: Evolution from Clusters and
OB Associations to Field Populations |
15:00
| Anthony Brown, ESO,
Germany
Evolution from OB Associations and Moving Groups
to Field Populations |
15:40
| Raúl de la Fuente
Marcos, UCM, Spain
Ghostly Open Clusters
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16:10
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Raúl & Carlos de la
Fuente Marcos, UCM, Spain
Dynamics of Brown Dwarfs in Open Clusters
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16:20 | Coffee Break |
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Chairperson: Sofia Feltzing
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16:40
| Holger Baumgardt, U of
Edinburgh, UK
Enrichment of the stellar halo by disrupted
globular clusters |
17:10
| Johan Holmberg, Lund Obs,
Sweden
Old Moving Groups |
17:40
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Andrea Stolte, MPIA, Germany
Constraints on the Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy's
Tidal Stream |
17:50
| Steve Majewski, U Virginia,
USA
Accretion of Satellite Galaxies by the Milky Way |
18:30 | General discussion |
19:00 | Return to downtown
Heidelberg |
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WEDNESDAY, October 11,
2000
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8:15 | Pick-up
from the downtown hotels through a chartered bus |
| | SESSION VII:
Old Populations and Their Evolution
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Chairperson: Paul Hodge
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9:00
| Tom Abel, CfA, USA
The Formation of the First Star in the Universe |
9:30
| Sofia Feltzing,
Lund Obs., Sweden
The low-mass IMF as a function of the environment -
deep star counts in the dSph galaxy Ursa Minor |
10:00
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Daniel Harbeck, MPIA, Germany
Deep wide-field imaging of the Sextans dSph
Galaxy |
10:10
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Geneviève Parmentier, IAG Liège, Belgium
Evidence for a self-enrichment process in Galactic
halo globular clusters |
10:30 | Coffee Break |
| | SESSION VIII:
Modes of Star Formation in the Galactic Disk
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Chairperson: Steve Majewski
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10:50
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Sofia Feltzing, Lund Observatory, Sweden
Age-metallicity relation in the solar neighbourhood -
or lack thereof |
11:10
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Helio Rocha-Pinto, IAG, U de São Paulo, Brazil
The Chemical Enrichment and Star Formation History
in the Milky Way Disk |
11:40
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André Moitinho de Almeida,
UNAM, Mexico
Spatial Structure and Star Formation in the
Galactic Disk: Open Cluster Data
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12:00
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Burkhard Fuchs, ARI, Germany
Implications of modes of star formation for the
overall dynamics of galactic disks |
12:30 | General discussion |
13:00 | Lunch at MPIA |
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FREE
AFTERNOON
Optional: Guided tour of the castle of Schwetzingen
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THURSDAY, October 12,
2000
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8:15 | Pick-up from
the downtown hotels through a chartered bus |
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SESSION IX: Global Large-Scale
Star Formation Events in Spirals |
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Chairperson: Liese van Zee
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9:00
| Paul Hodge,
U Washington, USA
Modes of Star Formation in Spiral Galaxies |
9:40
| Henny Lamers,
Utrecht University, The Netherlands
The formation of massive stars in the Bulge of M51:
evidence for a different mode of star-formation? |
10:10
| Andy Dolphin, NOAO,
USA
Massive Clusters in Spiral Galaxies |
10:30
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Alessandro Vicari, La Sapienza, Italy
Application of an objective method of identification
of young star groupings in spiral galaxies |
10:40 | Coffee break |
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Chairperson: Bruce Elmegreen
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11:00
| Stan Kurtz, UNAM,
Mexico
Spiral-Density-Wave Induced Star Formation
At High
Galactic Latitudes |
11:20
| Jay Gallagher, U
Wisconsin, USA
Modes of Star Formation in Low-Surface- Brightness
Galaxies |
| | SESSION
X: Star Formation and
Field
Populations in Irregulars and Other Dwarfs |
12:00
| Jason Harris, UCSC, USA
The Star Formation History of the Small Magellanic
Cloud |
12:30 | General Discussion |
13:00 | Lunch at MPIA |
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Chairperson: Serge Demers
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14:30
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Dimitrios Gouliermis,
U Bonn, Germany
Stellar content of three LH associations East of LMC 4
and their Field in the Large Magellanic Cloud |
14:40
| Deidre Hunter, Lowell Obs., USA
Star-forming regions in irregular galaxies |
15:20
| Liese van Zee, DAO,
Canada
Comparison of Star Formation Modes in Normal Dwarf
Irregulars and BCDs |
15:50
| Gerhard Hensler, U Kiel,
Germany
Star Formation in Dwarf Irregular Galaxies:
From Self-regulation to Starbursts |
16:20 | Coffee break |
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Chairperson: Mordecai Mac Low
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16:50
| Eva Grebel, MPIA, Germany
Modes of Star Formation in Dwarf Spheroidals |
17:20
| Giovanni Carraro, U di
Padova, Italy
Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies: Structures, Star
Formation and Color-Magnitude Diagrams |
17:50
| Andrea Ferrara, Oss. di
Arcetri, Italy
The Role of Stellar Feedback in the Evolution of
Dwarf Galaxies |
18:30
| General Discussion |
19:00 | Return to downtown Heidelberg
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20:00 |
Conference banquet
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FRIDAY, October 13,
2000
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8:15 Pick-up from the
downtown hotels by a chartered bus |
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SESSION XI: Properties of
Nuclear Star Formation Events
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Chairperson: Jay Gallagher
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9:00
| Don Figer, STScI, USA
Starburst Clusters in Galactic Nuclei |
9:30
| Roberto
Capuzzo-Dolcetta, University of Roma La Sapienza, Italy
Galactic Nuclear Activity Induced By Globular Cluster
Merging |
10:00
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Rachel Johnson,
IoA, UK
Nuclear Star Formation in Nearby Galaxies |
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SESSION XII: Star Formation Processes in
Interacting Galaxies |
10:10
| Serge Demers, U de
Montréal, Canada
The Young Inter-Cloud Population: More Than 5 kpc
from the Nearest Site of Current Star Formation
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10:40 | Coffee break |
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Chairperson: Deidre Hunter
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11:10
| Ute Lisenfeld, IRAM, Spain
Star Formation in Tidal Dwarf Galaxies |
11:40
| Linda Tacconi, MPE, Germany
Star Formation in Merging Galaxies |
12:20
| Chris Conselice,
U Wisconsin, USA
Global Properties of Starburst Galaxies and the Link
Between
Low- and High-Redshift Galaxies |
12:50
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Hans Zinnecker, AIP, Germany
European Commission Research Training Network on
``The Formation and Evolution of Young Stellar Clusters'' |
13:00 | Lunch at MPIA |
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SESSION XIII: Conclusion |
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Chairperson: Andrea Ferrara
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14:30
| Bruce Elmegreen, IBM,
USA
A Universality to Star Formation in all Galaxy Types |
15:10
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Final discussion:
Where do field star populations form?
How do they form?
What are the dominant "modes" of field star formation?
What role do interactions play as opposed to internal triggers?
How does this depend on environment, and on galaxy type?
What are the properties of the field star IMF?
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16:30 | Coffee break |
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Chairperson: Eva Grebel
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17:00
| Richard Larson, Yale, USA
Conference Summary |
17:30 |
END; Return to
downtown Heidelberg
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| | POSTERS
for which no 10-min talk slots could be allocated:
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Carlos & Raúl de la Fuente
Marcos, UCM, Spain
Modification of Planetary Orbits in Star Clusters
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David Gittins, IoA, UK
Star Formation on a Crossing Time?
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Michael Odenkirchen, Eva K. Grebel,
Walter Dehnen, Rodrigo Ibata, Hans-Walter Rix, Andrea Stolte,
Christian Wolf, Connie Rockosi, and the SDSS Collaboration
Detection of the Tidal Tails of the Globular Cluster Pal 5
with SDSS Commissioning Data
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Mareike Ziegler, MPIA, Germany
The Velocity Structure of Turbulent Molecular Cloud Cores
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