Scientific contributions: Talks & Posters
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Session 1: Star Formation: Formation of GMCs and star clusters;
The stellar initial mass function; Influence of feedback -
protostellar outflows, massive stars; Properties of binary and multiple
systems; Formation of brown dwarfs
Day 1
- Novak, G.
(Northwestern) - GMC formation and magnetic fields:
results from the SPARO 2003 survey
- Tasker, E. (UF)
- Cloud Formation and Star Formation in
Global Simulations of Disk Galaxies
- Bate, M. (Exeter) - Numerical Simulations of Star Cluster Formation
- Lada, C. (CfA) -
The Mass Function of Dense Cores and the Origin
of the IMF - talk not yet available
- Rathborne, J.
(CfA) - Cluster Formation in Infrared Dark
Clouds: The Detection of Multiple Protostars in IRDC Cores
- Goodman, A. (CfA) - Star Formation Taste Tests
- Myers, P. (CfA) - Formation of an IMF-Cluster in a Filamentary Layer
- Lada, E. (UF) - A FLAMINGOS View of Star Formation - talk not yet available
- Poster Overview 1
- Jackson, J.; Butler, M.; Hernandez, A.;
Ragan, S.; Greissl, J.;
Dib, S.; Roman-Zuniga, C.; Robitaille, T.;
Gorlova, N.; Rashkind, N.; Gomez Martin, C.
- Gutermuth, R.
(CfA-SAO) - Characterizing the Structure of
Embedded Clusters with the Spitzer Young Stellar Clusters Survey
- Ferreira, B. (UF) - Probing the Structure of Nearby Embedded Clusters - talk not yet available
- Meyer, M. (U. Arizona) - Two Tails of a Distribution Function: The Initial Mass Functions of Extreme Star Formation
- Stassun, K. (Vanderbilt) - Empirical constraints on physical properties of young stars and brown dwarfs
- Poster Overview 2
- Huerta, M.; Deshpande, R.; Montgomery, M.;
Tata, R.; Phan-Bao, N.
Dunham, M.; Stecklum, B.; Padgett, D.; Guedel,
M.; Townsley, L.; Li, Z-Y.
- Frank, A. (U. Rochester) - Feedback: Protostellar Outflows on Meso and Macroscales
- Alves, J. (Calar Alto Obs.) - Galactic massive stellar clusters
- Eikenberry, S. (UF) - Multi-epoch Star Formation in Cluster 1806-20
- Fuller, G. (U. Manchester) - The Evolution of Massive Dense Cores
- Krumholz, M. (Princeton) - From Massive Cores to Massive Stars
Day 2
- Evans, N. (U. Texas) - Star Formation: From Cores to Disks
- Muench, A. (CfA) - A Spitzer view of the IC 348 nebula
- Stahler, S. (UC Berkeley) - From Clouds to Clusters: A Tale of Orion
- Haisch, K. (Utah Valley SC) - Observational Frontiers in the Multiplicity of Young Stars
- Jayawardhana, R. (U. Toronto) - Multiplicity Among Young Stars and Brown Dwarfs
- Allers, K. (U. Hawaii/IfA) - Near-IR Spectral Properties of Young Brown Dwarfs
- Luhman, K. (PSU) - The Origin of Brown Dwarfs
- Martin, E. (IAC/UCF) - Observational constraints on the formation of very low-mass objects
- Shu, F. (UCSD) -
Magnetic Fields in Star and Planet Formation
Session 2: Circumstellar Disks and Planet Formation:
Gravitational
instability and fragmentation; Theoretical models of disk structure;
Basic
observed properties: protostellar to debris disks, evolution and
lifetimes;
Star-disk-outflow interaction; Chemistry and grain evolution;
Planetesimal
formation; Terrestrail and Giant planet formation; Planet-disk
interaction,
migration; Planets and Debris Disks; Observational constraints from the
Solar System; Observational constraints from exoplanet surveys;
Planet-planet interactions; Planet formation and the star-forming
environment.
Day 3
- Matzner, C. (U.
Toronto) - Disk fragmentation, the brown dwarf
desert, and the stellar upper mass limit
- Mayer, L. (U.
Zürich/ETH Zürich) - Fragmentation of
protoplanetary disks into giant planets
- Rafikov, R. (CITA)
- Can giant planets form by gravitational
instability?
- Poster Overview 3
- Cai, K.; Stamatellos, D.; Turner, N.; Brown,
J.; Bitner, M.; Knez C.; Salyk, C.
Zhu, Z.; Kamp, I.; Oliveira, I.;
Espaillat, C.; Alexander, R.; Padgett, D.; Tannirkulam, A.
- Feigelson, E. (PSU) - X-rays and Planet Formation
- Pudritz, R. (McMaster) - Dead zones and the growth of giant planets
- Matsumura, S. (Northwestern) - Saving Planetary Systems: Dead Zones & Planetary Migration
- van Dishoeck, E. (Leiden) - Chemistry in evolving protoplanetary disks
- Andrews, S. (IfA/Hawaii) - A Submillimeter View of Protoplanetary Disks
- Carpenter, J. (Caltech) - Spitzer Constraints on Primordial and Debris Disk Evolution
- Monnier, J. (U. Michigan) - High-Resolution Observations of YSO Disks using Optical Interferometry
- Chiang, E. (UC Berkeley) - Inside-Out Evacuation of Transitional T Tauri Disks
- Liu, M. (IfA/Hawaii) - Direct Imaging of Extrasolar Planets: The Gemini NICI Planet-Finding Campaign
- Poster Overview 4
- Liu, M.; Gomez de Castro, A.; Bary, J.;
Cieza, L.; Nguyen, D.; Currie, T.;
Kalas, P.; Marinas, N.; Moerchen,
M.; Strubbe, L.; Chen, C.; Ciardi, D.; Krivov, A.
- Hollenbach, D. (NASA Ames) - Photoevaporation of Disks Around Young Stars
- Bally, J. (U. Colorado) - Prompt UV-induced Planetesimal Formation in Disks
- Garaud, P. (UCSC) - Modeling the dust size distribution in evolving disks
- Youdin, A. (CITA) - Aerodynamic Processes in Planetesimal Formation
- Johansen, A. (MPIA)
- Planetesimal formation in turbulent traffic
jams
Day 4
- Henning, T. (MPIA) - From molecular cloud dust to planetsimals
- Rice, K. (U. Edinburgh) - Planetesimal formation in self-gravitating accretion discs
- Blum, Jürgen (TU Braunschweig) - The Formation of Planetesimals - The Laboratory Perspective
- Gustafson, B. (UF) - From Star Dust to Interplanetary Dust
- Poster Overview 5
- Salter, D.; Haghighipour, N.; Fouchet, L.;
Gonzalez, J-F.; Murray-Clay, R; Fleck, R.;
Kitiashvili, I.; Mordasini,
C.; Williams, D.; Galvez, M.; van Eyken, J.; Kane, S.;
Cumming, A.;
Wittenmyer, R.; Lee, B.; Crepp, J. - Not yet
available
- Lin, D. (UCSC) - Planet-formation efficiency and time scales
- Klahr, H. (MPIA) - Hot gas bubbles around nascent planets: Influence on migration, accretion and detectability
- Wyatt, M. (IoA, Cambridge) - Debris disk evolution
- Telesco, C. (UF) - Can We Detect Catastrophic Planetesimal Collisions in Debris Disks? - talk not yet available
- Moro-Martin, A. (Princeton) - Are Debris Disks and Massive Planets Correlated?
- Bergin, E. (U. Michigan) - The Fossil History of the Solar System: Links to Interstellar Chemistry
- Gaidos, E. (U. Hawaii) - Short-lived radioisotopes: Cosmochemical connections between star and planet formation
- Zinnecker, H. (AI Potsdam) - Formation of planets in binary/multiple star systems
- Adams, F. (U. Michigan) - Influence of the star forming environment on planet formation
- Ge, J. (UF) - The Multi-object APO Radial-Velocity Exoplanet Large-area Survey (MARVELS)
- Ford, E. (CfA) - Testing Planet Formation & Planetary System Evolution Theories using Orbital Properties
- Veras, D. (U. Colorado) - Predictions for the Correlation between Giant and Terrestrial Extrasolar Planets
- Murray-Clay, R. (UC Berkeley) - Atmospheric Escape from Hot Jupiters
- Harrington, J.
(UCF) - Spitzer Observations of Extrasolar Planets