Bulletin No. 1 April 1, 1996
7th Annual October Astrophysics Conference in Maryland
Star Formation, Near and Far
October 14-16, 1996
College Park, Maryland
International
Advisory Committee:
M. Abramowicz (Goeteborg)
R. Blandford (Pasadena)
C. Canizares (Cambridge, MA)
A. Dar (Haifa) Scientific
A. Dressler (Pasadena) Organizing Committee:
G. Hasinger (Potsdam) E. Dwek (GSFC)
S. Holt (Greenbelt) S. Heap (GSFC)
J. Peebles (Princeton) S. Holt (GSFC)
R. McCray (Boulder) S. Maran (GSFC)
J. Peebles (Princeton) L. Mundy (UMCP)
M. Rees (Cambridge, UK) S. Neff (GSFC)
V. Rubin (Washington) N. Panagia (STScI)
J. Silk (Berkeley) J. Silk (Berkeley)
D. Spergel (Princeton) D. Spergel (Princeton)
R. Sunyaev (Moscow) V. Trimble (UMCP/UCI)
A. Szalay (Budapest) S. Vogel (UMCP)
Y. Tanaka (Tokyo)
S. Tremaine (Toronto)
S. White (Garching)
I. Place and Date
The Conference will be held at the University Conference Center at the
University of Maryland, College Park, MD. It will run for three days,
Monday through Wednesday, October 14-16, 1996.
II. Purpose of the Conference
This will be the seventh in a series of topical conferences that are
arranged each autumn by scientists at the Goddard Space Flight Center
and the University of Maryland. Each of the conferences is devoted to
a single topic in astrophysics research, and is organized to elicit the
free discussion of ideas. We anticipate that this year's conference,
entitled Star Formation, Near and Far, will be as successful as were
the six previous conferences: After the First Three Minutes, Testing
the AGN Paradigm, Back to the Galaxy, The Evolution of X-Ray Binaries,
Dark Matter, and Cosmic Abundances.
THE INFORMATION IN THIS BULLETIN CAN BE OBTAINED VIA
ANONYMOUS FTP FROM HOST ftp.astro.umd.edu
IN THE FILE pub/october/info
OR AT THE WWW URL http://www.astro.umd.edu/october
III. Scientific Organization
The conference will be devoted to the discussion of new data and ideas
associated with Star Formation on all scales. It will be organized into
sessions that are 2 to 2-1/2 hours in duration. A typical session will
include two or three formal invited talks (each about 30-minutes) and
might also include a few 5 to 10-min oral contributions selected by the
session chair from submitted poster abstracts. The chair will encourage
free discussion of the session topic (if time permits and the the
privilege is not abused, any attendee might have one minute to present
one view-graph as part of the discussion).
Preliminary Programme
Session #1 -- Introduction
V. Trimble - Historical perspective and outlook
J. Silk - Current Issues
Session #2 -- Close-Up Views of Star Formation
P. Myers - Pre-Stellar Cores and Beginnings of Stellar Collapse
E. Ostriker - Turbulence and Magnetic Fields in Star Formation
L. Mundy - Observations of Circumstellar Disks and Infall
Short contributions and discussion
Session #3 -- Circumstellar Disks in Different Environments
J. Hester.- HST Images of Disks and Clusters
P. Hartigan - The Inner Accretion Disk
J. Stone - Theory of Circumstellar Disks
Short contributions and discussion
Session #4 -- Brown Dwarfs and the Very Low End of the IMF
S. Kulkarni - Obs of Brown Dwarfs and the Low End of the IMF
D. Lin - Formation of Brown Dwarfs
G. Basri - Observations of the Substellar Mass Function
Short contributions and discussion
Session #5 -- Clusters and Multiple Star Systems
R. Mathieu - Binaries/Multiple Star Systems
C. Clarke - Star Formation in Clusters
H. Richer - IMF in Clusters
Short contributions and discussion
Session #6 -- Galactic Star Formation
R. Humphreys - High Mass Stars in Local Galaxies
S. Heap - Extragalactic IMF and Star Formation Modes
R. Kennicutt - Controlling Factors for Global Star Formation
Short contributions and discussion
Session #7 -- Dynamical Processes Influencing Star Formation
S. Vogel - Dynamical Processes Influencing Star Formation
J. Hibbard - Mergers, Interactions, and Fueling of Starbursts
T. Heckman - Starbursts
Short contributions and discussion
Session #8 -- Star Formation History in Spirals
B. Gustafsson - Star Formation History in Low-z Spirals
C. Steidel - Star Formation History in High-z Spirals
Short contributions and discussion
Session #9 -- Star Formation History in Ellipticals
G. Worthey - Star Formation History in Low-z Ellipticals
A. Dressler - Star Formation History in High-z Ellipticals
Short contributions and discussion
Session #10 -- Star Formation History in Irregular and Dwarf
Spheriodal Galaxies
D. Hatzidimitriou - Star Formation History in Irregular Galaxies
T. Smecker-Hane - Star Form'n History in Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies
J. Dalcanton - Star Formation History in Faint Blue Galaxies
Short contributions and discussion
Session #11 -- Summary
R. Larson -- Rapporteur
FTP FILE FOR PROGRAMME UPDATES: /pub/october/agenda
IV. Posters
Registrants are encouraged to utilize posters to communicate their ideas.
There will be ample room for poster display in the informal area where
coffee and tea are served each day, and light refreshments will be
provided for a poster perusal session on Monday evening until 10 PM.
POSTER SPACE IS NOT GUARANTEED UNLESS THE ABSTRACT IS
RECEIVED WITH A COMPLETED REGISTRATION FORM, WHICH
INCLUDES THE REGISTRATION FEE, BY SEPTEMBER 15, 1996.
V. Proceedings
As with the first six October conferences, the published Proceedings
will include all invited talks, poster papers (not just abstracts), and
other discussion contributions that are submitted to the editors in
either camera-ready or electronically-transmitted forms. All manuscripts
are expected to be received by the editors by December 1, 1996 in order
that we can maintain our tradition of providing each registrant with a
hardcover copy of the Proceedings within eight months of the conference.
FTP FILE FOR STYLE INFO: pub/october/style
VI. Accommodations
College Park is close to the city of Washington, DC, but the Baltimore-
Washington International Airport is closer than either National or Dulles
Airports (although transportation can be arranged from any of the three).
Since public transportation to the university is not convenient, shuttle
buses will be operated between the College Park Holiday Inn and Quality
Inn and the site of the conference, the University Conference Center on
the campus of the University of Maryland. Shuttle schedules will be
available at all three locations. Lunches will be provided at the
conference, so that private cars will not be necessary for full-time
conference participants. Parking will be available for those who prefer
to use private cars.
FTP FILE FOR TRANSPORTATION INFO: pub/october/transportation
The local organizing committee has arranged for blocks of rooms to be
available for conference participants at the University Conference Center
(a full-service hotel), the Holiday Inn and the Quality Inn. Following
are phone numbers and daily rates (which we believe, but cannot
guarantee, to be current) for singles and doubles at these hotels.
Please contact the hotels DIRECTLY for reservations, and indicate that
you are an attendee of the October Astrophysics Conference at the
University Conference Center.
HOTEL PHONE NUMBER SINGLE DOUBLE
University Conference Center (301) 985-7310 $ 74 $ 89
Holiday Inn (800) 872-5564 or (301) 345-6700 $ 69 $ 69
Quality Inn (301) 864-5820 $ 54 $ 54
VI. Registration
The Registration Fee for pre-registered (prior to September 15, 1996)
attendees will be $200. The fee for late registrants will be $240.
There are no reduced rates for students (or others). The registration
fee includes lunches and light refreshments served throughout the
conference (including an informal reception on the evening of Monday
October 14), a banquet on Tuesday evening October 15, a souvenir T-shirt,
a book bag that you will use for years, and one copy of the published
(hardcover) Proceedings.
The registration form below will be used for planning purposes. Please
include an ABSTRACT for any formal contribution that you would like to
make to the conference. All such contributions should be assumed to be
posters unless the organizing committee requests an oral presentation.
IN ORDER TO BE GIVEN CONSIDERATION AS A POTENTIAL
ORAL CONTRIBUTION, YOUR ABSTRACT MUST BE RECEIVED
WITH A COMPLETED REGISTRATION FORM BY AUGUST 1, 1996.
SELECTIONS OF SHORT ORAL CONTRIBUTIONS WILL BE MADE
BY THE SESSION CHAIRS IN EARLY SEPTEMBER. YOU WILL
BE CONTACTED VIA E-MAIL BY SEPTEMBER 15, 1996 IF YOU
HAVE BEEN SELECTED (YOU WILL NOT BE CONTACTED IF YOU
ARE NOT SELECTED TO MAKE AN ORAL CONTRIBUTION).
For additional information, including arranging accommodations for
individuals with disabilities or special requirements:
E-MAIL: october@astro.umd.edu
TELEPHONE: 301-405-1512
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Early Pre-registration for STAR FORMATION, NEAR AND FAR
DEADLINE for Early Pre-Registration: August 1, 1996
Name (as preferred on nametag) ________________________________________
Organizational affiliation ____________________________________________
Mailing Address________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
E-mail address_________________________________________________________
Are you expecting to present a paper/poster? yes ___ no ___
(If yes, include abstract and answer the next two questions)
If asked, are you willing to make a 5-10-minute
oral presentation of your poster material? yes ___ no ___
For which session(s) would you prefer to be considered? ________
(please use session NUMBER(S) in the preliminary programme)
Your check for the $200 pre-registration fee should be payable to:
University of Maryland
If you plan to attend the Conference, please send this form to:
October Conference
Astronomy Department
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
NOTE: Registration forms and abstracts can be E-mailed to:
october@astro.umd.edu
but they will not be considered for short oral presentations unless the
pre-registration fee is received by AUGUST 1, 1996, or have guaranteed
poster space if not received by SEPTEMBER 15, 1996.
Last updated on 6-26-96 by sel.
lehr@astro.umd.edu