Bulletin No. 2 August 1, 1995
6th Annual October Astrophysics Conference in Maryland
Cosmic Abundances
October 9-11, 1995
College Park, Maryland
International
Advisory Committee:
M. Abramowicz (Goeteborg) Scientific
R. Blandford (Pasadena) Organizing Committee:
C. Canizares (Cambridge, MA) C. Bennett (GSFC)
A. Dar (Haifa) A. Dar (Technion)
A. Dressler (Pasadena) S. Holt (GSFC)
G. Hasinger (Potsdam) R. McCray (Colorado)
S. Holt (Greenbelt) J.-P. Meyer (Saclay)
J. Peebles (Princeton) J. Ormes (GSFC)
R. McCray (Boulder) B. Pagel (Nordita)
M. Rees (Cambridge, UK) R. Petre (GSFC)
V. Rubin (Washington) R. Ramaty (GSFC)
J. Silk (Berkeley) E. Salpeter (Cornell)
D. Spergel (Princeton) D. Schramm (Chicago)
R. Sunyaev (Moscow) G. Sonneborn (GSFC)
A. Szalay (Budapest) V. Trimble (UMCP/UCI)
Y. Tanaka (Tokyo) S. Woosley (UCSC)
S. Tremaine (Toronto)
S. White (Garching)
I. Place and Date
The Conference will be held at the University Conference Center
(formerly the Center of Adult Education) at the University of
Maryland, College Park, MD. It will run for three days, Monday
through Wednesday, October 9-11, 1995.
II. Purpose of the Conference
This will be the sixth 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 Cosmic Abundances, will be
as successful as were the five previous conferences: After the
First Three Minutes, Testing the AGN Paradigm, Back to the Galaxy,
The Evolution of X-Ray Binaries, and Dark Matter.
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 Cosmic Abundances 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 discussions).
Programme (all invited speakers confirmed)
Monday, October 9, 1995
0915 Session #1 -- Welcome and Introduction Chair: S. Holt
0930 V. Trimble - Historical perspective and outlook
1030 Coffee
1100 Session #2 -- Big Bang Nucleosynthesis I Chair: A. Dar
1100 D. Schramm - Primordial nucleosynthesis
1130 C. Hogan - Primordial D/H
1200 S. Friedman - Anticipated D/H measurements with FUSE
1210 M. Kamionkowski - Future CMB constraints to the baryon density
1220 Discussion
1230 Lunch
1400 Session #3 -- Big Bang Nucleosynthesis II Chair: D. Spergel
1400 G. Steigman - Statistical tests of primordial nucleosynthesis
1430 E. Jenkins - QSO absorption line systems
and primordial nucleosynthesis
1500 M. Lemoine (for R. Ferlet) - Light elements in the local ISM
1530 M. Rugers - Primordial D/H from new Keck measurements
1540 Discussion
1600 Tea
1630 Session #4 -- Solar System Chair: A. Poland
1630 N. Grevesse - Standard abundances
1700 J-P Meyer - Solar coronal abundance anomalies
1730 E. Zinner - Isotopic abundances in stars as inferred from
the study of presolar grains in meteorites
1800 G. Share - Gamma-ray measurements of flare-to-flare
variations in ambient solar abundances
1810 Discussion
1830 Wine and cheese until 10 PM for poster perusal
Tuesday, October 10, 1995
0830 Session #5 -- Stars I Chair: D. Duncan
0830 J. Thorburn - Lithium abundances in stars
0900 S. Balachandran - Metal abundances in stars
0930 S. Drake - X-ray measurements of coronal abundances
1000 Discussion
1030 Coffee
1100 Session #6 -- Stars II Chair: N. Gehrels
1100 B. Meyer - r-, s-, and p-processes
1130 S. Starrfield - Nucleosynthesis in novae
1200 S. Woosley - SN nucleosynthesis
1230 R. Ramaty - Abundance determinations from gamma-ray measurements
1240 Discussion
1300 Lunch
1400 Session #7 -- Stars III Chair: G. Sonneborn
1400 R. Kirshner - Observational evidence for nucleosynthetic
products
1430 R. Petre - New X-ray measurements of supernovae
1500 R. McCray - Abundance inferences from measurements
1530 Discussion
1600 Tea
1630 Session #8 -- Galaxy I Chair: J. Ormes
1630 F. Timmes - Galactic nucleosynthesis
1700 B. Pagel - Abundances and globular cluster ages
1730 M. Casse (for E. Vangioni-Flam) - Energetic Particles and Li/Be/B
1800 R. Mewaldt - Anomalous cosmic rays: a sample of the
local interstellar medium
1810 Discussion
1830 Banquet
E. Salpeter - topic of his choice
Wednesday, October 11, 1995
0830 Session #9 -- Galaxy II Chair: V. Rubin
0830 J. Mathis - Elemental abundances in interstellar dust
0900 H. Dinerstein - Abundances in gaseous nebulae
0930 A. Rudolph - Abundance measurements in the outer galaxy
0940 Discussion
1000 Coffee
1030 Session #10 -- Galaxy III Chair: C. Bennett
1030 B. Savage - Abundances of the galactic halo gas
1100 J. Silk - Galaxies in clusters
1130 K. Arnaud - Intergalactic gas in clusters
1200 M. Loewenstein - ASCA observations of hot gas in ellipticals
1210 J. Krolik - Can elemental abundances be derived from
AGN emission lines?
1220 Discussion
1230 Lunch
1330 Session #11 -- Conclusion Chair: S. Holt
1335 R. Ramaty - Rapporteur
PLEASE REFER TO 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, 1995.
V. Proceedings
The Proceedings will be published by the Astronomical Society
of the Pacific, and 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, 1995 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
National Airport or Dulles Airport (although transportation
can be arranged from any of the three).
Public transportation to the university is not convenient, so
that 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 $ 62 $ 62
Quality Inn (301) 864-5820 $ 49 $ 54
VI. Registration
The Registration Fee for pre-registered (prior to September 15,
1995) 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 9), a banquet on Tuesday evening
October 10, 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.
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, 1995 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: 301-405-1507
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Registration for COSMIC ABUNDANCES
Name (as preferred on nametag) ___________________________________
Organizational affiliation _______________________________________
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(please use session NUMBER(S) in the preliminary programme)
Your check for the $240 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
Last updated on 9-21-95 by sel.
lehr@astro.umd.edu