EPoS 2010 Program
( T25m+D5m = Talk 25 minutes + Discussion 5 minutes )
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11:00 Start of the registration
12:20 Arrival of the airport shuttle bus
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:15 T15m Jürgen Steinacker Welcome and Introduction
Molecular Clouds
(Chair: Aurore Bacmann)
14:15-15:05 T42m+D8m Neal J. Evans Molecular Clouds: Basic Properties and Stellar Production
15:05-15:35 T25m+D5m Enrique Vazquez-Semadeni Star Formation by Hierarchical Gravitational Fragmentation
15:35-16:05 T25m+D5m Jens Kauffmann Mass-Size Studies of Regions of low-mass and high-mass Star Formation
16:05-16:35 Coffee break
16:35-17:05 T25m+D5m Robi Banerjee Star formation efficiency and lifetime of molecular clouds
17:05-17:35 T25m+D5m Gary A. Fuller The Properties of A New Catalogue of Spitzer Infrared Dark Clouds
17:35-18:30 D55m DISCUSSION (Moderator: Ralph Pudritz)
18:30 Dinner
08:00-09:00 Breakfast
Turbulence
(Chair: Andi Burkert)
09:00-09:50 T42m+D8m Mordecai-Mark Mac Low What is the role of turbulence in molecular cloud formation and evolution?
09:50-10:20 T25m+D5m Fabian Heitsch Setting the Star Formation Rate & Efficiency: Revisiting the Role of Turbulence and Magnetic Fields
10:20-10:50 T25m+D5m Jaime E. Pineda Direct Observation of a Sharp Transition to Coherence in Dense Cores
10:50-11:10 Coffee break
Herschel: Exciting First Results
(Chair: Laurent Pagani)
11:10-11:40 T25m+D5m Philippe Andre Initial highlights from the Herschel Gould Belt survey
11:40-12:10 T25m+D5m Sergio Molinari From Clouds to Young Stellar Objects and back again: the all-in-one view from the Herschel infrared Galactic Plane Survey
12:10-12:40 T25m+D5m S. Thomas Megeath The Herschel Orion Protostar Survey (HOPS)
12:40-14:00 Lunch
Cores & Collapse
(Chair: Isabelle Baraffe)
14:00-14:40 T33m+D7m Yancy Shirley Cores and Collapse: Observations of Cores & Collapse
14:40-15:10 T25m+D5m Aurore Bacmann Kinematics of pre-stellar cores: fast infall
15:10-15:40 T25m+D5m Mario Tafalla Understanding the origin of outflows and their feedback on cores: the case of IRAS 04166+2706
15:40-16:10 Coffee break
16:10-16:40 T25m+D5m Jürgen Steinacker "Coreshine" - the New Window to Explore Dust Growth in Cores
16:40-17:30 D50m DISCUSSION (Moderator: Malcolm Walmsley)
17:30-18:30 60m POSTER SESSION
18:30 Dinner
08:00-09:00 Breakfast
Cores & Collapse
(Chair: Satoshi Yamamoto)
09:00-09:40 T33m+D7m Patrick Hennebelle Cores & Collapse: Theories
09:40-10:10 T25m+D5m Eric R. Keto What the starless cores tell us about the physics of the ISM
10:10-10:40 T25m+D5m Gilles Chabrier Understanding the stellar initial mass function
10:40-11:10 Coffee break
11:10-11:40 T25m+D5m Phil Myers How do protostars get their masses?
Early Phases of Disks
(Chair: Satoshi Yamamoto)
11:40-12:30 T42m+D8m Jes Jorgenson The formation and early evolution of circumstellar disks
12:30-14:00 Lunch
Chemistry
(Chair: Dmitri Wiebe)
14:00-14:50 T42m+D8m Edwin A. Bergin Chemistry and Star Formation
14:50-15:20 T25m+D5m Laurent Pagani Deuteration of prestellar cores and the role of the ortho/para H2 ratio
15:20-15:40 Coffee break
15:40-16:10 T25m+D5m Doug Johnstone The Problem of Dense Gas Tracers in Perseus: Relating the N2H+, NH3, and Dust Continuum Properties of Pre- and Proto-Stellar Cores
16:10-16:40 T25m+D5m Nami Sakai Chemical Diversity of Low-Mass Star Forming Regions; Peculiar Compositions in L1527 and IRAS15398-3359
16:40-17:20 D40m DISCUSSION (Moderator: Peter Schilke)
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17:20-18:30
70m Large-Scale Structure in Molecular Clouds
(Convenors: Jens Kauffmann, Alyssa Goodman, Mario Tafalla)
70m The Herschel satellite: the new observing tool for EPoS aficionados/aficionadas (Convenor: Markus Nielbock, Hendrik Linz)
18:30 Dinner
08:00-09:00 Breakfast
Magnetic Fields
(Chair: Aake Nordlund)
09:00-09:50 T42m+D8m Richard M. Crutcher The Role of Magnetic Fields in Star Formation
09:50-10:20 T25m+D5m Fumitaka Nakamura A Significant Role of Magnetic Field and Protostellar Turbulence on the Formation and Evolution of Dense Cores in Clustered vs. Distributed Star Formation
10:20-10:50 Coffee break
10:50-11:20 T25m+D5m Paolo Padoan The Magnetic Field Strength in Molecular Clouds
11:20-11:50 T25m+D5m Thomas H. Troland Prelude to Star Formation - The Mass-to-Flux Ratio in Galactic GMCs
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11:50-12:30
40m TIME FOR PROJECTS
11:50-12:40 50m Magnetic Field Observations: Testing Star Formation Theory (Convenor: Dick Crutcher)
12:30-14:00 Lunch
Massive Stars
(Chair: Leonardo Testi)
14:00-14:50 T42m+D8m Henrik Beuther The formation and early evolution of high-mass stars
14:50-15:20 T25m+D5m Alyssa A. Goodman Underappreciated Players? The Role of B-Star Winds in Molecular Clouds
15:20-15:50 Coffee break
15:50-16:20 T25m+D5m Richard I. Klein The Feedback Effects of Protostellar Outflows on High Mass and Low Mass Star Formation
16:20-17:10 D40m DISCUSSION (Moderator: Thomas Henning)
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17:10-18:30
80m The Formation of Rich Clusters (Convenor: Eric Feigelson)
80m Computational Challenges: Where do we go from here? (Convenor: Richard Klein)
18:30 Dinner
08:00-09:00 Breakfast
Massive Stars
(Chair: Eric Feigelson)
09:00-09:30 T25m+D5m Joao Alves It's not that massive stars are found in clusters, it's clusters that are found around massive stars
09:30-10:00 T33m+D7m C. Robert O'Dell Multiple Centers of Star Formation in the Orion Nebula
10:00-10:30 Coffee break
10:30-11:20 T42m+D8m John Bally Conference Summary
11:20-12:20 D40m FINAL DISCUSSION (Moderator: Arnold Benz)
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00 Departure of the airport shuttle bus