| ID1 | Jill Tarter: "The Evolution of Life in the Universe" |
| ID2 | Alan Title: "The Magnetic Field and its Effects on the Solar Atmosphere as Observed at High Resolution" |
| ID3 | Shuang Nan Zhang: "Similar phenomena at different scales: Black Holes, Sun, Supernovae, Galaxies and Galaxy Clusters" |
| ID4 | Reinhard Genzel: "The power of new experimental techniques in astronomy: Zooming in on the black hole in the Center of the Milky Way" |
| Monday 14 | |
| S235 | Galaxy Evolution across the Hubble Time |
| S236 | Near Earth Objects, our Celestial Neighbors: Opportunity and Risk |
| S237 | Triggered Star Formation in a Turbulent ISM |
| Tuesday 15 | |
| S235 | Galaxy Evolution across the Hubble Time |
| S236 | Near Earth Objects, our Celestial Neighbors: Opportunity and Risk |
| S237 | Triggered Star Formation in a Turbulent ISM |
| Wednesday 16 | |
| ID1 | Jill Tarter: "The Evolution of Life in the Universe" |
| S235 | Galaxy Evolution across the Hubble Time |
| S236 | Near Earth Objects, our Celestial Neighbors: Opportunity and Risk |
| S237 | Triggered Star Formation in a Turbulent ISM |
| JD01 | Cosmic Particle Acceleration - from Solar System to AGNs |
| JD02 | Pulsar Emission and Related Phenomena |
| JD03 | Solar Active Regions and 3D Magnetic Structure |
| JD04 | The Ultraviolet Universe: Stars from Birth to Death |
| JD05 | Calibrating the Top of the Stellar M-L Relation |
| SPS1 | Astronomical Facilities of the Next Decade |
| Thursday 17 | |
| ID2 | Alan Title: "The Magnetic Field and its Effects on the Solar Atmosphere as Observed at High Resolution" |
| S235 | Galaxy Evolution across the Hubble Time |
| S236 | Near Earth Objects, our Celestial Neighbors: Opportunity and Risk |
| S237 | Triggered Star Formation in a Turbulent ISM |
| JD01 | Cosmic Particle Acceleration - from Solar System to AGNs |
| JD02 | Pulsar Emission and Related Phenomena |
| JD03 | Solar Active Regions and 3D Magnetic Structure |
| JD04 | The Ultraviolet Universe: Stars from Birth to Death |
| JD06 | Neutron Stars and Black Holes in Star Clusters |
| JD07 | The Universe at z>6 |
| JD08 | Solar and Stellar Activity Cycles |
| JD09 | Supernovae: One Millennium after SN1006 |
| SPS1 | Astronomical Facilities of the Next Decade |
| SPS2 | Innovation in Teaching/Learning Astronomy Methods |
| SPS3a | The Virtual Observatory in Action: New Science, New Technology, and Next Generation Facilities |
| Friday 18 | |
| S236 | Near Earth Objects, our Celestial Neighbors: Opportunity and Risk |
| S237 | Triggered Star Formation in a Turbulent ISM |
| JD06 | Neutron Stars and Black Holes in Star Clusters |
| JD07 | The Universe at z>6 |
| JD08 | Solar and Stellar Activity Cycles |
| JD09 | Supernovae: One Millennium after SN1006 |
| SPS2 | Innovation in Teaching/Learning Astronomy Methods |
| SPS3a | The Virtual Observatory in Action: New Science, New Technology, and Next Generation Facilities |
| SPS4a | “Hot Topics” |
| Monday 21 | |
| ID3 | Shuang Nan Zhang: "Similar phenomena at different scales: Black Holes, Sun, Supernovae, Galaxies and Galaxy Clusters |
| S238 | Black Holes: from Stars to Galaxies - across the Range of Masses |
| S239 | Convection in Astrophysics |
| JD10 | Progress in Planetary Exploration Missions |
| JD11 | Pre-Solar Grains as Astrophysical Tools |
| JD12 | Long Wavelength Astrophysics |
| SPS3b | The Virtual Observatory in Action: New Science, New Technology, and Next Generation Facilities |
| SPS5 | Astronomy for the Developing World |
| Tuesday 22 | |
| ID4 | Reinhard Genzel "The power of new experimental techniques in astronomy: Zooming in on the black hole in the Center of the Milky Way" |
| S238 | Black Holes: from Stars to Galaxies - across the Range of Masses |
| S239 | Convection in Astrophysics |
| S240 | Binary Stars as Critical Tools and Tests in Contemporary Astrophysics |
| JD10 | Progress in Planetary Exploration Missions |
| JD13 | Exploiting Large Surveys for Galactic Astronomy |
| JD14 | Modelling Dense Stellar Systems |
| JD15 | New Cosmology Results from the Spitzer Space Telescope |
| JD16 | Nomenclature, Precession and New Models in Fundamental Astronomy |
| SPS3b | The Virtual Observatory in Action: New Science, New Technology, and Next Generation Facilities |
| SPS4b | “Hot Topics” |
| SPS5 | Astronomy for the Developing World |
| SPS6 | Astronomical Data Management |
| SPS7 | Astronomy in Antarctica |
| Wednesday 23 | |
| S238 | Black Holes: from Stars to Galaxies - across the Range of Masses |
| S239 | Convection in Astrophysics |
| S240 | Binary Stars as Critical Tools and Tests in Contemporary Astrophysics |
| JD13 | Exploiting Large Surveys for Galactic Astronomy |
| JD14 | Modelling Dense Stellar Systems |
| JD15 | New Cosmology Results from the Spitzer Space Telescope |
| JD16 | Nomenclature, Precession and New Models in Fundamental Astronomy |
| JD17 | Highlights of Recent Progress in the Seismology of the Sun and Sun-like Stars |
| SPS7 | Astronomy in Antarctica |
| Thursday 24 | |
| S238 | Black Holes: from Stars to Galaxies - across the Range of Masses |
| S239 | Convection in Astrophysics |
| S240 | Binary Stars as Critical Tools and Tests in Contemporary Astrophysics |
| Friday 25 | |
| S238 | Black Holes: from Stars to Galaxies - across the Range of Masses |
| S239 | Convection in Astrophysics |
| S240 | Binary Stars as Critical Tools and Tests in Contemporary Astrophysics |
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GALAXY EVOLUTION ACROSS THE HUBBLE TIME From Monday 14 through Thursday 17 August 2006 | ||
| Scientific Organizing Committee: | ||
| Roberto Abraham (Canada), Ronald J. Buta (USA), Catherine J. Cesarsky (IAU, ex officio), Françoise Combes (France, co-Chair), Mark Dickinson (USA), Michael A. Dopita (Australia), Marijn Franx (The Netherlands), Kenneth C. Freeman (Australia), Uta Fritze-von Alvensleben (Germany), Masataka Fukugita (Japan), Gerhard Hensler (Austria), Simon J. Lilly (Switzerland), Jan Palouš (Czech Republic, co-Chair), Ian Smail (UK), and Roberto J. Terlevich (Mexico). | ||
| Chair, Local Organizing Committee: Cyril Ron. | ||
| Proceedings' Editors: Françoise Combes (Chief Editor) and Jan Palouš. | ||
| Contact person: Jan Palouš | ||
| Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Bocni II 1401 | ||
| CZ-141 31 Prague 4, Czech Republic | ||
| Phone: +420 2 6710 3065 - Fax: +420 2 7276 9023 - Email: palous(at)ig.cas.cz | ||
| Preliminary Scientific Program Topics: | ||
| - | Morphology and dynamics of galaxies | |
| - | Gas-stars cycle | |
| - | Stellar populations | |
| - | Galaxies in clusters | |
| - | Galaxies in early universe | |
NEAR EARTH OBJECTS, OUR CELESTIAL NEIGHBORS: OPPORTUNITY AND RISK From Monday 14 through Friday 18 August 2006 | ||
| Scientific Organizing Committee: | ||
| Guy J. Consolmagno (Vatican City State), Syuzo Isobe (Japan), Zoran Knezevic (Serbia & Montenegro), Ingrid Mann (Germany), Andrea Milani (Italy, co-Chair), David Morrison (USA), Petr Pravec (Czech Republic), Hans Rickman (IAU, ex officio), Hans Scholl (France), Timothy B. Spahr (USA), Edward F. Tedesco (USA), Giovanni B. Valsecchi (Italy, co-Chair), David Vokrouhlicky (Czech Republic, co-Chair), Ian P. Williams (UK), Donald K. Yeomans (USA), and Jin Zhu (China, Nanjing). | ||
| Chair, Local Organizing Committee: Cyril Ron. | ||
| Proceedings' Editors: Andrea Milani (Chief Editor), Giovanni B. Valsecchi, and David Vokrouhlicky. | ||
| Contact person: Giovanni B. Valsecchi | ||
| INAF-IASF, via Fosso del Cavaliere 100 | ||
| IT 00133 Roma, Italy | ||
| Phone: +39 06 4993 4446 - Fax: +39 06 2066 0188 - Email: giovanni(at)rm.iasf.cnr.it | ||
| Preliminary Scientific Program Topics: | ||
| - | Origin and dynamics of NEOs | |
| - | Physical properties of NEOs, including internal structure | |
| - | Next generation surveys and synergies with other astronomical communities | |
| - | Spacecraft exploration of NEOs | |
| - | Interactions of NEOs with planets: cratering, meteors and meteorites | |
| - | The astronomical aspects of the impact hazard | |
TRIGGERED STAR FORMATION IN A TURBULENT ISM From Monday 14 through Friday 18 August 2006 | ||
| Scientific Organizing Committee: | ||
| Philippe André (France), Leo Blitz (USA), Bruce G. Elmegreen (USA, co-Chair), Yasuo Fukui (Japan), Pavel Kroupa (Germany), Sally Oey (USA), Eve C. Ostriker (USA), Jan Palouš (Czech Republic, co-Chair), Monica Rubio (Chile), Guillermo Tenorio-Tagle (Mexico), Anthony P. Whitworth (UK), Robert E. Williams (IAU, ex officio), and Hans Zinnecker (Germany). | ||
| Chair, Local Organizing Committee: Cyril Ron. | ||
| Proceedings' Editors: Bruce G. Elmegreen (Chief Editor) and Jan Palouš. | ||
| Contact person: Jan Palouš | ||
| Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Bocni II 1401 | ||
| CZ-141 31 Prague 4, Czech Republic | ||
| Phone: +420 2 6710 3065 - Fax: +420 2 7276 9023 - Email: palous(at)ig.cas.cz | ||
| Preliminary Scientific Program Topics: | ||
| - | General ISM related to cloud formation | |
| - | GMC cores and small-scale triggering | |
| - | Clusters, associations, and large-scale triggering | |
| - | Galaxy-wide triggering | |
BLACK HOLES: FROM STARS TO GALAXIES - ACROSS THE RANGE OF MASSES From Monday 21 through Friday 25 August 2006 | ||
| Scientific Organizing Committee: | ||
| Roger D. Blandford (USA), Annalisa Celotti (Italy), Bozena Czerny (Poland), Philip A. Charles (South Africa), Andrew C. Fabian (UK), Reinhard Genzel (Germany), Günther Hasinger (Germany), Vladimir Karas (Czech Republic, co-Chair), Kazuo Makishima (Japan), Giorgio Matt (Italy, co-Chair), Felix Mirabel (Chile), Kenneth A. Pounds (IAU, ex officio), Martin J. Rees (UK), Jean H. Swank (USA), Tahir Yaqoob (USA), and Shuang Nan Zhang (China, Nanjing). | ||
| Chair, Local Organizing Committee: Cyril Ron. | ||
| Proceedings' Editors: Vladimir Karas (Chief Editor) and Giorgio Matt. | ||
| Contact person: Vladimir Karas | ||
| Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Bocni II 1401 | ||
| CZ-141 31 Prague 4, Czech Republic | ||
| Phone: +420 2 6710 3045 - Fax: +420 2 7276 9023 - Email: vladimir.karas(at)cuni.cz | ||
| Preliminary Scientific Program Topics: | ||
| - | Observational evidence for stellar-mass black holes. Formation and evolution of stellar-mass black holes, connection with gamma-ray bursts | |
| - | Matter accretion and ejection in stellar mass black holes. Observational evidence for intermediate mass black holes: ultraluminous X-ray sources | |
| - | The Galactic Center. Observational evidence for supermassive black holes, connection with the host galaxies | |
| - | Formation and evolution of supermassive black holes, black hole binary merging. Matter accretion and ejection in supermassive black holes | |
| - | Common phenomenology in black holes of all masses. Strong-gravity effects: spectra, timing, polarimetry | |
CONVECTION IN ASTROPHYSICS From Monday 21 through Friday 25 August 2006 | ||
| Scientific Organizing Committee: | ||
| Beatriz Barbuy (IAU, ex officio), Kwing Lam Chan (China, Nanjing), Francesca D'Antona (Italy), Thomas L. Duvall (USA), Andrew P. Ingersoll (USA), Jiri Kubat (Czech Republic), Friedrich Kupka (Germany, co-Chair), Aake Nordlund (Denmark), Ian W. Roxburgh (UK,co-Chair), Barry Smalley (UK), Sami K. Solanki (Germany), Juri Toomre (USA), and Sylvie D. Vauclair (France). | ||
| Chair, Local Organizing Committee: Cyril Ron. | ||
| Proceedings' Editors: Friedrich Kupka (Chief Editor), Ian W. Roxburgh and Kwing Lam Chan. | ||
| Contact person: Ian W. Roxburgh | ||
| School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road | ||
| GB-London E1 4NS, UK | ||
| Phone: +44 20 7882 5441 - Fax: +44 20 8983 3522 - Email: i.w.roxburgh(at)qmul.ac.uk | ||
| Preliminary Scientific Program Topics: | ||
| - | Modelling and simulation techniques of convection | |
| - | Observing convection | |
| - | Convection and radiation | |
| - | Convection in planets and brown dwarfs | |
| - | Convection and nuclear reactions | |
| - | Convective mixing | |
| - | Convection, pulsation and mass loss | |
| - | Convection, rotation and discs | |
| - | MHD convection and dynamos | |
BINARY STARS AS CRITICAL TOOLS AND TESTS IN CONTEMPORARY ASTROPHYSICS From Tuesday 22 through Friday 25 August 2006 | ||
| Scientific Organizing Committee: | ||
| Christine Allen (Mexico), Dmitrij V. Bisikalo (Russian Federation), John Davis (Australia), Edward F. Guinan (USA, co-Chair), Petr Harmanec (Czech Republic, co-Chair), William I. Hartkopf (USA, co-Chair), Patricia Lampens (Belgium), Josefina F. Ling (Spain), Katalin Olah (Hungary), Terry D. Oswalt (USA), Kresimir Pavlovski (Croatia), Geraldine J. Peters (USA), Slavek M. Rucinski (Canada), Colin D. Scarfe (Canada), Brian Warner (IAU, ex officio), Marek Wolf (Czech Republic), and Hans Zinnecker (Germany). | ||
| Chair, Local Organizing Committee: Cyril Ron. | ||
| Proceedings' Editors: William I. Hartkopf (Chief Editor), Petr Harmanec and Edward F. Guinan. | ||
| Contact person: William I. Hartkopf | ||
| U.S. Naval Observatory, 3450 Massachusetts Avenue | ||
| US-Washington, D.C. 20392, USA | ||
| Phone: +1 202 762 1478 - Fax: +1 202 762 1516 - Email: wih(at)usno.navy.mil | ||
| Preliminary Scientific Program Topics: | ||
| - | New observing and reduction techniques: long-baseline interferometry; precision photometry and spectroscopy; automatic searches; amateurs; light-curve modelling; simultaneous solutions | |
| - | Improving calibrations of distance, Teff: new results from classical methods; theories of rotating stars and binary formation; nomenclature | |
| - | Binaries as critical tests: tidal potential of Galaxy; theories of gravitation and mass exchange; asteroseismology for pulsating stars in binaries; influence of binarity on stellar activity | |
| - | Confronting needs of observers and theoreticians, dealing with flood of data expected from planned surveys; the Virtual Observatory | |
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COSMIC PARTICLE ACCELERATION - FROM SOLAR SYSTEM TO AGNs Wednesday 16 (full day) & Thursday 17 (a.m.) August 2006 | ||
| Coordinating Divisions: II & XI | ||
| Participating Divisions/Commissions: VIII, X & XI/10, 12, 28, 40, 44 & 4 | ||
| Scientific Organizing Committee: | ||
| Jonathan Aarons (USA), Roger D. Blandford (USA), John C. Brown (UK, co-Chair), Mary K. Hudson (USA), Marian Karlicky (Czech Republic, co-Chair), John Kirk (Germany, co-Chair), Robert P. Lin (USA), Donald B. Melrose (Australia), Kazunari Shibata (Japan), Nicole Vilmer (France), and Alan M. Watson (UK). | ||
| Proceedings' Editors: Marian Karlicky (Chief Editor) and John C. Brown. | ||
| Contact person: John C. Brown | ||
| Physics and Astronomy Department, Kelvin Building, University of Glasgow | ||
| GB-Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK | ||
| Phone: +44 141 330 5182 - Fax: +44 141 330 5183 - Email: john(at)astro.gla.ac.uk | ||
| Preliminary Scientific Program Topics: | ||
| - | Overview of cosmic particle acceleration | |
| - | Production and role of solar energetic solar particles | |
| - | Acceleration in planetary magnetospheres and the ISM | |
| - | Pulsars/pulsar winds and supernova remnants | |
| - | Active stars and colliding stellar winds | |
| - | Gamma-ray bursters | |
| - | AGNs, jets and clusters of galaxies | |
| - | Theory of acceleration mechanisms and their diagnostics | |
| - | Particle in cell and other simulations | |
PULSAR EMISSION AND RELATED PHENOMENA Wednesday 16 (full day) & Thursday 17 (a.m.) August 2006 | ||
| Coordinating Division: XI | ||
| Participating Commissions: 31, 33, 40 & 44 | ||
| Scientific Organizing Committee: | ||
| Jonathan Arons (USA), Werner Becker (Germany, co-Chair), Kwong Sang Cheng (China, Nanjing), Ocker C. de Jager (South Africa), Janusz A. Gil (Poland, co-chair), Nobuyuki Kawai (Japan), Michael Kramer (UK), H. Jan M.E. Kuijpers (Netherlands), Roger W. Romani (USA), Bronislaw Rudak (Poland), David J. Thompson (USA), and Vladimir V. Usov (Israel/ Russian Federation). | ||
| Proceedings' Editors: Janusz A. Gil (Chief Editor) and Rene Hudec. | ||
| Contact person: Werner Becker | ||
| Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, Giessenbachstrasse 1 | ||
| DE-85741 Garching, Germany | ||
| Phone: +49 89 30000 3588 - Fax: +49 89 30000 3569 - Email: web(at)mpe.mpg.de | ||
| Preliminary Scientific Program Topics: | ||
| - | Global properties and internal structure on neutron stars | |
| - | Structure and evolution of neutron star magnetic field | |
| - | The evolution of rotation-powered pulsars | |
| - | Pulsar electrodynamics | |
| - | Non-thermal emission from pulsars | |
| - | Collective plasma processes | |
| - | Thermal emission from neutron stars and anomalous X-ray pulsars | |
| - | General relativity effects and gravitational waves from binary and fast spinning pulsars | |
SOLAR ACTIVE REGIONS AND 3D MAGNETIC STRUCTURE Wednesday 16 (full day) & Thursday 17 (a.m.) August 2006 | ||
| Coordinating Division: II | ||
| Participating Commission: 49 | ||
| Scientific Organizing Committee: | ||
| Subramanian Ananthakrishnan (India), Thomas E. Berger (USA), John M. Davis (USA), Oddbjorn Engvold (Norway), Dale E. Gary (USA), Axel Hofmann (Germany), Hongqi Zhong (China, Nanjing), Donald B. Melrose (Australia), Debi Prasad Choudhary (USA, co-Chair), Eric R. Priest (UK), Robert J. Rutten (The Netherlands), Takashi Sakurai (Japan), Brigitte Schmieder (France), Michal Sobotka (Czech Republic, co-Chair), Sami K. Solanki (Germany), and Jan O. Stenflo (Switzerland). | ||
| Proceedings' Editors: Debi Prasad Choudhary (Chief Editor) and Michal Sobotka. | ||
| Contact person: Debi Prasad Choudhary | ||
| Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University, Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff Street | ||
| US-Northridge, CA 91330-8268, USA | ||
| Phone: +1 818 677 2775 - Fax: +1 818 677 3234 - Email: DebiPrasad.Choudhary(at)csun.edu | ||
| Preliminary Scientific Program Topics: | ||
| - | Photospheric magnetic field: observation and inversion techniques | |
| - | Chromospheric magnetic field: observation and inversion techniques | |
| - | Coronal magnetic field: observation and inversion techniques | |
| - | Magnetic field below the photosphere | |
| - | Extrapolation of the photospheric field for modelling of 3-D magnetic field structure | |
| - | Small-scale structures and magnetic field | |
| - | Coronal and chromospheric heating theory | |
| - | Eruptions, filaments, CMEs, and space weather implications | |
| - | Instrumentation and measuring techniques | |
THE ULTRAVIOLET UNIVERSE: STARS FROM BIRTH TO DEATH dedicated to Prof. Cornelis de Jager (85), pioneer in UV studies Wednesday 16 (full day) & Thursday 17 (a.m.) August 2006 | ||
| Coordinating Division: XI | ||
| Participating Commissions: 14, 30 & 36 | ||
| Scientific Organizing Committee: | ||
| Thomas R. Ayres (USA), Martin A. Barstow (UK), William P. Blair (USA), Domitilla de Martino (Italy), Michael A. Dopita (Australia), Ana I. Gómez de Castro (Spain), Jiri Grygar (Czech Republic), John B. Hutchings (Canada), Carole Jordan (UK), Yoji Kondo (USA), Elia M. Leibowitz (Israel), Andrzej Niedzielski (Poland), Boris M. Shustov (Russian Federation), Jorge Sahade (Argentina), Willem Wamsteker (Spain, Chair), and Zhen-Ru Wang (China, Nanjing). | ||
| Proceedings' Editors: Ana I. Gómez de Castro (Chief Editor) and Willem Wamsteker. | ||
| Contact person: Willem Wamsteker | ||
| INTA/LAEFF, c/o ESAC, P.O. Box 50727 | ||
| ES-28080 Madrid, Spain | ||
| Phone: +34 91 81311 89 - Fax: +34 91 81311 92 - Email: willem.wamsteker(at)esa.int | ||
| Preliminary Scientific Program Topics: | ||
| - | Newly formed stars and their direct violent environment | |
| - | Mass loss phases in massive stars | |
| - | Different levels of interaction in binary stars | |
| - | The white dwarf sequence | |
| - | Differences and similarities in classical novae | |
| - | Different ways to become a supernova | |
CALIBRATING THE TOP OF THE STELLAR M-L RELATION Wednesday 16 August 2006 | ||
| Coordinating Division: IV | ||
| Participating Divisions/Commissions: VI & VIII/26, 28, 29, 34, 35, 36, 37, 42, 45 &, 47 | ||
| Scientific Organizing Committee: | ||
| Norbert Langer (The Netherlands), Claus Leitherer (USA, Chair), Anthony F.J. Moffat (Canada), Stanley P. Owocki (USA), and Joachim Puls (Germany). | ||
| Proceedings' Editors: Claus Leitherer (Chief Editor), Anthony F.J. Moffat and Joachim Puls. | ||
| Contact person: Claus Leitherer | ||
| Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive | ||
| US-Baltimore, MD 21218, USA | ||
| Phone: +1 410 338 4425 - Fax: +1 410 338 4767 - Email: leitherer(at)stsci.edu | ||
| Preliminary Scientific Program Topics: | ||
| - | Empirical mass determinations of the most massive single stars | |
| - | Models for massive stars on and off the main sequence | |
| - | Stability near the Eddington limit with and without rotation | |
| - | Comparisons of atmospheric and evolutionary masses | |
| - | Efforts to detect, monitor and analyze massive binaries | |
| - | Mass and energy return to the interstellar medium from massive stars | |
| - | Extrapolation to the first generation of stars with ultra-high mass | |
| - | The role of hot massive stars during the epoch of re-ionization in the early universe | |
NEUTRON STARS AND BLACK HOLES IN STAR CLUSTERS Thursday 17 (p.m.) & Friday 18 (full day) August 2006 | ||
| Coordinating Division: XI | ||
| Participating Commissions: 26, 28, 30, 31, 33, 35, 37, 40, 42 & 44 | ||
| Scientific Organizing Committee: | ||
| Tomasz Bulik (Poland), V. Jorge Casares (Spain), Philip A. Charles (South Africa), Monica Colpi (Italy), Robert P. Fender (UK), Pranab Ghosh (India), Eric Gourgoulhon (France), Jonathan E. Grindlay (USA), Victoria M. Kaspi (Canada), Andrew R. King (UK), Richard N. Manchester (Australia), I. Felix Mirabel (Chile), Frederic A. Rasio (USA, co-Chair), Hans Ritter (Germany), Masura Shibata (Japan), and Ingrid H. Stairs (Canada, co-Chair). | ||
| Proceedings' Editors: Frederic A. Rasio (Chief Editor), Victoria M. Kaspi and Robert P. Fender. | ||
| Contact person: Frederic A. Rasio | ||
| Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road | ||
| US-Evanston, IL 60208, USA | ||
| Phone: +1 847 467 3419 - Fax: +1 847 467 6857 - Email: rasio(at)northwestern.edu | ||
| Preliminary Scientific Program Topics: | ||
| - | X-ray binaries in the Milky Way and other galaxies | |
| - | Radio and X-ray millisecond pulsars | |
| - | X-ray transients | |
| - | Optical reprocessing and fast variability | |
| - | X-ray sources and radio pulsars in globular clusters | |
| - | Compact objects in massive binaries and starbursts | |
| - | Connection to gamma-ray bursts | |
| - | Modelling of accretion disks | |
| - | Quasi-periodic oscillations | |
| - | Ultra-luminous X-ray sources | |
| - | Formation and evolution of massive binaries | |
| - | Supernovae and kicks in binaries | |
| - | Compact binaries as sources of gravitational waves | |
| - | Relativistic binaries and tests of general relativity | |
THE UNIVERSE AT z > 6 Thursday 17 (p.m.) & Friday 18 (full day) August 2006 | ||
| Coordinating Division: VIII | ||
| Participating Commissions: 28 & 47 | ||
| Scientific Organizing Committee: | ||
| Andrea Ferrara (Italy, co-Chair), Esther M. Hu (USA), Matthew D. Lehnert (Germany), Roser D. Pello (France), Daniel Schaerer (Switzerland, co-Chair), and Yoshiaki Taniguchi (Japan). | ||
| Proceedings' Editors: Daniel Schaerer (Chief Editor) and Andrea Ferrara. | ||
| Contact person: Daniel Schaerer | ||
| Observatoire de Genève, 51, Ch. des Maillettes | ||
| CH-1290 Sauverny, Switzerland | ||
| Phone: +41 22 379 2454 - Fax: +41 22 379 2205 - Email: daniel.schaerer(at)obs.unige.ch | ||
| Preliminary Scientific Program Topics: | ||
| - | Galaxies at z > 6 | |
| - | Interstellar and intergalactic medium at z > 6 | |
| - | Quasars at z > 6 | |
| - | Observational approaches to z > 6: deep fields, search techniques, use of gravitational lensing | |
| - | Gamma-ray bursts to probe the early Universe | |
| - | Star formation in the early Universe, simulations | |
| - | Feedback mechanisms at high-z at various scales, galactic and IGM including galaxy outflows | |
| - | Early chemical evolution of the Universe | |
| - | Cosmic re-ionization, simulations, observational constraints | |
SOLAR AND STELLAR ACTIVITY CYCLES Thursday 17 (p.m.) & Friday 18 (full day) August 2006 | ||
| Coordinating Division: II | ||
| Participating Divisions/Commissions: IV/10, 12, 29, 35, 36 & 49 | ||
| Scientific Organizing Committee: | ||
| Pavel Ambroz (Czech Republic), Martin Asplund (Australia), Svetlana V. Berdyugina (Switzerland), Andrew C. Cameron (UK), Dainis Dravins (Sweden), Lidia van Driel-Gesztelyi (France), Cheng Fang (China, Nanjing), Alexander Kosovichev (USA, co-Chair), John D. Landstreet (Canada), Valentin I. Makarov (Russian Federation), Gautier Mathys (Chile), Roberto Pallavicini (Italy), Fernando Moreno-Insertis (Spain), Takashi Sakurai (Japan), Klaus G. Strassmeier (Germany, co-Chair), and P. Venkatakrishnan (India). | ||
| Proceedings' Editors: Klaus G. Strassmeier (Chief Editor) and Alexander Kosovichev. | ||
| Contact person: Alexander Kosovichev | ||
| Wilcox Solar Observatory, Building HEPL, Room A204, 445 Via Palou | ||
| US-Stanford, CA 94305-4085, USA | ||
| Phone: +1 650 723 7667 - Fax: +1 650 725 2333 - Email: sasha(at)quake.stanford.edu | ||
| Preliminary Scientific Program Topics: | ||
| - | Observations and models of the physical processes responsible for stellar magnetic cycles | |
| - | Advances in understanding the dynamo mechanism, generation, transport and dissipation of magnetic fields | |
| - | Recent results of observations of almost a complete 11-year solar cycle from SOHO and ground-based observatories | |
| - | Multi-wavelength observations of the solar-type activity on other stars | |
| - | Compare and contrast properties of stellar and solar cycles with theories | |
| - | Planning for future observations and modelling | |
SUPERNOVAE: ONE MILLENNIUM AFTER SN1006 Thursday 17 (p.m.) & Friday 18 (full day) August 2006 | ||
| Coordinating Division: VIII, WG Supernovae | ||
| Participating Divisions/Commissions: VI & XII/34, 41 & 47 | ||
| Scientific Organizing Committee: | ||
| Gloria Dubner (Argentina), Claes Fransson (Sweden), Wolfgang Hillebrandt (Germany, co-Chair), Katsuji Koyama (Japan), Ken'ichi Nomoto (Japan), Robert Petre (USA), Pilar Ruiz-Lapuente (Spain), Brian P. Schmidt (Australia, co-Chair), Virginia L. Trimble (USA), J. Graig Wheeler (USA), and P. Frank Winkler (USA, co-Chair). | ||
| Proceedings' Editors: P. Frank Winkler (Chief Editor), Wolfgang Hillebrandt and Brian P. Schmidt. | ||
| Contact person: P. Frank Winkler | ||
| Department of Physics, Middlebury College, Bicentennial Way | ||
| US-Middlebury, VT 05753, USA | ||
| Phone: +1 802 443 5426 - Fax: +1 802 443 2072 - Email: winkler(at)middlebury.edu | ||
| Preliminary Scientific Program Topics: | ||
| - | The history of SN 1006 and other historical supernovae | |
| - | SNR 1006 and other young supernova remnants | |
| - | The physics of supernovae: observations and theory | |
| - | Cosmological applications of supernovae | |
PROGRESS IN PLANETARY EXPLORATION MISSIONS Monday 21 (full day) & Tuesday 22 (a.m.) August 2006 | ||
| Coordinating Commission: 16 | ||
| Participating Division/Commission: III/15 | ||
| Scientific Organizing Committee: | ||
| Michael F. A'Hearn (USA), Carlo Blanco (Italy), Guy J. Consolmagno (Vatican City State, Chair) Régis Courtin (France), Dale P. Cruikshank (USA), Walter F. Huebner (USA), Petrus M.M. Jenniskens (The Netherlands), H. Uwe Keller (Germany), Leonid V. Ksanfomality (Russian Federation), Mikhail Ya. Marov (Russian Federation), Melissa A. McGrath (USA), Keth S. Noll (USA), Maarten C. Roos-Serote (Portugal), Edward F. Tedesco (USA), and Iwan P. Williams (UK). | ||
| Proceedings' Editors: Guy J. Consolmagno (Chief Editor) and Melissa A. McGrath. | ||
| Contact person: Guy J. Consolmagno | ||
| Specola Vaticana | ||
| VA-00120 Vatican City State | ||
| Phone: +39 06 6988 5122 - Fax: +39 06 6988 4671 - Email: gjc(at)specola.va | ||
| Preliminary Scientific Program Summary: | ||
| Results of planetary spacecraft missions that have returned results in the last triennium will be summarized by the project scientists and other principal investigators of the missions. The new results will be related to highlight the body of work in Planetary Sciences, which has proceeded in parallel with the spacecraft missions Spirit/Opportunity, Mars Express, Cassini, Stardust, Genesis. | ||
PRE-SOLAR GRAINS AS ASTROPHYSICAL TOOLS Monday 21 August 2006 | ||
| Coordinating Division: IV | ||
| Participating Division/Commissions: VI/22, 34 & 35 | ||
| Scientific Organizing Committee: | ||
| Anja C. Andersen (Denmark, co-Chair), W. David Arnett (USA), Martin Asplund (Australia), Suchitra C. Balachandran (USA), John P. Bradley (USA), Mounib El Eid (Lebanon), Roberto Gallino (Italy), Sunetra Giridhar (India), John C. Lattanzio (Australia, co-Chair), Jacobus Th. van Loon (UK), Nami Mowlavi (Switzerland), Takashi Yoshida (Japan), and Ernst Zinner (USA). | ||
| Proceedings' Editors: Anja C. Andersen (Chief Editor) and John C. Lattanzio. | ||
| Contact person: John C. Lattanzio | ||
| School of Mathematical Sciences, Building 28, Monash University | ||
| AU-Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia | ||
| Phone: +61 3 9905 4428 - Fax: +61 3 9905 4403 - Email: j.lattanzio(at)sci.monash.edu.au | ||
| Preliminary Scientific Program Summary: | ||
| The identification and recovery of pre-solar grains in meteorites has caused a revolution in stellar structure and nucleosynthesis calculations. Yet the extent of this revolution is still not as large as it could be, nor are the full implications of the revolution fully appreciated by all in the relevant fields. It is time for the broader stellar community to see the constraints that these data provide, and a JD seems to be an excellent way to bring together the communities working on stellar spectra, stellar interiors, meteorites, and the interstellar medium. | ||
LONG WAVELENGTH ASTROPHYSICS Monday 21 August 2006 | ||
| Coordinating Division: X | ||
| Participating Divisions/Commissions: VI, VII & VIII/9 & 40 | ||
| Scientific Organizing Committee: | ||
| Franklin Briggs (Australia), Gloria Dubner (Argentina), Luigina Feretti (Italy), Jacqueline N. Hewitt (USA), Namir E. Kassim (USA, co-Chair), T. Joseph W. Lazio (USA, co-Chair), A.V. Megn (Ukraine), Alexander A. Konovalenko (Ukraine), Alain Lecacheux (France), A. Pramesh Rao (India), and Huub J.A. Röttgering (The Netherlands). | ||
| Proceedings' Editors: Namir E. Kassim (Chief Editor) and T. Joseph W. Lazio. | ||
| Contact person: T. Joseph W. Lazio | ||
| Naval Research Laboratory, Code 7231, 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW | ||
| US-Washington, DC 20375-5351, USA | ||
| Phone: +1 202 404 6329 - Fax: +1 202 404 8894 - Email: joseph.lazio(at)nrl.navy.mil | ||
| Preliminary Scientific Program Summary: | ||
| The greatest discoveries in astronomy have accompanied technological innovations that have opened new windows of the electromagnetic spectrum. One of the last poorly explored regions lies between 100 MHz and the ionospheric cutoff at 10 MHz. In the past, variations in the ionosphere have limited ground-based instruments to small (<5 km) apertures and hence relatively coarse angular resolution and sensitivity. Ever-increasing computing power combined with new calibration and imaging techniques make it possible to overcome this restriction. New instruments such as the Long Wavelength Array (LWA) in the southwest US and the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) in The Netherlands are being proposed for development. As a preparation for these new instruments and as a result of new technologies, many exciting scientific results have been obtained at long wavelengths (< 1 GHz) in the past several years and continue to be generated, even with the very limited capabilities presently available. Since the last extensive discussion of long wavelength astrophysics was held in 2004 September, and that was a relatively local meeting, it is a good time to bring the world community of interested astronomers together to discuss new results and plan for advanced instruments to fully open this poorly studies wavelength range. | ||
EXPLOITING LARGE SURVEYS FOR GALACTIC ASTRONOMY Tuesday 22 (full day) &, Wednesday 23 (a.m.) August 2006 | ||
| Coordinating Division: IV | ||
| Participating Divisions/Commissions: I, V, VII & IX /8, 25, 27, 30, 33, 35 & 45 | ||
| Scientific Organizing Committee: | ||
| Christopher Corbally (Vatican City State/USA, co-Chair), Coryn Bailer-Jones (Germany, co-Chair), Sunetra Giridhar (India, co-Chair), Laurent Eyer (Switzerland), Thomas H. Lloyd-Evans (UK), Dante Minniti (Chile), Heather Morrison (USA), Birgitta Nordström (Denmark), Imants Platais (USA), and Patricia A. Whitelock (South Africa). | ||
| Proceedings' Editors: Christopher Corbally (Chief Editor), Coryn Bailer-Jones and Sunetra Giridhar. | ||
| Contact person: Christopher Corbally | ||
| Vatican Observatory, University of Arizona, 933 North Cherry Avenue | ||
| US-Tucson, AZ 85721, USA | ||
| Phone: +1 520 621 3225 - Fax: +1 520 621 1532 - Email: corbally(at)as.arizona.edu | ||
| Preliminary Scientific Program Topics: | ||
| - | Review of major surveys: photometric, spectroscopic, radial velocity, astrometric, variable star | |
| - | Impact of these data on models of the formation and evolution of the Galaxy and its substructures | |
| - | Limitations of surveys: photometric accuracy, spectroscopic discrimination, calibration, parameterization, population synthesis | |
| - | Future strategies for space- and ground-based surveys | |
| - | Contributed proposals for optimizing surveys and discussion | |
MODELLING DENSE STELLAR SYSTEMS Tuesday 22 (p.m.) & Wednesday 23 (full day) August 2006 | ||
| Coordinating Division: VII | ||
| Participating Commissions: 26, 33, 35 & 37 | ||
| Scientific Organizing Committee: | ||
| Christian M. Boily (France), Melvyn B. Davies (Sweden), Douglas C. Heggie (UK), Piet Hut (USA), Ralf S. Klessen (Germany), Junichiro Makino (Japan), Rosemary A. Mardling (Australia), Stephen L.W. McMillan (USA), Georges Meylan (Switzerland), Giampaolo Piotto (Italy), Simon F. Portegies Zwart (The Netherlands), Alison I. Sills (Canada, co-Chair), Rainer Spurzem (Germany), and Ladislav Subr (Czech Republic, co-Chair). | ||
| Proceedings' Editors: Alison I. Sills (Chief Editor), Ladislav Subr and Simon F. Portegies Zwart. | ||
| Contact person: Ladislav Subr | ||
| Astronomical Institute, Charles, University, V Holesovickach 2 | ||
| CZ-180 00 Praha, Czech Republic | ||
| Phone: +420 221 912 575 - Fax: +420 221 912 577 - Email: subr(at)sirrah.troja.mff.cuni.cz | ||
| Preliminary Scientific Program Topics: | ||
| - | Current observations of star clusters and galactic nuclei | |
| - | Modelling local interactions, e.g., direct stellar collisions, perturbed binary evolution | |
| - | Modelling global interactions, e.g., whole cluster models, star formation in crowded regions | |
| - | The most complete models of dense stellar systems, including feedback between stellar evolution, stellar dynamics, and stellar hydrodynamics, and confrontation with observed systems | |
NEW COSMOLOGY RESULTS FROM THE SPITZER SPACE TELESCOPE Tuesday 22 & Wednesday 23 (a.m.) August 2006 | ||
| Coordinating Division: XI | ||
| Participating Commissions: 28, 44 & 47 | ||
| Scientific Organizing Committee: | ||
| J. Bergeron (France), C. Cesarsky (France), V. Charmandaris (Greece), T. Courvoisier (Switzerland), G. Helou (USA, Chair), M. Im (Republic of South Korea), L. Infante (Chile), R. Ivison (UK), H. Okuda (Japan), Jan Palouš (Czech Republic), C. Steidel (USA), and R. Sunyaev (Russian Federation). Additional invitations have been issued, but no confirmation obtained. | ||
| Proceedings' Editors: George Helou (Chief Editor) and TBD. | ||
| Contact person: George Helou | ||
| IPAC 100-22, California Institute of Technology, 770 South Wilson Avenue | ||
| US-Pasadena, CA 91125, USA | ||
| Phone: +1 626 395 1900 - Fax: +1 626 397 7018 - Email: helou(at)ipac.caltech.edu | ||
| Preliminary Scientific Program Topics: | ||
| - | Overview of Spitzer Space Telescope mission and related science | |
| - | The Modern Universe, z~0 out to z~1 Local Universe results (e.g. SINGS), wide-area surveys (e.g. FLS, SWIRE) | |
| - | The Middle Universe, z~1 to 3 Deep mid- and far-IR surveys, e.g. Groth Strip, GOODS, S-COSMOS | |
| - | The Distant Universe, z~3 to 5 and beyond Ultra-deep surveys (GOODS, GTO), lensing surveys The Earliest Denizens of the Universe, z>5 | |
| - | Integrated phenomenological and theoretical perspectives Galaxy populations from various wavelength surveys, their evolution and their inter-relations Cosmic star formation history, galaxy merger history Consistency with metallicity data, cosmic background data, other constraints AGN versus starburst fraction and its evolution Local analogs to early universe objects, e.g., low metallicity, emergent starbursts ULIRGs and their role in the big picture, e.g., duty cycle, evolutionary paths | |
NOMENCLATURE, PRECESSION AND NEW MODELS IN FUNDAMENTAL ASTRONOMY Tuesday 22 (full day) & Wednesday 23 (a.m.) August 2006 | ||
| Coordinating Division: I | ||
| Participating Division/Commissions: X/4, 5, 7, 8, 31 & 40 | ||
| Scientific Organizing Committee: | ||
| Nicole Capitaine (France, co-Chair), Aleksander Brzezinski (Poland), Mark R. Calabretta (Australia), Veronique Dehant (Belgium), Toshio Fukushima (Japan), James L. Hilton (USA, co-Chair), Kenneth J. Johnston (USA), Irina I. Kumkova (Russian Federation), Andrea Milani (Italy), Robert A. Nelson (USA), Kenneth P. Seidelmann (USA), Michael Soffel (Germany), and Jan Vondrák (Czech Republic, co-Chair). | ||
| Proceedings' Editors: Nicole Capitaine (Chief Editor), Jan Vondrák and James L. Hilton. | ||
| Contact person: Nicole Capitaine | ||
| Observatoire de Paris, SYRTE, 61, avenue de l'Observatoire | ||
| FR-75014 Paris, France | ||
| Phone: +33 1 4051 2231 - Fax: +33 1 4051 2291 - Email: nicole.capitaine(at)obspm.fr | ||
| Preliminary Scientific Program Topics: | ||
| - | State of the art in both the nomenclature in fundamental astronomy and in high-accuracy models for precession, the ecliptic and other astrometric models for reducing high-accuracy observations | |
| - | New definitions, methods, high-accuracy models and newly proposed terminology and their implementation | |
| - | Scientific applications of high-accuracy astrometric observations, models and accurate realizations of reference systems for ephemerides, celestial mechanics, astrometry, Earth rotation, time and radio-astronomy | |
| - | Work and recommendations of the Division I Working Groups on Nomenclature for Fundamental astronomy, Precession and the Ecliptic and Relativity for Celestial mechanics, astrometry and metrology | |
| - | The most recent astrometric models for precession, nutation, light deflection, relativistic transformation to the Solar system and the Earth, etc. | |
| - | Science with high-accuracy astronomy | |
HIGHLIGHTS OF RECENT PROGRESS IN THE SEISMOLOGY OF THE SUN AND SUN-LIKE STARS Wednesday 23 August 2006 | ||
| Coordinating Division: II | ||
| Participating Divisions/Commissions: IV, V/12, 27 & 35 | ||
| Scientific Organizing Committee: | ||
| Bo N. Andersen (Norway), H.M. Antia (India), Annie Baglin (France), Paul S. Cally (Australia), Fabien Carrier (Switzerland), Hans Kjeldsen (Denmark), John W. Leibacher (USA, co-Chair), Jaymie Matthews (Canada), Maria P. Di Mauro (Italy), Mario J.P.F.G Monteiro (Portugal), Pere L. Palle (Spain), Philip H. Scherrer (USA), Michael J. Thompson (UK, co-Chair), Sylvaine Turck-Chieze (France), Hiromoto Shibahashi (Japan), and Yousef Zhugzda (Russian Federation). | ||
| Proceedings' Editors: John W. Leibacher (Chief Editor) and Michael J. Thompson. | ||
| Contact person: John W. Leibacher | ||
| National Solar Observatory, P O Box 26732 | ||
| US Tucson, AZ 85726, USA | ||
| Phone: +1 520 318 8305 - Fax: +1 520 318 8400 - Email: jleibacher(at)nso.edu | ||
| Preliminary Scientific Program Summary: | ||
| The seismology and physics of localized structures beneath the surface of the Sun takes on a special significance with the completion of a solar cycle of high quality observations in 2006, at the same time that the testing of models of stellar structure moves into high gear with the extension of deep probes from the Sun to other solar-like stars and other multi-mode pulsators. This JD will provide the forum for practitioners in these various fields to synthesize and summarize the current state of these two closely related and rapidly developing fields. | ||
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ASTRONOMICAL FACILITIES OF THE NEXT DECADE Wednesday 16 (full day) & Thursday 17 (a.m.) August 2006 | ||
| Coordinating WG: Future Large Scale Facilities | ||
| Participating Division: IX | ||
| Scientific Organizing Committee: | ||
| Xiangqun Cui (China Nanjing), Raymond G. Carlberg (Canada), Michel Dennefeld (France), Ewine F. van Dishoeck (The Netherlands), Gerard F. Gilmore (UK, co-Chair), Günther Hasinger (Germany), Masanori Iye (Japan), Peter Quinn (Germany), Richard T. Schilizzi (The Netherlands, co-Chair), Peter Stockman (USA), Nicholas A. Walton (UK), Patricia A. Whitelock (South Africa), and TBC. | ||
| Proceedings' Editors: Gerard F. Gilmore (Chief Editor) and Richard T. Schilizzi. | ||
| Contact person: Gerard F. Gilmore | ||
| Institue of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road | ||
| GB-Cambridge CB3 0HA, UK | ||
| Phone: +44 122 333 7548 - Fax: +44 122 333 7523 - Email: gil(at)ast.cam.ac.uk | ||
| Preliminary Scientific Program Summary: | ||
| Astronomy will soon have available an exciting and powerful range of new facilities. This Discussion will present the status and scientific program of those facilities which are under development and/or definition, and so (probably) will become real in the near future to the medium term. The program will provide an overview of those projects which will become naturally complementary facilites in both implementation date and wavelength (or non-electromagnetic) coverage, and in which there is currently significant effort and new developments. Space missions of direct relevance include JWST, Herschel, Planck, Gaia and LISA, and planned far-IR and high-energy missions; Ground-based facilties include the newest 8-10m telescopes (SALT, GTC, LAMOST); ALMA; large survey facilities (VST, VISTA, PANSTARRS, LSST); Radio facilites, especially SKA; Extremely Large optical/infrared telescopes; Cosmic Ray facilities (HESS, PierreAuger); neutrino astronomy (IceCube, km3net); and the International Virtual Observatory. | ||
INNOVATION IN TEACHING / LEARNING ASTRONOMY METHODS Thursday 17 & Friday 18 August 2006 | ||
| Coordinating Division: XII | ||
| Participating Commissions: 41 & 46 | ||
| Scientific Organizing Committee: | ||
| Michael A. Bennett (USA), Julieta Fierro (Mexico), Michèle Gerbaldi (France), Petr Heinzel (Czech Republic), Bambang Hidayat (Indonesia), Syuzo Isobe (Japan), Edvard V. Kononovich (Russian Federation), Margarita Metaxa (Greece), Jay M. Pasachoff (USA, co-Chair), John R. Percy (Canada), Rosa M. Ros (Spain, co-Chair), Magdalena Stavinschi (Romania), and Richard M. West (Germany). | ||
| Proceedings' Editors: Jay M. Pasachoff (Chief Editor) & Rosa M. Ros. | ||
| Contact person: Rosa M. Ros | ||
| Department of Applied Mathematics 4, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Jordi Girona 1-3, modul 3 | ||
| ES-08034 Barcelona, Spain | ||
| Phone: +34 93 413 7073 - Fax: +34 93 413 7007 - Email: ros(at)mat.upc.es | ||
| Preliminary Scientific Program Summary: | ||
| Astronomy educates people, and gives very important opportunities to young people: In astronomy, we find a special relationship between science and technology, both the technology used in obtaining observations and the technology used in teaching. Astronomy also leads to an understanding of the history and the nature of science, distinguishing science from pseudo sciences. Since astronomy attracts young people to education in science and technology, we should struggle to make maximum advantage of the situation. But in many countries, astronomy is not in the standard curricula and teachers do not receive adequate education and support. Still, many scientific and educational societies and government agencies have produced materials and educational resources in astronomy for all educational levels. The aims of the proposed Special Session will be to contribute to the implementation of these recommendations, introducing some innovative points of view in teaching/learning methods. Astronomers from all countries - developed or developing - will be equally interested. | ||
| Preliminary List of Topics: | ||
| - | General strategies for effective teaching | |
| - | Effective Use of Instruction and Information Technology | |
| - | Learning Science by Doing Science | |
| - | Astronomy Worldwide Education | |
| - | Practical issues connected with the implementation of the 2003 IAU Resolution | |
THE VIRTUAL OBSERVATORY IN ACTION: NEW SCIENCE, NEW TECHNOLOGY, AND NEXT GENERATION FACILITIES SPS 3a: Thurday 17 (p.m.) & Friday 18 (full day) August 2006 SPS 3b: Monday 21 (full day) & Tuesday 22 (a.m.) August 2006 | ||
| Coordinating Division: XII | ||
| Participating Division/Commissions: XI/40 & 44 | ||
| Participating WG: Future Large Scale Facilities | ||
| Scientific Organizing Committee: | ||
| Giuseppina Fabbiano (USA), Françoise Genova (France), Robert J. Hanisch (USA), Ajit K. Kembhavi (India), Andrew Lawrence (UK, Chair), Oleg Yu. Malkov (Russian Federation), Atilla Meszaros (Czech Republic), Raymond P. Norris (Australia), Masatoshi Ohishi (Japan), Peter Quinn (Germany), Isabelle F. Scholl (France), Enrique Solano (Spain), Alexander Szalay (USA), Nicholas A. Walton (UK), Roy Williams (USA), and Yongheng Zhao (China, Nanjing). | ||
| Proceedings' Editors: Nicholas A. Walton (Chief Editor), Andrew Lawrence & Roy Williams. | ||
| Contact person: Andrew Lawrence | ||
| Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill | ||
| GB-Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK | ||
| Phone: +44 131 6688 346 - Fax: +44 131 6688 416 - Email: al(at)roe.ac.uk | ||
| Preliminary List of Topics: | ||
| - | Cosmology and galactic structure with very large databases | |
| - | Rare object multi-wavelength searches: the universe at 10 pc and z = 10 | |
| - | Serendipitous discoveries with the VO - the Sun-Earth connection | |
| - | Population analysis: stars, galaxies, quasars, solar system bodies | |
| - | Data mining with SDSS, WFCAM, VISTA and the LSST | |
| - | Data management for ALMA, ELT, GAIA, and SKA | |
| - | Technical progress on the VO infrastructure | |
| - | New data mining algorithms | |
| - | The semantic web and the future VO | |
OPEN FOR "HOT TOPICS" SPS 4a: Friday 18 (p.m.) August 2006 SPS 4b: Tuesday 22 (a.m.) August 2006 To be announced later | ||
ASTRONOMY FOR THE DEVELOPING WORLD Monday 21 & Tuesday 22 August 2006 | ||
| Coordinating Division: XII | ||
| Participating Division/Commission: II/46 | ||
| Participating WG: Future Large Scale Facilities | ||
| Scientific Organizing Committee: | ||
| Abdul A. Alsabti (UK/Iraq), Julieta Fierro (Mexico), Michèle Gerbaldi (France), Hans J. Haubold (Germany), John B. Hearnshaw (New Zealand, Chair), Barrie W. Jones (UK), Ajit K. Kembhavi (India), Hugo Levato (Argentina), Peter Martinez (South Africa), Jayant V. Narlikar (India), Jay M. Pasachoff (USA), John R. Percy (Canada), Boonrucksar Soonthornthum (Thailand), A. Peter Willmore (UK), and James C. White (USA). | ||
| Proceedings' Editors: John B. Hearnshaw (Chief Editor) and Peter Martinez. | ||
| Contact person: John B. Hearnshaw | ||
| Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800 | ||
| NZ-Christchurch 8020 New Zealand | ||
| Phone: +64 3 364 2533 - Fax: +64 3 364 2469 - Email: john.hearnshaw(at)canterbury.ac.nz | ||
| Preliminary List of Topics: | ||
| - | Coordination of the work of IAU Commission 46 with that of other organizations, such as UNOOSA, COSPAR and IHY2007 | |
| - | Exploring the feasibility of a Third World Astronomy Institute (or Network) and encourage the participation of young astronomers from developing countries | |
| - | Training of astronomers | |
| - | Public outreach programs in developing countries | |
| - | The virtual observatory in developing countries | |
| - | Progress of astronomy in various regions of the world | |
| - | The work of IAU Commission 46 through its various program groups | |
ASTRONOMICAL DATA MANAGEMENT Tuesday 22 (p.m.) August 2006 | ||
| Coordinating Division: XII | ||
| Participating Commission: 5 | ||
| Scientific Organizing Committee: | ||
| Giuseppina Fabbiano (USA), Françoise Genova (France), Robert J. Hanisch (USA), Ajit K. Kembhavi (India), Andrew Lawrence (UK), Oleg Yu. Malkov (Russian Federation), Atilla Meszaros (Czech Republic), Raymond P. Norris (Australia, Chair), Masatoshi Ohishi (Japan), Peter Quinn (Germany), Isabelle F. Scholl (France), Enrique Solano (Spain), Alexander Szalay (USA), Nicholas A. Walton (UK), Roy Williams (USA), and Yongheng Zhao (China, Nanjing). | ||
| Proceedings' Editor: Raymond P. Norris. | ||
| Contact person: Raymond P. Norris | ||
| CSIRO / ATNF, PO Box 76 | ||
| AU-Epping, NSW 1710, Australia | ||
| Phone: +61 2 9372 4416 - Fax: +61 2 9372 4310 - Email: Ray.Norris(at)csiro.au | ||
| Preliminary List of Topics: | ||
| - | Alignment with OECD, ICSU, and IAU recommendations regarding open access to astronomical data | |
| - | Recognition of the importance of considering data processing, storage, and management needs from the conception stage of a new project | |
| - | Provisions to ensure equitable access to data and information by scientists in developing countries | |
| - | Development of better processes to enable data in journals to be integrated in to data centres and the VO | |
| - | Development of protocols for the long-term curation, preservation, and migration (between formats or media) of data, including validation and quality flagging | |
| - | Recognition of the special role of the data centres, which are currently in the vanguard of data management activities, and of the VO, which will be the key access mechanism to astronomical data in the future, and which will be able to provide the tools and infrastructure for facilitating the framework | |
| - | Close collaboration with colleagues in ICSU, CODATA, and other branches of science, especially when developing strategies to prevent excessive legal or IP ownership constraints being imposed on astronomical data | |
ASTRONOMY IN ANTARCTICA Tuesday 22 (p.m.) & Wednesday 23 (full day) August 2006 | ||
| Coordinating Division: IX | ||
| Participating Division/Commission: X/40 | ||
| Scientific Organizing Committee: | ||
| Michael G. Burton (Australia, Chair), Maurizio Busso (Italy), Eric Fossat (France), James P. Lloyd (USA), Mark J. McCaughrean (UK), Christian Spiering (Germany), and Shoji Tori (Japan). | ||
| Proceedings' Editor: Michael G. Burton. | ||
| Contact person: Michael G. Burton | ||
| School of Physics, University of New South Wales | ||
| AU-Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia | ||
| Phone: +61 2 9385 5618 - Fax: +61 2 9385 6060 - Email: m.burton(at)unsw.edu.au | ||
| Preliminary Scientific Program Summary: | ||
| Antarctica offers a range of remarkable conditions that provide a superlative environment for the conduct of astronomy from the visible to the millimetre wavebands, as well as for high energy astrophysics experiments. This meeting will discuss the current state of Antarctic astronomy, especially following the winter-time opening of a new high plateau facility, Concordia Station at Dome C. The status of facilities at the South Pole and Concordia will be reviewed, and new science results presented. This will be followed by a discussion on future plans for facilities. Finally, the meeting will provide an opportunity for discussing plans for the International Polar Year in 2007, including a possible site testing expedition to Dome A, the summit of the Antarctic plateau. | ||