Scientific Program


The 4 themes of the conference are identified by 4 different colors in the program below:

- Yellow : Theme 1 : Galaxy and primordial star formation
- Blue : Theme 2 : Contemporary star/brown dwarf formation
- Brown : Theme 3 : Protoplanetary disks and planet formation
- Magenta : Theme 4 : Numerical techniques common to galaxy/star/planet formation

- White : Summary/Conclusion


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MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Theme 1
Theme 1 (cont'd)
Theme 2 (cont'd)
Theme 4
Theme 2 (cont'd)
Theme 2
Theme 3

8:30 Welcome

8:30 E.Levêque
The physics of turbulence


9:00
S. White

The concordance cosmology
9 :00
V. Bromm

Formation of the first stars
9:00
W. Schmidt

New approach to the simulation of astrophysical turbulence
09:00
P. André

Observations of the early stages of low-mass star formation
9:00
S. Mohanty

Observational constraints on low-mass star and brown dwarf formation
9:40
G. Kauffmann

Galaxy formation and the
concordance model
9:40
A. Heger

Evolution and fate of
primordial stars
9:40
J. Stone

MHD and shock simulations
9:40
S. Inutsuka
Hydrodynamics and thermodynamics of protostellar collapse
9:40
A. Nordlund

The formation of low-mass stars and brown dwarfs
10:20
T. Abel
The role of feedback in
galaxy formation
10:20
A. Ferrara
The primordial ISM and IMF. Reionization
10:20
R. Klein
Radiation Hydrodynamics
10:20
C. Ceccarelli
Astrochemistry and star formation
10:20
I. Baraffe
Evolution of young
brown dwarfs and planets
10 :50 COFFEE BREAK
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11 :30
G. Bryan
Cosmological fluid dynamics
11 :30
I. Bonnell
Formation of massive stars:
competitive accretion

11 :30
A. Hujeirat
Advances in computational
methods
11 :30
J. Muzerolle
Properties of young stellar objects
(jets, winds, X-rays)
11:30
G. Laughlin
Planet formation
12 :00
R. Teyssier

Evolution of baryonic
structures
12 :00
C. McKee

Formation of massive stars:
gravitational collapse
11 :50
J. Maron

Gradient particle methods
12:00
R. Banerjee

Outflows in planet, star and galaxy formation
12:00 W. Benz
Planet formation : statistical analysis
12 :30 LUNCH

POSTERS
12 :30 LUNCH

POSTERS
12 :10
F. Heitsch

(Magneto)Hydro Boltzmann solvers
12 :40 LUNCH

POSTERS
12 :30 LUNCH

POSTERS
Theme 2
Theme 3
12:30 END
Theme 3
Conclusions
14 :10
T. Megeath

Structure, motions, and evolution in Star Forming Regions:
an observational perspective
14 :10
G. Duchêne

Observations of disks
around young stellar objects

14 :10
F. Robert

The protosolar nebula
14 :00
J. Laskar

Long term stability
of planetary systems
14 :50
P. Hennebelle

The formation of molecular
clouds. Multiphase ISM.
14 :50
R. Durisen

Formation of protoplanetary disks.
Gravitational instabilities

14 :50
M. Mayor

Observations of extrasolar planets
14 :30
C. Cesarsky

+ R. Ellis
The observational future
15 :30
E. Vàzquez-Semadeni

Cloud fragmentation & star
formation by interstellar
turbulence
15 :30
C. Dullemond

Thermal structure/evolution
of protoplanetary disks
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15 :30
T. Guillot

Internal structure of planets
15 :10
R Larson

+ R. Klessen
Challenges in star and planet formation
16 :00
Z-Y. Li

Star formation by turbulent
ambipolar diffusion
16 :00
J. Papaloizou

Disk-planet interaction.
Migration

16 :00
G. Wurm

Dust agregation and
planetesimals
15 :50 J. Silk
Challenges in cosmological
structure formation
16 :30
POSTERS/DISCUSSIONS
16 :30
POSTERS/DISCUSSIONS

16 :30
POSTERS/DISCUSSIONS
16 :30 E.Salpeter
A few words…




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