Ultralow-mass star formation and evolution workshop
The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Fundación Galileo Galilei - INAF (operating the Italian Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG)) are pleased to announce the Scientific Workshop "Ultralow-mass star formation and evolution", which will be held from June 28th through 1st July 2005 at the Hotel La Palma Princess in the Canary Islands, Spain. See La Palma maps here and here.
Scientific objetives
The main goal of this 4-day workshop is to bring together researchers in the fields of brown dwarfs, extrasolar planets, star formation and planet formation. There will be a few overview talks, some focused invited talks, and lots of time for informal discussion. Joint discussions will cover topics such as the comparison between observational and theoretical spectra, and the complementarity of current and future surveys for ultralow-mass objects (CFHTLS, UKIDSS, Spitzer) and the follow-up of the candidates that they will produce using GTC, TNG and other telescopes.
The following topics will be covered:
- Very low-mass cores and the core mass function
- Initial conditions of brown dwarf and planet formation
- Very young brown dwarfs and planets
- Spectroscopy of substellar-mass objects
- Models of ultralow-mass star formation and evolution
- Brown dwarf companions and binary brown dwarfs
A special evening session will be dedicated to celebrating the 10th anniversary of the discoveries of Gl 229B and Teide 1.
Scientific organizing committee
- David Barrado y Navascués
- Hervé Bouy
- Simon Goodwin
- Elizabeth Lada
- Antonio Magazzù
- Eduardo Martín (chair)
- Jean-Louis Monin
- Ben Oppenheimer
- Rafael Rebolo
- Serena Viti
- Maria Rosa Zapatero Osorio
Local organizing committee
- Eva Bejarano
- Hervé Bouy
- Jose Antonio Caballero
- Judith De Araoz
- Luca Di Fabrizio
- Tanja Karthaus
- Vania Lorenzi
- Antonio Magazzù (co-chair)
- Eduardo Martín (co-chair)
- Mave Martín
- Rafael Rebolo
- Víctor Sánchez Bejar
- Jorge A. Pérez Prieto
Deadlines
| 11 May 2005 | Pre-registration (compulsory for oral presentations) |
| Submission of abstracts | |
| Early registration fee | |
| 9 June 2005 | Closing date for Hotel booking |
| Late registration fee |