Scientific Programme (Preliminary)
Preliminary scientific programme in PDF format
| MONDAY, 27th June | |
| 18:00-20:30 | Registration |
| 18:30-20:00 | Welcome Cocktail |
| TUESDAY, 28th June | |
| 09:00-09:30 | The contribution of TNG to the study of very low-mass stars (E. Oliva) |
| SESSION 1: Low-Mass Cores and Protostars Chair: S. Goodwin | |
| 09:30-10:00 | Submillimetre observations: Forming tiny objects in-situ (J. Greaves) |
| 10:00-10:20 | Low-luminosity protostars with Spitzer (J. Kauffmann) |
| 10:20-10:40 | How to identify the youngest protostars (D. Stamatellos) |
| 10:40-11:00 | Coffee-break |
| 11:00-11:30 | Observational constrains on the initial conditions for ultralow-mass star formation (P. Andre) |
| 11:30-12:00 | Embedded substellar candidates and their environments (T. Huard) |
| 12:00-12:20 | Searching for proto-brown dwarfs (K. Covey) |
| 12:20-16:30 | Lunch break |
| SESSION 2: Substellar T Tauri Analogs Chair: D. Barrado y Navascues | |
| 16:30-17:00 | T Tauri phase of young brown dwarfs (R. Jayawardhana) |
| 17:00-17:30 | Catching them young: accretion in brown dwarfs down to nearly planetary masses (S. Mohanty) |
| 17:30-17:50 | Rotation and variability of young very low-mass objects (A. Scholz) |
| 17:50-18:20 | Models of brown dwarfs: cloud formation and the MLTY spectral transition (F. Allard) |
| 18:20-20:00 | Poster Session |
| WEDNESDAY, 29th June | |
| SESSION 3: ULM Formation Models and Simulations Chair: S. Viti | |
| 09:00-09:30 | The formation of brown dwarfs (A. Whitworth) |
| 09:30-10:00 | ULM formation in turbulent clouds (P. Padoan) |
| 10:00-10:20 | Ejections and the distribution of brown dwarfs (S. Goodwin) |
| 10:20-10:40 | Convective radiation fluid-dynamics: Formation and early evolution of ultra-low-mass objects (G. Wuchterl) |
| 10:40-11:00 | Interaction between a hot Jupiter and its parent star ( P. G. Gu) |
| 11:00-11:30 | M dwarfs: planet formation and long-term evolution (F. Adams) |
| 11:30-11:50 | Triggered planet formation in young stellar clusters (I. Thies) |
| 11:50- | Visit to the Observatorio del Roque de Los Muchachos |
| THURSDAY, 30th June | |
| SESSION 4: Fundamental Properties of Brown Dwarfs Chair: R. Rebolo | |
| 09:00-09:30 | The physical properties of very young brown dwarfs (G. Basri) |
| 09:30-10:00 | PoSSO-Physics of substellar objects: fundamental parameters (H. Jones) |
| 10:00-10:30 | Young jupiters are faint (J. Fortney) |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee-break and Poster Session |
| 11:00-11:20 | Calibrating models of ultra low mass stars (A. Reiners) |
| 11:20-11:50 | AB Dor C: Observational calibration of theoretical cooling curves for young low-mass objects (E. Nielsen) |
| 11:50-12:20 | Theoretical modelling of optical and IR spectra of brown dwarfs and ultracool dwarfs (Y. Pavlenko) |
| 12:20-12:50 | Brown dwarf variability-expectations and current results (B. Goldman) |
| 12:50-13:05 | Law of the Sky: Problems and benefits in its application (J. Díaz Castro) |
| 13:05-15:00 | Poster Session and Lunch break |
| SESSION 5: Brown Dwarfs in Binaries Chair: B.R. Oppenheimer | |
| 15:00-15:10 | Introduction of the Session (B.R. Oppenheimer) |
| 15:10-15:40 | On the origin and nature of brown dwarfs (P. Kroupa) |
| 15:40-16:00 | Very low mass stars in binaries: a theoretical look (E. Delgado) |
| 16:00-16:20 | The frequency of close binary systems among very low-mass stars and brown dwarfs (R. Jeffries) |
| 16:20-16:40 | Coffee-break |
| 16:40-17:00 | Theory and the brown dwarf binary GJ 569Bab (M.R. Zapatero Osorio) |
| 17:00-17:30 | A coronographic search for brown dwarfs and planets around nearby stars (T. Nakajima) |
| 17:30-18:00 | The low-mass co-moving companion of GQ Lup (E. Guenther) |
| 18:00-18:40 | Ultracool dwarf binaries (H. Bouy) |
| 18:40-19:00 | Low mass companions to white dwarfs (J. Farihi) |
| 19:20-24:00 | Closing Dinner at Patio del Vino & Visit to Bodegas Teneguía |
| FRIDAY, 1st July | |
| SESSION 6: Brown Dwarfs in Clusters Chair: M.R. Zapatero Osorio | |
| 09:00-09:30 | The Monitor project: searching for transiting brown dwarfs and planets in young open clusters (S. Hodgkin) |
| 09:30-09:50 | Confirming Trapezium cluster brown dwarfs with near-IR spectroscopy (G. Meeus) |
| 09-50-10:10 | A rich and diverse star-forming region: Lambda Orionis (D. Barrado y Navascues) |
| 10:10-10:40 | Coffee-break and Poster session |
| 10:40-11:10 | Studies of the substellar population in the Taurus cloud ( J. L. Monin) |
| 11:10-11:30 | 12 new substellar members in Taurus, towards solving the brown dwarf deficit (S. Guieu) |
| 11:30-11:50 | Young brown dwarf candidates in the Serpens molecular cloud core (C. Eiroa) |
| 11:50-12:20 | The mass function of the young open cluster Collinder 359 (N. Lodieu) |
| 12:20-12:40 | The initial mass function in clusters (R. Rebolo) |
| 12:40-13:10 | The lower mass function of young open clusters: clues to (sub)stellar formation (E. Moraux) |
| 13:10-13:30 | Brown dwarf candidates in the Coma open cluster (S. Casewell) |
| 13:30-16:00 | Lunch break |
| SESSION 7: Future Facilities and Surveys Chair: J.L. Monin | |
| 16:00-16:30 | Proper motion surveys in the infrared (N. Hambly) |
| 16:30-16:50 | NAHUAL: A high-resolution near-infrared spectrograph for the GTC optimised for studies of very low-mass stars and brown dwarfs (E. Martin) |
| 16:50-17:10 | The wide-field infrared survey explorer-WISE (A. Mainzer) |
| 17:10- | Closing remarks (R. Jameson) |