2nd Announcement

December 2012 in star formation newsletter and exoplanet newsletter

Protostars and Planets VI
15 - 20 July 2013, Heidelberg Germany
Web-site: www.ppvi.org

The Protostars and Planets series for more than three decades has served the community with state of the art compilations of the current knowledge in the fields of star and planet formation. The previous volume PPV is based on the corresponding conference in 2005 in Hawaii. Since then, the field of protostars and planets has advanced tremendously.

In April 2012 we launched a call for papers and received 122 excellent proposal for chapters for PPVI. It was a hard choice for the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) and the editors to extract a program from that. In the end 38 chapters were selected to be presented at the conference as well as in the book. The preliminary program based on these chapters follows at the bottom of the announcement.

Now, as of December 15th, 2012, the official registration is opened with an early registration deadline of May 15, 2013, and a late registration deadline until July 8th, 2013. Because of the space limits of the location of the conference, the number of participants is limited to 800 on a first-come first-serve basis. Therefore, we encourage you to register early. The registration fees are 425 and 500 Euro for early and late registration respectively. The fee contains the final book as well as coffee breaks and welcome reception at the ancient Heidelberg castle. In addition to the review talks related to the book chapters, the conference will also provide ample space for poster presentation and discussion.

We are looking forward to see you in Heidelberg in July 2013!

Henrik Beuther, Ralf Klessen, Kees Dullemond, Thomas Henning



Preliminary program
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MOLECULAR CLOUDS AND STAR FORMATION
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GIANT MOLECULAR CLOUDS: STRUCTURE, EVOLUTION, AND STAR FORMATION
A. BOLATTO, C. DOBBS, Y. FUKUI, M. HEYER, M. KRUMHOLZ, M. MAC LOW, E. OSTRIKER

FROM FILAMENTARY NETWORKS TO DENSE CORES IN MOLECULAR CLOUDS: TOWARD A NEW PARADIGM FOR STAR FORMATION
P. ANDRÉ, J. DI FRANCESCO, S.-I. INUTSUKA, R. PUDRITZ, D. WARD-THOMPSON, J. PINEDA

THE ORIGIN AND UNIVERSALITY OF THE STELLAR INITIAL MASS FUNCTION
P. HENNEBELLE, A. WHITWORTH, N. BASTIAN, M. BATE, P. CLARK, P. HOPKINS, S. OFFNER

CURRENT ADVANCES IN THEORETICAL AND OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES OF THE STAR FORMATION RATE IN MOLECULAR CLOUDS
P. PADOAN, C. FEDERRATH, G. CHABRIER, N. EVANS, J. JØRGENSEN, D. JOHNSTONE, C. MCKEE, Å. NORDLUND

THE LINK BETWEEN MAGNETIC FIELDS AND CLOUD/STAR FORMATION
H.-B. LI, A. GOODMAN, M. HOUDE, Z.-Y. LI, G. NOVAK, T. SRIDHARAN

THE MILKY WAY AS A STAR FORMATION ENGINE
S. MOLINARI, J. BALLY, J.-P. BERNARD, S. GLOVER, P. MARTIN, T. MOORE, A. NORIEGA-CRESPO, R. PLUME, L. TESTI, E. VAZQUEZ-SEMADENI, A. ZAVAGNO

MASSIVE STAR FORMATION
J. TAN, M. BELTRAN, P. CASELLI, F. FONTANI, A. FUENTE, M. KRUMHOLZ, C. MCKEE, A. STOLTE

THE EARLIEST STAGES OF STAR AND PLANET FORMATION: CORE COLLAPSE, AND THE FORMATION OF DISKS AND OUTFLOWS
Z.-Y. LI, R. BANERJEE, R. PULDRITZ, J. JØRGENSEN, H. SHANG, R. KRASNOPOLSKY

THE EVOLUTION OF PROTOSTARS: INSIGHTS FROM TEN YEARS OF INFRARED SURVEYS WITH SPITZER AND HERSCHEL
M. DUNHAM, L. ALLEN, N. EVANS, W. FISCHER, E. KRYUKOVA, S.T. MEGEATH, P. MYERS, S. OFFNER, C. POTEET, A. STUTZ, J. TOBIN, E. VOROBYOV

AGES OF YOUNG STARS
D. SODERBLOM, L. HILLENBRAND, R. JEFFRIES, E. MAMAJEK, T. NAYLOR

STAR CLUSTER FORMATION AND STELLAR FEEDBACK
H. ARCE, M. BATE, J. DALE, R. KLEIN, M. KRUMHOLZ, Z.-Y. LI, F. NAKAMURA, Q. ZHANG

FORMATION AND EARLY EVOLUTION OF BINARY AND MULTIPLE SYSTEMS
B. REIPURTH, A.P. BOSS, C.J. CLARKE, S.P. GOODWIN, L.F. RODRIGUEZ, K.G. STASSUN, A. TOKOVININ, H. ZINNECKER

THE FORMATION AND EARLY EVOLUTION OF YOUNG MASSIVE CLUSTERS
S. LONGMORE, J. ALVES, J. BALLY, N. BASTIAN, E. BRESSERT, J. DALE, D. KRUIJSSEN, J. RATHBORNE, L. TESTI


DISK FORMATION AND EVOLUTION
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PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL STRUCTURE OF PLANET-FORMING DISKS PROBED BY MILLIMETER OBSERVATIONS AND MODELLING
A. DUTREY, D. SEMENOV, E. CHAPILLON, U. GORTI, F. GUETH, S. GUILLOTEAU, F. HERSANT, M. HOGERHEIJDE, M. HUGHES, H. NOMURA, V. PIETU, C. QI, V. WAKELAM

DUST EVOLUTION IN PROTOPLANETARY DISKS
L. TESTI, S. ANDREWS, T. BIRNSTIEL, J. BLUM, J. CARPENTER, C. DOMINIK, A. ISELLA, A. NATTA, L. RICCI, J. WILLIAMS, D. WILNER

VOLATILES IN PROTOPLANETARY DISKS
K. PONTOPPIDAN, C. SALYK, E. BERGIN, S. BRITTAIN, B. MARTY, K. OBERG

TRANSPORT AND ACCRETION IN PLANET-FORMING DISKS
N. TURNER, S. FROMANG, C. GAMMIE, H. KLAHR, G. LESUR, M. WARDLE

EPISODIC ACCRETION IN YOUNG STARS
M. AUDARD, P. ABRAHAM, M. DUNHAM, J. GREEN, N. GROSSO, K. HAMAGUCHI, J. KASTNER, A. KOSPAL, G. LODATO, M. ROMANOVA, S. SKINNER, E. VOROBYOV, Z. ZHU

ANGULAR MOMENTUM EVOLUTION OF YOUNG LOW-MASS STARS AND BROWN DWARFS: OBSERVATIONS AND THEORY
J. BOUVIER, S. MATT, S. MOHANTY, A. SCHOLZ, K. STASSUN, C. ZANNI

JETS AND OUTFLOWS FROM STAR TO CLOUD: OBSERVATIONS CONFRONT THEORY
A. FRANK, S. CABRIT, T. RAY, H. ARCE, J. EISLÖFFEL, S. LEBEDEV, F. BACCIOTTI, M. GUEDEL, B. NISINI, J.B. JOHN BALLY, P. HARTIGAN, A.C. RAGA

THE DISPERSAL OF PROTOPLANETARY DISCS
R. ALEXANDER, I. PASCUCCI, S. ANDREWS, P. ARMITAGE, L. Cieza

AN OBSERVATIONAL PERSPECTIVE OF DISK CLEARING AROUND T TAURI STARS
C. ESPAILLAT, S. ANDREWS, N. CALVET, J. MUZEROLLE, J. NAJITA, Z. ZHU

DEBRIS DISK OBSERVATIONS: INCIDENCE, STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION
B. MATTHEWS, G. BRYDEN, C. EIROA, M. WYATT, A. KRIVOV


PLANETARY SYSTEMS: SEARCH, FORMATION AND EVOLUTION
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THE MULTIFACETED PLANETESIMAL FORMATION PROCESS
A. JOHANSEN, J. BLUM, H. TANAKA, C. ORMEL, M. BIZZARRO, H. RICKMAN

EARLY THERMAL EVOLUTION AND DIFFERENTIATION OF PLANETESIMALS: CONSTRAINTS FROM MODELING AND THERMOCHRONOLOGY OF METEORITES
H.-P. GAIL, D. BREUER, T. SPOHN, T. KLEINE, M. TRIELOFF

TERRESTRIAL PLANET FORMATION AT HOME AND ABROAD
S. RAYMOND, E. KOKUBO, A. MORBIDELLI, R. MORISHIMA, K. WALSH

FORMATION OF BROWN DWARFS VS GIANT PLANETS: CONFRONTING THEORY WITH OBSERVATIONS
G. CHABRIER, M. JANSON, A. JOHANSEN, R. RAFIKOV

GIANT PLANET FORMATION, EVOLUTION, AND INTERNAL STRUCTURE
R. HELLED, P. BODENHEIMER, Y. ALIBERT, M. PODOLAK, S. NAYAKSHIN, A. BOLEY, A. BOSS, J. FORTNEY, F. MERU, L. MAYER

PLANET-DISC INTERACTIONS AND EARLY EVOLUTION OF PLANETARY SYSTEMS
A. CRIDA, C. BARUTEAU, B. BITSCH, J. GUILET, S.-J. PAARDEKOOPER, F. MASSET, R. NELSON, W. KLEY, J. PAPALOIZOU

PLANET POPULATION SYNTHESIS
W. BENZ, S. IDA, Y. ALIBERT, D. LIN, C. MORDASINI

NEW EXOPLANETARY SYSTEMS
DETAILLED AUTHOR LIST TO BE DETERMINED

MINOR BODIES IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
DETAILLED AUTHOR LIST TO BE DETERMINED

PLANETARY INTERNAL STRUCTURES
I. BARAFFE, G. CHABRIER, J. FORTNEY, C. SOTIN

EXOPLANET ATMOSPHERES
N. MADHUSUDHAN, H. KNUTSON, J. FORTNEY, T. BARMAN

THE LONG-TERM DYNAMICAL EVOLUTION OF PLANETARY SYSTEMS
M. DAVIES, F. ADAMS, P. ARMITAGE, J. CHAMBERS, E. FORD, S. RAYMOND, D. VERAS


ASTROPHYSICAL CONDITIONS FOR LIFE
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ASTROPHYSICAL CONDITIONS FOR PLANETARY HABITABILITY
M. GUEDEL, N. ERKAEV, J. KASTING, M. KHODACHENKO, H. LAMMER, H. RAUER, I. RIBAS, B. WOOD

DEUTERIUM FRACTIONATION: THE ARIANE THREAD FROM THE PRE-COLLAPSE PHASE TO METEORITES AND COMETS TODAY
C. CECCARELLI, P. CASELLI, D. BOCKELEE-MORVAN, O. MOUSIS, S. PIZZARELLO, F. ROBERT, D. SEMENOV

WATER: FROM CLOUDS TO PLANETS
E. VAN DISHOECK, E. BERGIN, D. LIS, J. LUNINE