S U N D A Y 13 May 2018 | ||||||
17:00 Start of the registration | ||||||
17:20 Arrival of the airport shuttle | ||||||
18:30 Dinner | ||||||
M O N D A Y 14 May 2018 | ||||||
08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast | ||||||
09:00 - 09:15 Organizers [15+0] Welcome and Introduction | ||||||
Molecular Clouds
Chair: Doug Johnstone |
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09:15 - 09:55
Shu-ichiro Inutsuka [30+10] Review: Molecular Clouds: Formation and Evolution During Early Star Formation | ||||||
09:55 - 10:25
Jonathan Henshaw [20+10] Seeding the Galactic Centre Gas Stream: Initial Conditions for the Formation of Young Massive Clusters | ||||||
10:25 - 10:50 Coffee Break [25] | ||||||
10:50 - 11:20
Jouni Kainulainen [20+10] The PROMISE Survey: High-Resolution Column Density Mapping of the Galactic Plane | ||||||
11:20 - 11:50 Paolo Padoan [5+25] DISCUSSION on Molecular Clouds | ||||||
11:50 - 12:30 Poster authors in front of their posters [40] POSTER SESSION | ||||||
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch | ||||||
High-Mass Star Formation
Chair: Aina Palau |
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14:00 - 14:40
Mark Krumholz [30+10] Review: High-Mass Star/Star Cluster Formation | ||||||
14:40 - 15:10
Rolf Kuiper [20+10] First Hydrodynamics Simulations of Radiation Forces and Photoionization Feedback in Massive Star Formation | ||||||
15:10 - 15:40
Richard Klein [20+10] The Formation of Massive Clusters From High Redshift to the Present Day Universe | ||||||
15:40 - 16:10 Coffee Break [30] | ||||||
16:10 - 16:40
Anna Rosen [20+10] The Formation of Massive Stars with Radiative and Protostellar Outflow Feedback | ||||||
16:40 - 17:20 Moderator: Hendrik Linz [5+35] DISCUSSION on High-Mass Star Formation | ||||||
17:20 - 18:30 Poster authors in front of their posters [70] POSTER SESSION | ||||||
18:30 Dinner | ||||||
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T U E S D A Y 15 May 2018 | ||||||
08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast | ||||||
Star Formation "Laws" and the Initial Mass Function
Chair: Jouni Kainulainen |
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09:00 - 09:40
Charlie Lada [30+10] Review: The Nature of Star Formation Scaling Laws in Galaxies and the Milky Way | ||||||
09:40 - 10:10
Adam Ginsburg [20+10] Star Formation Laws Evaluated at our Galaxy's Highest Density | ||||||
10:10 - 10:30 Coffee Break [20] | ||||||
10:30 - 11:00
Jürgen Steinacker [20+10] Star Formation Rates Derived from Current Core Mass Functions: Why are They Physically Not Meaningful? | ||||||
11:00 - 11:40 Moderator: Javier Ballesteros-Paredes [5+35] DISCUSSION on Star Formation "Laws" and the Initial Mass Function | ||||||
11:40 - 12:30
John Carpenter [30+20] Telescope/Satellite Talk: Probing the Physical Conditions in Star Forming Regions with ALMA | ||||||
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch | ||||||
Magnetic Fields
Chair: Ralph Pudritz |
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14:00 - 14:40
Benoit Commercon [30+10] Review: The Role of Magnetic Fields During the Early Phase of Star Formation | ||||||
14:40 - 15:10
Josep-Miquel Girart [20+10] ALMA news on magnetic fields threading low mass star forming cores/Polarization Archetypes in Protostellar Disks | ||||||
15:10 - 15:40
Alex Lazarian [20+10] Tracing Magnetic Fields with Velocity Gradients | ||||||
15:40 - 16:00 Coffee Break [20] | ||||||
16:00 - 16:30
Hendrik Beuther [20+10] Magnetic Fields at the Onset of High-Mass Star Formation | ||||||
16:30 - 17:00 Moderator: Josep-Miquel Girart [5+25] DISCUSSION on Magnetic Fields | ||||||
Multiplicity
Chair: Clare Dobbs |
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17:00 - 17:40
Simon Goodwin [30+10] Review: Multiplicity in the Early Phase of Star Formation | ||||||
17:40 - 18:10
Sylvie Cabrit [20+10] SVS13A as Archetype for the Role of Multiplicity in Accretion Bursts and Jets | ||||||
18:10 - 18:40 Moderator: Josep-Miquel Girart [5+25] DISCUSSION on Magnetic Fields | ||||||
18:40 Dinner | ||||||
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W E D N E S D A Y 16 May 2018 | ||||||
08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast | ||||||
Archetypes
Chair: Jürgen Steinacker |
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09:00 - 10:20
Joao Alves [50+30] Prime Talk: Archetypes | ||||||
10:20 - 10:50 Coffee Break [30] | ||||||
Multiplicity
Chair: Mario Tafalla |
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10:50 - 11:30
Alvaro Hacar [30+10] Review: Filaments | ||||||
11:30 - 12:00
Seamus Clarke [20+10] Synthetic Observations of Fibrous Filaments: the Problems of Mapping from PPV to PPP | ||||||
12:00 - 12:30 Moderator: Shu-ichiro Inutsuka [30] DISCUSSION on Filaments | ||||||
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch | ||||||
14:00 - 16:00 [120] PROJECT TIME or OUTSIDE WALK | ||||||
16:00 - 16:20 Coffee Break [20] | ||||||
Chemistry
Chair: Aurore Bacmann |
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16:20 - 17:00
Karin Oeberg [30+10] Review: Chemistry of the Early Phase of Star Formation | ||||||
17:00 - 17:30
Ascuncion Fuente [20+10] Gas phase Elemental abundances in Molecular cloudS (GEMS) | ||||||
17:30 - 18:00
Yoko Oya [20+10] Three Cases of Chemical Differentiation in Disk-Forming Regions of Low-Mass Protostellar Sources | ||||||
18:00 - 18:30 Moderator: Josep-Miquel Girart [5+25] DISCUSSION on Chemistry | ||||||
18:30 Bavarian Dinner | ||||||
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T H U R S D A Y 17 May 2018 | ||||||
08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast | ||||||
Cores
Chair: Henrik Beuther |
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09:00 - 09:40
James Di Francesco [30+10] Review: Molecular Cloud Cores | ||||||
09:40 - 10:10
Jaime Pineda [20+10] The GBT Ammonia Survey: Dense Gas Kinematic Property and the Properties of Dense Cores | ||||||
10:10 - 10:30 Coffee Break [20] | ||||||
10:30 - 11:00
Eric Keto [20+10] Testing Theories of Star Formation | ||||||
11:00 - 11:20 Moderator: Mika Juvela [5+15] DISCUSSION on Molecular Cloud Cores | ||||||
11:20 - 11:25 Room change for focus groups [5] | ||||||
11:25 - 12:35 FOCUS GROUPS [70]
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12:35 - 14:00 Lunch | ||||||
Protostellar Disks
Chair: Charlie Lada |
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14:00 - 14:40
Nami Sakai [30+10] Review: Protostellar Disks | ||||||
14:40 - 15:10
Doug Johnstone [20+10] The Variability of Deeply Embedded Protostars in the Sub-Millimetre | ||||||
15:10 - 15:40
Patrick Sheehan [20+10] Constraints on Embedded Disk Structures and Masses as Seen by CARMA and ALMA | ||||||
15:40 - 16:10 Coffee Break [30] | ||||||
16:10 - 16:40
Mario Tafalla [20+10] Clues to the Outflow Acceleration Mechanism from ALMA Observations of the L1448 Archetype | ||||||
16:40 - 17:15 Moderator: Rowan Smith [5+30] DISCUSSION on Protostellar Disks | ||||||
17:15 - 17:20 Room change for focus groups [5] | ||||||
17:20 - 18:30 FOCUS GROUPS [70]
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18:30 Dinner | ||||||
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F R I D A Y 18 May 2018 | ||||||
08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast | ||||||
Galactic-Scale Star Formation
Chair: Andy Burkert |
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09:00 - 09:40
Clare Dobbs [30+10] Review: Galactic-Scale Star Formation | ||||||
09:40 - 10:10
Rowan Smith [20+10] Star Formation in Galactic Clouds and Filaments | ||||||
10:10 - 10:40
Ralph Pudritz [20+10] The Origin and Growth of Massive Star Clusters | ||||||
10:40 - 11:10 Coffee Break [30] | ||||||
11:10 - 11:30
Asmita Bhandare [15+5] Poster Contest Winner: First Core Lifetime from Low- to High-Mass Star Formation | ||||||
11:30 - 12:10 Thomas Henning [40+0] Conference Summary | ||||||
12:10 - 12:30 Organizers [20] Feedback Collection | ||||||
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch | ||||||
14:00 Departure of the airport shuttle |