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PEARLS-09: Spiral Arm Sub-Structure in Nearby Galaxies - 2009
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM OUTLINE
STScI, 29 September - 1 October 2009
Version of 9/24/09 3:31 PM
| Tuesday, 29 September 2009 | |
| 10:00-10:30a | Morning Coffee |
| Day 1: Introduction, Gas Flow Through the Arms: Observations, Theory | |
| 10:30-10:40a | "Welcome and Background" Ron Allen |
| 10:40-11:00a | "Why Are We Here?" Jim Pringle |
| 11:00-11:30a | "Observations of Spiral Arm Substructure in Nearby Galaxies" Stuart Vogel |
| 11:30-11:45a | Discussion |
| 11:45-12:15p | "Formation of Giant Molecular Associations and Spurs Across Spiral Arms" Jin Koda |
| 12:15-12:30p | Discussion |
| 12:30-2:00p | Lunch |
| 2:00-2:30p | "Arm/Interarm contrasts in HERACLES and THINGS" Adam Leroy |
| 2:30-2:45p | Discussion |
| 2:45-3:15p | "The (Im)persistence of Spiral Structure in NGC 5055" Peter Teuben |
| 3:15-3:30p | Discussion |
| 3:30-4:00p | Tea & Posters |
| 4:00-4:30p | "Development of Spiral-Arm Gaseous Substructures Through Self-Gravity" Eve Ostriker |
| 4:30-4:45p | Discussion |
| 4:45-5:15p | "Spurs and Substructure in SPH Simulations of Spiral Galaxies" Clare Dobbs |
| 5:15-5:30p | Discussion |
| 5:30p | End of Day 1 |
| Wednesday, 30 September 2009 | |
| 10:00-10:30a | Morning Coffee |
| Day 2 - Radio Emission and Magnetic Fields | |
| 10:30-11:00a | "Spiral Structure in the Radio: What Do We See?" Eva Schinnerer |
| 11:00-11:15a | Discussion |
| 11:15-11:45a | "Radio Polarization Observations of Magnetic Fields in Spiral Arms" Andrew Fletcher |
| 11:45-12:00p | Discussion |
| 12:00-12:30p | "The Role of Magnetic Fields in Galactic Star Formation" Frank Shu |
| 12:30-12:45p | Discussion |
| 12:45-2:00p | Lunch |
| 2:00-2:30p | "Distribution of ISM Phases in Galaxies" Mark Wolfire |
| 2:30-2:45p | Discussion |
| 2:45-3:15p | Poster Presentations |
| 3:15-3:30p | Tea & Posters |
| 3:30-5:00p | STScI Colloquium - "Refining the Hubble Constant with a Differential Distance Ladder" Adam Reiss |
| 5:00p | End of Day 2 |
| Thursday, 1 October 2009 | |
| 10:00-10:30a | Morning Coffee |
| Day 3: GMCs, Global Star Formation | |
| 10:30-11:00a | "Re-Examining the Properties of GMCs in the Milky Way" Mark Heyer |
| 11:00-11:15a | Discussion |
| 11:15-11:45a | "The Flow-Driven Formation of Molecular Clouds: Insights from Numerical Models" Fabian Heitsch |
| 11:45-12:00p | Discussion | 12:00-12:30p | "Shock-Induced Formation of Giant Molecular Clouds" Sven van Loo |
| 12:30-12:45p | Discussion |
| 12:45-2:00p | Lunch |
| 2:00-2:30p | "Dynamical Nature of Stellar and Gaseous Spirals Revealed by 3D High Resolution Simulations" Keiichi Wada |
| 2:30-2:45p | Discussion |
| 2:45-3:15p | "Dynamics and Large Scale Star Formation in Disk Galaxies" Rosa Gonzalez-Lopezlira |
| 3:15-3:30p | Discussion |
| 3:30-4:00p | Afternoon Tea |
| 4:00-4:30p | "Multi-Wavelength Star Formation in Spiral Galaxies" Gerhardt Muerer |
| 4:30-4:45p | Discussion |
| 4:45-5:30p | General Discussion - Did we accomplish anything? - What is needed to make further progress? |
| 5:30p | End of Workshop |
Updated 09/24/09