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*                     Second Announcement            			       
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*                        ESO Workshop                 			        
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*                DEATHS of STARS and LIVES of GALAXIES        		        
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*                        Santiago de Chile 
*                        April 8-12, 2013                		        
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This is the second announcement for the ESO conference "Deaths of Stars and 
Lives of Galaxies", to be held in Santiago de Chile, on April 8-12, 2013. 
The venue of the meeting will be the ESO Headquarters in Santiago, Chile.

More detailed information is available on our web page 
http://www.eso.org/dslg2013 
or by e-mail to dslg2013@eso.org

We encourage you to circulate the announcement among your colleagues.

IMPORTANT DEADLINES
    * Submission of abstracts: 31 January 2013
    * Registration: 28 February 2013 
    * Payment of registration fee: 28 February 2013
    * Hotel Director booking: 7 March 2013


GOAL OF THIS WORKSHOP

The meeting will cover topics related to the final stages of stellar evolution and the many important aspects 
of astronomy that depend on understanding how stars die and what happens to their remnants.  Topics 
related to the stars themselves and how their later stages of evolution proceed, as well as how their demise 
affects their immediate surroundings and host galaxies, will be addressed. The meeting will bring together 
researchers in quite diverse areas of stellar astrophysics, but which actually have strong connections as 
has recently become apparent, such as the relations between supernova impostors and protoplanetary 
nebulae.

The broad themes to be covered by the meeting will be
1. Channels of stellar death: how well do we understand what happens to stars in all mass ranges at the 
end of their lives? Do all massive stars explode as supernovae? Do all low to intermediate mass stars 
become planetary nebulae?  What are the SN2008S-type luminous transients?  What is the significance of 
nova-like objects inside planetary nebulae?

2. Products of stellar death: what are the sources of the abundant dust in the high redshift universe?  Which 
stars produce carbon?  Do we understand the chemical evolution of galaxies?

3. Stellar death in an extragalactic context: Type Ia supernovae as stellar candles in cosmology, the 
planetary nebula luminosity function, planetary nebulae in between galaxies, planetary nebulae as probes of 
galactic kinematics, evolved star research in the E-ELT era. 


WORKSHOP FORMAT

The workshop, spread over a week and held at the ESO-Chile headquarters in Santiago, will consist of 3 
themes each lasting for 3 sessions, and be introduced by 5-6 invited speakers, with ample time for 
contributed talks and extended discussion/break-out sessions. We will also have posters displayed. The 
workshop venue, in ESO’s offices in Santiago, Chile, can host up to 120 participants. Astronomy graduate 
students are welcome to attend the workshop. 


INVITED SPEAKERS 

	Falk Herwig (University of Victoria, Canada)
	Nathan Smith (Steward Observatory, USA)
	Mike Bode (Liverpool John Moores University, UK)
	Orsola de Marco (Macquarie University, Australia)
	Amanda Karakas (Australian National University)
	Thomas Janka (MPA, Germany)
	George Meynet (Geneva Observatory, Switzerland)
	Paul Crowther (Sheffield University, UK)
	Denise Gonçalves (Observatorio Valongo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
	Isabelle Cherchneff (Basel University, Switzerland)
	Mikako Matsuura (University College London, UK)
	Christopher Kochanek (Ohio State University, USA)
	Nick Cox (Leuven, Belgium)
	Francesca Matteucci (Trieste, Italy)
	Magda Arnaboldi (ESO Garching)
	Bruno Leibundgut (ESO Garching)
	Noam Soker (Technion, Israel)


HOTELS AND LOCAL INFORMATION

ESO has made a special arrangement with Hotel Director, in Vitacura, 
Santiago. Located at only a few blocks from ESO, Hotel Director will have 
a special rate for the participants at our conference.
http://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/2013/dslg2013/accommodation.html

There are also other hotels that are described in the web page
http://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/2013/dslg2013/hotels.html

PLEASE BOOK YOUR FLIGHT AND HOTEL WELL IN ADVANCE

For local information about public transport, weather, restaurants, etc, 
please check http://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/2013/dslg2013/local.html


SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

A welcome drink and registration will take place on Sunday 7 April.
A traditional Chilean dinner - included in the conference fee - will take place outside Santiago on Thursday 
night. 
   
Additionally, an afternoon tour of a local vineyard and a city tour ending in Bellavista
will be organised for interested participants. Details will be sent to registered participants in due time.


REGISTRATION FEES

Registration fees will be 250 Euros and should be paid via Credit Card at the
time of registration for the latter to be valid. 
Please download the form from http://www.eso.org/sci/php/meetings/dslg2013/registration-open.html

Please note that we are unable to provide any help to cover registration fee or travel.


CONTACT US

Conference e-mail: dslg2013@eso.org

Webpage: http://www.eso.org/dslg2013/