Workshop Program


24 April, Day Antu
N = 15+5min, E = 25+5min, R = 30+10min
Session 1
Chair: Antonella Natta 09:00-09:10 Welcome address, Catherine Cesarsky 09:10-09:40 Star and planet formation in the VLT era: the large view, Mark McCaughrean 09:40-10:20 Giant molecular clouds in the Milky Way and the Local Group, Leo Blitz 10:20-10:40 Large-scale structure of molecular clouds: extinction maps from 2MASS data, Marco Lombardi Coffee (30 min)
Session 2
Chair: John Richer 11:10-11:30 Physical conditions of pre-protostellar cores, Malcolm Walmsley 11:30-11:50 VLT measurements of the initial conditions to star formation, João Alves 11:50-12:10 The physical structure of a prestellar core derived from near-infrared extinction, submillimetre dust emission, atomic and molecular lines, Carsten Kramer 12:10-12:30 From infall to rotation around young stellar objects, Michiel Hogerheijde 12:30-12:50 From turbulent molecular cloud fragmentation to the stellar main sequence, Ralf Klessen Lunch (70 min)
Session 3
Chair: Frank Bertoldi 14:00-14:30 ALMA, Ewine van Dishoeck 14:30-15:00 Continuum polarization as a tool, a perspective for VLT and ALMA, Thomas Henning 15:00-15:20 The mineralogy and magnetism of star and planet formation as revealed by mid-infrared polarimetry, Christopher Wright 15:20-15:40 From the Sun to Jupiter, evolution of low mass stars, brown dwarfs, and giant planets, Isabelle Baraffe Tea + Posters (60 min)
Session 4
Chair: Pierre Cox 16:40-17:00 Formation of binary stars: theory, Andi Burkert 17:00-17:20 Formation of binary stars: observational constraints, Jérôme Bouvier 17:20-17:40 The formation of brown dwarfs, Bo Reipurth 17:40-18:00 Disk orientations in PMS binary systems determined with UT1/FORS, Jean-Louis Monin 18:00-18:20 Multiplicity and variability of young brown dwarfs in Cha I, Viki Joergens 18:30-19:30 Welcome reception at ESO headquarters
25 April, Day Kueyen
Session 1
Chair: Anthony Whitworth 09:00-09:20 VLT instrumentation: imaging, Ralf Siebenmorgen 09:20-09:40 The formation of stellar clusters, Matthew Bate 09:40-10:00 Sub-millimetre and MIR imaging of protostellar clusters, Rolf Chini 10:00-10:40 Infrared imaging of embedded clusters: providing constraints for star and planet formation, Charlie Lada Coffee (30 min)
Session 2
Chair: Francesco Palla 11:10-11:30 Modes of star formation in clusters and the origin of our Solar System, Fred Adams 11:30-11:50 The VLT and the powers of 10: young clusters home and away, Hans Zinnecker 11:50-12:10 A new NIR low-resolution spectroscopic classification of faint dwarfs and the VLT promise, Leonardo Testi 12:10-12:30 VLT/FORS spectroscopy of planetary mass candidates in the Sigma Orionis cluster, David Barrado y Navascués 12:30-12:50 Infrared spectroscopy of substellar objects in Orion, Patrick Roche Lunch (70 min)
Session 3
Chair: Achim Tieftrunk 14:00-14:20 Young stars in Rho Ophiuchi: toward the completeness down to substellar masses, Sylvain Bontemps 14:20-14:40 Variability and rotation in low mass stars and brown dwarfs, Jochen Eislöffel 14:40-15:00 Infrared observations of hot cores, Bringfried Stecklum 15:00-15:20 An overview of induced star formation at the surfaces of molecular clouds: the JCMT and the ISO view, Glenn White 15:20-15:40 Gases and ices in star-forming regions, Ewine van Dishoeck Tea + Posters (60 min)
Session 4
Chair: Tom Ray 16:40-17:00 The spectacular BHR 71 outflow, Tyler Bourke 17:00-17:20 High angular resolution analyses of Herbig-Haro jets, Francesca Bacciotti 17:20-17:40 Structure of disk-driven magneto-centrifugal jets and winds: from launching surface to large distances Zhi-Yun Li 17:40-18:00 Into the twilight zone: reaching the jet engine with the VLTI/AMBER, Paulo Garcia 18:00-18:20 T Tauri stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud: a combined HST-WFPC2 and VLT=FORS1 effort, Martino Romaniello
26 April, Day Melipal
Session 1
Chair: Guido Garay 09:00-09:20 VLT instrumentation: spectroscopy, Alan Moorwood 09:20-09:40 High-resolution near-infrared spectroscopy of protostars with large telescopes, Tom Greene 09:40-10:00 VLT/ISAAC spectroscopy of the young massive stars in ultra-compact H II Regions, Lex Kaper 10:00-10:20 NGC 3603 IRS9: revealment of a cluster of protostars, Dieter Nürnberger 10:20-10:40 Sub-arcsecond millimetre imaging of disks and envelopes: probing the density structure, Leslie Looney Coffee (30 min)
Session 2
Chair: José Maria Torrelles 11:10-11:30 VLA studies of disks around T Tauri stars, David Wilner 11:30-11:50 A close view of the protoplanetary disk system in the bok globule CB26, Ralf Launhardt 11:50-12:10 Detecting gaps in protoplanetary disks with MIDI, Sebastian Wolf 12:10-12:30 The evolution of circumstellar disks: lessons from the VLT and ISO, Wolfgang Brandner 12:30-12:50 The destruction of circumstellar discs, Cathie Clarke Lunch (70 min)
Session 3
Chair: Massimo Robberto 14:00-14:20 VISIR and the formation of stars and planets, Pierre-Olivier Lagage 14:20-14:40 Mid- and far-infrared variability of Herbig Ae/Be stars, Timo Prusti 14:40-15:00 Probing the birth of stars and planets with mid-infrared instruments on large telescopes, Ray Jayawardhana 15:00-15:20 Adaptive optics survey for faint companions around young, nearby stars, Michael Sterzik 15:20-15:40 Theoretical cosmogony and the formation of planets, Günther Wuchterl Tea + Posters (60 min)
Session 4
Chair: Carlos Eiroa 16:40-17:20 Extra-solar planetary systems in the VLT era, Michel Mayor 17:20-17:40 Direct imaging of substellar companions next to young nearby stars, Ralph Neuhäuser 17:40-18:00 News from the young stellar object TMR-1, Monika Petr-Gotzens 18:00-18:20 A radial velocity survey for planets around young stars in the Hyades cluster, Artie Hatzes 18:20-18:50 Open discussion: ``What's a name? The great Planet debate'' 19:00-21:10 Conference buffet at ESO headquarters
27 April, Day Yepun
Session 1
Chair: Francesco Paresce 09:00-09:30 Kuiper Belt as an evolved circumstellar disk, David Jewitt 09:30-09:50 The VLTI and its instrumentation, Andrea Richichi 09:50-10:20 Observations of young stellar objects with the VLTI, Fabien Malbet 10:20-10:40 Preparing for planet searches with the VLTI (title TBC), Eike Guenther Coffee (30 min)
Session 2
Chair: Rens Waters 11:10-11:40 The Keck Interferometer and the Caltech/JPL Interferometry Science Center, Anneila Sargent 11:40-12:00 From protoplanetary to Vega-like disks: collisional evolution, Carsten Dominik 12:00-12:20 Turbulent radial mixing as the source of crystalline silicates in comets, Dominique Bockelee-Morvan 12:20-12:50 How does the VLT see ``our'' Solar System?, Rita Schulz Lunch (70 min)
Session 3
Chair: Paul Harvey 14:00-14:30 X-rays in star-forming regions in the VLT era, Thierry Montmerle 14:30-14:50 The formation and evolution of planetary systems: placing our solar system in context with SIRTF, Michael Meyer 14:50-15:10 Star and planet formation with Herschel/FIRST (title TBC), Philippe André 15:10-15:30 A look forward to star and planet formation with the NGST, Mark McCaughrean 15:30-15:50 The origins of stars and planets: the OWL view, Roberto Gilmozzi Star and planet formation in 2021, Virginia Trimble