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Interstellar Matter and Star Formation - A Multi-Wavelength Perspective- TIFR
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Interstellar Matter and Star Formation - A Multi-Wavelength Perspective - HomiBhabha Birth Centenary Celebrations.
An International Workshop on Interstellar Matter and Star Formation - A Multi-Wavelength Perspective is going to be held on 5-7 October 2009 as a part of the Homi Bhabha Birth Centenary Celebrations, the venue is TIFR NATIONAL BALLOON FACILITY, HYDERABAD, INDIA.
This Workshop is organized by the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) as a part of the Homi Bhabha Birth Centenary Celebrations.
The meeting will be organized around invited reviews and contributed talks, with substantial time devoted to topical discussions. Poster sessions will also be scheduled around the lunch/tea breaks.
Participation in this workshop is by INVITATION ONLY.
Local expenses will be borne by the organizers for all participants.
Travel grants may be provided to a few Research Students, Post doctoral Research Fellows and University Lecturers.
All foreigners need a visa to visit India. Please contact the nearest Indian Consulate/Embassy for a visa well in advance (at least two months).
Scientific Objectives of the workshop:
Star formation is one of the most important areas of research in astrophysics. Observationally, our method of investigating the star formation process has changed in the last 4 - 5 years. Recent advances in infrared and (sub) millimeter detector technology has resulted in new wide field cameras that allow mapping of large areas of the sky in reasonable observation times. With the advancement in technology, new challenging observations will be able to answer some of the unresolved issues regarding modes of star and planet formation. The current and new facilities such as WFCAM on UKIRT, UKIDSS, ESO-VISTA (infrared), SCUBA2, HARP, 4MASS (radio) on the ground and the space missions such as AKARI, Spitzer Space Telescope, Herschel (to be launched in mid 2009) and Planck will provide a great depth and coverage in multiple wavelengths. On the other hand, the upcoming facilities such as ALMA in the millimeter wavelengths and the JWST in the infrared will provide angular resolution at milli-arcsecond levels to probe distant objects at AU scales. SPICA in the mid-/far-infrared, to be launched in 2017, will fill the gap in the coverage of wavelength between JWST and Herschel. With these upcoming facilities it will be possible to observe a significant area of star forming regions in a short time scale. Consequently, this will provide a chance to address the central issues in star formation studies. The all sky samples covering large fraction of the sky will provide an opportunity to carry out unbiased statistical studies of young stellar properties, the distribution of sub-stellar objects, the structure of molecular clouds, initial mass function and mechanism of massive star formation.
The purpose of the workshop is to expose and motivate students and young researchers towards this field and to promote the topic of Star Formation at the graduate studies level so that the upcoming young generation in India can efficiently use the next generation space and ground based telescope facilities such as Herschel, JWST, ALMA, VISTA and SCUBA/JCMT. The workshop will also focus on results from the currently operational state-of-art ground based near- and mid-infrared and sub-mm and millimeter observatories.
The year 2009 also marks completion of 25 years of the TIFR 100 cm balloon borne infrared telescope and this workshop would also commemorate the occasion.
Topics Covered:
Interstellar Matter
Protostars and Young Star Clusters
Sub-stellar objects and very young brown dwarfs
Initial Mass Function
Mechanisms of Massive Star Formation
Triggered Star Formation
Location:
TIFR Balloon Facility is located about 17 km from Hyderabad city and is next to the ECIL campus. Hyderabad is well connected to the rest of the world by both national and international flights. The airport is called Rajiv Gandhi International Airport and is located at Shamshabad.
PROCEEDINGS of the Workshop
All the presentations at the Interstellar Matter and Star Formation - A Multi-Wavelength Perspective workshop will be published after a refereeing process in a special issue of the Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India (BASI). The Proceedings Volume will be made available online on the BASI webpage, as well as on ADS.
regards
sridevi
For more details, visit http://www.tifr.res.in/
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