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1st Announcement
(also available as PDF)
Planetary and brown dwarf companions to evolved stars have only recently been
discovered. The aim of this conference is to discuss observational results and
techniques as well as theoretical predictions for the formation and the
fate of the orbiting substellar objects as well as for their impact on the
evolution of the host stars. Central to the conference is to explore
the impact of new and upcoming space missions like Kepler, GAIA and PLATO for
this emerging field.
Science topics will include:
- Influence of planets/substellar objects on evolved stars
- The fate of planets: do they survive, grow or shrink?
- The stability and habitability of planetary systems around evolved stars
- Debris disks around white dwarfs: their nature and origin
- Planet formation around evolved stars: second generation planets around neutron
stars, white dwarfs and hot subdwarfs
- Detecting substellar objects around evolved stars (from RGB to WD)
- Substellar objects in binary stars
A more detailed list of topics can be found here.
Registration
The conference webpage (see below) will be open from mid of March
2010. A second announcement will be issued on this occasion.
Registration deadline will be June 1, 2010.
The registration fee will be 120.- Euro if paid until that date; late
registration will cost 180.- Euro.
In case of positive assessment by the German Research Foundation,
limited funds will be available to assist with a part of travel
expenses.
Conference webpage:
http://www.sternwarte.uni-erlangen.de/conf2010/
Accommodation
Information about accommodation
will be given on the conference webpage.
SOC & LOC
| Scientific Organising Committee | Local Organising Committee |
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| Matt Burleigh (UK) | Edith Day |
| Stephan Geier (Germany) | Horst Drechsel (chair) |
| Paul Groot (The Netherlands) | Stephan Geier |
| Artie Hatzes (Germany) | Uli Heber |
| Uli Heber (Germany, co-chair) | Andreas Irrgang |
| Michael Jura (USA) | Ingo Kreykenbohm |
| Mukremin Kilic (USA) | Thomas Kupfer |
| Orsola de Marco (Australia) | Veronika Schaffenroth |
| Pierre Maxted (UK) | | Fritz-Walter Schwarm |
| Gijs Nelemans (The Netherlands) | |
| Sonja Schuh (Germany) | |
| Roberto Silvotti (Italy) | |
| Noam Soker (Israel, co-chair) | |
Contact
Ulrich Heber
Dr. Remeis-Sternwarte
Sternwartstr. 7
96049 Bamberg
Germany
| phone: | +49-951-9522214 |
| fax: | +49-951-9522222 |
| email: | heber@sternwarte.uni-erlangen.de |
We are looking forward to meeting you next August in Bamberg.
Warmest regards
Uli Heber and Horst Drechsel
Bamberg, January 15, 2010
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