Unsolved Problems in Stellar Evolution

STScI May Symposium

May 4 - 7, 1998

Baltimore, Maryland USA

Symposium Agenda

Sunday, May 3, 1998
4:00 - 6:00 pm	Registration & Reception
Monday, May 4, 1998
Chairperson	Sumner Starrfield
8:00 - 9:00 am	Registration, Coffee & Pastries
9:00 - 9:15 am	Welcome	Bob Williams
9:15 - 9:45 am	Introduction	Edwin Salpeter
9:45 - 10:15 am	Review of Star Formation	Frank Shu
10:15 - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 - 11:00 am	BREAK
11:00 - 11:30 am	Pre Main Sequence Evolution	Steve Stahler
11:30 - 11:45 pm	Discussion
11:45 - 12:15 pm	Young Stellar Objects: Low & Intermediate Mass	Joan Najita
12:15 - 12:30 pm	Discussion
12:30 - 2:00 pm	LUNCH
Chairperson	Sidney Bludman
2:00 - 2:30 pm	Young Stellar Objects: High Mass	Edward Churchwell
2:30 - 2:45 pm	Discussion
2:45 - 3:15 pm	The Initial Mass Function	Bruce Elmegreen
3:15 - 3:30 pm	Discussion
3:30 - 4:00 pm	BREAK
4:00 - 4:30 pm	Brown Dwarfs	James Liebert
4:30 - 4:45 pm	Discussion
4:45 - 5:15 pm	The Role of Binaries in Star Formation	Ian Bonnell
5:15 - 5:30 pm	Discussion
Tuesday, May 5, 1998
Chairperson	Robert Rood
9:00 - 9:30 am	Applications of Accurate Masses, Radii & Luminosities	Johannes Andersen
9:30 - 9:45 am	Discussion
9:45 - 10:15 am	Science Results for Stellar Structure & Evolution from Hipparcos	Yveline Lebreton
10:15 - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 - 11:00 am	BREAK
11:00 - 11:30 am	The Solar Neutrino Problem	John Bahcall
11:30 - 11:45 am	Discussion
11:45 - 12:15 pm	Asteroseismology	Timothy Brown
12:15 - 12:30 pm	Discussion
12:30 - 2:00 pm	LUNCH
Chairperson	Waltraut Seitter
2:00 - 2:30 pm	Convection & Rotation	Juri Toomre
2:30 - 2:45 pm	Discussion
2:45 - 3:15 pm	Input Physics & Parameters	Andre Maeder
3:15 - 3:30 pm	Discussion
3:30 - 4:00 pm	BREAK
4:00 - 4:30 pm	The Evolution to Red Giants	Peter Eggleton
4:30 - 4:45 pm	Discussion
4:45 - 5:15 pm	Abundance Anomalies	Catherine Pilachowski
5:15 - 5:30 pm	Discussion
Wednesday, May 6, 1998
Chairperson	Julie Lutz
9:00 - 9:30 am	Mass Loss: Hot Stars	Rolf Kudritzki
9:30 - 9:45 am	Discussion
9:45 - 10:15 am	Mass Loss: Cool Stars	Lee Anne Willson
10:15 - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 - 11:00 am	BREAK
11:00 - 11:30 am	The Evolution of Binaries	Philipp Podsiadlowski
11:30 - 11:45 am	Discussion
11:45 - 12:15 pm	Stellar Exotica	Mario Mateo
12:15 - 12:30 pm	Discussion
12:30 - 2:00 pm	LUNCH
Chairperson	Bruce Balick
2:00 - 2:30 pm	The Ages of Globular Clusters	Alvio Renzini
2:30 - 2:45 pm	Discussion
2:45 - 3:15 pm	Planetary Nebulae	Howard Bond
3:15 - 3:30 pm	Discussion
3:30 - 4:00 pm	BREAK
4:00 - 4:30 pm	White Dwarfs	Donald Winget
4:30 - 4:45 pm	Discussion
4:45 - 5:00 pm	The Pistol Star	Donald Figer
5:00 - 5:05 pm	Discussion
5:05 - 5:20 pm	FG Sge	Guillermo Gonzalez
5:20 - 5:25 pm	Discussion
5:25 - 5:45 pm	Special Presentation of Chris Skinner's Work	Matt Bobrowsky
6:00- 9:00 pm	Conference Dinner Glass Pavilion - Johns Hopkins University
Thursday, May 7, 1998
Chairperson	Allan Sandage
9:00 - 9:30 am	Supernova\ Physics	Stan Woosley
9:30 - 9:45 am	Discussion
9:45 -10:15 am	Pulsars	Steve Thorsett
10:15 - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 - 11:00 am	BREAK
11:00 - 11:30 am	Type Ia Supernovae, What are They?	Mario Livio
11:30 - 11:45 am	Discussion
11:45 - 12:15 pm	Black Hole Physics	Ramesh Narayan
12:15 - 12:30 pm	Discussion
12:30 - 1:00 pm	Conference Summary	Icko Iben

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