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First Announcement (full text)
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Why Galaxies Care About AGB Stars II
Shining examples and common inhabitants
Stars are conspicuous components of galaxies, and the sites of the
creation of most chemical elements. Due to their brightness
and their production of heavy elements, stars on the
Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) play an important role for
understanding stellar and galactic evolution.
This conference aims to build a bridge between AGB research and
its application to the modelling of stellar populations
and the chemical evolution of galaxies. Current developments
and challenges on both sides will be discussed to reach
an understanding of possibilities, limitations, and needs
in both areas, and hence to improve our knowledge about the
role of AGB stars in the context of galaxies. This is the follow-up
meeting to the Vienna conference on a similar topic
in August 2006 (Link).
This time the focus of the meeting will be:
- Complex Atmospheres & Interiors: Dynamics, Evolution & Abundances
- Environment: Mass Loss, Chemistry & Geometry
- Common Inhabitants: Population Studies & Synthesis Models
- Out There: Magellanic Clouds, Local Group & Beyond
- Perspectives Near and Far: ALMA, Herschel, JWST, ELTs, ...
The conference will be hosted by the
Austrian Society for Astronomy and Astrophysics and the
Department of Astronomy at
the University of Vienna.
The meeting is supported by the
IAU Working Group on Abundances in Red Giants, by the IK "Cosmic Matter Cycle"
at the University of Vienna, and by the Robert F. Wing Support Fund
at Ohio State University.
Preregistration is now open. Please subscribe to the mailing list if you want to stay informed.
* We are looking forward to seeing you in Vienna in August 2010! *
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