Why Galaxies Care About
AGB Stars


August 7-11, 2006
Vienna, University Campus

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Scientific Program (download)
List of invited speakers and preliminary titles

John Lattanzio
AGB stars in stellar evolution models: concepts and problems

Lionel Siess
The evolution of super-AGB stars

Gerald Wasserburg
Inside AGB stars: elemental synthesis

Falk Herwig
Convective and non-convective mixing in AGB stars

Bengt Gustafsson
Atmospheres of AGB stars: status and challenges of modelling

Peter Bernath
Laboratory data for cool star atmosphere modelling

Verne Smith
Measuring abundances on the AGB

Peter Hauschildt
Methods for determining stellar quantities

Susanne Höfner
AGB mass loss modelling

Anja Andersen
Dust formation and growth

Rens Waters
Mineralogy of AGB circumstellar envelopes

Fredrik Schoier
Methods for determining AGB mass loss rates based on radio data

Jacco van Loon
Methods for determining AGB mass loss rates based on infrared data

Peter Wood
Quantitative results on AGB mass loss rates

Monica Tosi
Chemodynamical models of galaxy evolution

Eva Grebel
Star formation history as probed by AGB stars

Paola Marigo
Population synthesis models and their ingredients

Corrine Charbonnel
What can we learn from stellar clusters?

Martin Groenewegen
AGB stars in extragalactic systems

Letizia Stanghellini
PNe as probes of the chemical impact of AGB stars

Serge Demers
AGB stars and galactic dynamics

Harm Habing
Conference summary