Globular Clusters - Guides to Galaxies

Conference Programme


Registration and Welcome Reception:

Sunday 05 March from 18:00 to 21:00
at the Hotel Araucano
(Caupolican 521, see map)

The speakers are themselves responsible for giving enough time for discussion.
We suggest to reserve 5 minutes for questions.



Monday 06 March
Tuesday 07 March
Wednesday 08 March
Thursday 09 March
Friday 10 March
09:00 Welcome

09:00 Review talk: E. Grebel
Globular Clusters in the Local Group
09:00 Review talk: S. Larsen
Young massive clusters
09:00 Review talk: J. Brodie
Globular Clusters in Early Type Galaxies
09:00 Review talk: D. Forbes
Globular Clusters and the Formation of early-type galaxies
09:20 Review talk: M. Kissler-Patig
Open questions in the globular cluster -  galaxy connection
09:40  Review talk: B. Miller
Globular Clusters in Dwarf Galaxies
09:40 Review talk: B. Elmegreen
Hierarchical formation of Galactic clusters
09:40 Review talk: A. Jordan
The Virgo ACS survey
09:40 Review talk: M.Beasley
Do GCs actually trace star formation? Some general ideas  and a case study
10:00 Review talk: H. Baumgardt
Dissolution of globular clusters
10:20 A. Kayser
The Age-Metallicity Relation and Star Formation History of the Small Magellanic Cloud

10:20 P. Kroupa
The birth of star clusters and implications for galactic astrophysics
10:20 N. Tamura
A Subaru/Suprime-Cam wide-field survey of globular cluster populations around M87
10:20 M. West
Intergalactic Globular Clusters
10:40 G. Bono
He abundance in Globular Clusters
10:40 coffee break + poster viewing 10:40 L. Vanzi
The environment of young massive clusters 
10:40 E. Vesperini
Dynamical evolution of globular cluster systems


10:40 R. Scheepmaker
Determining the properties of >10.000 star clusters in M51 with HST/ACS
11:00 coffee break + poster viewing

11:00 coffee break + poster viewing 11:00 coffee break + poster viewing 11:00 coffee break + poster viewing
11:30 Review talk: K. Bekki
Imprint of galaxy formation and evolution on globular cluster properties
11:10 Review talk: K. Perrett
M31 and its Globular Cluster System
11:30 Review talk: F. Schweizer
Globular Cluster Formation in Mergers
11:30 Review talk: A. Romanowsky
Kinematics of Globular Cluster Systems
11:30 K. Rhode
Wide-Field Survey of the Globular Cluster Systems of Giant Galaxies
12:10 M. Catelan
Near-Field Cosmology with RR Lyrae Variable Stars in Globular Clusters

11:50 A. Huxor
The newly discovered extended globular clusters of M31
12:10 G. Trancho
Young star clusters in merging of galaxies
12:10 Review talk: O. Gnedin
Formation of Globular Clusters in Hierarchical Cosmology: ART and Science

11:50 R. de Grijs
From young massive star clusters to old globulars: initial mass distributions and survival chances

12:10 A. Seth
Nuclear Star Clusters in Edge-on Galaxies

12:30 G. Wallerstein
The Unusual globular cluster NGC 6388
12:10 J. Cohen
Very Young Globular Clusters in M31
12:30 Review talk: S. Zepf
The Formation Epochs of Metal-Rich and Metal-Poor Globular Clusters
12:50 R. Capuzzo-Dolcetta
Globular cluster merging in galaxies
12:30 Bernstein, R.
Detailed Chemical Abundances of Extragalactic Globular Clusters
12:50 lunch + poster viewing 12:30 J. Strader
GCs in M31: Insights from new low and high resolution spectroscopy

13:10 P. Goudfrooij
The fate of Globular Clusters formed in gas-rich mergers: The situation after a few Gyr

13:10 R. Gonzalez
Surface brightness fluctuation measurements: the connection between star clusters and galaxies.
12:50 lunch + poster viewing

12:50 lunch + poster viewing 13:30 lunch + poster viewing 13:30 lunch + poster viewing
15:00 Review talk: W. Harris
New and Old Patterns in the Supergiant Ellipticals

15:00 Review talk: R. Chandar
Ancient Star Clusters in M33 -- Clues to Galaxy Formation

15:00 Review talk: A. Burkert
Origin and Structure and Dark Matter Content of Elliptical Galaxies
15:00 T. Sohn
Hot Populations in M87 Globular Clusters

15:20 M. Takamiya
The IGC Population in the Virgo Cluster

15:40 Review talk: D. Geisler
LMC Cluster abundances and kinematics

15:40 Review talk: M. Hilker
UCDs - a mixed bag of objects


15:40 Review talk: D. McLaughlin
Dynamics of Globular Cluster Systems in Elliptical Galaxies: Theoretical Aspects
15:40 J.C. Forte
Globular clusters bi-modality revisited
16:20 J. Borissova
Spectroscopic Abundances and Radial Velocities of the Galactic Globular Clusters
2MASS-GC01 and 2MASS-GC02

16:20 M. Drinkwater
Ultra-compact dwarf galaxies and globular clusters: a review of their spatial and kinematic properties


FREE
16:20 coffee break + poster viewing 16:00 Review talk: P. Côté
Globular Clusters, Galactic Nuclei and Supermassive Black Holes

16:40 coffee break + poster viewing 16:40 coffee break + poster viewing
(CONFERENCE PHOTO)
AFTERNOON
16:50 Y. Schuberth
Globular Clusters as dynamical tracers: NGC 1399 and NGC 4636

16:40 coffee break + poster viewing
17:10 P. Miocchi
Globular clusters close interactions within inner galactic regions
17:10 S. Mieske
How to separate GCs from UCDs: a break in the metallicity and size distribution of Fornax compact objects

17:10 L. Bassino
Globular clusters at the center of the fornax cluster: tracing interactions between galaxies

17:00 Conference summary (W. Harris)
17:30 J. Fiestas
Dynamical evolution of rotating globular clusters with embedded black holes

17:30 M. Gregg
Stellar Populations in UCDs

17:30 E. Peng
Globular Clusters and Host Galaxies in the ACS Virgo Cluster Survey
17:30 Closing words
17:50 C. Charbonnel
Abundance anomalies in globular clusters : Looking for the stellar culprits

17:50 N. Bastian
Dynamical masses of ultra-massive star clusters in merging galaxies

17:50 T. Puzia
Spectroscopy of Extragalactic Globular Clusters


18:10 G. Parmentier
The initial mass function of Galactic halo globular clusters

18:10 M. Gieles
A physical limit to the mass of star clusters

18:10 L. Spitler
HST ACS Wide-Field Photometry of the Sombrero Galaxy Globular Cluster System

18:30 S. J. Yoon
Horizontal-Branch Morphology and the Origin of Color Bimodality of Globular Cluster Systems
18:30 K. Johnson
The Natal Environments of Super Star Clusters


18:30 S. van den Bergh
Globular clusters in dwarf and giant galaxies.

21:30 Campus observatory open (weather permitting)


20:00 PUBLIC TALK
L. Infante


20:00 CONFERENCE DINNER at Hotel Araucano


       


POSTERS:

****** Posters should not be wider than 73 cm. Length can be up to 1.2 m. ******


Confirmed posters:

Ahumada, A.     Integrated spectroscopic analysis of Galactic and Small Magellanic Cloud clusters
Alonso-Garcia, J.    Globular Clusters in the Direction of the Inner Galaxy
Barbuy, B.    Abundances in metal-poor bulge globular clusters
Bastian, N.    IFU insights into cluster formation
Biswas, I.  
How do Super Star Clusters Form?: The Anomalous Luminosity Function of Natal Clusters in Henize 2-10
Bonatto, Ch.    Globular Cluster System and  Milky Way Properties Revisited
Bridges, T.   Ages, Abundances, and Kinematics of Globular Clusters in Nearby Ellipticals with Gemini/GMOS
Cenarro, J.    Keck Spectroscopy of Globular Clusters in NGC1407
Chies-Santos, A.L.    The Globular Cluster System of NGC5846 Revisited: Colours, Sizes and X-Ray counterparts
Cho, J.    Globular cluster systems in shell ellipticals
Christian, C.   Globular Cluster Research with Astronomical Archives
Chung, C.   Super-He-rich Populations in Globular Clusters
Claria, J. J.   Spectral evolution of blue concentrated star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud
de Marchi, G.    Tidal disruption of globular clusters and the formation of the galaxy halo
Di Criscienzo, M.    RR Lyrae based calibration of Globular Cluster Luminosity Function
Di Matteo, P.   Tidal tails around globular clusters. Are they a good tracer of cluster orbits?
Escobar, M. E.   Color-Magnitude Diagram and Variable Stars in M69
Evstigneeva, E.    Observational differences between bright UCDs and globular clusters
Faifer, F.    GMOS photometry of five Globular Cluster Systems: A comparative study for NGC 524, NGC 3115, NGC 3379, NGC 3923 and NGC 4649
Fellhauer, M.    Modelling the tidal tails of NGC5466
Firth, P.     VLT Observations of Compact Objects in the Fornax Galaxy Cluster at the UCD-Globular Cluster Interface
Forde, K.   Globular cluster systems in spiral galaxies using ACS imaging
Frinchaboy, P.    Galactic Chemical and Dynamical Tracers
Gieles, M.   The effect of giant molecular clouds on the evolution of star clusters
Glatt, K.    Star Clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Gomez, M.    Globular clusters in NGC 5128
Gregg, M.   Laser Guide Star Imaging of M31 Globular Clusters: Core Sizes and CMDs
Greco, C.   Fornax Globular Cluster Systems
Han, S.-I.    New Yonsei-Yale (Y2) Isochrones and Horizontal-Branch Evolutionary Tracks with Helium Enhancements
Hempel, M.    Age Structure in Globular Cluster Systems in dependence on host galaxy properties
Jasniewicz, G.    Post-HBs in some globular clusters
Jordan, A.   The LMXB - GC connection in the ACS Virgo Cluster Survey
Jordi, K.     The Search for Tidal Tails of Globular Clusters
Karick. A.    Galaxy Disruption Caught in the Act?: Multicolour Imaging of UCDs and Tidal Debris in the Fornax Cluster
Kawamura, A.   Molecular Clouds and Star Formation in the Magellanic System by NANTEN
Kerber, L.   Physical parameters of LMC clusters from modeling of HST CMDs
Kravtsov, V.   Metal-rich globular cluster populations: an unaccounted factor responsible for in situ formation of them?
Kurtev, R.   Properties of the RGBs of the LMC clusters in the infrared
Lamers, H.J.G.L.M.   Photometric evolution of dissolving star clusters: how reliable are cluster ages derived from integrated broad band photometry
Lilly, Th.   The Globular Cluster System of NGC 5128 - New analyses of broad band colors and Lick indices
Moni Bidin, C.   Spectroscopy of hot EHB stars
Mora, M.    Star clusters in the spiral NGC45
Norris, M.    The Galaxy-Globular Cluster Connection in NGC 3115
Pavani, D.   Characterization of Open Cluster Remnants
Peng, E.   The Structure of Early-Type Galaxies in the ACS Virgo Cluster Survey
Reines, A.    Exploring the Birth of Young Massive Star Clusters in NGC 4449
Rejkuba M.    The bright globular clusters in Centaurus A
Rey, S.-C.    GALEX UV Observations of GCs in Nearby Galaxies
Richtler, T.   Dark Matter in the Fornax Cluster
Sharples R.    Integrated Spectroscopy of Galactic Globular Clusters

Stephens, A.    The Origin of Globular Cluster Ellipticities: WLM-1
Valcarce, A.    Semi-Empirical Determination of the Mass Distribution of Horizontal Branch Stars in M3
Vanzi L.   High Resolution Spectroscopy of Young Massive Clusters
Vesperini, E.   N-body simulations of the early evolution of globular clusters
Villegas, D.     HST photometry of the binary globular cluster Sersic 13N-S in NGC 5128
Weidner, C.   Implications for the formation of star clusters from extragalactic star-formation rates
Woodley, K.    Kinematics and Dynamics of the Globular Cluster System of NGC 5128
Yoon, S.-J.    A New Perspective on the Color Distributions of Globular Cluster Systems in Early-type Galaxies
Zoccali M.    Chemical Abundances of Globular Clusters in the Galactic Bulge


Unconfirmed posters:

Baume, G.    Photometric study of NGC 2154
Gilbert, A.    From Dust Cocoons to Wind-Blown Bubbles:  The Formation and Evolution of Super Star Clusters in IC 4662
Godano, R.    Introducción a la Topología General en el Estudio de Órbitas Caóticas en el Núcleo Galáctico
Gupta, S.    Missing mass in Galaxies-Using regression analysis in Dynamic universe model of cosmology
Kucinskas, A.    Probing evolutionary histories of star clusters in the Magellanic Clouds with late-type giants
Mirtadjieva, K.    Globular Cluster Systems: fragmentation or hierarchical clustering ?
Nuritdinov, S.    New catalogue of globular cluster systems and its statistical analysis
Patil, M.    X-ray emission and Globular clusters in early-type galaxies
Pompéia, L.    Chemical Abundances in SMR Bulge-like Stars
Tadjibaev, I.    Globular cluster systems: study of early evolution stage
Vacca, W.   Sizes, Masses, Ages and Stellar Populations of the SSCs M82-F and M82-L
Valenti, E.    IR study of galactic Bulge Globular Clusters
Willman, B.    A Galactic Companion at 40 kpc With Multiple Stellar Tails
Yatsyk, O.    Star clusters in the Galaxy and M33