Conference Programme |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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) |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 21:30 Campus observatory open (weather
permitting) |
20:00 PUBLIC TALK L. Infante |
20:00 CONFERENCE DINNER at Hotel Araucano |