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Cardiff, 19-23
January 2009
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SOC:
Matthew Bate, Ian Bonnell, Gilles Chabrier, Simon Goodwin, Ralf
Klessen, Mordecai Mac
Low, Richard Nelson, Francesco Palla, Jan Palous, Ken Rice, Ant
Whitworth (chair)
LOC: Rhianne Attwood,
Annabel
Cartwright,
Katharina Jappsen, Dimitris Stamatellos, Derek Ward-Thompson, Steffi
Walch, Ant Whitworth, Richard Wunsch
Numerical simulations play an increasingly important role in the study of star formation, both as a means of interpreting observations (which may be poorly resolved, confused, or optically thick), and as a means of time-sequencing observations of star formation regions in different stages of development. This school is intended to be an introduction to the techniques of numerical astrophysics, and their application to problems in star formation. It is aimed at postgrads and postdocs working in the field, including those whose main activity is in observation. The areas to be covered are: N-body Dynamics, Radiation Transport, The Energy Equation and Chemistry, Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics, Finite Difference Hydrodynamics, Early Stellar Evolution.
Programme. A detailed schedule of talks, confirmed speakers, posters, and -as available- abstracts.
Contributions. Check
the programme for the accepted talks. Please send your talk/poster title and
abstract as soon as possible.
The
registration desk will be open from 11:30 on Monday
outside the Prince Philip Lecture Theatre on the 4th floor of the
Physics & Astronomy building.
Accommodation.
Participants should arrange their own accommodation (check out the
list of suggested
hotels).
Proceedings.
The talks and posters will be posted online.
What to do and see in Cardiff. Most of the Cardiff attractions are located either near the city centre (a few minutes walk from the School of Physics & Astronomy) or the Cardiff Bay (30 minute walk or 5 minute train from the Queen Street Rail Station). Cardiff Visitor Centre has a list of attractions. We suggest a morning walk in the Cardiff Civic Centre where the Cardiff Castle, the National Museum Cardiff, the City Hall, and the Millennium Stadium are located, and an afternoon/evening walk in the Cardiff Bay, home of the Welsh Assembly, the Wales Millenium Centre (Opera House), the Norwegian Church, and the Doctor Who Exhibition. Other noteworthy attractions include the St Fagans National History Museum, the LLandaff Cathedral, and Castell Coch (for these 3 public trasport is needed).
Contact. For further
information please contact Ant Whitworth (A.Whitworth at astro.cf.ac.uk)
The school is part of a programme of meetings organised by the Marie
Curie Research Training Network Constellation,
funded by the European
Commission under contract MRTN-CT-2006-035890.