Dragon IAU Symposium 244 Dragon


Programme

Last Updated: June 7, 2007


Monday 25th June

09:00-09:15 J. Davies Welcome
09:15-09:45 C. Frenk Baryons Habitats
09:45-10:15 M. Disney The HI that Barked in the night
10:15-10:45 J. Davies The Detection of Dark Galaxies in Blind HI surveys.
10:45-11:15 Coffee
11:15-11:45 T. Ponman Mass versus baryons in groups and clusters
11:45-12:15 E.Zackrisson Red halos of galaxies: Reservoirs of baryonic matter?
12:15-12:45 S. Dye Dark and visible mass in galaxies from strong gravitational lensing
12:45-13:45 Lunch
13:45-14:15 S. Mathur Lost baryons at low redshift
14:15-14:45 G. Holder Dark baryons and galaxy cluster surveys
14:45-15:15 R. Wyse The observed properties of Dark Matter on small spatial scales.
15:15-15:45 Tea
15:45-16:15 P. Salucci The distribution of dark and luminous matter in galaxies.
16:15-16:45 T. Tripp Connecting lost baryons with dark galaxies via QSO absorption lines
16:45-end Discussion


Tuesday 26th June

09:00-09:30 R. Giovanelli ALFALFA: HI Cosmology in the Local Universe
09:30-10:00 M. Haynes ALFALFA: The Search for (almost) Dark Galaxies and their Space Distribution
10:00-10:30 B. Kent Dark Galaxies in the Virgo Cluster?
10:30-11:00 Coffee
11:00-11:30 S. Schneider Cosmic Variance in the HI Mass Function
11:30-12:00 R. Minchin Uncovering Dark Galaxies with the Arecibo Galaxy Environment Survey
12:00-12:30 E. Brinks Free-Floating HI Clouds in the M81 Group
12:30-13:00 E. Taylor On the Cosmological Significance of Dark Galaxies
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:30 J. Rosenberg Where are the Stars in Dark Galaxies?
14:30-15:00 S. McGaugh The halo-by-halo missing baryon problem
15:00-15:30 E. de Block Dark THINGS
15:30-16:00 Tea
16:00-16:30 B. Tully The local Void is Really Empty
16:30-16:45 A. Tikhonov Properties of galaxies surrounding local voids
16:45-end Discussion

Wednesday 27th June

09:00-09:30 C. Impey Dim baryons in the cosmic web
09:30-10:00 Hsiao-Wen Chen Constraints on Gaseous Halos around Galaxies from Galaxy-Absorber Cross-correlation Studies
10:00-10:30 A. Gonzales A Census of Baryons in Galaxy Clusters and Groups
10:30-11:00 Coffee
11:00-11:30 S. Zibetti Statistical properties of the IntraCluster Light from SDSS image stacking
11:30-12:00 A. Maccio' QSO strong gravitational lensing and the detection of dark satellites.
12:00-12:30 F. Courbin Strong gravitational lensing and quasar time delays
12:30-13:00 L. Koopmans Dark Matter (in) Galaxies from Strong Lensing
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:30 I. Ferreras Mapping the distribution of luminous and dark matter in strong lensing galaxies
14:30-15:00 P. Duc Tidal objects as dark galaxies
15:00-15:15 R. Crain A comparison of leading numerical and semi-analytical galaxy formation models.
15:15-15:30 A. Nelson Numerical simulations of the Dwarf companions of Giant Galaxies
15:30-15:45 C. Struck Stealth,Delayed Galaxies: keeping their ower dry
15:45-16:15 Tea
16:15-16:45 I. Karachentsev Probe of dark galaxies via disturbed/loopsided isolated galaxies
Conference Dinner at Caerphilly Castle

Thursday 28th June

09:00-09:30 J. Schaye Star Formation Thresholds and Kennicutt-Schmidt laws
09:30-10:00 N. Gnedin Star Formation in Dwarf Galaxies: Feedback versus Threshold
10:00-10:30 K. O'Neil Star Formation in Massive Low Surface Brightness Galaxies
10:30-11:00 Coffee
11:00-11:15 D. Bomans Linking clustering properties and evolution of LSB galaxies
11:15-11:30 M. Hoeft Too small to from a galaxy? How the UV background determines the baryon fraction
11:30-11:45 L. Christensen Star-formation in damped Ly-alpha selected galaxies
11:45-12:15 M. Bremer Galaxies at the highest redshifts:The tip of an iceberg
12:15-12:30 N. Napolitano The dark-matter content of early-type galaxies with planetary nebulae
12:30-12:45 O. Gnedin Constraints on the dark matter halos of disk galaxies from the Tully-Fisher relation
12:45-13:00 R. Scaramella Hunting for ghosts: LSBs from pixels
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-20:30 An Astronomical Walk to Nash Point.

Friday 29th June

09:00-09:30 E. Grebel Baryonic properties of the darkest galaxies known.
09:30-10:00 S. Sabatini The nature of the dwarf LSB galaxy population as function of location in the cluster and within different environments
10:00-10:15 J. Klimentowski Mass modelling of dwarf spheroidal galaxies
10:15-10:30 E. Peng The Globular Cluster Systems of Dwarf Elliptical Galaxies
10:30-11:00 Coffee
11:00-11:15 L. Makarova Evolution of dwarf galaxies in the Cen A group
11:15-11:30 M. Geha Kinemtatics of the Ultra-Faint Milky Way Dwarf Galaxy Satellites
11:30-11:45 S. Mieske Many lost baryons in a dense environment: An almost flat dwarf galaxy luminosity function in Fornax
11:45-12:00 B. Fuchs Can massive dark haloes destroy the discs of dwarf galaxies?
12:00-12:15 S. Pustilnik Dark galaxies and local very metal-poor gas-rich galaxies: possible interrrelations
12:15-12:45 B. Moore The end of darkness
12:45-13:45 Lunch
13:30-end --Challenges, successes, failures, questions and discussion.