Monday July 6, 2009

Time Speaker Title
Chairman Francesco Palla
Resolving Local Galaxies: SFR tracers and the gas-SFR relation
8:45-9:15 Kennicutt Robert Lesson from the First 50 Years
9:15-9:40 Calzetti Daniela SFR estimates across the electromagnetic spectrum
9:40-9:55 Dumas Gaelle Star formation rates on 100pc scale in M51: a multi-wavelength point of view
9:55-10:20 Bigiel Frank The SF law on sub-kpc scales - from the inner disks to the outskirts of nearby galaxies
10:20-10:45 Leroy Adam Results From HERACLES and THINGS: Where is the ISM good at forming stars?
10.45 - 11.15
Coffee Break in Voliera
11:15-11:40 Gao Yu The Star Formation Law in Dense Gas: the Far-IR and HCN Correlation
11:40-11:55 Narayanan Desika Molecular Star Formation Rate Laws in Galaxies
11:55-12:10 Santangelo Gina Resolving the molecular environment of super star clusters in Henize2-10
12:10-12:25 Juneau Stephanie Enhanced Dense Gas Fraction in Luminous Infrared Galaxies
12:25-12:40 Wilson Christine Tracing the fuel for star formation: results from the ngls
12:40-12:55 Vlahakis Catherine Investigating the spatially resolved star formation process using a HARP-B CO(3-2) map of M51.
13:00-14:00
Lunch
Chairman Andi Burkert Theory on SFR: from disks to GMCs
16:30-16:55 Wada Keiichi Relations between the Global SFR and Intrinsic Structures of the ISM in Galactic Disks
16:55-17:20 Zasov Anatoly The Schmidt law: how universal is it?
17:20-17:45 Krumholz Mark Physical Origins of the Star Formation Law
17:45-18:10 Ostriker Eve Regulation of star formation in disk galaxies: dynamical effects
18:10-18:40
Coffee Break in Cortile
18:40-19:05 Tasker Elizabeth Star Formation and the evolution of GMCs in global disk galaxy simulations
19:05-19:30 Tan Jonathan Star formation rates in disk galaxies and circumnuclear starbursts from cloud collisions
19:30-19:45 Dobbs Clare A simple model for the relationship between star formation and surface density
20:00-22:00
Cena nella Sala Capitolare dell'Abbazia