[asac] [almanews] First Announcement: The Birth and Feedback of Massive, Stars, Within and Beyond the Galaxy

[John E. Hibbard]

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****************** FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT ********************
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The North American ALMA Science Center (http://www.cv.nrao.edu/naasc)
will host its third annual science workshop in Charlottesville
from September 25-27, 2008. The subject of this year's workshop
is "The Birth and Feedback of Massive Stars, Within and Beyond
the Galaxy"-- a timely theme, given the ability of ALMA's
frequency coverage, sensitivity, and resolution to bridge the
gap between Galactic and low-redshift extragalactic studies of
star formation and feedback.

Key science questions for the workshop include:

     * What molecular cloud properties influence massive star formation?

     * What are the best observational discriminators between theories
       of massive star/cluster formation?

     * How do forming massive stars affect their parent molecular clouds
       (e.g., turbulence, triggering)?

     * How does massive star formation differ in the most extreme
       environments (e.g., Galactic center, super star clusters,
       starburst galaxies)?

     * What physics determines star formation scaling relations in
       galaxies?

More details about the program and logistics can be found at the
workshop website: http://www.cv.nrao.edu/naasc/massive08/.  The
organizers encourage students, postdocs, and senior scientists
working on relevant  theoretical and (at all wavelengths)
observational projects to preregister and submit abstracts before
the deadline of May 1st. A majority of the program will be selected
from contributed abstracts, with a particular focus on the "wish
list" of topics that have been prioritized by the organizers and
listed on the website under "meeting philosophy".

We look forward to seeing you in Charlottesville this Fall!

- Remy Indebetouw & Andrew Baker, on behalf of the SOC.


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