Outline Programme

The Evolution of Galaxies on Cosmological Timescales
Puerto de la Cruz - Tenerife - Spain Nov 30^th - Dec 5^th 1998

FINAL PROGRAMME

[ Nov. 29 | Nov. 30 | Dec. 1 | Dec. 2 | Dec. 3 | Dec. 4 | Dec. 5 ]

Sunday - Nov. 29 - Registration

17:00 - 21:00 : Registration at the Congress Centre in Puerto de la Cruz
18:00 - 20:00 : Welcome Cocktail at the Congress Centre

The registration desk will be open also from 8:30 a.m. on Monday - Nov. 30^th

Monday - Nov. 30

08:30 : Addresses of Welcome:

Prof. John Beckman, on behalf of the IAC
D. Ricardo Melchior, Vice-president, Cabildo Insular (Tenerife Island's Government)

Session 1.1 : Structure and Chemistry of the Galaxy and Nearby Galaxies : Chair J.E. Beckman
08:45 : S1.1.1 : Chemical Evolution of the Galaxy

B. Pagel | Astronomy Centre, Univ. of Sussex, U.K. | bejp@star.cpes.susx.ac.uk

09:30 : S1.1.2 : Relative Ages of Inner Halo Globular Clusters

A. Rosenberg | Oss. Astronom. di Padova, Italy | alf@getafix.pd.astro.it

09:45 : S1.1.3 : The Distribution of Dust and Stars in Spiral Galaxies

N. Kylafis | Physics Dept., Univ. of Crete, Greece | kylafis@physics.uch.gr

10:00 : S1.1.4 : Cold Dust in Nearby Galaxies; Implications for Observing the High Redshift Universe

P. Alton | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Univ. of Wales, U.K. | paul.alton@astro.cf.ac.uk

10:15 : S1.1.5 : Isocam Observations of the centre of M31

M-C. Willaime | DEMIRM, Obs. de Paris, France | marie-christine.willaime@obspm.fr

10:30 : S1.1.6 : The Spatial Gradients in the Stellar Population of the Local Group Dwarf Galaxy Phoenix

D. Martinez-Delgado | Inst. de Astrofisica de Canarias, Spain | ddelgado@ll.iac.es

10:45 : S1.1.7 : New Probes of the ISM in Nearby Galaxies

R. Allen | STScI, USA | rjallen@stsci.edu

11:00 : Break
Session 1.2 : Dynamics of the Galaxy, and Aspects of Nearby Galaxy Dynamics : Chair R.Allen
11:30 : S1.2.1 : Dynamical Evolution of the Galaxy

G. Gilmore | Inst. of Astronomy, Univ. of Cambridge, U.K. | gil@ast.cam.ac.uk

12:15 : S1.2.2 : Birth, Ageing, and Death of Bars

D. Friedli | Obs. de Geneve, Switzerland | daniel.friedli@obs.unige.ch

12:45 : S1.2.3 : Gas Dynamics in the Galactic Bar Region

R.Fux | Obs. de Geneve, Switzerland | roger.fux@obs.unige.ch

13:00 : S1.2.4 : The Dynamical Bar and Stellar Streams

D. Chakrabarty | Astroph., Dept. of Physics, Oxford University, U.K. | d.chakrabarty1@physics.ox.ac.uk

13:15 : S1.2.5 : NGC7479: a Case Study of a Barred Merge

S. Laine | Dept. Phys. & Astron., Univ. of Hertfordshire, U.K. | seppo@star.herts.ac.uk

13:30 : Lunch
Session 1.3 : The Galactic Bar : Chair J.Knapen
15:45 : S1.3.1 : The Galactic Bar

L. Blitz | Univ. of California, U.S.A. | blitz@gmc.berkeley.edu

16:30 : S1.3.2 : The Bar and the Inner Bulge of the Milky Way as seen by the New NIR Surveys

F. Garzon | Inst. de Astrofisica de Canarias, Spain | fgl@ll.iac.es

17:15 : Break
Session 1.4 : Cool Gas as a Probe of Galaxy Properties : Chair J.Barnes
17:45 : S1.4.1 : Molecular Gas and the Dynamics of Galaxies

F. Combes | Obs. de Paris, France | bottaro@mesioa.obspm.fr

18:30 : S1.4.2 : HI and Satellites as Probes of the Masses of Spiral Galaxies

S. Gottesman | Univ. of Florida, U.S.A. | gott@astro.ufl.edu

21:15 : Concert

Tuesday - Dec. 1

Session 2.1 : Galaxy Centres and their Evolution : Chair G. Gilmore
08:30 : S2.1.1 : Evolution of Galactic Centres

I. Shlosman | Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of Kentucky, U.S.A. | shlosman@is.pa.uky.edu

09:15 : S2.1.2 : Mass Inflow and Nuclear Ring Formation in Barred Galaxies

M. Regan | Carnegie Inst. Washington, Dept. Terr. Mag., U.S.A. | mregan@dtm.ciw.edu

09:30 : S2.1.3 : Circumnuclear Star Formation in M100

S. Ryder | Joint Astronomy Centre, U.S.A. | sryder@jach.hawaii.edu

09:45 : S2.1.4 : Two-dimensional Spectroscopy of Active Galaxies with Optical Fibres: NGC 2992

B. Garcia-Lorenzo | Inst. de Astrofisica de Canarias, Spain | bgarcia@ll.iac.es

10:00 : S2.1.5 : The AGN's and their Host Galaxies as seen in the mid-IR with ISOCAM

O. Laurent | Service d'Astroph., Saclay, France | olaurent@discovery.saclay.cea.fr

10:15 : S2.1.6 : Circumnuclear Regions of Barred Galaxies: Search for Connections with the Host Galaxy

D. Perez-Ramirez | Dept. Phys.& Astron., Univ. of Hertfordshire, U.K. | dperez@star.herts.ac.uk

10:30 : S2.1.7 | Numerical Simulations of Interacting Bared Galaxies

I. Berentzen | Univ. Sternwarte, Germany | iberent@uni-sw.gwdg.de

10:45 : Break
Session 2.2 : The IMF and Evolution of Stellar Populations : Chair F. Mirabel
11:15 : S2.2.1 : The IMF and its Evolution

B. Elmegreen | IBM Watson Research Center, U.S.A. | bge@watson.ibm.com

12:00 : S2.2.2 : Bursting Behaviour in Dwarf Galaxies

C. Heller | Univ. Sternwarte, Germany | cheller@uni-sw.gwdg.de

12:30 : S2.2.3 : The SF History of Dwarf Galaxies over Cosmological Timescales

A. Aparicio | Inst. de Astrofisica de Canarias, Spain | aaj@ll.iac.es

12:45 : S2.2.4 : The Stellar Populations of Early-type Galaxies in Fornax

H. Kuntschner | Physics Dept., Univ. of Durham, U.K. | harald.kuntschner@durham.ac.uk

13:00 : S2.2.5 : A Study of the Emission Line Specta and Stellar Populations in Starburst Galaxies

S. Ravindranath | Indian Inst. of Astroph., India | cathy@iiap.emet.in

13:15 : Lunch
Session 2.3 : Ionized Gas and Stars in Nearby Galaxies : Chair R. Guzman
15:30 : S2.3.1 : Ionized Gas in Spiral Galaxies, and the Ionization of the Intergalactic Medium

J.E. Beckman | Inst. de Astofisica de Canarias, Spain | jeb@ll.iac.es

16:15 : S2.3.2 : Evolution of Elliptical Galaxies: What Can We Learn at Low Redshift?

R.F.Peletier | Physics Dept., Univ. of Durham, U.K. | R.F.Peletier@durham.ac.uk

17:00 : Break
Session 2.4 : Gas Flows In, and Perpendicular to Galactic Planes: Chair R.F. Peletier
17:30 : S2.4.1 : Evolution of Barred Galaxies: Observations

J.H. Knapen | Dept. Phys. & Astron., Univ. of Hertfordshire, U.K. | knapen@star.herts.ac.uk

18:15 : S2.4.2 : Formation and Evolution of the Milky Way from Accretion of High Velocity Clouds

L. Blitz | Univ. of California, Berkeley, U.S.A. | blitz@gmc.berkeley.edu

19:00 : Poster Session

Wednesday - Dec. 2

Session 3.1 : The History of the Star Formation Rate : Chair M. Edmunds
08:30 : S3.1.1 : The SFR History of Galaxies

F. Hammer | Obs. de Paris, France | francois.hammer@obspm.fr

09:15 : S3.1.2 : Stellar Content in Starburst Galaxies

R.M. Gonzalez-Delgado | Inst. de Astrofisica de Andalucia, Spain | rosa@iaa.es

09:45 : S3.1.3 : The Role of Starbursts in Galaxy Evolution

Th. Contini | ESO, Garching, Germany | tcontini@eso.org

10:00 : S3.1.4 : [CII] Emission and Star Formation in Late-type Galaxies

D. Pierini | Max Planck Inst. für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany | pierini@peter.mpi-hd.mpg.de

10:15 : S3.1.5 : The Mid-IR View of Collisionally Induced Star Formation in Nearby Interacting Galaxies

V. Charmandaris | Obs. de Paris, DEMIRM, France | v.charmandaris@obspm.fr

10:30 : S3.1.6 : Gould's Belt, Star Formation Complexes, and the Evolution of Galaxies

J. Palous | Astron. Inst., Acad. Sci., Czech Rep. | palous@ig.cas.cz

10:45 : Break
Session 3.2 : Chemical Evolution : Chair L. Blitz
11:05 : S3.2.1 : The Chemical Evolution of the Universe

M.J. Edmunds | Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. Wales, U.K. | mike.edmunds@astro.cf.ac.uk

11:50 : S3.2.2 : Chemical Evolution in Gas-rich Galaxy Mergers

K. Bekki | Astron. Inst., Tohoku Univ., Japan | bekki@astroa.astr.tohoku.ac.jp

12:05 : S3.2.3 : Abundance Ratios in Hierarchical Galaxy Formation

D. Thomas | Univ. Sternwarte, Germany | daniel@usm.uni-muenchen.de

12:20 : S3.2.4 : Constraints from Hot Gaseous Outflows on the Evolution of Dwarf Galaxies

D.J. Bomans | Astron. Institut, Ruhr Univ., Germany | bomans@astro.ruhr-uni-bochum.de

12:35 : S3.2.5 : X-ray Study of Hot Interstellar Medium in Early-type Galaxies

K. Matsushita | Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan | matusita@phys.metro-u.ac.jp

12:50 : S3.2.6 : Chemodynamical Evolution of Dwarf Galaxies

A. Rieschick | Univ. Kiel, Germany | rieschick@astrophysik.uni-kiel.de

13:05 : Trip to the Teide Obs., and Las Cañadas del Teide National Park, followed by a visit to the "Monje" winecellars. Leaves immediately after the end of the session.

Thursday - Dec. 3

Session 4.1

Stellar Population Synthesis

:

Chair B. Elmegreen

08:30 : S4.1.1 : Uncertainties in Population Synthesis Models: Effects on the Interpretation of Distant Galaxies

G. Bruzual | C.I.D.A., Venezuela | bruzual@cida.ve

09:15 : S4.1.2 : Chemical Evolution and Abundance Ratios in Dwarf Irregular Galaxies

G. Hensler | Inst. für Theor. Physik und Astroph., Univ. Kiel, Germany | hensler@astrophysik.uni-kiel.de

09:45 : S4.1.3 : Uncertainty in Synthetic Indices for Stellar Populations

C. Maraston | Univ. Sternmarte, Germany | maraston@usm.uni-muenchen.de

10:00 : S4.1.4 : Evolutionary Population Synthesis at 2 Å Spectral Resolution

A. Vazdekis | Inst. of Astronomy, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan | vazdekis@mtk.ioa.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp

10:15 : S4.1.5 : A New Photometric Look at M51

V. Vansevicius | Inst. Phys. Vilnius, Lithuania & NAO, Japan | vladasvn@cc.nao.ac.jp

10:30 : Break
Session 4.2 : Observations of Stellar Populations: Chair I. Shlosman
11:00 : S4.2.1 : Stellar Populations in Young Galaxies

N. Arimoto | Inst. of Astronomy, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan | arimoto@mtk.ioa.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp

11:45 : S4.2.2 : A Comprehensive Study of Dwarf Elliptical Galaxies

R. Guzman | Dept. of Astronomy, Univ. Yale, U.S.A. | rguzman@astro.yale.edu

12:15 : S4.2.3 : The Colour-Magnitude Relation and the Formatin of Early-type Galaxies

T. Kodama | Inst. of Astronomy, Univ. of Cambridge, U.K. | kodama@ast.cam.ac.uk

12.30 : S4.2.4 : Photometric Properties of Clusters of Galaxies

V. Ellinger Margoniner | Obs. Nacional, Brazil | ellinger@on.br

12:45 : S4.2.5 : The Influence of Interactions on the Evolution of Galaxies in clusters

R.Vilchez | STScI, U.S.A. | vilchez@stsci.edu

13:00 : S4.2.6 : Colours and Luminosity Evolution of High-z Galaxies

C. Moeller | Univ. Sternwarte, Germany | cmoelle@uni-sw.gwdg.de

13:15 : Lunch
Session 4.3 : Merging and Colliding Galaxies: Chair B. Pagel
15:30 : 4.3.1 : The Evolution of Galaxies During Collisions

F. Mirabel | Saclay, France and IAFE, Argentina | mirabel@discovery.saclay.sea.fr

16:15 : S4.3.2 : Galaxy Transformation by Mergers

J. Barnes | Dept. Astronomy, Univ. of Hawaii, U.S.A. | barnes@hale.ifa.hawaii.edu

17:00 : Break
17:30 : Poster Session closing at 19:30
20:00 : Buses leave for Conference Dinner
20:30 : Conference Dinner at the "Monasterio"

Friday - Dec. 4

Session 5.1 : Evolution and Properties of HDF Galaxies and of Mergers: Chair N. Arimoto
08:30 : S5.1.1 : Quantitative Morphology of Galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field

F.R. Marleau | Inst. of Astronomy, Univ. of Cambridge, U.K. | marleau@ast.cam.uk

09:15 : S5.1.2 : Photometric Modelling of Galaxy Evolution Applied to the HDF

G.L. Granato | Oss. di Padova, Italy | granato@pd.astro.it

09:30 : S5.1.3 : Galaxy Evolution from a Catalog of Photometric Redshifts in the HDF

A. Fernandez-Soto | Dept. Physics & Optics, Univ. of N.South Wales, Australia | fsoto@bat.phys.unsw.edu.au

09:45 : S5.1.4 : Star Forming Mergers Model for Lyman Break Galaxies

H. Hatami | Physics Section, Iwate Univ., Japan | hhanami@yeelen.hss.iwate-u.jp

10:00 : S5.1.5 : Merger History of Ellipticals and Bulges

M. Balcells | Inst. de Astrofisica de Canarias, Spain | balcells@ll.iac.es

10:15 : S5.1.6 : The Damage to Satellites in Binary Encounters

L. Mayer | Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Milan, Italy | lucio@pccolpi.uni.mi.astro.it

10:30 : S5.1.7 : Galaxy Formation and Evolution Models Using a Numerical And Analytic Approach

E. van Kampen | Theoretical Astrophy. Centre, Demark | eelco@tac.dk

10:45 : Break
Session 5.2 : DLA Systems, and Other Early Objects: Chair G. Hensler
11:15 : S5.2.1 : The Properties of DLA's

G. Vladilo | Oss. Astronomico di Trieste, Italy | vladilo@ts.astro.it

12:00 : S5.2.2 : On the Nature and Evolution of DLA Galaxies

U. Fritze | Univ. Sternwarte, Germany | ufritze@uni-sw.gwdg.de

12:15 : S5.2.3 : STIS Spectroscopy of the HeII Ly-alpha Forest along the Line of Sight to Q0302-003

S. Heap | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, U.S.A. | hrsheap@stars.gsfc.nasan.gov

12:30 : S5.2.4 : Radio Emission from Distant Field Galaxies as a Tracer of Starburst Activity

E. Richards | NRAO, Charlottesville, U.S.A. | erichards@nrao.edu

12:45 : S5.2.5 : Tidal Effects and Galaxy Evolution in Clusters of Galaxies

O.Gnedin | Princeton Univ. Observatory, U.S.A. | ognedin@astro.princeton.edu

13:00 : S5.2.6 : Dust Extinction in QSO's

C. Benn | Isaac Newton Group, Spain | crb@ing.iac.es

13:15 : Lunch
Session 5.3 : The Epoch of Galaxy Formation: Chair F. Marleau
15:15 : S5.3.1 : Formation of Galaxies in Hierarchical Clustering Scenarios

P.B. Tissera | IAFE, Argentina | patricia@iafe.edu.ar

15:30 : S5.3.2 : CDM Models and the Galactic Greenhouse Effect

F. Governato | Physics Dept. University of Durham, U.K. | fabio.governato@durham.ac.uk

15:45 : S5.3.3 : An Analytical Model of Galaxy Formation

E. Salvador-Sole | Univ. de Barcelona, Spain | eduard@faess0.am.ub.es

16:00 : S5.3.4 : The Contraction of Protostellar Clouds with Different Metallicities

K.Omukai | Univ. of Kyoto,Japan | omukai@tap.scphys.kyoto-u.ac.jp

16:15 : S5.3.5 : The End of the Cosmic Dark Age

M. Rees | Inst. of Astronomy, Univ. of Cambridge, U.K. | mjr@ast.cam.ac.uk

17:00 : Break
17:30 : Session 5.4 : Round Table Final Discussion

Panel: J. Barnes, L. Blitz, G. Bruzual, M. Edmunds, B. Elmegreen, B. Pagel, M. Rees
Moderator: J.Beckman

19:00 : Close

Saturday - Dec. 5

Visit to Island of La Palma and Obs. Roque de los Muchachos (optional, pre-booking required; more info here). Buses leave Puerto de la Cruz at 06:00 in the morning for the Aeropuerto Los Rodeos.

Invited Talks : Long Talks : Short Talks