Letters of Intent received in 2016
LoI 2018-1912
GA Symposium: "Cosmic dust: origin, applications and implications"
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Date:
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20 August 2018 to 24 August 2018 |
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Category:
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Non-GA Symposium
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Location:
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Vienna, Austria
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Contact:
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Darach Watson (darach@dark-cosmology.dk) |
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Coordinating division:
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Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe |
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Other divisions:
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Division G Stars and Stellar Physics
Division J Galaxies and Cosmology
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Co-Chairs of SOC:
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Darach Watson (University of Copenhagen) |
| Anja C. Andersen (University of Copenhagen) |
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Chair of LOC:
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Darach Watson (University of Copenhagen) |
Topics
Observational constraints on dust properties;
dust in the early universe;
dust as a probe in galaxies and AGN;
dust as a tracer in the MW and local galaxies;
dust production by massive stars and supernovae;
dust production in lower-mass stars;
the dust cycle in the ISM;
molecules and dust;
exoplanets, protoplanetary disks and the solar system;
laboratory studies of cosmic dust
Rationale
Dust has grown in importance as a subject in the past decade to become a vital part of stellar astrophysics, extragalactic astronomy and cosmology, particularly because of the proliferation of world-class facilities operating in the infrared and mm regimes (Spitzer, Herschel, Planck, ALMA). This shows little sign of abatement, and if anything, is only likely to increase in importance as use of ALMA becomes more routine and JWST is launched. Dust is now far more than an interstellar nuisance, and is seen to be vital in studies of galaxy evolution, AGN, supernovae, exoplanets, the reionization epoch, cosmology and many others.
We would like to hold an international symposium on cosmic dust under the auspices of the IAU. The meeting would be the fourth in a series of international meetings on the astrophysics of dust that have been held every five years. The conferences started in 2003 in Colorado, USA, then continued in 2008 in Heidelberg, Germany, and most recently in 2013 in Taipei, Taiwan. The timing of the IAU GA in 2018 suits the sequence well, as does the venue, given that the last meeting was in Asia. These meetings have so far been highly successful with average attendances of 230 and have resulted in important proceedings.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003asdu.confE....W
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009ASPC..414.....H
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013lcdu.confE....K
We expect this meeting to be even more successful than the previous meetings because of the growing community working with dust as an important tracer and a tool in the broader astrophysical context.