[vsnet-conference 71] (fwd) The First Stars II

[Taichi Kato <tkato@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp>]

			  THE FIRST STARS II

			   sponsored by the
	    Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics and the
		     Eberly College of Science at
			Penn State University
		 State College, PA, May 29-31st 2003


In 1999 a three day workshop entitled the The  First Stars was held in
Garching, Germany.  It    summarized  the state  of   knowledge  about
metal-free (or  Pop.III) stars, their existence, formation, evolution,
and their relation to primordial structure  formation and early galaxy
evolution. In a  unique way a variety  of different  subdisciplines of
astronomy started to discuss new approaches to the nature of the first
objects and the early universe. Four years later we have learned a lot
and  new discoveries warrant to again  assemble experts in the various
fields to discuss the recent progress made.

Scientific Advisory Committee:
T. Beers, V. Hill, A. Ferrara, R. Larson, A. Loeb, J.P. Ostriker,
Y.-Z. Qian, M. Rees, S. Ryan, W. Sargent, C. Steidel, E. Tolstoy,
A. Weiss, S. Woosley, S.D.M. White  

Local Organizing Committee:
Tom Abel (chair)
Laura Sproat (Staff Assistant)
Jane Charlton, Robin Ciardullo, Mike Eracleus, Eric Feigelson, Peter
Meszaros, Larry Ramsey, Richard Wade  

To register follow the instructions at
http://www.TomAbel.com/II/



Current Program:

(*) indicates confirmed speakers

Wednesday May 28th: Reception at the Atherton Hotel 18:00 - 20:00

Thursday May 29th:
 8:30 		- Registration
 9:00 -  9:15   - Welcome     (Meszaros, Abel)
Session I: The big picture.  (chair Ostriker)
 9:15 -  9:50   * Martin Rees (IoA) 		Cosmological Implications of the First Stars
 9:50 - 10:25   * Avi Loeb (CfA)	 	How will we find the first luminous objects in the universe?
Coffee break
10:55 - 11:30   * Mike Norman (UCSD) 		Numerical Simulations of First Structure Formation
11:30 - 12:00 	* Andrea Ferrara (SISSA)	Metal Enrichment from the First Stars
12:00 - 12:30   * Zoltan Haiman (NYU)		Observable Consequences of the First Luminous Objects

LUNCH

Session II: The quest for population III  (chair Wall Sargent)
14:15 - 14:40	* Mike Santos (Caltech)		Finding low luminosity high-z sources today
14:40 - 15:05   * Daniel Schaerer (CNRS/INSU)	Expected observable signatures of primordial starbursts 
15:05 - 15:30   * Tim Beers (MSU)		Finding the lowest metallicity stars known
15:30 - 15:50   * Norbert Christlieb (Hamburg)  Properties of the lowest metalicity stars known
Tea break
16:20 - 16:45   * Volker Bromm (CfA)            The First Stars & High Redshift Gamma Ray Bursts                   
16:45 - 17:10   - Chris McKee                   Accretion Physics for Primordial Proto-Stars
17:10 - 17:30   - Contributed Talk 
17:30 - 18:10   - Discussion session (Larson, Sargent, Loeb, Ferrara)

Friday 30th of May:
Session III:  Nucleosynthesis, Abundance Patterns (chair Tim Beers)
 8:30 -  9:05   * Alexander Heger  (Chicago)	Nucleosynthesis in massive primordial stars
 9:05 -  9:35	* Ken Nomoto (Tokyo) 		Observed abundance patterns and their relation to the first generation of stars
 9:35 - 10:05   * Y-Z Qian (Minnesota)		Abundances in Metal-Poor Stars: Implications for the Origin of the Heavy Elements and Cosmology
10:05 - 10:35   * Vanessa Hill (Paris) 		Can we see abundance patterns of single supernovae?
Coffee Break
11:05 - 11:35 	- Christopher Sneden (UT)	Observations of abundance ratios in very metal poor halo stars
11:35 - 12:05   * Achim Weiss (MPA) 		The relation between the extremely metal-poor and the first stars?
12:05 - 12:35   - Contributed Talk 
LUNCH
Session IV: Extragalactic constraints (chair Chuck Steidel)
14:15 - 14:40   * Eline Tolstoy (Groningen)	Extragalactic low metallicity stars
14:40 - 15:05   * Wall Sargent (Caltech) 	Abundances in the IGM and galactic halos
15:05 - 15:30   * Kurt Adelberger (CfA) 	High redshift star forming galaxies and the IGM
15:30 - 15:55   - Francesca Primas (ESO)        Relating abundances of PoPII stars with DLAs 
Tea Break
16:25 - 16:50   
16:50 - 17:10   - Contributed Talk 
17:10 - 17:30   - Contributed Talk 
17:30 - 18:10   - Discussion Session (Silk, *Steidel, *Beers)
20:00 		- Conference Banquet


Saturday 31st of May:
Session V: More links to PoPIII
 8:30 -  9:00   * Piero Madau (UCSC)            Intermediate Mass Black Holes & Gravitational Wave detection rates
 9:00 -  9:30   * Xiaohui Fan (Arizona)         High z-quasars and ionization state of the IGM                     
 9:30 - 10:00   * Renyue Cen (Princeton)	Reionizing the Universe twice
10:00 - 10:30   * Nick Gnedin (Boulder)		Simulating Hydrogen Reionization
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:25   * Raffaella Schneider (Arcetri) Neutrino Signals from the First Stars                              
11:25 - 11:45   - Contributed Talk 
11:45 - 12:05   - Contributed Talk 
12:05 - 12:45   - Conference Summary and Outlook - Observations  (Beers, *Steidel, Pettini)
12:45 - 13:05   - Conference Summary and Outlook - Theory        (Ostriker)


19:30 -         - Informal after Dinner Party at Tom Abel's house

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