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(fwd) 14th European Workshop on White Dwarfs - EUROWD 2004
From: Detlev Koester <koester@astrophysik.uni-kiel.de>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 13:18:48 +0200
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FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
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14th European Workshop on White Dwarfs - EUROWD 2004
Kiel (Germany), July 19 - 23, 2004
The series of European Workshops on White Dwarfs was started by the Kiel
astrophysics group in 1974 and has since then developed into the most
important meetings on this topic worldwide. After Kiel followed in two to
four years steps Rome (Italy) 1976, Tel Aviv (Israel) 1978, Paris (France)
1981, Kiel (Germany) 1984, Frascati (Italy) 1986, Toulouse (France) 1990,
Leicester (U.K.) 1992, Kiel 1994, Blanes (Spain) 1996, Tromsø (Norway) 1998,
Newark (Delaware, USA) 2000, and finally Napoli (Italy) 2002. The larger time
differences were caused by Colloquia of the International Astronomical Union
devoted to the same topic (1979, 1988). The 14th Workshop will thus be the
fourth to be held in Kiel and marks the 30 year anniversary of the
beginnings.
Since the 7th Workshop in 1990 Proceedings of these conferences have been
published, which could be consulted for an impression of the scope and
quality of these events. While the final details have not been determined by
the SOC, it is expected that the topics will again include all aspects of
white dwarfs and their relation to the immediate progenitors (PNs, sdB, sdO).
The properties of white dwarfs in binary systems will be included, but not
the typical topics of the Cataclysmic Variables (e.g. the physics of
accretion).
A tentative list of session topics is:
* White Dwarf structure and evolution
* Progenitors: Planetary Nebulae and subdwarf B and O stars
* White Dwarfs in binaries: CV, double degenerates etc.
* Atmospheres, chemical composition, magnetic fields
* Variable White Dwarfs
* White Dwarfs in stellar clusters and the halo
IMPORTANT: The registration deadline will probably be April 1, 2004.
Please reply to this email, or send a mail to koester@astrophysik.uni-kiel.de
if you are interested in further information and would like to remain on our
mailing list.
Further details of the 14th European Workshops on White Dwarfs are available
from the website: http://portia.astrophysik.uni-kiel.de/EUROWD2004/
This is still work in progress, but it will be updated regularly and should
become useful very soon.
Members of the Scientific Organizing Committe are:
Martin Barstow, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, UK
Domitilla de Martino, Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Napoli, Italy
Gilles Fontaine, Département de Physique, Universitéde Montréal, Canada
Ulrich Heber, Dr.-Remeis-Sternwarte, Bamberg, Germany
Jordi Isern, Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya/CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
Detlev Koester (Chair), Universität Kiel, Germany
Judi Provencal, University of Delaware, Newark, USA
Harry Shipman, University of Delaware, Newark, USA
Roberto Silvotti, Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Napoli, Italy
Edward Sion, Villanova University, Villanova, USA
Jan-Erik Solheim, Universitetet i Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
Gerard Vauclair, Observatoire Midi-Pyrenées, Toulouse, France
Klaus Werner, Universität Tübingen, Germany
Dayal Wickramasinghe, Dept. of Mathematics & RSAA, Canberra, Australia
The Local Organizing committee is headed by Dr. Sabine Moehler.
Hoping to see many of you next year,
with regards
Detlev Koester and Sabine Moehler
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