here is some last-minute information on our conference. All details, including this announcement, are given on our conference web page:
http://astro.uni-tuebingen.de/~rauch/HYDEF07.html
We would like to make your presentation (pdf or ppt) available on our conference web page. If you don't like this, please give a note to the conference office.
We intend to record all talks on video and audio and to put them on the Web, too. If you don't like to be recorded, please give a note to the conference office.
| Thomas Rauch: | +49 (0) 179 6768 703 |
| Klaus Werner: | +49 (0) 174 7431 987 |
Looking forward to see you in Tübingen. Have a safe trip!
K. Werner and T. Rauch
this final announcement gives you the latest information about our conference. All details, including this announcement, are given on our conference web page:
http://astro.uni-tuebingen.de/~rauch/HYDEF07.html
Please inform us in which HOTEL you will be staying (e.g. by filling respective field in the Social Events form on the web page). We will deposit your conference folder at the hotel reception so that it is available to you upon arrival. It will include a conference bus ticket for free bus transportation within Tübingen, valid from Sunday till Friday.
| Thomas Rauch: | +49 (0) 179 6768 703 |
| Klaus Werner: | +49 (0) 174 7431 987 |
Looking forward to see you in Tübingen. Have a safe trip!
K. Werner and T. Rauch
this announcement give you the latest information about our conference. All details are also given on our conference web page: http://astro.uni-tuebingen.de/~rauch/HYDEF07.html
Sunday evening before the conference: Free informal gathering at the "Casino am Neckar"
Monday evening: Free reception at the Tübingen Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik
Wednesday afternoon and evening: Conference excursion and dinner. The charge will be about € 60 per person.
for these events on our web page, index point "Social Events - Registration"!
E-mail contact:
On behalf of the SOC & LOC,
K. Werner and T. Rauch
the preparation of our conference is continuing and this announcement is to update you on the most important developments. For details we refer to our conference webpage.
If you are interested to participate please fill out the REGISTRATION FORM on the webpage. In order to make our plannings easier please register soon, perhaps NOW, it takes only a minute. You can submit a contribution title but will be able to revise it later.
The CONFERENCE FEE is €200 for early registration and €300 for
late registration, payable in cash on registration at the meeting or by
bank transfer. In the latter case please make sure that we receive the
full amount and give us the keywords HYDEF07 and your name.
Account details:
Dresdner Bank
account no.: 310034000
BLZ: 64080014
IBAN: DE19640800140310034000
BIC|SWIFT: DRESDEFF640.
The fee includes a copy of
the proceedings book, a welcome reception on Sunday evening before the
conference, a conference ticket for local transport, and coffee breaks.
All contributions (talks and posters) will be printed in the PROCEEDINGS published by ASP.
The VENUE of the conference is a lecture room of the Crona-Kliniken
(University Clinic); see map on our webpage for the location. Every
participant will receive a conference bus ticket. From the city you can
go to the conference venue by bus. The bus stop is directly in front of
the Crona-Kliniken.
The use of mobile phones is not allowed in and at
the buildings.
We have limited funds available for FINANCIAL SUPPORT of participants.
Please indicate with your registration if you need support and let us
know to what extent this help is essential for your participation. If
you need financial assistance please answer these questions:
- Do you need us to waive the conference registration fee?
For REGISTRATION and detailed INFORMATION see our Conference Website:
http://astro.uni-tuebingen.de/~rauch/HYDEF07.html
E-mail contact:
On behalf of the SOC & LOC,
- Do you need financial help with accommodation?
- Do you need financial help with travel expense?
IMPORTANT DEADLINES
Early-registration
August
1st
Request for financial support
July
1st
K. Werner and T. Rauch
The rationale for organizing this conference is as follows. Many evolved intermediate- and high-mass stars exhibit H-deficient atmospheres. The H-deficiency can be the result of e.g. single-star evolution, close-binary evolution or double-degenerate mergers. Many of these stellar classes are thought to be related in an evolutionary sense, e.g., Wolf-Rayet (WR) central stars of planetary nebulae (PN) are likely the progenitors of PG1159 stars, while other classes are not related, but share similar physics, e.g., the WR central stars of PN and the massive WR stars.
By gathering experts in all H-deficient stellar classes our meeting will summarize the progress made in the past decade since the last meeting devoted to this topic in Bamberg 1995. We will underline the key questions still standing and hopefully promote a new wave of investigations.
We will address all subtypes of H-deficient stars both of intermediate and high mass. The distinction between the two mass categories is well understood. By discussing them within the same venue we hope for the two fields to cross pollinate and promote new research avenues. Examples of H-deficient intermediate mass stars are R Coronae Borealis stars, extreme He-B stars, WR type central stars of PN, PG1159 stars, non-DA white dwarfs and He-rich subdwarfs. Of particular interest are fast-evolving stars like FG Sge and Sakurai's object. We will emphasize close-binary evolution leading to H-deficiency (AM CVn stars and ultracompact low- mass X-ray binaries, relation to SNIa).
On the high mass front we will discuss Pop.I WR star properties. Much research on the wind driving mechanism as been carried out in this field in the last decade, some of which can be applied to the intermediate-mass stars. In addition, massive WR stars are intimately related to Galactic chemical evolution and the enigmatic Gamma-ray bursts, both fields which have received much recent attention.
We plan to have a number of topics and sessions. The sessions will be introduced by invited speakers and followed by contributions on the given subject. The planned topics and speakers are:
Topic
Invited Speaker
Statistics of various classes
Sion
RCrBs: status of observational data
Rao
RCrBs: model atmospheres
Asplund (+)
RCrBs: evolution
Clayton
RCrBs: formation of dust
Woitke
EHe-Bs
Jeffery
Pulsations in RCrB, EHe-B etc.
Saio
Origin of H-def pAGB stars: late He flash
Herwig
Origin of H-def pAGB stars: alternatives
de Marco
FG Sge, V605 Aql, Sakurai
Schönberner
Progenitor AGB evolution
Lattanzio
Wolf-Rayet stars as GRB progenitors
Langer
WR analysis
Hamann
WR pulsations
Glatzel
[WC] analysis
Crowther
[WC] PN properties
Gorny
PG1159 analysis
Werner
DO/DB white dwarfs
Liebert
Pulsations in PG1159/DBs
Quirion
He-rich subdwarfs
Heber
AM CVn
Marsh
H-deficient LMXB donors
Nelemans
Close binary evolution AMCVn, LMXB, SNIa
Podsiadlowski
Double-degenerate merger simulations
Fryer
Which path toward SNIa
Bildsten
If you are interested to participate and to contribute an oral or poster presentation please fill out and send the registration form before August 1st, 2007. In general, the number of topics one person may contribute to is not limited. However, the SOC may redirect some contributions from the oral to the poster presentation in case of necessity.
In case of positive assessment by the German Science Foundation, limited funds will be available to assist with a part of travel expenses. We intend to publish the proceedings with ASP. The registration fee will be about €200.
For REGISTRATION and detailed INFORMATION see our Conference Website:
http://astro.uni-tuebingen.de/~rauch/HYDEF07.html
E-mail contact:
Scientific Organizing Committee:
M. Asplund (Australia)
G.C. Clayton (USA)
O. De Marco (USA)
W.-R. Hamann (Germany)
U. Heber (Germany)
F. Herwig (USA)
C.S. Jeffery (Northern Ireland)
N.K. Rao (India)
E.M. Sion (USA)
R. Tylenda (Poland)
K. Werner (Germany, chair)
Local Organizing Committee:
H. Lenhart, T. Nagel, H. Oberndörffer, T. Rauch (chair)
On behalf of the SOC & LOC,
K. Werner and T. Rauch
Very Final announcement