[mesa-users] JINA-CEE workshop: Forging Connections: From Nuclei to the Cosmic Web

[Falk H. <fh...@uv...>]

Forging Connections: From Nuclei to the Cosmic Web
A JINA-CEE workshop
June 26-29, 2017 (welcome reception evening on June 25th)
Michigan State University Kellogg Conference Center
East Lansing, MI, USA

Workshop website: http://indico.fnal.gov/event/connections

Abstract / discussion panel / breakout session proposal deadline: March 20th, 2017
Registration deadline: May 12th, 2017

Motivation
Roughly half of the elements in the universe that are heavier than helium are in stars and the interstellar medium, and the rest is in the circumgalactic and intergalactic medium.  All of these elements are produced in stars or their remnants, and they are critical to both structure formation (i.e., star and galaxy formation) and stellar evolution.  The purpose of this workshop is to bring together observers, experimentalists, and theorists whose expertise spans the range of subjects necessary to understand the full life cycle of the baryonic content of the universe, and to forge connections to address the challenges relating to studying chemical enrichment in the era of large stellar and intergalactic medium surveys.  Specific focus areas of this workshop include:

- Nucleosynthesis and nuclear reaction rates
- Stellar evolution and explosions
- Local Group stellar surveys and targeted observations
- Asteroseismology and abundances
- Mixing of stellar ejecta into the ambient gas
- Circumgalactic and intergalactic medium observations
- Chemical evolution modeling in the era of large surveys

This workshop is organized by the JINA Center for the Evolution of the Elements and will have a participant-driven component, and will include a mixture of talks, panel discussions, and breakout sessions.  To facilitate a high level of interactivity, the workshop will be capped at a maximum of 80 participants.

Invited Speakers and Scientific Advisors*
Almudena Arcones* (U. Darmstadt, Germany)
Timothy Beers* (U. Notre Dame, USA)
Joss Bland-Hawthorn* (U. Sydney, Australia)
Rongmon Bordoloi (MIT, USA)
Charlie Conroy* (Harvard U., USA)
Iris Dillmann (TRIUMF, Canada)
Marius Eichler (U. Darmstadt, Germany)
Anna Frebel* (MIT, USA)
Christopher Fryer* (LANL, USA)
Brad Gibson* (U. Hull, UK)
Gerry Gilmore* (Cambridge U., UK)
Alexander Heger (Monash U., Australia)
Amanda Karakas* (ANU, Australia)
Lars Mattsson (Stockholm U., Sweden)
Melissa Ness (MPIA, Germany)
Molly Peeples* (STScI, USA)
Marco Pignatari* (U. Hull, UK)
Jason Tumlinson (STScI, USA)
Michael Wiescher (U. Notre Dame, USA)

Organizing Committee
Brian O’Shea (MSU - Chair)
Benoit Côté (MSU/U. Victoria - Co-Chair)
Falk Herwig (U. Victoria, Canada)
Hendrik Schatz (MSU/NSCL, USA)
Devin Silvia (MSU, USA)
Lena Simon (JINA-CEE, USA)
Artemis Spyrou (MSU/NSCL, USA)
Frank Timmes (ASU, USA)
Dawn Welch (JINA-CEE, USA)

Contact
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Dr Falk Herwig, Professor
Dept of Physics & Astronomy
University of Victoria
fh...@uv...<mailto:fh...@uv...>, tel: +1 (250) 721-7743