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Evolution of Planetary and Stellar Systems:
dynamical interactions with dnc lin
21-26 June 2009, Prato Italy
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
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REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN
http://users.monash.edu.au/~ro/LinFest/
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A 60th Birthday Symposium celebrating the contributions of Doug Lin to the
theory of planet formation as well as galaxy formation and structure will be held
at Monash University's Prato Centre in Prato, Tuscany, Italy, 21-26 June 2009.
Doug's career has touched on all aspects of planet formation, and this meeting
aims to present an integrated picture with invited speakers discussing the history
of their topic, its current status and future prospects.
Topics will include:
. Galaxy formation
. Galactic and protoplanetary disk dynamics and evolution
. Structure formation in the interstellar medium
. Planetesimal dynamics
. Terrestrial planet formation
. Gas giant formation
. Planet-disk interaction
. Debris disks
. Hot super earths
. Star-planet interaction
. Planet composition and structure
While there will only be invited lectures, participants will have the opportunity to present
their current work in poster form together with a short powerpoint presentation.
SOC:
Peter Bodenheimer, Mike Bolte, Sandy Faber, Debra Fischer, Shigeru Ida,
Greg Laughlin, Rosemary Mardling (Chair), Gordon Ogilvie, Rainer Spurzem, Ji-Lin Zhou
LOC:
Rosemary Mardling, Ruth Musgrave
The proceedings of the symposium will be published and is included in the registration fee.
Additional information: http://users.monash.edu.au/~ro/LinFest/
Please contact linfest@sci.monash.edu.au if you would like to be added to or subtracted
from this email list, or if have any other queries.
Rosemary Mardling (on behalf of the SOC)