Scientific Programme
Sunday, 13 December, 2015
Cocktail Reception
| Time: | 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm |
| Venue: | Foyer of the Faculty of Science Office, G/Floor, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building, Main Campus, The University of Hong Kong |
Monday, 14 December, 2015
| Venue: | CPD3.04, 3/Floor, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong |
Session I: Mass loss from evolved stars
Session Chair: Detlef Schönberner
| 09:00-09:15 | Kam-Ching Leung | Opening |
| 09:15-09:45 | Sun Kwok | Introduction |
| 09:45-10:15 | John Lattanzio | AGB star evolution nucleosynthesis (Presentation file) |
| 10:15-10:45 | Roberta Humphreys | Luminous blue variables and hypergiants -- the evidence for high mass loss events (Presentation file) |
| 10:45-11:00 | Kris Davidson | Giant eruptions of very massive stars |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee Break | |
Session II: Planetary nebulae
Session Chair: Bruce Balick
| 11:30-11:45 | Jose Cernicharo | The ALMA view of IRC+10216 |
| 11:45-12:00 | Matthias Maercker | ALMA observations of the not-so detached shell around the carbon AGB star R Sculptoris (Presentation file) |
| 12:00-12:15 | Ka Tat Wong | Resolving the extended atmosphere and inner wind of Mira (omicron Ceti) with the ALMA Long Baseline (Presentation file) |
| 12:15-12:30 | Kenneth Hinkle | Atmospheric structure and the mass loss process in Miras (Presentation file) |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch | |
Session Chair: Valentin Bujarrabal
| 14:00-14:15 | Robin Lombaert | The dust composition of the OH/IR superwind (Presentation file) |
| 14:15-14:30 | Guillermo Quintana-Lacaci | Hints of a spiral structure in the innermost regions around IRC+10216 (Presentation file) |
| 14:30-14:45 | Stavros Akras | First prove of shock-excited H2 in low-ionization structures of PNe (Presentation file) |
| 14:45-15:00 | Yuefang Wu | An investigation of interaction between WR stars and their surrounding gas |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee Break | |
Session Chair: Raghvendra Sahai
| 15:30-16:00 | Detlef Schönberner | Dynamical evolution of planetary nebulae (Presentation file) |
| 16:00-16:30 | Jose Alberto López | Kinematic evolution of the ionized shells of PNe (Presentation file) |
| 16:30-16:45 | Denise Keller | Tracing the chemistry in the clumpy shells around carbon-rich AGB-stars with the VLA (Presentation file) |
| 16:45-17:00 | Elvire De Beck | TiO2 and dust formation around the red supergiant VY CMa (Presentation file) |
Tuesday, 15 December, 2015
| Venue: | CPD3.04, 3/Floor, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong |
Session II: Planetary nebulae
Session Chair: Quentin Parker
| 09:00-09:30 | Arturo Manchado | On the formation of molecules and solid-state compounds from the AGB to the PN phases |
| 09:30-10:00 | Raghvendra Sahai | Variable X-ray and UV emission from AGB stars: accretion activity associated with binarity |
| 10:00-10:15 | Chin-Fei Lee | Explosive events in the pre-planatary nebula CRL 618 (Presentation file) |
| 10:15-10:30 | Mark Morris | The prevalence and implications of sharp outer edges of disks in preplanetary nebulae (Presentation file) |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break | |
Session Chair: Arturo Manchado
| 11:00-11:30 | Bruce Balick | Unravelling the histories of pre planetary nebulae |
| 11:30-12:00 | Wolfgang Steffen | 3-D structures of planetary nebulae (Presentation file) |
| 12:00-12:15 | David Jones | The discovery and characterisation of binary central stars in planetary nebulae (Presentation file) |
| 12:15-12:30 | Nick Cox | PAHs and H2 in the Ring Nebula (Presentation file) |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch | |
Session Chair: You-Hua Chu
| 14:00-14:30 | Quentin Parker | The new Hong-Kong/AAO/Strasbourg multi-wavelength and spectroscopic PNe database (Presentation file) |
| 14:30-15:00 | Valentin Bujarrabal | Molecular line imaging of young planetary nebulae (Presentation file) |
| 15:00-15:15 | Nicole Reindl | The extremely rapid evolution of the central star of the Stingray nebula - Latest news from the HST |
| 15:15-15:30 | Toshiya Ueta | The dusty side of planetary nebulae: a HerPlaNS view (Presentation file) |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break | |
Session Chair: Tom Geballe
| 16:00-16:30 | You-Hua Chu | Wolf-Rayet nebulae (Presentation file) |
| 16:30-17:00 | Bruce Hrivnak | Pulsational variability in proto-planetary nebulae and other post-AGB objects (Presentation file) |
| 17:00-17:15 | David Frew | The H-alpha surface brightness - radius plane as a diagnostic for stellar ejecta |
| 17:15-17:30 | Devika Kamath | Chemical diversity of post-AGB stars in the Magellanic Clouds: a gateway to understanding the evolved stages of stellar evolution (Presentation file) |
Wednesday, 16 December, 2015
| Venue: | CPD3.04, 3/Floor, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong |
Session III: Binary stars, novae, symbiotic stars, and cataclysmic variables
Session Chair: Bruce Hrivnak
| 09:00-09:30 | Romano Corradi | Binarity in the late stages of stellar evolution: the link between PNe, symbiotic stars, novae and SNe Ia |
| 09:30-10:00 | Robert Williams | Novae and luminous transients (Presentation file) |
| 10:00-10:15 | Ryszard Szczerba | Stellar evolution in the Outer Galaxy |
| 10:15-10:30 | Hans Olofsson | An ALMA view of the circumstellar environment of the post-common-envelope-evolution binary system HD101584 |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break | |
Session Chair: Kam-Ching Leung
| 11:00-11:30 | Shengbang Qian | Interactions between planets and evolved stars |
| 11:30-12:00 | Xiaowei Liu | LAMOST spectroscopic surveys and planetary nebulae in the outskirt of the Andromeda |
| 12:00-12:15 | Hee-Won Lee | Profile disparity of Raman scattered OVI in symbiotic stars |
| 12:15-12:30 | Rodolfo Angeloni | The Sanduleak's star in the Large Magellanic Cloud |
| 12:30-12:45 | Fiona Healy | Multi-epoch radio observations of nova Mon 2012 |
| 12:45-13:00 | Cezary Galan | Chemical abundances of giants in the S-type symbiotic systems. Metallicity, CNO abundance patterns, and S-process pollution |
| 13:00-14:30 | Lunch | |
Afternoon: Local tour
| Departure Time: | 2:30 pm |
| Gathering Venue: | LG3/Floor, Library Building (Library Extension), Main Campus, The University of Hong Kong |
| Tour End: | The Tour will end around 5:30 pm at The Peak. |
Evening: Banquet
| Time: | 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm (Cash bar from 6 pm - 6:30 pm) |
| Venue: | Tien Yi Chinese Restaurant, The Peak Tower, Level 2&3, The Peak, Hong Kong |
| Shuttle back to Hotel Jen (HKU MTR Station) at 9:15 pm |
Thursday, 17 December, 2015
| Venue: | CPD3.04, 3/Floor, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong |
Session IV: Interstellar chemistry
Session Chair: Young Chol Minh
| 09:00-09:30 | Masatoshi Ohishi | Search for complex organic molecules in space |
| 09:30-10:00 | Tom Millar | Chemistry in AGB stars - successes and challenges |
| 10:00-10:15 | Domingo Aníbal García-Hernández | Transitory O-rich chemistry in heavily obscured C-rich post-AGB stars |
| 10:15-10:30 | Yong Zhang | Detection of C60 in circumstellar environments |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break | |
Session Chair: Takashi Onaka
| 11:00-11:30 | Dinh Van Trung | Molecular imaging of evolved stars |
| 11:30-12:00 | Young Chol Minh | Chemical anatomy of a massive star-forming region G33.92+0.11 |
| 12:00-12:15 | José Jairo Díaz-Luis | A search for hydrogenated fullerenes in fullerene-containing Planetary Nebulae |
| 12:15-12:30 | Masaaki Otsuka | Properties of the fullerene C60-containing PN Lin49 in the SMC (Presentation file) |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch | |
Session V: Organics and other solids in space
Session Chair: Tom Millar
| 14:00-14:30 | Takashi Onaka | Organic dust in galaxies |
| 14:30-15:00 | Franco Cataldo | Laboratory study of carbonaceous dust and molecules of astrochemical interest |
| 15:00-15:15 | SeyedAbdolreza Sadjadi | Theoretical efforts in identification of interstellar organic molecules (Presentation file) |
| 15:15-15:30 | Christine Joblin | Role of UV processing in the chemistry of hydrocarbons and carbon dust in Protoplanetary Nebulae |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break | |
Session Chair: Franco Cataldo
| 16:00-16:30 | Huan Cheng Chang | Diamonds in space |
| 16:30-17:00 | Tom Geballe | The diffuse interstellar bands (Presentation file) |
| 17:00-17:15 | Itsuki Sakon | Concurrent formation of carbon and silicate dust in nova V1280 Sco |
| 17:15-17:30 | Marcin Gladkowski | Comparison between 30 micron sources in different galaxies |
| 17:30-17:45 | Kam-Ching Leung | Closing |
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