[mesa-users] Forging Connections: From Nuclei to the Cosmic Web, July 11-14, 2016 @ Michigan State University

[Francis Timmes]

Forging Connections: From Nuclei to the Cosmic Web
July 11-14, 2016 
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 4, 2016

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 IGM 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 will be heavily participant-driven, and will include a
mixture of talks, panel discussions, breakout sessions, and working
groups.  To facilitate a high level of interactivity, the workshop
will be capped at a maximum of 80 participants.

Scientific Organizing Committee:  Brian OShea (MSU; SOC Chair),
Timothy Beers (Notre Dame), Eric Bell (U. Michigan), 
Anna Frebel (MIT), Falk Herwig (U. Victoria), Molly Peeples (STScI), 
Marco Pignatari (Konkoly Observatory), Hendrik Schatz (MSU), Frank Timmes (Arizona State)

Local Organizing Committee: Brian O’Shea (Chair), Benoit Cote, 
Hendrik Schatz, Devin Silvia, and Artemis Spyrou

Contact: connections at nscl.msu.edu


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