Dust and gas in ULIRGs:
Tracing Star Formation and Black Hole Growth
at the Centers of Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies

Workshop Program

In the following we present the program of the oral contributions for the conference. Review talks are indicated with (R) and contributed talks with (C). All talks include 5 minutes for questions. All other contributions will appear as posters.

Monday 19 June 2006
Session: ULIRG characteristics
From To
Speaker
Title
8:15 9:00 Registration
9:00 9:10
J. Houck
Welcome
9:10 9:20
P. Roche
Early ground-based studies of the mid-infrared emission of galactic nuclei
9:20 9:30
J. Houck
Reminiscences on the early days of space infrared astronomy
9:30 10:05
S. Veilleux
R ULIRG evolution
10:05 10:40
T. Naab
R Merging and gas transport
10:40 11:10     Coffee Break
11:10 11:30
A. Baker
C Dynamical evolution of ULIRGs
11:30 11:50
L. Colina
C Optical studies of ULIRGs
11:50 12:10
M. Yun
C Dense gas in the centers of ULIRGs
12:10 14:15     Afternoon break
14:15 14:35
V. Charmandaris
C Results from the Spitzer IRS GTO ULIRG program
14:35 14:55
S. Higdon
C Spitzer IRS survey of warm molecular hydrogen in ULIRGs
 
Session: The origin, evolution and role of dust and (large) molecules in the Milkyway
From To
Speaker
Title
14:55 15:30
J. Chiar
R Infrared studies of interstellar dust
15:30 16:00     Coffee Break
16:00 16:35
B. Draine
R Models of interstellar dust
16:35 16:55
A. Tappe
C Observations of dust in supernovae
16:55 17:15
K. Borkowski
C Destruction of dust by supernova shocks
 
 
 
 
Tuesday 20 June 2006
Session: Laboratory studies on dust and molecules under extreme conditions
From To
Speaker
Title
9:00 9:20
W. van Breugel
C Galaxies, black holes and the laboratory: studies of interstellar medium materials in energetic environments
9:20 9:55
V. Mennella
R Laboratory studies of gas and dust
9:55 10:15
E. Bringa
C Cosmic ray processing of interstellar dust
 
Session: star formation near and far
From To
Speaker
Title
10:15 10:50
J. Tan
R Theories of Massive Star Formation: Local and Primordial
10:50 11:20     Coffee Break
11:20 11:55
M. Walmsley
R Molecules in regions of massive star formation
11:55 12:15
A. Boogert
C Ices in regions of massive star formation
12:15 12:35
E. Churchwell
C Hypercompact and ultracompact HII regions
12:35 14:00     Afternoon break
14:00 14:20
K. Johnson
C Extreme star formation on sub-ULIRG scales: probing the birth of super star clusters
14:20 14:40
G. Clayton
C Dust in galaxies
14:40 15:00
B. Brandl
C Spitzer observations of starburst galaxies
15:00 15:20
J. Smith
C Observations of spatially resolved starbursts
15:20 15:50     Coffee Break
15:50 16:25
C. Martin
R Feedback in starburst galaxies
 
Session: Active Galactic Nuclei and ULIRGs
From To
Speaker
Title
16:25 17:00
E. Sturm
R Mid-infrared diagnostics of AGNs
17:00 17:20
P. Roche
C Mid-infrared spectroscopic studies of nearby active nuclei at subarcsecond resolution
 
 
 
 
Wednesday 21 June 2006
Session: The physical conditions and central sources of the most obscured regions in ULIRGs
From To
Speaker
Title
9:00 9:35
C. Lonsdale
R VLBI probes of ULIRG nuclei
9:35 10:10
G. Risaliti
R Infrared and X-ray probes of most obscured regions of ULIRGs
10:10 10:45
M. Spaans
R The irradiated ISM of ULIRGs
10:45 11:15     Coffee Break
11:15 11:35
K. Iwasawa
C X-ray observations of Arp220
11:35 11:55
H. Spoon
C Mid-infrared absorption features in the most obscured ULIRGs
11:55 12:10
T. Geballe
C Velocity-resolved IR spectroscopy of the CO fundamental band in IRAS08572+3915
12:10 12:25
T. Nakagawa
C Infrared spectroscopy of CO absorption in ULIRGs
12:25 12:45
H. Roussel
C Observations of radio-deficient IR galaxies
12:45 14:00     Afternoon break
14:00 14:20
J. Fischer
C Dust-bounded ionized regions and non-PDR FIR emission in ULIRGs
14:20 14:40
M. Imanishi
C Buried AGNs in nearby ULIRGs revealed through Subaru 3-4um and Spitzer 5-35um combined spectroscopy
14:40 15:00
T. Greve
C ULIRG observations in high density tracing molecules
15:00 16:30 Panel discussion: On the nature and evolutionary phase of deeply obscured ULIRG nuclei
16:30 19:30     Excursion to Taughannock Falls State Park
20:00 22:30 Summer Solstice dinner
 
 
 
 
Thursday 22 June 2006
Session: Feedback processes between dust and molecules, star formation, and black hole accretion
From To
Speaker
Title
9:00 9:35
E. Dwek
R Dust and chemical evolution of the galaxy
9:35 10:10
N. Murray
R Dust and feedback in infrared galaxies
10:10 10:30
C. Kemper
C Effects of stellar feedback on a galaxy's interstellar mineralogy
10:30 11:00     Coffee Break
 
Session: Dust and gas in the Early Universe. ULIRGs as analogs for the Early Universe
From To
Speaker
Title
11:00 11:35
R. Maiolino
R Evolution of dust properties in high-z galaxies
11:35 12:10
L. Yan
R Spitzer-IRS spectroscopy of high-z galaxies
12:10 12:30
D. Lutz
C Spitzer-IRS and mm constraints on high-z ULIRGs
12:30 13:05
D. Frayer
R High Redshift CO and Submm Galaxies
 
 
Posters
M. Imanishi
Millimeter interferometric follow-up if IR-selected buried AGN candidates
 
 


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