IAU Symposium 186
Galaxy Interactions at Low and High Redshift
26-30 August, 1997
Kyoto, Japan
| Tuesday August 26, afternoon: | |||
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| 1.0. Overview | |||
| 14:00 | Introductory remarks | ||
| 14:05 | Overview - Low-z Observations | F. Schweizer | (US) |
| 14:35 | Overview - High-z Observations | R. Abraham | (UK) |
| 15:05 | Overview - Theory | C. Frenk | (UK) |
| 15:35-16:00 | |||
| 2.0. The Local Group (z = 0) | |||
| 16:00 | Formation of the Local Group | K. Freeman | (Australia) |
| 16:20 | Interactions in the Local Complex of Galaxies | I. Karachentsev | (Russia) |
| 16:40 | Dynamics of the Magellanic system | M. Fujimoto | (Japan) |
| 17:00 | Nature&fate of the Sagittarius dwarf | R. Ibata | (Canada) |
| 17:00 | Moving groups in the Galactic halo | L. Aguilar | (Mexico) |
| Wednesday August 27, morning; | |||
| 3.0. Tidal Interactions | |||
| 9:00 | Dwarf galaxies in tidal tails | I. Mirabel | (France) |
| 9:20 | Interaction signatures in HI | R. Sancisi | (Netherlands) |
| 9:40 | The M81 group at 21 cm | M. Yun | (USA) |
| 10:00 | Extended gas in interacting systems | F. Combes | (France) |
| 10:20 | ISOCAM Observations of The Antennae and CenA | L. Vigroux | (France) |
| 10:35-11:00 | |||
| 11:00 | Collisional Rings | P. Appleton | (USA) |
| 11:25 | Numerical simulations of the M51 system | A. Nelson | (UK) |
| 11:45 | Accretion of satellites | D. Zaritsky | (USA) |
| 12:05 | E+A galaxies | A. Zabludoff | (USA) |
| Wednesday August 27, afternoon; | |||
| *** Closing session of the General Assembly and (free) banquet.*** | |||
| Thursday August 28, morning | |||
| 4.0. Mergers and Counter-rotation | |||
| 9:00 | Dynamics of merger remnants | J. Barnes | (USA) |
| 9:25 | Properties of multiple merger remnants | L. Athanassoula | (France) |
| 9:40 | Counterrotating gas and stars | F. Bertola | (Italy) |
| 10:05 | Making of spirals with counter-rotating disks | D. Pfenniger | (Sweden) |
| 10:20 | Counterrotation through the Hubble sequence | F. Prada | (Spain) |
| 10:45-11:00 | |||
| 5.0. Mergers and Ellipticals | |||
| 11:00 | Structure of normal ellipticals | M. Franx | (Netherlands) |
| 11:25 | Fundamental plane and merger scenario | K. Bekki | (Japan) |
| 1:40 | Shells, ripples & plumes | D. Carter | (UK) |
| 12:00 | HI observations of shell galaxies | D. Schiminovich | (USA) |
| 12:15 | Globular clusters in ellipticals | S. Zepf | (USA) |
| 12:40-14:00 | |||
| Thursday August 28, afternoon | |||
| 14:00 | Globular clusters in Es:constraints of mergers | D. Forbes | (USA) |
| 6.0. Starbursts (Global & Local) | |||
| 14:15 | Gas Dynamics in Mergers | C. Mihos | (USA) |
| 14:35 | Fueling nuclear starbursts in mergers | J. Gerritsen | (USA) |
| 14:50 | Molecular gas in starbursts-obs | J. Young | (USA) |
| 15:10 | CO observations of LIGs in a merger sequence | Y. Gao | (USA) |
| 15:25 | Changes in mol cloud properties in Arp 299 | S. Aalto | (Sweden) |
| 15:40-16:00 | |||
| 16:0 | Molecular gas in starbursts-theory | C. Jog | (India) |
| 16:20 | IMF in starbursts | C. Leitherer | (USA) |
| 16:40 | Evolution of globular cluster systems | B. Whitmore | (USA) |
| 17:00 | Young star clusters in The Antennae | vonAlvensleben | (France) |
| 17:15 | Molecular gas in Luminous galactic nuclei | N. Scoville | (USA) |
| Friday August 29, morning | |||
| 7.0. Nuclear Activity | |||
| 9:00 | Fueling requirements for AGNs | S. Phinney | (USA) |
| 9:20 | Ultraluminous infrared galaxies | D. Sanders | (USA) |
| 9:30 | Spectroscopy of luminous infrared galaxies | S. Veilleux | (USA) |
| 9:45 | HST imaging survey of ULIGs | L. Colina | (USA) |
| 10:00 | The nuclear ISM in ULIGs | P. vanderWerf | (Netherlands) |
| 10:15 | Triggered starbursts in gal. nuclei by mergers | Y. Taniguchi | (Japan) |
| 10:30-11:00 | |||
| 11:00 | Surveys of QSOs/Hosts | A. Stockton | (USA) |
| 11:25 | Surveys of radio galaxies | P. McCarthy | (USA) |
| 11:50 | Unified scheme for Seyferts vs interactions | D. Dultzin | (Mexico) |
| 12:05 | Relics of nuclear activity | R. vanderMarel | (USA) |
| 12:20 | ASCA observations of LIGs:starbursts vs AGNs? | T. Nakagawa | (Japan) |
| 12:35-14:00 | |||
| 8.0. Groups & Clusters | |||
| 14:00 | Compact Groups | P. Hickson | (Canada) |
| 14:20 | Interactions and Mergers at Low-z | J. vanGorkom | (USA) |
| 14:40 | Kinematic HI signatures in groups | B. Williams | (USA) |
| 15:00 | Radio diagnostics of galaxy interactions | T. Menon | (Canada) |
| 15:15 | Environmental extremists in the Virgo cluster | J. Kenney | (USA) |
| 15:30 | Galaxy harassment | G. Lake | (USA) |
| 15:45-16:00 | |||
| 9.0. Deep Fields | |||
| 16:00 | The HDF/MDS | R. Blandford | (USA) |
| 16:30 | The high-z population of galaxies | D. Koo | (USA) |
| 16:55 | Molecular Gas at High-Z | P. Solomon | (USA) |
| 17:15 | Dynamics and Interactions of High-z Galaxies | M. Noguchi | (Japan) |
| Saturday August 30, morning | |||
| 10.0. Galaxy evolution with redshift | |||
| 9:00 | Starburst populations | G. Bruzual | (Venezuela) |
| 9:25 | Searches for emission lines in normal galaxies at z = 1-1.5 | K. Glazebrook | (Australia) |
| 9:40 | Near-ir spectra of dust-enshrouded high-z QSOs | E. Egami | (Germany) |
| 10:10 | Interactions/mergers as determinants of galaxy morphology | G. Kauffmann | (Germany) |
| 10:30-11:00 | |||
| 11.0. Prospects & Theoretical Perspectives | |||
| 11:00 | Beyond the HDF -- the NGST | P. Stockman | (USA) |
| 11:30 | Interactions, activity, and galactic evolution | S. White | (Germany) |