METALS 2007 PROGRAM
Monday Jan 22
|
17:00 - 19:00 |
Reception and Registration |
|---|
Tuesday Jan 23
|
8:00 - 9:00 |
Registration |
|
|---|---|---|
|
Session I |
Metallicity diagnostic methods |
chair: L. Kewley |
|
9:00 - 9:40 |
The use of sulphur as a metallicity tracer in galaxies |
|
|
9:40 - 10:20 |
Measuring abundances in high-metallicity HII regions |
|
|
10:20 - 10:40 |
Break |
|
|
10:40 - 11:20 |
|
|
|
11:20 - 12:00 |
Massive stars as probes of nearby galaxies |
|
|
12:00 - 13:30 |
Lunch |
|
|
13:30 - 14:10 |
Empirical calibrations of gas metallicity diagnostics for star-forming galaxies |
|
|
14:10 - 15:00 |
Calibration of low-metallicity HII regions |
|
|
15:30 |
Working groups |
Wednesday Jan 24
|
9:00 - 9:40 |
HII region metallicities from recombination lines |
|
|---|---|---|
|
9:40 - 10:20 |
Calibrating metallicities and physical parameters of ensembles of HII regions |
|
|
10:20 - 10:40 |
Break |
|
|
Session II |
Metallicity diagnostic discrepancies |
chair: H. Lee |
|
10:40 - 11:20 |
Large temperature variations in gaseous nebulae and their effect on chemical abundance determinations |
|
|
11:20 - 12:30 |
Discussion (chair: M. Peimbert) |
|
|
12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
|
|
14:00 - 14:40 |
|
|
|
14:40 - 15:20 |
The effects of spatially distributed sources on the temperature structure of HII regions |
|
|
15:20 - 15:50 |
Break |
|
|
15:50 - 16:30 |
Metallicity discrepancies and the metallicity history of galaxies |
|
|
16:30 - 17:10 |
||
|
17:10 - 18:00 |
Discussion (chair: M. Dopita ) |
|
|
19:00 - 20:00 |
Public lecture: Star formation through cosmic time |
|
|
20:00 |
Workshop dinner |
Thursday Jan 25
|
Session III |
Metallicities in nearby galaxies |
chair: F. Bresolin |
|---|---|---|
|
9:00 - 9:40 |
A metalllicity map of M33: the abundance gradient, stellar populations and systematics |
|
|
9:40 - 10:20 |
Mapping enrichment in M33 |
|
|
10:20 - 10:40 |
Break |
|
|
10:40 - 11:20 |
|
|
|
11:20 - 12:00 |
|
|
|
12:00 - 12:30 |
Discussion (chair: E. Terlevich ) |
|
|
12:30 |
Free afternoon! |
Friday Jan 26
|
9:00 - 9:40 |
Mass-metallicity relations of dwarf galaxies: oxygen vs. iron |
|
|---|---|---|
|
9:40 - 10:20 |
|
|
|
10:20 - 10:40 |
Break |
|
|
10:40 - 11:20 |
|
|
|
11:20 - 12:00 |
|
|
|
12:00 - 12:30 |
Discussion (chair: J. Salzer) |
|
|
12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
|
|
Session IV |
Metallicities at high redshift |
chair: L. van Zee |
|
14:00 - 14:40 |
The mass-metallicity relation of VVDS galaxies |
|
|
14:40 - 15:20 |
The metallicity of star-forming galaxies at high redshift |
|
|
15:20 - 15:50 |
Break |
|
|
15:50 - 16:30 |
Breaking the R23 degeneracy for zCOSMOS galaxies at z=0.5-1 |
|
|
16:30 - 17:10 |
Metallicities in GRB host galaxies |
|
|
17:10 - 18:00 |
Discussion (chair: R . Terlevich ) |