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| Last updated 7 June 2001
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The instructions for the proceedings are on-line.
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A conference organised and financially supported by the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes(ING),
La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, with additional support from the
Exmo. Cabildo Insular de La Palma (local government) and the Patronato de Turismo de
La Palma (tourist board). See the overview of ING and the observatory, strategic issues for ING, or our Public
Information for more information on ING, your host for this conference.
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The conference will be held in the Hotel Hacienda San Jorge, Los Cancajos, La
Palma (see our accommodation page). Upon arrival at La Palma airport, take a short taxi or bus ride
to get to Los Cancajos. Buses (every half hour, direction Santa Cruz)
and taxis are just outside the airport terminal. Los Cancajos is only
about 4 km from the airport (see our travel and accommodation pages).
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| Scientific Rationale |
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Recent advances in high-resolution observations, theory and modeling
have focused our attention on the central kiloparsec regions of nearby
disk galaxies, which often show profound starburst and/or nonstellar
activity, accompanied by intricate gas and dust morphologies and
kinematics. The origin and evolution of the phenomena occuring in these
central regions, their possible causal interrelationships, links to the
host galaxies and the appropriate role they play in galaxy evolution,
form an intriguing subject which fuels an explosive rate of
publications. This conference will review recent progress and discuss
the future strategies on this remarkable research field.
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| Broad topics |
- Star formation in the central kpc
- Gas & stellar dynamics in the central kpc
- X-ray view of the central kpc
- Molecular gas and ISM in the central kpc
- Molecular tori in Seyfert galaxies and associated phenomena
(obscuration, SF, ion. cones, jets, etc)
- Modelling the ISM
- The starburst phenomenon on different spatial scales
- Morphology of the central region
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| Invited reviews |
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| Axon | Molecular tori in Seyfert galaxies and associated phenomena
(obscuration, SF, ion. cones, jets, etc) |
| Beckman | Opening review (from 1pc to 1 kpc) |
| Combes | Global vs. nuclear starbursts |
| B. Elmegreen | Theory of SF in the central kpc |
| Knapen | Gas and stellar kinematics in the central kpc |
| Leitherer | SF in starbursts, AGN & composite nuclei |
| Lynden-Bell | Why do disks form jets? |
| Norman | Modelling the ISM |
| Merritt | Relationships of black holes to bulges |
| Scoville | Gas in the central kpc |
| Shlosman | Theory and modelling of dynamics in the central kpc |
| Weaver | X-ray view of the central kpc of
starbursts and AGNs |
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E-mail: centralkpc [at] ing.iac.es
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