| THE ING NEWSLETTER | No. 4, March 2001 |
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THE ING WIDE FIELD IMAGING SURVEY | SCIENCE |
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Scientific Conference Organised by ING
Johan H. Knapen (ING)
ING
is organising a major international conference, entitled "The central kiloparsec
of starbursts and AGNs: the La Palma connection", which will be held from
7 to 11 May 2001, on La Palma. The conference is organised completely within
ING, and financially supported by ING, the Excmo. Cabildo Insular de La
Palma (local government) and the Patronato de Turismo de La Palma (tourist
board). It will be held in the luxurious Hotel Hacienda San Jorge, in the
small resort town of Los Cancajos, which is very close to ING's sea-level
base in Santa Cruz de La Palma.
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The conference has been motivated by recent advances in high-resolution observations, theory and modelling, which have focused our attention on the central kiloparsec regions of nearby disk galaxies. These regions often show profound starburst and/or nonstellar activity, accompanied by intricate gas and dust morphologies and kinematics. One of the main themes of the conference is the study of the origin and evolution of the phenomena occurring in these central regions, and their possible causal interrelationships. The delegates will also explore links between the central kiloparsec regions and their host galaxies, and the roles these regions play in galaxy evolution. The conference will review recent progress and discuss the future strategies on this research field.
Invited reviews will be given by a number of eminent astronomers from USA and Europe, including D. J. Axon (Univ. of Hertfordshire, U.K.), J. E. Beckman (IAC, Spain), F. Combes (Obs. de Paris, France), B. G. Elmegreen (IBM, USA), J. H. Knapen (Univ. of Hertfordshire, U.K. and ING), C. Leitherer (STScI, USA), D. Lynden-Bell (Univ. of Cambridge, U.K.), C. Norman (Johns Hopkins Univ. and STScI, USA), D. Merritt (Rutgers Univ., USA), N. Z. Scoville (CalTech, USA), I. Shlosman (Univ. of Kentucky, USA), and K. A. Weaver (Johns Hopkins Univ., USA). The attendance to the conference is limited by the capacity of the conference room in the hotel to just over 100 people.
For further information, we have
set up a website with address: http://www.ing.iac.es/conferences/centralkpc/.
Email contact: Johan H. Knapen (centralkpc@ing.iac.es, knapen@ing.iac.es),
Chair of the Local Organising Committee.
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