Conference Program
Sunday 23rd August
| 17.00 - 19.00 | Registration and reception to be held in the Common Room, University House |
Monday 24th August
| 09.00 - 09.10 | Opening of the workshop and welcome to the participants |
Session I - Observations of stellar abundances (Chair: Michael Dopita)
| 09.10 - 09.40 | John Norris | Observations of stellar abundances in Australia: a historical prospective |
| 09.40 - 10.00 | David Yong | Observations of stellar abundances in Australia: present and future |
| 10.00 - 10.20 | Ken Freeman | New generation instruments for galactic archeology |
| 10.20 - 10.40 | Quentin Parker | Abundances in planetary nebulae |
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| 10.40 - 11.20 | Coffee break | |
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11.20 - 11.40 | Peter Cottrell | Stellar abundances from a New Zealand perspective |
Session II - Nuclear physics in astrophysics (Chair: Taka Kajino)
| 11.40 - 12.10 | George Dracoulis | Nuclear experimental facilities in Australia |
| 12.10 - 12.30 | Tibor Kibedi | A novel approach to determine the radiative width of the Hoyle state |
| 12.30 - 12.50 | Gregory Lane | 180Ta and its survival in stellar environments |
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| 12.50 - 14.00 | Lunch break | |
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| 14.00 - 14.20 | Gary Luckman | The role of nuclear technology in space exploration and future options for astrophysics applications
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Session III - Signatures of stellar nucleosynthesis in meteoritic materials (Chair: Maria Lugaro)
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| 14.20 - 14.50 | Trevor Ireland | Memories of nucleosynthesis |
| 14.50 - 15.10 | Raquel Salmeron | The astrophysical environment of the early solar system |
Session IV - Modelling of stellar nucleosynthesis and galactic chemical evolution (Chair: Pilar Gil-Pons)
| 15.10 - 15.40 | John Lattanzio | Modelling of stellar nucleosynthesis in Australia: a historical prospective |
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| 15.40 - 16.00 | Coffee break | |
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16.00 - 16.20 | Amanda Karakas | Modelling of stellar nucleosynthesis in Australia: present and future |
| 16.20 - 16.40 | Chiaki Kobayashi | Chemodynamical evolution of Galaxies and the Universe |
| 16.40 - 17.00 | Takehito Hayakawa | New time-dependent calculation of 180mTa residual ratio in supernova neutrino process |
| 19.00 - 23.00 | Workshop Dinner at Teatro Vivaldi Restaurant
(Accompanying persons can join in, cost is $70, please book on Sunday evening) |
Tuesday 25th August
Session IV - Modelling of stellar nucleosynthesis and galactic chemical evolution continues (Chair: John Lattanzio)
| 09.05 - 09.25 | Pilar Gil Pons | Intermediate mass stars: refining the boundary between white dwarfs and neutron stars. |
| 09.25 - 09.45 | Herbert LauEvolution of low-metallicity AGB stars and carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars |
Session V - Research topics in nuclear astrophysics (Chair: Gary Da Costa)
| 09.45 - 10.00 | Janaina Avila | Europium isotopic ratios in stardust SiC grains from AGB stars |
| 10.00 - 10.15 | Clare Worley | Heavy element abundances in globular cluster giant stars |
| 10.15 - 10.30 | Maurits Evers | Investigations of mechanisms inhibiting tunnelling in nuclear fusion |
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| 10.30 - 11.15 | Coffee break | |
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| 11.15 - 11.30 | George Angelou | Stellar abundance anomalies and nuclear astrophysics |
| 11.30 -11.45 | Seann McKibbon | Successes and limitations of extinct nuclide initial abundances in meteorites: 53Mn in angrites and pallasites |
| 11.45 - 12.00 | Joelene Buntain | Stardust grains from post-AGB stars |
Session VI - Overseas organisations (Chair: George Draculis)
| 12.00 - 12.30 | Taka Kajino | Nuclear astrophysics in Japan |
| 12.30 - 13.00 | Brian Fulton | Nuclear astrophysics in Europe |
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| 13.00 - 14.00 | Lunch break | |
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| 14.00 - 14.30 | Ed Brown | The Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics |
Session VII - Stellar thermonuclear explosions (Chair: Chris Tout)
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14.30 - 15.00 | Brian Schmidt | Type Ia supernovae |
| 15.00 - 15.20 | Zdenka Misanovic | X-ray bursts |
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| 15.20 - 15.50 | Coffee break | |
Session VIII - Discussion session facilitated by the Organising Committe
| 15.50 - 16.50 | Discussion |
| 16.50 | Close of workshop |
Posters
Although there is no formal poster session in the program, we have two contirbuted posters which will be on display for you to view during breaks.
| Duc H. Luong | Reconstructing breakup at sub-barrier energies |
| Ramin Rafiei | An ANU capability for the production of radioactive ion beams |
