The Research Center for Astronomy of the Academy of Athens will host an International Workshop on "Galaxies and Chaos.
Theory and Observations" in Athens, in September 2002. This workshop will gather senior scientists and young researchers
with an excellent record of research. It will cover the need for a review of the latest advancements in the research for
Galaxies and Chaos.
Please find attached the first announcement and registration
form. If you are interested in attending the event, please
fill in the attached form and send it to:
Galaxies & Chaos Workshop
Research Center for Astronomy
Academy of Athens
14, Anagnostopoulou St.
Athens, GR-10673
GREECE
fax: +30-210-3664654
email:
Looking forward to your reply,
Sincerely yours,
N. Voglis
First Announcement
International Workshop on
GALAXIES AND CHAOS. THEORY AND OBSERVATIONS
16-19 September 2002, Athens, Greece
Organized by the
Research Center for Astronomy of the Academy of Athens
1. SCIENTIFIC CONTENT
Presentations will cover four main topics, while a review panel
will take place during the last day. The main topics are:
- Formation and Evolution of Galaxies
- Order and Chaos in Galaxies
- Chaotic Dynamics. Methods and Tools
- Distribution Functions
The improvement of observational and computational power made
it feasible to address several important problems of galactic
dynamics. Such problems are, for example, the estimation of
galactic potentials from photometric observations, the
reproduction of the detailed kinematics and the investigation
of the role of chaos near particular resonances (e.g. the
corrotation region) of disk galaxies and of its influence in
the observed morphology. Similarly, important questions
regarding 3D galactic systems are the role of chaos in
elliptical galaxies and the dynamics of bulges with or
without a black hole.
The workshop will provide an overview of the recent progress
made in the above fields. In addition, it will assess the most
important new directions for research opened within the
framework of joint scientific projects that are presently
feasible due to the significant increase of observational and
computational resources.
2. SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
G. Contopoulos (Academy of Athens, Greece), Chairman
E. Athanassoula (Observatoire de Marseille, France)
A. Bosma (Observatoire de Marseille, France)
H. Dejonghe (University of Ghent, Belgium)
A. Fridman (Russian Academy of Sciences)
P. Grosbol (ESO, Germany)
P. O. Lindblad (Stockholm Observatory, Sweden)
D. Lynden-Bell (University of Cambridge, UK)
D. Merritt (Rutgers University, USA)
N. Voglis (Academy of Athens, Greece)
Local Organizing Committee
N. Voglis (Chairman)
H. Dara
Ch. Efthymiopoulos
P. Patsis
V. Tritakis
3. PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Monday (September 16th)
09:00 - 09:30 Opening
09:30 - 13:30 Morning Session: Formation and Evolution of Galaxies
13:30 - 15:30 Lunch Break
15:30 - 19:30 Evening Session: Formation and Evolution of Galaxies
19:30 - 20:00 Break
20:00 - 20:30 Poster session
Tuesday (September 17th)
09:00 - 13:30 Morning Session: Order and Chaos in Galaxies
13:30 - 15:30 Lunch Break
15:30 - 19:30 Evening Session: Chaotic Dynamics. Methods and Tools
19:30 - 20:00 Break
20:00 - 20:30 Poster session
Wednesday (September 18th)
09:00 - 13:30 Morning Session: Order and Chaos in Galaxies
13:30 - 15:30 Lunch Break
15:30 - 19:30 Evening Session: Distribution Functions
19:30 - 20:30 Guest speech
Thursday (September 19th)
09:00 - 11:30 Morning Session: Distribution Functions
11:30 - 12:30 Review and Panel Discussion
Lunch Break
Visit to "the Parthenon"
4. CONFIRMED SPEAKERS WITH TITLE OF TALK
Athanassoula E. (Observatoire de Marseille, France)
"Dynamical Evolution of Disk Galaxies"
Bosma A. (Observatoire de Marseille, France)
"Dark Matter in Galaxies"
Contopoulos G. (Academy of Athens, Greece)
"Order and Chaos in Astronomy"
Coppi B. (Massachussetts Institute of Technology, USA)
(title to be specified)
Dejonghe H. (University of Gand, Belgium)
"Dynamics of Galaxies: From Observations to Distribution Functions"
Fridman A. (Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia)
"Giant Vortices in Spiral Structures"
Gerhard O. (Observatory of Basel, Basel, Switzerland)
"Central black holes and stellar orbits in their host galaxies"
Grosbol P. (European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany)
"Observing Chaos in Galaxies"
Hadjidemetriou J. (University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
(title to be specified)
Hunter C. (Florida State University, USA)
(title to be specified)
Jones B. (Nordita University, Copenhagen, Denmark)
"Cosmic Structure: The Growth of Order out to Chaos"
Kandrup H. (University of Florida, USA)
"Experimental Tests of Galactic Dynamics"
Lindblad, P.O. (Stockholm Observatory, Sweden)
"Observational Determination of the Gravitational Potential and Pattern Velocity in Strongly Barred Galaxies"
Lynden-Bell D. (University of Cambridge, UK)
"Chaos and Barred Spiral Galaxies"
Merritt D. (Rutgers University, N.J., USA)
"Chaos in Collisional and Collisionless Galactic Potentials"
Sagdeev R. (University of Maryland, USA)
(title to be specified)
Voglis N. (Academy of Athens)
"The Role of Chaos in Galaxies"
Weygaert R. (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
(title to be specified)
5. IMPORTANT DATES
April 30, 2002 : Second Announcement
June 30, 2002 : Deadline for abstract submission
September 16-19, 2002 : Conference
