Formations of Compact Objects:
from the cradle to the grave
Mar. 7 - 9, 2012
Science & Engineering, Waseda University
3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555
- X-ray: NASA/CXC/Northwestern/F.Zadeh et al., IR: NASA/HST/NICMOS, Radio: NRAO/VLA/C.Lang
- NASA/HST/J. Morse/K. Davidson
- NASA/CXC/MIT/UMass Amherst/M.D.Stage et al.
- NASA/CXC/SAO/P.Slane et al.
Aims of the workshop
Compact star formations are the final stage of massive star evolutions. Thanks to systematic observations of various supernovae as well as their progenitors, our knowledge on the compact star formation has expanded remarkably in the last few years. New observational findings, on the other hand, have continuously produced new mysteries and stimulated theoretical studies. Indeed it has become ever more difficult to take the compact star formation out of the evolution of massive stars and discuss it separately from all the rest. In a sense we are forced to bring together our best knowledge obtained for different evolutionay stages in the life of massive stars. That is the main aim of the workshop. We invite both domestic and foreign experts on various aspects of massive star evolutions to exchange the most up-to-date expertise. We hope that the interdiscilinary discussions will serve as the first step to a new level of investigations into the compact star formation.
Topics
- Massive star formations
- Quasi-static evolutions of both single and binary massive stars
- Observations of various supernovae and progenitors and their interpretations
- Simulations of core-collapse supernovae
- Equations of state for dense matter
- Formations of black holes and other exotic compact objects
- Supernova remnants
Invited speakers
- K. Omukai (Kyoto University)
- P. Podsiadlowski (University of Oxford)
- N. Smith (University of Arizona)
- K. Nomoto (Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, University of Tokyo)
- B. Mueller (Max-Planck-Institut füer Astrophysik)
- J. Murphy (Princeton University)
- K. Kotake (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan)
- M. Hempel (University of Basel)
- A. W. Steiner (Institute for Nuclear Theory, University of Washington)
- J. E. Horvath (Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, University of Sao Paulo)
- C. L. Fryer (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
- T. Nakamori (Waseda University)
Organizers
- S. Yamada (Waseda University)
- H. Suzuki (Tokyo University of Science)
- K. Sumiyoshi (Numazu National College of Tchnology)
- K. Kotake (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan)
Sponsor
WASEDA Institute for Space Science Observation System