Volume 4, February 1997 - CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT

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Preliminary Program, IAU Symp. 184

1997 Monday, August 18, afternoon: Session 1:

• Introductory talk: TBA

(1) STELLAR CLUSTERS AND STAR FORMATION

(1.1) Galatic Bulges

• R: Chemical Evolution of Galactic Bulges (R:=Review): M. Rich, USA
• Are the galactic bulge and bar the same ?: Y.K. Ng, ITALY
• SiO Maser sources s in the Galactci Bulge: Shuji Deguchi, JAPAN
• Populational Synthesis of Spiral Bulges: T.P. Idiart, J.A. de Freitas Pacheco, R.D.D. Costa, France
• Secular Dynamical Evolution of Spiral Galaxies and the Formation of Galactic Bulges: Xiaolei Zhang, CfA USA
• Nuclear Rise of Rotation Curves and Massive Cor: Y.Sofue, M.Honma, Y.Tutui, A.Tomita, Tokyo Japan

(1.2) Galatic Center Star Clusters

• 2 micron Narrow-Band Survey for Emission-line Stars in the Inner Galaxy: Robert Blum, USA
• The Stellar Content in the Quintuplet Cluster: Donald F. Figer, USA
• NICMOS Observations of Galactic Nuclei: Rodger I. Thompson, USA
• Stellar sources in a field at l = -45 deg, b = 0 deg of the ISOGAL survey (ISOCAM 15 microns observations): Devendra Ojha, France
• Chemically decoupled nuclei in disk galaxies: Sil'chenko O.K. Russia
• Observational data implying the NGC 1275 nucleus complexity: I.I.Pronik, Crimean astrophys obs
• Determination of the 3D distribution function in nuclear star cluster: Alexei Fridman
• Galaxy evolution and population in relation with active nuclei (tbf): B. Rocca-Volmerange

Tuesday August 19, morning: Session 2:

(1.3) Star formation and Starbursts

• R: Star Formation at the Galactic Center and its Long-term Effect on the Stellar Population: E. Serabyn, USA
• Atomic ISM in the Nuclear Starburst Region: Min S. Yun, NRAO
• Theory of star formation in the Galactic Center: Hans Zinnecker, Potsdam
• A Surface Brightness Limit To Starbursts: Gerhardt R. Meurer, USA
• Star Formation and Stellar Dynamics in Seyfert Nuclei: Roberto Maiolino, Germany
• Starburst Properties of Barred Galaxies: R. Kandalian, A. Kalloghlian, Armenia
• Are the stellar populations in starbursts, LINERs and Seyfert similar?: Monique Joly, France
• IR variations in Seyfert galaxies - what they tell us: I.S. Glass,South Africa
• Where Dense star clusters form in the Magellanic Clouds? Connection with the mass of the parent galaxy: M. Kontizas and E. Kontizas, Athens
• Evidence for spiraling massive star formation in the nucleus of an active galaxy: NGC4303: L. Colina, STScI
• ISO spectroscopy of the Galactic Center and Starburst Nuclei: Dieter Lutz
• Observations of the Galactic Center Region with ISO: Sabine Philipp and Robert Zylka
• ISO SWS spectroscopy of Active Galactic Nuclei: Eiichi Egami, Germany
• WFPCII Imaging of Nearby Active Galactic Nuclei: Matt Malkan, UCLA
• The Nuclear Region of NGC 1068 the stellar cluster and hot dust emission: Niranjan Thatte,Germany
• The nature of the ionizing source in Mrk 231, an ISO result: Dimitra Rigopoulou, MPIE/London
• X-Ray Constraints on Starburst and Accretion Activity in Galactic Nuclei: A. Ptak, NASA/UMD
• Nuclear Fuelling by Radiative Avalanche Induced by Starbursts: Masayuki Umemura, Jun Fukue, Shin Mineshige

Tuesday, August 19, afternoon: Session 3:

(2) NUCLEAR INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM

(2.1) Neutral ISM in the Galactic Center

• R: Radio Continuum and Molecular Gas in the GC: Yoshiaki Sofue, Japan
• A Large-Scale CO Imaging of the Galactic Center with the Nobeyama 45-m Telescope - Shell Statistics and Star Formation History: T. Hasegawa et al. JAPAN
• Molecular gas in the Galactic Center (to be fixed): M. Tsuboi, JAPAN
• Statistical Properties of Dense Molecular Clouds in the Galactic Center Region: Atsushi Miyazaki, M. Tsuboi, JAPAN
• CS survey of a Galactic center cloud with the IRAM 30m telescope: the interaction between dense molecular gas and a nonthermal filament: Carsten Kramer, Germany
• Asymmetry of the nuclear interstellar medium derived from radio sources: Didier Fraix-Burnet, Obs.Grenoble
• Detailed optical and H-band population synthesis in AGN: Catherine Boisson, Meudon France

(2.2) Molecular Gas in Nuclei of Galaxies

• R: Molecular gas in the nuclei of luminous IR galaxies: Nick Scoville, USA
• The BIMA Survey of Seyfert Nuclei: Leo Blitz, et al., USA
• Nuclear molecular disk and outflow: J. A. Irwin, Canada
• The Kinematics and Distribution of the Molecular Gas in the Circumnuclear Regions of AGN: Linda J. Tacconi, Germany
• Kinematics of circumnuclear regions (preliminary ): Johan H. Knapen, UK
• The nuclear interstellar medium in ultraluminous infrared galaxies: Paul P. van der Werf, The Netherlands
• NMA observations of CO in Galactic Centers: Kazushi SAKAMOTO, JAPAN
• New high-resolution observations of molecular gas towards the nuclei of spiral galaxies: Santiago GARCIA-BURILLO., SPAIN
• Gas dynamics in the central part of the Sy 1 galaxies: III Zw2 and Mrk 817: Luka C. Popovic, Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Wednesday, August 20, morning: Session 4:

(2.3) Gas dynamics in the Galactic center

• R: Nonaxisymmetric Gas Dynamics in the Galactic Center: Combes, Francoise, France
• Observations of Bars and Central Activity: Aage Sandqvist, Stockholm
• Dynamics of the Galactic bar: HongSheng Zhao, The Netherlands
• Orbital structure in scale-free triaxial cusps: Daniel Pfenniger, Switzerland
• Bars and central activity: Masafumi Noguchi, Tohoku Uni., Japan
• Bar and the Nuclei (TBA): Isaac Shlosman, USA
• Bars and Nuclear Feeding: K. Wada, Hokkaido, Japan
• Structure and dynamics of the inner Galaxy (COBE results): Gerhard, Ortwin, Switzerland
• Formation and Evolution of Nuclear Gaseous Bars: Daniel Friedli, Switzerland
• Physical Conditions of the Gas in the Centers of Nearby Galaxies: Jean Turner, USA
• The response of molecular cloud chemistry to a strongly variable environment: Jacques le Bourlot, France
• Direct evidence for gas streaming and shocks in the galactic bar of an AGN (NGC4151): Carole G. Mundell UK

(2.4) IR observations of the Center of MW

• R: The Nuclear Stellar Cluster and the Central Dark Mass in the Milky Way: Reinhard Genzel, Germany
• NIR and Mm/Submm Mosaicing of the Central ~100 pc: Robert Zylka, Germany
• Sgr A* Wind, IRs7 Bow Shock and Tail, and IR/Radio Source Displacements in the Galactic Center: Dan Gezari, NASA/Goddard
• 12.5-micron Imaging of Sgr A West with the Keck Telescope: Morris, M., Figer, D.F., Becklin, E.E., Puetter, R.C. and Jones, B, USA

Thursday, August 21, morning: Session 5:

(2.5) Gas structures in the central pc's

• Inside the central cavity: Peter G. Mezger, Germany
• The Galactic Center - A Laboratory for AGN: Wolfgang J. Duschl, Germany
• 1720 MHz OH Masers observations of the Galactic Center Region: Farhad Yusef-Zadeh, USA
• Gaseous Accretion Flows in the Inner Parsec of the Galaxy: Robert F. Coker and Fulvio Melia, USA
• H alpha Velocity diagnostics of Circumnuclear Zones in Spirals: J.E.Beckman, (+M.Rozas, J.H. Knapen), Spain
• The Fourier analysis of the observed velocity field of gas in the inner 1.5pc: A. Fridman, Moscow
• Does detected systematic radial velocity in ionized disk be a new type of accretion?: A. Fridman, Moscow

(2.6) Outflow and high-temperature gas

• X-ray observations of the Galactic Center: first results of the Italian SAX Satellite: Sandro Mereghetti, Italy
• Ionized nuclear winds and the X-ray spectra of AGN: I. Appenzeller, S. Wagner, Heidelberg
• Flows in the Nuclei of Active Galaxies: R.J.R. Williams, UK
• High velocity outflow from the Seyfert galaxy NGC 7319: Kentaro Aoki, JAPAN
• Interaction of Jets with the ISM in Compact Radio-Loud AGN /or The Central Dark Mass in the Milky Way: Geoff Bicknell, AUSTRALIA
• Relationship between kpc and pc-scale ISM gas structures (i.e. bars, nuclear outflow cones and radio jets): Carole G. Mundell UK

(2.7) Magnetic Phenomena

• R: Magnetic Phenomena in the Galactic Centers: Mark Morris, USA
• Polarized emission from the Galactic Center: W. Reich, Germany
• The interaction of the Sgr C Nonthermal Filaments with the ambient medium: Johannes Staguhn, Germany
• Magnetic phenomena around BH : to be fixed: R.Blandford

Thursday, August 21, afternoon: Session 6:

(3) BLACK HOLES AND CENTRAL ACTIVITY

(3.1) Black Holes in Galaxies

• R: Black holes in galaxies HST results: H. Ford, HST, USA
• Black Holes or Central Bars in nearby galactic nuclei?: Eric Emsellem, Germany
• The nucleus of M31: Roland Bacon, France
• HST/FOS observations of the nuclei of M32, NGC 7052 and IC 1459 the case for massive black holes: Roeland van der Marel, USA
• VLBI observations of AGN ( TBD): Bob Preston, USA
• Studies of AGN and Black holes with water vapor masers: N. Nakai, JAPAN
• Story of the discovery of a massive black hole in NGC4258: Makoto Miyoshi et al., Japan
• Stellar Dynamical Constraints On Alternatives To A Black Hole In Galaxies Which Contain A Central Massive Object (NGC 4258, the Galaxy, and others): Eyal Maoz, Berkeley USA

(3.2) Case for a Black Hole in the Galactic Center

• R: The question of black holes and the centers of galaxies: Douglas Richstone, USA
• Stellar proper motions based on diffraction-limited imaging at 2-microns with the Keck Telescope of the inner 5 arcsec of the Galaxy: Andrea Ghez, M. Morris, and E.E.Becklin, USA
• Proper Motions towards the Galactic Center: Eckart,A., and Genzel, R., Germany
• Progress toward a Trigonometric Parallax of SgrA*: Reid, M. J., USA, Readhead, A. C. S., Treuhaft, R. & Vermeulen, R.
• Latest Results on the Radiative and Hydrodynamical Characteristics of Sgr A*: Fulvio Melia, USA
• High energy gamma-rays from the galactic center: Martin Pohl, Germany
• Short-Timescale Variability of Sgr A* at Short Millimeter Wavelengths: Takahiro Tsutsumi, Nobeyama Japan

Friday, August 22, morning: Session 7:

(3.3) Black-hole powering of AGN and jets

• R: The formation of massive holes / or Physical processes around massive holes displaying low-level activity: Martin Rees, UK
• The nature of compact radio nuclei in galaxies: Heino Falcke, USA
• The correlated variability in optical and radio bands for extragalactic objects: J.H. Fan, CfA Gangzhou China
• Relativistic beaming model for compact radio sources: J. H. Fan, CfA Gangzhou China
• A General Relativistic Simulation of Jet formation from Accretion Disk: S. Koide, K. Shibata, and T. Kudoh, Japan
• Binary Black Holes and Jets: Y. Taniguchi, Tohoku Univ. Japan
• Massive Black hole binaries in galactic nuclei: Junichiro Makino, JAPAN
• Circumnuclear gas studies including evidence for the obscuring torus invoked in Unified Schemes: Carole G. Mundell UK
• Demographics of Nuclear Activity in Nearby Galaxies: Luis C. Ho, USA
• Is it possible to distinguish between different accretion processes from the UV/X-ray spectrum of AGN?: Suzy Collin, Anne-Marie Dumont, France
• Nuclear activity due to globular cluster's mass accretion: R. Capuzzo-Dolcetta, Rome
• Conference Summary: TBA

SOC: J. Binney (UK), F. Combes (France), R. Genzel (Germany; co-chair), J. Kormendy (Canada), R.P. Kraft (IAU), M. Morris (USA; co-chair), N. Scoville (USA), Y. Sofue (Japan; chair), M. Tsuboi (Japan)