Volume 5, July 1997 - CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT

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IAU Symp. No. 184 : 
Preliminary Time Table of Oral Sessions (ver. June 1997) 

Introductory Talk
Mon Aug 18, PM (Session 1) 
Tue Aug 19, AM (Session 2) 
Tue Aug 19, PM (Session 3) 
Wed Aug 20, AM (Session 4) 
Thu Aug 21, AM (Session 5) 
Thu Aug 21, PM (Session 6) 
Fri Aug 22, AM (Session 7) 
Conference Summary

R: Review (25 min),   I: Invited/highlight talk (15 min),  C: Contributed talk (10 min)

Mon Aug 18 1997, afternoon: Session 1:
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14:00 - 14:15  Introductory Talk
                                   Mark Morris
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[1] STELLAR CLUSTER AND STAR FORMATION
(1.1.) Galactic Bulges
     
R 14:15 - 14:40 Chemical Evolution of Galactic Bulges
	                     M. Rich, (Columbia U, USA)

C 14:40  -  14:50 The Stellar Population of M31 bulge: field and star clusters 
	                     P. Jablonka (Paris-Meudon, Fr)

C 14:50 - 15:00 First Stellar Iron Abundance Measurements in the Galactic Center
	                     K. Sellgren (OSU), J. S. Carr (NRL), S. Balachandran (UMd)

C 15:00 - 15:10 Miras as Probes of the Galactic Bulge
	                     Shaun M.G. Hughes (Cambridge, U.K.)

C 15:10 - 15:20 SiO Maser sources in the Galactci Bulge
	                     Shuji Deguchi, JAPAN 

C 15:20 - 15:30 Are the galactic bulge and bar the same ? 
                             Y.K. Ng, ITALY 

C 15:30 - 15:40 Secular Dynamical Evolution of Spiral Galaxies and the Formation of 
			     Galactic Bulges
                             Xiaolei Zhang, CfA USA

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(1.2.) Galactic Center Star Clusters
I 16:10 - 16:25 ISOCAM CVF observations of the Quintuplet and Object#17 clusters 
			     near the Galactic Center
	                     Tetsuya Nagata (Nagoya), K. Kawara, T. Onaka, Y. Kitamura, 
	                     and H. Okuda
 
I 16:25 - 16:40 The Stellar Content in the Quintuplet Cluster
                             Donald F. Figer, USA

C 16:40 - 16:50 Observations of the Galactic Center Region with ISO. 
	                     Sabine Philipp and Robert Zylka (Bonn)

C 16:50 - 17:00 Collisional stellar dynamics around a central galactic black hole 
	                     Marc Freitag and Willy Benz (Geneve)

C 17:00 - 17:10 Stellar Mg Abundances at the Galactic Center
	                     Solange Ramirez, Kristen Sellgren, John Carr,
	                     Suchitra Balachandran, Robert Blum, Donald Terndrup (Ohio, USA) 

C 17:10 - 17:20 Resolved 3.6mu survey of the Inner Galaxy
 	                     M.Unavane, G.Gilmore (Cambridge UK) 


Tue Aug 19, morning:  Session 2:

(1.3.) Star formation and Starbursts 
I  9:00 -  9:15 Star Formation at the Galactic Center and its 
                             Long-term Effect on the Stellar Population
	                     E. Serabyn, (CalTech, USA)
 
I  9:15 -  9:30 Starbursts, Inhibited Star Formation, and Evolutionary
                             Trends for Molecular Gas Distributions in Circumnuclear Regions
	                     Jeff Kenney (Yale University)

I  9:30 -  9:45 ISO spectroscopy of the Galactic Center and Starburst Nuclei
	                     Dieter Lutz (MPE, FRG)

I  9:45 - 10:00 Circumnuclear regions of active and non-active barred galaxies 
	                    J.H. Knapen (Uni Hertfordshire, UK)

C 10:00 - 10:10 ISO SWS spectroscopy of Active Galactic Nuclei
	                    Eiichi Egami (MPE, Germany)

C 10:10 - 10:20 The Nuclear Region of NGC 1068 the stellar cluster and hot dust emission.
	                    Niranjan Thatte (MPE, Germany)

C 10:20 - 10:30 Evidence for spiraling massive star formation in the nucleus of
                           an active galaxy: NGC4303
	                    L. Colina,  STScI

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C 11:00 - 11:10 High-resolution ISOCAM view of nuclear and circumnuclear starbursts
                          in barred galaxies
 	                    H. Wozniak (Marseil), D. Friedli, L. Martinet, and D. Pfenniger

C 11:10 - 11:20 A turning point in AGN Variability Studies
	                    Marie-Helene Ulrich 

C 11:20 - 11:30 Diffraction-limited IR Speckle Masking Observations of the 
                           Central Regions of Seyfert Galaxies
	                    M. Wittkowski (Bonn), Y. Balega, T.Beckert, W.J. Duschl, 
	                    K.-H. Hofmann, G. Weigelt

C 11:30 - 11:40 Are the stellar populations in starbursts, LINERs and Seyfert similar?
	                    Monique Joly, (Meudon, France)
 
C 11:40 - 11:50 30 Doradus - the Starburst Nucleus of the Large Magellanic Clouds ?
	                    M.D. Filipovic (Sydney, Au), M. Costa, R.F. Haynes, J. Dickel, 
	                    D. Milne, W. Pietsch, G.L. White, J.S. Lazendic and P.A. Jones 

C 11:50 - 12:00 Intranight variability of NGC 1275 nucleus in optics implying its central activity
                            I.I.Pronik, N.I.Merkulova, L.P.Metik (Crimea)



Tue Aug 19, afternoon: Session 3: 

[2] NUCLEAR INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM 
(2.1.) Neutral ISM in the Galactic Center 
R 14:00 - 14:25 Radio Continuum and Molecular Gas in the GC
	                    Yoshiaki Sofue, Japan

I 14:25 - 14:40 The Galactic Center filled with Molecular Shells
	                    Masato Tsuboi (Ibaraki Uni) 

C 14:40 - 14:50 A Large-Scale CO Imaging of the Galactic Center with the Nobeyama 
                           45-m Telescope - Shell Statistics and Star Formation History
	                    Tetsuo Hasegawa (U.Tokyo), Tomoharu Oka, Fumio Sato, Masato Tsuboi, 
	                    Atsushi Miyazaki, and Hideto Yamasaki

C 14:50 - 15:00 The Sagittarius C region mapped in CS (2-1), (3-2) and 13CO(2-1) 
                           with the IRAM 30m telescope
	                    C. Kramer (Koeln), J. Staguhn, H. Ungerechts, A. Sievers  
 
C 15:00 - 15:10 Large Scale Observations of the Far-Infrared [CII] Line Emission 
                           from the Galactic Center 
	                    T. Nakagawa (ISAS), H. Okuda, H. Shibai, Y. Y. Yui, Y. Doi, 
	                    K. Mochizuki, T. Nishimura, and F. J. Low$

C 15:10 - 15:20 Sub-mm [CI] and CO observations of two Galactic center molecular clouds 
                           interacting with the G359.54+0.18 Nonthermal Filaments 
	                   Johannes Staguhn et al. (Koeln)

C 15:20 - 15:30 Structure of the Molecular Cloud and Star-Formation Activity in 
                         the Sagittarius B2 Region
	                   J. B. Whiteoak (Australia Telescope), T. Hasegawa, F. Sato, 
	                   and R. Miyawaki 


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  COFFEE BREAK : 15:30 - 16:00 
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(2.2.) Molecular Gas in Nuclei of Galaxies
R 16:00 - 16:25 Molecular gas in the nuclei of luminous IR galaxies  
	                  Nick Scoville, USA
 
I 16:25 - 16:40 The BIMA Survey of Seyfert Nuclei
                          Leo Blitz (Berkeley, USA)

I 16:40 - 16:55 Dense Molecular Gas in the Circumnuclear Regions of AGN
	                  Linda Tacconi (MPE, FRG), Downes, Eckart, Gallimore, Genzel, 
	                  Schinnerer, Sternberg, Tacconi-Garman

I 16:55 - 17:10 Molecular Gas and Nuclear Outflow
	                  J. A. Irwin (Queen's Uni, Canada)

C 17:10 - 17:20 The centers of ultraluminous IR galaxies at sub-arcsecond Resolution 
                            in CO and the millimeter continuum
	                    D. Downes (IRAM, France)

C 17:20 - 17:30 CO(1-0) Imaging Survey of the Central Regions of Nearby Spiral Galaxies
	                    Kazushi Sakamoto (Nobayama), Sachiko Okumura, Sumio Ishizuki, 
	                    and Nick Scoville 
 
C 17:30 - 17:40 New high-resolution observations of molecular gas 	
                           towards the nuclei of spiral galaxies
                            Santiago Garcia-Burillo., (OAN,SPAIN)

C 17:40 - 17:50 The detection of a gas rich bar in the interacting galaxy UGC 2855 
	                   S. Huettemeister(Bonn), S. Aalto and W. Wall  


Wed Aug 20, morning:   Session 4: 

(2.3.) Gas dynamics in the Galactic center
  
R  9:00 - 9:25 Nonaxisymmetric Gas Dynamics in the Galactic Center
                           Combes, Francoise, France

I  9:25 - 9:40 Efficiency in Nuclear Fueling 
                       	   M. Noguchi (Tohoku Univ)  

I  9:40 - 9:55 Physical Conditions of the Gas in the Center of the Nearby Spiral Galaxy IC 342
	                  Jean L. Turner (UCLA, USA)
 
I  9:55 - 10:10 Formation and Evolution of Nuclear Gaseous Bars
                            Daniel Friedli (Quebec, Canada)

C 10:10 - 10:20 Old and New Evolution Channels in Stellar Bars
	                    D. Pfenniger (Geneva)

C 10:20 - 10:30 Hydrodynamical simulation as a probe for galactic structure
	                    Keiichi Wada (Hokkaido U, Japan)
 
C 10:30 - 10:40 Structure and dynamics of the inner Galaxy (COBE results)
                            Ortwin Gerhard (Basel, Switzerland) 

C 10:40 - 10:50 Dynamics of asymetries in the Galactic Center region
	                    F. Masset and M. Tagger (CEA Saclay, France) 


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(2.4.) The Central Parsecs of the MW 
    
I 11:20 - 11:35 NIR and Mm/Submm Mosaicing of the Central ~100 pc
                            Robert Zylka,  Germany   

I 11:35 - 11:50 12.5-Micron Imaging of Sgr A West with the Keck Telescope 
  	                    Eric Becklin (UCLA), Mark Morris, & Donald Figer, 
	                    Rick Puetter & Barbara Jones  
 
C 11:50 - 12:00 The Possible Wind and mid-IR Emission associated with Sgr A*,
                           and the Correct Positiion of the Bow-Shock/Tail at IRS7
                            Dan Gezari (NASA, USA)

C 12:00 - 12:10 Advection-Dominated Model of Sgr A* and Other Galactic Nuclei
	                    Ramesh Narayan (CfA, USA)

C 12:10 - 12:20 Resolved 3.6mu survey of the Inner Galaxy
 	                    M.Unavane, G.Gilmore (Cambridge UK) 


Thu Aug 21, morning:   Session 5: 

(2.4.) The Central Parsecs of the MW (continued)
I  9:00 - 9:15 Inside the central cavity
                            Peter G. Mezger, Germany 
 
I  9:15 - 9:30 The Galactic Center - A Laboratory for AGN
	                    Wolfgang J. Duschl, Germany

C  9:30 - 9:40 Sagittarius A East. the G-0.02-0.07 HII Complex, and the Cloud That Links Them
	                    Keven Uchida (Ohio State University), Mark Morris, David Fong,
	                    Gene Serabyn,  T.C. Meseroll 

C  9:40 - 9:50 Gaseous Accretion Flows in the Inner Parsec of the Galaxy
                            Robert F. Coker and Fulvio Melia, (Tucson USA) 

C  9:50 - 10:00 The Fourier analysis of the observed velocity field of gas in the inner 1.5pc
	                    A.M Fridman (Moscow, Russia)

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  COFFEE BREAK : 10:00 - 10:30 
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(2.5.) Magnetic and High-Energy Phenomena
      
R 10:30 - 10:55 Magnetic Phenomena in Galactic Centers
                            Mark Morris, USA

I 10:55 - 11:10 Magnetic Phenomena around Black Holes
	                    R. Blandford (Caltech, USA)

I 11:10 - 11:25 Polarized emission from the Galactic Center 
                            W. Reich (Bonn)  

I 11:25 - 11:40 Overview of OH (1720 MHz) Observations of the Galactic Center Region
                            Farhad Yusef-Zadeh, USA 

C 11:40 - 11:50 Far-infrared/submillimeter Polarimetry of Galactic Center Clouds
  	                    Giles Novak (Northwestern U)

C 11:50 - 12:00 Properties of synchrotron emission and magnetic fields in the central region 
                             of M31 
	                    Philipp Hoernes (Bonn), Rainer Beck, Elly M. Berkhuijsen



Thu Aug 21, afternoon: Session 6: 

[3] BLACK HOLES AND CENTRAL ACTIVITY
(3.1.) Black Holes in Galaxies
R 14:00 - 14:25 Massive Black holes in galaxies: Results from HST
       	                   H. Ford, (Johns Hpkins, USA)

I 14:25 - 14:40 Studies of AGN and Black holes  with water vapor masers
	                   N. Nakai, (NRO JAPAN)

C 14:40 - 14:50 HST measurements of Cores of Galaxies in the Coma Cluster
	                   R. L. Davies, R. F. Minchin, R. S. De Jong & J. R. Lucey (Durham UK)

C 14:50 - 15:00 HST observation of two extraordinary S0s;
                           A massive BH in NGC 4342 and a nuclear bar in NGC 4570. 
	                   Frank van den Bosch (Leiden)

C 15:00 - 15:10 HST/FOS observations of the nuclei of M32, NGC 7052 and IC 1459 
                         the case for massive black holes
                           Roeland van der Marel (Princeton USA)

C 15:10 - 15:20 The "Double Nucleus" of M 31 in J, H, and K
	                   P. Hinz, M. Llyod-Hart, K. Hege, D. McCarthy, and F. Melia (Tucson) 

C 15:20 - 15:30 Dynamical models for the center of NGC 3115 
	                   E. Emsellem (ESO, Germany), H. Dejonghe

C 15:30 - 15:40 Warps, Jets, and Proper Motions in the Central Parsec of NGC 4258 
	                   J.R. Herrnstein (NRAO, Socorro)

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  COFFEE BREAK : 15:30 - 11:00 
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(3.2.) Case for Black Hole in the Galactic Center
I  16:10 - 16:25 Stellar proper motions based on diffraction-limited imaging at 
                            2-microns with the Keck Telescope of the inner 5" of the Galaxy
                            Andrea Ghez, M. Morris, and E.E.Becklin, (UCLA, USA)

C 16:25 - 16:35 Stellar Proper Motions in the Central 0.1 Parsec of the Galaxy 
 	                    A.Eckart and R.Genzel (Garching, FRG)

C 16:35 - 16:45 The Radiative and Hydrodynamical Characteristics of Sgr A* and its
                            Nearby Environment
	                    F. Melia (University of Arizona)

C 16:45 - 16:55 Progress toward a Trigonometric Parallax of SgrA*
                            Reid, M. J. (CfA, USA), Readhead, A. C. S., Treuhaft, R. & Vermeulen, R.

C 16:55 - 17:05 Multi-wavelength VLBA Mapping of Sgr A*
	                    Zhiqiang Shen, K. Y. Lo, JuiHui Zhao, Paul Ho (Nankang, Taiwan)


Fri Aug 22, morning:   Session 7:
(3.2.) (continued)
R  9:00 - 9:25 The Nuclear Stellar Cluster and the Central Dark Mass in the Milky Way
	                   Reinhard Genzel, Germany  

I  9:25 - 9:40 Stellar Dynamical Constraints On Alternatives To A Black Hole 
	                  Eyal Maoz, (Berkeley USA)

(3.3.) Black-hole powering of AGN and jets
R  9:40 - 10:05 Black Holes and the Centers of Galaxies   
                            Douglas Richstone, (Michigan, USA)

I 10:05 - 10:20 The nature of compact radio nuclei in galaxies
	                    Heino Falcke, (UMd, USA)

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  COFFEE BREAK : 10:20 - 10:50 
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C 10:50 - 11:00 Binary Black Hole Engines in Active Galacitc Nuclei  
	                    Yoshiaki Taniguchi (Tohoku U), and Osamu Kaburaki 

C 11:00 - 11:10 Periodic Mass Outflow from the Nucleus of M101
	                    J. W. Moody, P. W. A. Roming (Brigham Young U, USA)

C 11:10 - 11:20 Demographics of Nuclear Activity in Nearby Galaxies
	                    Luis C. Ho, (CfA USA)

C 11:20 - 11:30 Is it possible to distinguish between different accretion processes 
                            from the UV/X-ray spectrum of AGN?"
	                    Suzy Collin-Souffrin, Anne-Marie Dumont (Meudon, France)

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11:30 - 12:00 CONFERENCE SUMMARY: 
                              Francoise Combes (France)
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