Presolar Grains Conference Program
THURSDAY OCTOBER 31
THURSDAY MORNING (Session Chairs: R. Gallino & D. S. Burnett)
8:15 AM-8:25 AM Welcome by Martin Israel (Washington University)
Vice Chancellor for Academic Planning &
Professor, Department of Physics
8:25 AM-8:30 AM Welcome by Robert Walker (Washington University)
Director of the McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences &
McDonnell Professor of Physics
8:30 AM-9:00 AM Ernst Zinner (Washington University)
-- History and Overview
9:00 AM-9:10 AM Discussion
9:10 AM-9:40 AM John Lattanzio (Monash University)
-- Nucleosynthesis of Elements in Low to Intermediate
Mass Stars through the AGB Phase
9:40 AM-9:50 AM Discussion
9:50 AM-10:10 AM Morning Break
10:10 AM-10:40 AM Larry Nittler (Washington University)
-- Presolar Oxide Grains from Meteorites
10:40 AM-10:50 AM Discussion
10:50 AM-11:20 AM David Lambert (University of Texas at Austin)
-- Astronomical Observation of Isotopic Abundances
in Stellar Atmospheres
11:20 AM-11:30 AM Discussion
11:30 AM-12:00 PM Peter Hoppe (Universität Bern)
-- "Mainstream" SiC grains from Meteorites
12:00 PM-12:10 PM Discussion
12:10 PM-1:30 PM LUNCH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON (Session Chairs: A. Davis & R. Lewis)
1:30 PM-2:00 PM Michael Jura (University of California, Los Angeles)
-- Astronomical Observations Related to the Formation
of Solids around AGB and Post-AGB Stars
2:00 PM-2:10 PM Discussion
2:10 PM-2:40 PM Thomas Bernatowicz (Washington University)
-- Constraints on Stellar Grain Formation from
Presolar Grains in Meteorites
2:40 PM-2:50 PM Discussion
2:50 PM-3:10 PM Afternoon Break
3:10 PM-3:40 PM Erwin Sedlmayr (Technische Universität Berlin)
-- Formation of Dust Grains in Stellar Atmospheres
3:40 PM-3:50 PM Discussion
3:50 PM-4:20 PM Katharina Lodders (Washington University)
-- Equilibrium Condensation Modeling of Stellar
Grain Formation
4:20 PM-4:30 PM Discussion
EVENING (POSTER SESSION at Holiday Inn)
8:00 PM--
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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 1
FRIDAY MORNING (Session Chairs: F. Timmes & N. Mowlavi)
8:30 AM-9:00 AM Sumner G. Starrfield (Arizona State University)
-- Nucleosynthesis in Novae
9:00 AM-9:10 AM Discussion
9:10 AM-9:40 AM Robert Kirshner (Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University)
-- Mixing of Supernova Ejecta
9:40 AM-9:50 AM Discussion
9:50 AM-10:10 AM Morning Break
10:10 AM-10:40 AM Sachiko Amari (Washington University)
-- Supernova Grains from Meteorites
10:40 AM-10:50 AM Discussion
10:50 AM-11:20 AM Brad Meyer (Clemson University)
-- Nucleosynthesis of the Elements in Supernovae
11:20 AM-11:30 AM Discussion
11:30 AM-12:00 PM Diane Wooden (NASA/Ames Research Center)
--Dust Grains in Supernova Ejecta
12:00 PM-12:10 PM Discussion
12:10 PM-1:30 PM LUNCH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON (Session Chairs: F. Podosek & T. Ireland)
1:30 PM-2:00 PM W. David Arnett (Steward Observatory)
-- Mixing of Supernova Ejecta: Hydrodynamic Models
2:00 PM-2:10 PM Discussion
2:10 PM-2:40 PM John Bieging (Steward Observatory)
-- Radio Observations of the Isotopic Composition
of the Galaxy
2:40 PM-2:50 PM Discussion
2:50 PM-3:10 PM Afternoon Break
3:10 PM-3:40 PM Donald D. Clayton (Clemson University)
-- Galactic Chemical Evolution
3:40 PM-3:50 PM Discussion
3:50 PM-4:20 PM Dimitri Papanastassiou (California Institute of Technology)
-- Experimental Record of Short-Lived Isotopes
in Solar System Materials
4:20 PM-4:30 PM Discussion
4:30 PM-5:00 PM G. J. Wasserburg (California Institute of Technology)
-- Production Mechanisms for the Short-Lived Isotopes
5:00 PM-5:10 PM Discussion
5:10 PM-5:40 PM Marcel Arnould (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
-- The Synthesis of Stable and Unstable Nuclides
by Wolf Rayet Stars
5:40 PM-5:50 PM Discussion
EVENING (BANQUET at Holmes Lounge)
6:00 PM--
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SATURDAY NOVEMBER 2
SATURDAY MORNING (Session Chairs: S. Sandford & S. Kwok)
8:30 AM-9:00 AM David Meyer (Northwestern University)
--Astronomical Observation of Interstellar Grains
9:00 AM-9:10 AM Discussion
9:10 AM-9:40 AM Anthony Jones (Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale)
-- The Propagation and Survival of Interstellar Grains
9:40 AM-9:50 AM Discussion
9:50 AM-10:10 AM Morning Break
10:10 AM-10:40 AM Barry Turner (National Radio Astronomy Observatory)
-- The Nature of Molecular Clouds
10:40 AM-10:50 AM Discussion
10:50 AM-11:20 AM Alexander Tielens (NASA/Ames Research Center)
-- The Physical and Chemical Processes in
Interstellar Clouds
11:20 AM-11:30 AM Discussion
11:30 AM-12:00 PM Robert M. Walker (Washington University)
-- Evidence for Molecular Cloud Material in
Interplanetary Dust and Meteorites
12:00 PM-12:10 PM Discussion
12:10 PM-1:30 PM LUNCH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON (Session Chairs: P. Eberhardt & D. Woolum)
1:30 PM-2:00 PM Conel Alexander (Carnegie Institute of Washington)
--The Multiplicity of Stellar Sources Contributing
to the Solar Nebula
2:00 PM-2:10 PM Discussion
2:10 PM-2:40 PM Alan Boss (Carnegie Institute of Washington)
-- Injection and Mixing of Material into the
Early Solar System
2:40 PM-2:50 PM Discussion
2:50 PM-3:10 PM Afternoon Break
3:10 PM-3:40 PM Gary Huss (California Institute of Technology)
-- The Survival of Presolar Grains in
Solar System Bodies
3:40 PM-3:50 PM Discussion
3:50 PM-4:20 PM Patrick Cassen (NASA/Ames Research Center)
-- The Survival of Presolar Grains
in the Solar Nebula
4:20 PM-4:30 PM Discussion
4:30 PM-5:00 PM A. G. W. Cameron (Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University)
--Summary Comments on the Central Themes
5:00 PM-5:10 PM Discussion
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