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Facing the Future: A Festival For Frank Presentation Slides |
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Session 1: Formation and Evolution of Stars Toward a New Paradigm of Star Formation: Does Nature Abhor a Singular Isothermal Sphere? Brenda Matthews - UC Berkeley abstract Presentation slides [ pdf | ppt ] The Quest for the Most Metal-Poor Stars: From Ongoing to Future Surveys Norbert Christlieb - University of Hamburg, Germany abstract Presentation slides [ pdf | ppt ] The Vigorous Afterlife of Stars: From Gamma-Ray Bursts to Accreting Black Holes and Neutron Stars Kristen Menou - Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris abstract Presentation slides [ pdf | ppt ] Session 2: Formation and Evolution of Planets Planet Embryos in Vortex Wombs Joseph Barranco - UC Berkeley abstract Presentation slides Circumstellar Disks: Past, Present, and Future Michael Liu - University of Hawaii abstract Presentation slides [ pdf ] The Future of Extrasolar Planet Detection and Characterization Gabriela Mallen-Ornelas - Harvard-Smithsonian CfA abstract Presentation slides [ pdf | ps ] Session 3: Formation and Evolution of Galaxies Populations of Galaxies and their Formation at Redshifts z < 7 Christopher Conselice - Caltech abstract Presentation slides [ pdf | ppt ] The Evolution of Galaxies: From the Local Group to the Epoch of Reionization Fabian Walter - NRAO abstract Presentation slides [ pdf | ppt ] Old Galaxies and New Instruments Andrew Baker - Max Planck Institute, Germany abstract Presentation slides [ pdf | ps ] |