PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

ESO Conference on Chemical Evolution from Zero to High Redshift

ESO Headquarters, D-85748 Garching near Munich, Germany

October 14-16, 1998


30-35m slots: 30m talk + 5m questions
15-20m slots: T-3m talk + 3m questions

Tuesday 13 October
15.00 - 17.00   Registration
Wednesday 14 October
08.45 - 09.30 Registration
09.30 - 09.45 J. Bergeron, J. Mathis Introductions
09.45 - 10.25 B. Gustafsson Chemical abundances of local disk stars
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee
11.00 - 11.35 D. Lennon Massive star abundances
11.35 - 11.50 S. Smartt New Galactic abundance gradients from early-type stars - the Milky Way and beyond
11.50 - 12.25 M. Peimbert Galactic HII region abundances
12.25 - 12.40 R. Dufour C,N,O,Si abundances in the Orion nebula derived from HST FOS UV-optical spectroscopy
12.40 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 14.35 D. Meyer Abundances in interstellar gas
14.35 - 14.50 X. Liu Abundance determinations of photoionized gaseous nebulae
14.50 - 15.05 J. Mathis Abundance constraints from interstellar dust
15.05 - 15.55 Coffee and Poster Session
15.55 - 16.30 A. McWilliam Abundances in the Galactic Bulge
16.30 - 17.05 F. Matteucci Abundance gradients in the Galaxy: a clue to Galaxy formation
17.05 - 17.20 A. Ferguson Chemical abundances in extreme outer regions of disk galaxies
17.20 - 17.55 M. Pettini Abundances in damped Lyman-alpha systems
18.00 - 19.30 Reception at ESO
Thursday 15 October
09.00 - 09.35 B. Pagel Chemical evolution of the Magellanic Clouds
09.35 - 10.10 E. Skillman Backyard cosmology: making abundance observations of nearby galaxies interesting
10.10 - 10.25 A. Diaz Emipirical calibrations of nebular abundances: The sulphur abundance parameter
10.25 - 10.55 Coffee
10.55 - 11.30 D. Garnett Abundances in spiral and irregular galaxies in the local Universe
11.30 - 11.45 C. Henkel The detection of extra galactic 15N: Consequences for Nitrogen nucleosynthesis and Chemical Evolution
11.45 - 12.00 M. Molla Chemical evolution of dwarf galaxies
12.00 - 12.35 G. Worthey Elliptical galaxy chemical evolution
12.35 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 14.30 A. Renzini Chemical evolution at the galaxy cluster scale
14.30 - 15.05 J. Vilchez Effects of the environment on star formation and abundances in galaxies
15.05 - 15.45 E. Terlevich Poster paper review and discussion
15.45 - 16.15 Coffee
16.15 - 16.30 Y. Izotov Heavy element abundances in the most metal deficient blue compact galaxies
16.30 - 16.55 C. Leitherer Chemical abundances in high-z star-forming galaxies
16.55 - 17.10 D. Thomas Chemical enrichment of the intracluster medium
17.10 - 17.40 F. Combes Dust and molecules at high z
17.40 - 17.55 V. Dubrovich Possible existence of molecules in the shells of quasars 1556+3517 and 0840+3633
Friday 16 October
09.00 - 09.35 A. Songaila
(given by K. Roth)
Early Metal Formation and the Intergalactic Medium
09.35 - 09.50 D. Valls-Gabaud Metallicity and massive stars at z~0 and at high redshift: the evolution of the ionising background
09.50 - 10.25 F. Thielemann Supernova nucleosynthesis: models vs. observations
10.25 - 10.55 Coffee
10.55 - 11.10 R. Fosbury The N/C ratio in high redshift radio galaxies
11.10 - 11.45 M. Edmunds
(given by G. Mathlin)
Dynamical effects on chemical evolution
11.45 - 12.20 G. Kauffmann The effects of mergers on abundances
12.20 - 12.35 V. Kulkarni Search for a high-redshift damped Lyman-alpha absorber with NICMOS
12.35 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 14.15 U. Fritze-
von Alvensleben
Predicting spectral properties of damped Lyman-alpha galaxies
14.15 - 14.50 M. Haehnelt Chemical evolution of the intergalactic gas
14.50 - 15.30 Discussion - Can we trust chemical abundances at z>5?
15.30 - 16.00 Coffee
16.00 - 16.20 E. Jenkins Present and forthcoming UV missions
16.20 - 16.40 S. D'Odorico Measuring chemical abundances with the VLT instruments
16.40 - 17.00 S. Kahn Abundance determinations through astrophysical X-ray spectroscopy
17.00 - 17.20 N. Thatte Increasing abundance of infrared observing facilities
17.20 - 17.40 K. Menten Abundance measurements with the next generation of radio and (sub)mm instruments
17.40 - 18.10 S. White Conference summary

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