Scientific Programme
REGISTRATION and WELCOME DRINK: November 4 (Sunday), 16:00-19:00
Program Overview
- Monday, November 5 -- Session 1: Observations of Blue Straggler Stars in Globular Clusters
- Monday, November 5 -- Session 2: Observations of Blue Straggler Stars in Open Clusters
- Tuesday, November 6 -- Session 3: Observations of Blue Straggler Stars in the field
- Tuesday, November 6 -- Session 4: Observations in dwarf spheroidals
- Wednesday, November 7 -- Session 5: Binary stars
- Thursday, November 8 -- Session 6: Formation Channels
- Friday, November 9 -- Session 7: Interpretation
- Poster contributions
Program
| November 6th, Tuesday Chairs: F. Ferraro, A. Sills |
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Session 3: Observations of Blue Straggler Stars in the field
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| 09:30 - 10:20 |
G. Preston (IT) |
Field Blue Stragglers and Related Mass Transfer Issues |
PPT |
| 10:20 - 10:45 |
T. Rivinius (CT) |
Be Stars -- Blue Stragglers in the Field |
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| 10:45 - 11:00 |
Advertisement of Posters (1 minute, 1 slide each) | ||
| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Coffee Break | ||
| 11:30 - 12:00 |
P. Jofre (CT) |
Blue Stragglers in the Field of the Galactic Halo |
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| 12:00 - 14:25 | DISCUSSION and LUNCH | ||
| Chair: A. Sills | |||
Session 4: Observations in Dwarf Spheroidals
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| 14:25 - 15:15 | Y. Momany (IT) |
Blue Stragglers in Nearby Dwarf Galaxies: A Hard Quest |
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| 15:15 - 16:00 |
DISCUSSION and COFFEE | ||
| 16:00 - 16:25 |
G. Carraro (CT) |
Blue Straggler Stars in Sagittarius Globular Clusters |
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| 16:25 - 16:50 |
F. Santana (CT) |
Blue Straggler Stars in Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxies and other Galactic Satellites |
Keynote |
| 16:50 - 17:30 | Discussion led by F.R. Ferraro: The observations of Blue Straggler Stars: Current state and way forward | ||
| November 7th, Wednesday Chair: M. Davies |
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Session 5: Binary Stars
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| 09:30 - 10:20 |
H.M.J. Boffin (IT) |
Binary Evolution: Wind Mass Transfer |
| 10:20 - 11:10 |
N. Ivanova (IT) |
Binary Evolution: Roche Lobe Overflow |
| 11:10 - 11:40 |
DISCUSSION and COFFEE |
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| 11:40 - 12:05 |
X. Chen (CT) | Binary Origin of Blue Stragglers |
| 12:05 - 12:30 |
H. Zinnecker (CT) |
Multiplicity of Spectroscopic Binaries among Massive Stars: Origin and Implications for Merger Rates |
| 12:30 - 14:30 | LUNCH |
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| Free Afternoon |
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| November 8th, Thursday Chairs: C. Knigge, H. Perets |
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Session 6: Formation Channels
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| 09:30 - 10:20 |
H.B. Perets (IT) |
The Multiple Origin of Blue Straggler Stars |
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| 10:20 - 11:10 |
M. Davies (IT)) |
Formation Channels for Blue Straggler Stars |
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| 11:10 - 11:40 |
Coffee Break | ||
| 11:40 - 12:30 |
S. McMillan (IT) |
Dynamical Evolution of Globular Clusters |
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| 12:30 - 14:00 | LUNCH | ||
| Chair: H. Perets | |||
| 14:00 - 14:25 |
A. Hypki (CT) |
Channels of Formation of Blue Stragglers based on Simulations from the Monte Carlo Cluster Simulator (MOCCA) | |
| 14:25 - 15:15 | A. Geller (IT) | Blue Straggler Formation in Open Clusters | |
| 15:15 - 15:40 | E. Glebbeek (CT) | Blue straggler merger models | |
| 15:40 - 16:00 |
DISCUSSION and COFFEE | ||
| 16:00 - 16:50 |
C. Knigge (IT) |
Blue Straggler stars in Globular Clusters: Observations, Statistics and Physics |
PDF PPTX |
| 16:50 - 17:30 | Discussion led by A. Sills: The Modelling of Blue Straggler Stars: Current state and way forward | ||
| 19:00 |
SOCIAL DINNER AT ESO/Vitacura | ||
| November 9th, Friday Chair: J. Ahumada |
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Session 7: Interpretation
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| 09:30 - 10:20 |
A. Sills (IT) |
Interpretation of Observations: Constraints on models of individual blue stragglers |
| 10:20 - 11:10 |
L. Deng (IT) |
Stellar Population Modelling including Blue Straggler Stars |
| 11:10 - 11:40 |
Coffee break |
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| 11:40 - 12:30 |
R. Mathieu: Summary and Final discussion |
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| 12:30 - 14:00 | LUNCH and GOOD-BYE |
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Posters
- Beccari, G. The dynamical state of the globular cluster NGC5466: BSS and binaries (PDF)
- Gosnell, N. Detecting White Dwarf Companions of Blue Straggler Binaries in the Old Open Cluster NGC 188 (PDF)
- Hypki, A. and Giersz, M. MOCCA Code for Star Cluster Simulations. I. Blue stragglers, first results (PDF)
- Morales, C. and Caballero, J.A. Characterisation of blue straggler stars in the 35th anniversary of the International Ultraviolet Explorer (PDF)
- Santucci, R. Characterization of blue straggler stars in the galactic field (PDF)
- Simunovic, M. Dynamical Characterization of Blue Stragglers Stars in Galactic Globular Clusters (PDF)
- Wu, A. Blue Stragglers in Open clusters: A survey plan using 50BiN (PDF)