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re: IAU SYMPOSIUM SERIES
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GUIDELINES FOR EDITORS OF PROCEEDINGS OF IAU SYMPOSIA, USING STYLE FILES OF CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS (CUP)
Dear Editors,
Please find in this directory the style files and sample files for the Proceedings of your IAU Symposium: for the preliminary pages, the Table of Contents, the Author Index, the Object Index and the Subject Index.
======in your use meaning manuscript ------page 0 -- file <00-cover.tex> -- cover of proceedings to be made by CUP page i -- file <01-coverl.tex> -- cover picture legend page ii -- file <02-EB2006.tex> -- 2006 Editorial Board page ii -- file <02-EB2007.tex> -- 2007 Editorial Board page iii -- file <03-titpag.tex> -- title page page iv -- file <04-CUP.tex> -- CUP info, to be made by CUP page v.. -- file <05-toc.tex> -- table of contents page xix.. -- file <06-prefac.tex> -- preface page xxi -- file <07-socloc.tex> -- SOC, LOC, sponsors page xxii.. -- file <08-confph.tex> -- conference picture with IDs (not for GA-2009 Symposia) page xxv.. -- file <09-partic.tex> -- list of participants (not for GA-2009 Symposia) 5 March 2010
page xxvii.. -- file <10-locad.tex> -- LOC address (optional) (not for GA-2009 Symposia) page xxviii.. -- file <11-socad.tex> -- SOC address (optional) other speeches optional page 1 -- see authors.dir -- sample paper page .. -- file <13-autin.tex> -- author index page .. -- file <14-objin.tex> -- object index page .. -- file <15-subjin.tex> -- subject index
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GENERAL INFORMATION
======A. THE IAU PUBLISHER ======
As of 2004, the official IAU publisher is Cambridge University Press. CUP publishes the Proceedings of - IAU SYMPOSIA - IAU HIGHLIGHTS OF ASTRONOMY - TRANSACTIONS OF THE IAU as hard back volumes and on-line.
The IAU continues to aim for a high quality and timely publications series. Published on-line IAU Proceedings are available at < http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=IAU >, with free access for IAU Proceedings more than 18 months after the publication date. Hard back volumes can be ordered from < http://www.cambridge.org/uk/browse/browse_all.asp?subjectid=318 >.
======B. IAU / CUP POLICY ======
In the contract between the IAU and CUP, it is stipulated that the Proceedings of an IAU Symposium will be published within six months after that Symposium. Since CUP needs three months for its processing of a complete Proceedings manuscript, the EDITORS have the first three months after their Symposium to complete their editing task. This requires that all AUTHORS have to deliver their completed manuscripts to you, Chief Editors, before or during the Symposium. Authors who wish to make revisions can submit a revised version of their manuscript to the Chief Editor within four weeks after the Symposium. 5 March 2010
All Chief Editors of proceedings of GA-2009 Symposia IAUS 262 – 267 inclusive will have to submit the complete manuscript of their Proceedings before the DEADLINE OF 15 NOVEMBER 2009.
======C. DISCUSSION ======
In the Proceedings' manuscript, for each paper presented at the Symposium, a record of the scientific discussion held after that paper, has to be included. Therefore, the Symposium organizers have to arrange that the questions/answers sessions after each presentation will be recorded.
======D. REFEREEING NOT MANDATORY ======
The IAU does not require that manuscripts of individual papers for the Proceedings have to be refereed. Editors are free to do so if they wish, e.g., with the help of their SOC as referees, as long as this does not delay the publication of their Proceedings.
======E. AUTHOR INDEX, OBJECT INDEX, SUBJECT INDEX ======
Author Index, Object Index and Subject Index are required. The purpose of the Author Index, the Object Index and the Subject Index is to increase the value as source of reference of each Proceedings' volume..
The Object Index of each Proceedings volume will be absorbed by the CDS and the ADS. CDS object information can be searched with < http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/sim-fid.pl >. The ADS can be searched with < http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abstract_service.html > .
The Subject Index of each Proceedings volume will be copied by the ADS into their data base. The list of keywords provided in this directory could serve for making the Subject Index.
======F. MEETING CODES ======
CUP recognizes the nine 2009 IAU Symposia:
IAUS260 IAUS261 IAUS262 5 March 2010
IAUS263 IAUS264 IAUS265 IAUS266 IAUS267 IAUS268
IAUS262 – 267 take place at the 2009 General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro
======G. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PAGES OF THE PROCEEDINGS VOLUME ======
The regular maximum number of pages per volume is 600 pages, including all introductory pages, all papers, and the author/object/subject indices. If Editors wish their Proceedings to have more than 600 pages, they will be charged 13.00 pounds sterling (GBP) per page. E.g., if Editors wish their Proceedings to have 700 pages, an amount of 1300 GBP has to be paid just once.
======H. PAGE ALLOCATION PER MANUSCRIPT ======
CUP recognizes four kinds of manuscripts: - Invited Reviews (IR) - Invited Papers (IP) - Contributed papers (CP) - Poster Papers (PP) It is up to the Editor(s) how to allocate the number of pages per article, e.g., 10 pages for Invited Review, 8 pages for Invited Papers, 4 pages for Contributed Papers, 2 pages for Poster Papers, and including Discussion for the first three categories. CUP does not require that each paper has to start with an odd page number, and/or has an even number of pages. Editors are free, of course, to use (parts of) pages for illustrative photographs and other art work representative of their IAU meeting. Editors are asked to provide to CUP (see address below) at an early stage a preliminary Table of Contents.
If posters are not to be included in the published Proceedings (for space reasons or otherwise) they are best provided as 'supplementary information'. As such they will be posted alongside the oral presentations on the CUP website. They are presented as PDF files, though but do not have to follow the same style as the oral presentations. Include a 'poster index' in the published volume that lists the titles and authors of all the posters (no page numbers), accompanied by a note stating that the posters are available online at http://journals.cambridge.org/IAU . The posters online will be associated with this 'index' file so that they are easily found.
======I. AUTHOR's STYLE FILE ======
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It is not allowed to change font sizes and layout in the author's style file. The IAU wishes to have a fixed appearance of its Proceedings. For figures, authors are free to include their preferred packages (e.g., epsf).
======J. FIGURES ======
The package "graphics" does allow for figure re-scaling, but authors may find it easier to replace \usepackage{graphics} with \usepackage{graphicx}.
Re-scaling in "graphics" can be done: The trick is to use \scalebox{scale_frac}{put_figure_here}, e.g. \centerline{ \scalebox{0.8}{% \includegraphics{my_fig.eps}% } } which shrinks my_fig.eps to 0.8 of its size, and center it. This is instead of the expected, more normal, scalebox usage of \scalebox{x_frac}{y_frac}{put_fig_here}, which does not work.
Another possibility to scale the figures, while using \usepackage{graphics}, is: \begin{figure} \centering \resizebox{6.5cm}{!}{\includegraphics{figure1.eps} } \resizebox{6.5cm}{!}{\includegraphics{figure2.eps} } \caption[]{Figure caption.} \end{figure}
======K. COLOUR FIGURES and PHOTOGRAPHS ======
There will be no charge for colour figures embedded in the LaTeX files of papers. Colour figures will be reproduced in colour in the electronic version of the Proceedings. However, to reproduce colour figures in colour in the printed version of the Proceedings is an expensive process and CUP will charge the authors 500.- pounds sterling (GBP) per colour page. If authors are not prepared to pay for this, their colour figures will be printed in black-and-white in the printed version of the Proceedings. Therefore, in case of colour figures with half-tones, authors should make sure that their figures will reproduce as desired in black-and-white, and there is no reference to colour in either text or captions.
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Unless directly related to the subject matter of the contribution concerned, only a very limited number of photographs can be included in the Proceedings at the discretion of the Editors. Purely „social‟ photographs are discouraged. About 4 or 5 photographs showing participants and/or speakers would be appropriate, and the acceptable maximum is 10 pages of black and white photographs, above which a charge of 200 GBP per page may be made. If the number of pages in the Proceedings exceeds 600 (see section G above) this charge will be levied. Colour photographs are subject to the same restrictions as colour figures.
======L. REFERENCES /JOURNAL ABBREVIATIONS AND STYLE ======
Refer to as: Journal: ------\textit{AJ} Astronomical Journal \textit{ARAA} Annual Review of Astronomy & Astrophysics \textit{ApJ} Astrophysical Journal \textit{ApJS} Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series \textit{Applied Optics} Applied Optics \textit{Ap&SS} Astrophysics and Space Science \textit{A&A} Astronomy & Astrophysics \textit{A&AR} The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review \textit{A&AS} Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series \textit{AcA} Acta Astronomica \textit{Adv. Sp. Res.} Advances in Space Research \textit{AIP-CP} American Institute of Physics Conf. Proc. \textit{ASP-CS} Astronomical Soc. of the Pacific Conf. Series. \textit{Astron. Lett.} Astronomy Letters \textit{AN} Astronomical Notes (Astron. Nachrichten) \textit{Astron. Rep.} Astronomy Reports \textit{Ap. Lett.} Astrophysical Letters \textit{AZh} Astronomicheskii Zhurnal \textit{BAAS} Bulletin of the AAS \textit{JA&A} Journal of Astrophysics & Astronomy \textit{JRASC} Journal of the RAS of Canada \textit{MemRAS} Memoirs of the RAS \textit{MNRAS} Monthly Notices of the RAS \textit{MemSAI} Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana \textit{Nature} Nature \textit{New Astron.} New Astronomy \textit{New Astron. Revs} New Astronomy Reviews \textit{Observatory} The Observatory \textit{Phys. Rev. A} Physical Review A.: General Physics \textit{Phys. Rev. Lett.} Physical Review Letters \textit{PASA} Publications of the Astron. Soc. Australia \textit{PASP} Publications of the Astron. Soc. Pacific \textit{PASJ} Publications of the Astron. Soc. Japan \textit{PAZ} Pis'ma Astronomicheskii Zhurnal \textit{QJRAS} Quarterly Journal of the RAS \textit{Rev. Mexicana AyA} Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica 5 March 2010
\textit{Science} Science \textit{Solar Phys.} Solar Physics \textit{S&T} Sky and Telescope \textit{Soviet Astron.} Soviet Astronomy \textit{Space Sci. Revs} Space Science Reviews \textit{Vistas in Astron.} Vistas in Astronomy \textit{ZfA} Zeitschrift für Astrophysik
Example journal paper:
\bibitem[Krabbe, Genzel, Eckart, \etal\ (1995)]{Krabbe95} {Krabbe, A., Genzel, R., Eckart, A., Najarro, F., Lutz, D., Cameron, M., Kroker, H., Tacconi-Garman, L. E., Thatte, N., Weitzel, L., Drapatz, S., Geballe, T., Sternberg, A., Kudritzki, R.-P.} 1995, \textit{ApJ} (Letters) 447, L95
Example conference paper:
\bibitem[Herrero (2003)]{Herrero03} {Herrero, A.} 2003, in: K.A. van der Hucht, A. Herrero \& C. Esteban (eds.), \textit{A Massive Star Odyssey, from Main Sequence to Supernova}, Proc. IAU Symposium No. 212 (San Francisco: ASP), p.\ 1
======M. IAU COPYRIGHT FORMS ======
All Authors are requested to download the IAU Copyright Form from < http://www.iau.org/fileadmin/content/pdfs/Copyright.pdf >, to complete it, and to send it by airmail to the Editor of their IAU Symposium.
All Editors are requested to send the complete set of IAU Copyright Forms, together with the complete manuscript of their IAU Symposium Proceedings to CUP.
======N. SUBMITTING PROCEEDINGS' MANUSCRIPTS TO CUP ======
1. All the files should be provided in LaTeX format and pdf format. The CUP typesetters use the LaTeX files for setting the book; the CUP in-house production staff use the pdf files for collation and checking. Editors should provide LaTeX files, .pdf files and .ps files, and .eps files, all as contained in the CUP class files.
2. CUP can accept a CD, memory stick or any other common form of data storage, or Editors may ftp the manuscript. CUP will still require a hard copy to be supplied in any case. Mr. Phil Jones
3. - The CUP typesetter will carry out minimal copy editing, prepare first proofs, and send a pdf proof alert to the Editor. - The Editor will print out a hard copy proof, combine all corrections to one master proof and return it to the CUP Production Editor, Mr. Phil Jones
The address for submitting the Symposium Proceedings is:
Dr. Neil Hammond Commissioning Editor, STM Journals Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building Shaftesbury Road CAMBRIDGE CB2 2RU United Kingdom tel: +44 1223 326487 fax: +44 1223 315052 email:
At the same time as you submit your manuscript, please email Dr. Neil Hammond
CUP is looking forward to receiving the files of your Proceedings.
======O. BULK ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS OF IAU SYMPOSIA NOT IN GA 2009 ======
Based on his/her inventory of the desired number of Proceedings copies pre-ordered by the participants and organizers, the Editor should complete the form
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======P. BULK PRICES AND SHIPMENT ======
The 2009 bulk price of Proceedings of Symposia for the participants is 48.- GBP per volume, covering hard copy (including shipment) and access to the on-line version.
The Editors of Proceedings of IAU Symposia held inside IAU GA-2009 do not need to provide to CUP a list of names and addresses of participants, because participants will have ordered and pre-paid for their copy of the Proceedings via a dedicated CUP web page on completing their GA-2009 Registration Form.
======Q. METHOD OF PAYMENT FOR BULK ORDER OF IAU PROCEEDINGS ======
This section does NOT apply to Symposia held at GA-2009. It is here simply for completeness.
Editors of Proceedings of Symposia held during GA-2009 are not concerned with these financial arrangements, because participants will have ordered and paid for their copy of the Proceedings through the special CUP GA-2009 web page.
======R. THE IAU EDITORIAL BOARD (EB) ======
In order to serve as platform for exchange of experience among the Editors and with the IAU Publisher, the IAU has established an Editorial Board for each calendar year consisting of the Chief Editors of the Proceedings of the IAU Symposia held that year, complemented with four advisors and the AGS as chair person. The EB for each year is to be listed on page ii of all IAU Symposium Proceedings of that year. EB members will receive free hard copies of all Proceedings of IAU Symposia held during the year of their EB membership.
======S. CONSTITUTION OF THE 2009 IAU EDITORIAL BOARD from GA onwards ======
Chair: Dr. Thierry Montmerle, Assistant General Secretary Laboratoire d'Astrophysique Observatoire de Grenoble 414, Rue de la Piscine Domaine Universitaire BP 53 5 March 2010
F-38041 Grenoble Cedex 09 FRANCE [email protected]
Advisers: Ian Corbett, IAU General Secretary
Members:
IAUS 260 David Valls-Gabaud, Observatoire de Paris,
ADDRESSES OF 2009 EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS Post 2009 General Assembly ======
EB 2009 CHAIR:
Dr. Thierry Montmerle, Assistant General Secretary Laboratoire d'Astrophysique Observatoire de Grenoble 414, Rue de la Piscine Domaine Universitaire BP 53 F-38041 Grenoble Cedex 09 FRANCE [email protected] ------
EB 2009 ADVISERS:
Dr. Ian F. Corbett IAU GS, c/o ESO Karl Schwarzschild Strasse 2 D-85748 GARCHING Germany email: [email protected] 5 March 2010
Dr. Christiann Sterken, University of Brussels, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium email: [email protected]
U. Grothkopf IAU Proceedings Editorial Board c/o ESO Karl Schwarzschild Strasse 2 D-85748 GARCHING Germany email: [email protected]
EB 2009 WORKING MEMBERS
David Valls-Gebaud, GEPI - Observatoire de Paris 5 Place Jules Janssen 92195 Meudon France
Sergei A. Klioner, Lohrmann Observatory, Dresden Technical University Mommsenstr 13 01062 Dresden Germany
Gustavo Bruzual CIDA Apartado Postal 264 5101-A Merida Venezuela
Julio A. Fernandez Departamento de Astronomia, Facultad de Ciencias Igua 4225 11400 Montevideo Uruguay
Alexander Kosovichev Stanford University 691 South Service Road Stanford, CA 94305-4085 USA
Katia Cunha NOAO-South Casilla 603 La Serena 5 March 2010
Chile
Richard de Grijs University of Sheffield Department of Physics & Astronomy, Hicks Building, Hounsfield Road Sheffield S3 7RH UK
Bradley Peterson, Ohio State Univ., 140 West 18th Ave 43219 Columbus, OH USA
Corinne Charbonnel, Geneva Observatory - University of Geneva 51, chemin des Maillettes 1290 Sauverny Switzerland
DETAILS OF SYMPOSIA IN 2009
IAU S260 The Role of Astronomy in Society and Culture Date and place: 19 - 23 January 2009, UNESCO, Paris, France Coordinating Division: XII SOC chair: David Valls-Gabaud (France). SOC members: Jean Audouze (France), Juan A. Belmonte (Spain), Beatriz Barbuy (Brasil), Alec Boksenberg (UK), Catherine J. Cesarsky (France), Dennis Crabtree (Canada), Walter Erdelen (UNESCO, France), Roger Ferlet (France), George Martin (Australia), Owen Gingerich (USA), Toshihiro Handa (Japan), Lawrence M. Krauss (USA), Edwin C. Krupp (USA), George K. Miley (Netherlands), Philippe Morel (France), Carl Pennypacker (USA), Dominique Proust (France), Lord Martin J. Rees (UK), Magda G. Stavinschi (Romania), Silvia Torres-Peimbert (Mexico), Patricia A. Whitelock (South Africa), and Gang Zhao (China Nanjing). LOC chair: Dominique Proust (Obs. de Paris). LOC members: Brigitte Bourdon (Obs. de Paris), Yolanda Berenger (UNESCO), Régis Courtin (LESIA, Obs. de Paris), Suzanne Faye (Lycee Chaptal, Paris), Sabine Kimmel (GEPI, Obs. de Paris), Annick Oger (GEPI, Obs. de Paris), Sylvestre Taburet (GEPI, Obs. de Paris), David Valls-Gabaud (GEPI, Obs. de Paris), and Emmanuel Vergnaud (Obs. de Paris). Principal topics: _ education and teaching of astronomy at all levels _ astronomy in culture and the culture of Astronomy _ astronomy in the information society _ science policies and international collaborations _ astronomy and the arts _ astronomy as a tool for development _ environmental issues _ public understanding of astronomy _ the importance of amateur astronomers _ outreach and mass media. 5 March 2010
Editors: David Valls-Gabaud & Alec Boksenberg Contact: David Valls-Gabaud
IAU S262 through S267, to be held during the IAU XXVII GA in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 3-14 August 2009.
IAU S262 Stellar Populations – Planning for the Next Decade 3.5 days, 3 - 7 August 2009 Coordinating Division: VIII SOC chairs: Gustavo R. Bruzual (Venezuela) and Stephane Charlot (France). SOC members: Nobuo Arimoto (Japan), Vladimir Avila-Reese (Mexico), Beatriz Barbuy (Brasil), Jarle Brinchmann (Netherlands), Márcio Catelán (Chile), Matthew Colless (Australia), Mark Dickinson (USA), Richard S. Ellis (USA/UK), Tadayuki Kodama (Japan), Dante Miniti (Chile), Joseph I. Silk (UK), Rachel S. Somerville (Germany), Patricia B. Tissera (Argentina), and Achim Weiss (Germany). Principal topics: - the physics of stellar populations - rotation and massive star evolution - binary star evolution - do simple stellar populations exist in nature? - chemical enrichment - how different chemical enhancement patterns change the solar pattern models? - stellar populations in the Milky Way and in local resolved galaxies 5 March 2010
- is the IMF universal? - stellar populations in Early and Late-type galaxies - UV to IR. Galaxies at low and high z - what the highest-z galaxies tell us about the early universe and the galaxy formation process? - large spectral surveys - star formation history - mass assembly history - star formation quenching - role of dark matter in galaxy evolution - interface of AGN and galaxies - the next decade: what should be done. Editors: Gustavo R. Bruzual & Stephane Charlot Contact: Gustavo R. Bruzual
IAU S263 Icy Bodies of the Solar System 3.5 days, 3 - 7 August 2009 Coordinating Division: III SOC chairs: Julio A. Fernandes (Uruguay), Sylvio Ferraz-Mello (Brasil), and Rita M. Schulz (Netherlands). SOC members: M. Antonella Barucci (France), Zoran Knezevic (Serbia), Karen J. Meech (USA), Keith S. Noll (USA), Dina Prialnik-Kovetz (Israel), Hans Rickman (Sweden), Imre Toth (Hungary), Giovanni B. Valsecchi (Italy), and Jun-Ichi Watanabe (Japan). Principal topics: - accretion of icy grains in the protoplanetary disk - the long-period comet flux and the Oort cloud population - transfer mechanisms of bodies from their source regions to the Sun‟s neighbourhood and the Oort Cloud - how did the galactic environment shaped the early solar system? - where did the Earth‟s water come from? - transneptunian objects: physics and dynamics - “dwarf planets” in the transneptunian region - transition objects comets and asteroids - activation mechanisms in comets and active asteroids - are icy/rocky transition objects recognized in meteor showers or fireballs? - dissipative forces in comets and satellites - can icy bodies have water oceans in their interiors? - cryovolcanism in icy bodies - space missions to icy bodies. Editors: Julio A. Fernandez, Daniela Lazzaro & Dina Prialnik-Kovetz Contact: Julio A. Fernandez
IAU S264 Solar and Stellar Variability – Impact on Earth and Planets 3.5 days, 3 - 7 August 2009 Coordinating Division: II SOC chairs: Alexandre H. Andrei (Brasil), Alexander Kosovichev (USA), and 5 March 2010
Jean-Pierre Rozelot (France). SOC members: Annie Baglin (France), Maria Pia Di Mauro (Italy), Julio A. Fernandez (Uruguay), Eduardo Janot Pacheco (Brasil), John D. Landstreet (Canada), Cristina H. Mandrini (Argentina), Hiroko Miyahara (Japan), Mudumba Parthasarathy (India), Ignasi Ribas (Spain), Franck Selsis (France), Jill C. Tarter (USA), Jingxiu Wang (China Nanjing), and Lev M. Zeleny (Russia). Principal topics: The most critical aspects of the solar and stellar variability and its impact on the Earth and planets, including: _ physical mechanisms of solar and stellar variability _ solar diameter and irradiance measurements _ helio- and asteroseismic inferences _ variability of spectral irradiance and energetic particles, solar cycles and variability on century timescale _ effects on space weather and solar system planets _ implications for Earth‟s climate _ stellar magnetic activity and cycles, brightness changes in solartype stars, stellar surface structures _ effects of magnetic activity on planet formation and evolution, habitable stellar systems. Editors: Alexandre H. Andrei, Alexander Kosovichev & Jean-Pierre Rozelot Contact: Alexander Kosovichev
IAUS 265 Chemical Abundances in the Universe – Connecting First Stars to Planets 3.5 days, 10 - 14 August 2009 Coordinating Division: IV SOC chairs: Katia Cunha (Brazil), Monique Spite (France), and Beatriz Barbuy (Brasil). SOC members: Martin Asplund (Germany), Timothy C. Beers (USA), Michael S. Bessell (Australia), Bengt Gustafsson (Sweden), Chiaki Kobayashi (Japan), Dante Minniti (Chile), Paolo Molaro (Italy), Max Pettini (UK), Elena Terlevich (Mexico), Stanley E. Woosley (USA), and Rosemary F. Wyse (USA). Principal topics: _ primordial nucleosynthesis and the First Stars in the Universe _ abundances in the First Stars in the Galaxy _ abundances in the high-redshift Universe _ chemical abundance constraints on mass assembly and star formation in galaxies _ extra-solar planets - the chemical abundance connection _ abundance surveys and projects in the era of future large telescopes. Editors: Katia Cunha, Monique Spite & Beatriz Barbuy Contact: Katia Cunha
IAU S266 Star Clusters – Basic Galactic Building Blocks throughout Time and Space 3.5 days, 10 - 14 August 2009 Coordinating Division: VII 5 March 2010
SOC chairs: Richard de Grijs (UK) and Jacques R.D. Lépine (Brasil). SOC members: Beatriz Barbuy (Brasil), Giovanni Carraro (Italy), Licai Deng (China Nanjing), Michael A. Dopita (Australia), Uta Fritze-von Alvensleben (UK), Yuping Gao (China Nanjing), Douglas P. Geisler (Chile), Rosa M. Gonzalez Delgado (Spain), Stephen L.W. McMillan (USA), André Moitinho (Portugal), Anas M. Osman (Egypt), Philippe Prugniel (France), Ata Sarajedini (USA), and Alison I. Sills (Canada). Principal topics: _ physics and modes of star cluster formation _ massive star clusters: formation, evolution, feedback, destruction _ star cluster systems in the context of their host galaxies _ stellar populations: simple versus composite stellar populations _ complementary insights from multi-wavelength coverage _ star cluster dynamics _ star clusters as laboratories for stellar evolution. Editors: Richard de Grijs & Jacques R.D. Lépine Contact: Richard de Grijs
IAU S267 Co-evolution of Central Black Holes and Galaxies 3.5 days, 10 - 14 August 2009 Coordinating Division: VIII SOC chair: Bradley M. Peterson (USA). SOC members: Roberto Cid Fernandes (Brasil), Suzy Collin (France), Martin S. Elvis (USA), Laura Ferrarese (Canada), Timothy M. Heckman (USA), Guinevere A.M. Kauffmann (Germany), Stefanie Komossa (Germany), Paulina Lira (Chile), Alessandro Marconi (Italy), Hagai Netzer (Israel), Elaine M. Sadler (Australia), Rachel S. Somerville (USA), Thaisa Storchi-Bergmann (Brasil), Keiichi Wada (Japan), and Martin Ward (UK). Principal topics: _ the cosmological framework: the first galaxies and black holes (observations and theory) _ multi-wavelength properties of AGN and their hosts _ quasar & supermassive black hole demographics _ black hole masses, scaling relationships with host galaxies and their evolution _ relationships between AGNs, starburst regions, and stellar populations _ accretion and outflows _ physics of accretion and outflows: theory _ the interplay between radio jets and the ICM/IGM: observations and simulations _ modes of AGN feedback to galaxy evolution: observations and theory. Editors: Bradley M. Peterson, Rachel S. Somerville & Thaisa Storchi-Bergmann Contact: Bradley M. Peterson
IAU S268 Light Elements in the Universe Date and place: 9 -13 November 2009, Geneva, Switzerland Coordinating Division: IV 5 March 2010
SOC chairs: Corinne Charbonnel (Switzerland) and Monica Tosi (Italy) SOC members: Beatriz Barbuy (Brasil), Yuri Izotov (Ukraine), Taka Kajino (Japan), David L. Lambert (USA), John Lattanzio (Australia), Paolo Molaro (Italy), H. Warren Moos (USA), Francesca Primas (Germany), Robert T. Rood (USA), and Suzanne Talon (Canada). LOC chair: Corinne Charbonnel. LOC members: Christina Chiappini, Mirka Dessauges, Chantal Tacoy, and Andreas Lampart (all Geneva). Principal topics: - results from the recent experiments on cosmic microwave background anisotropies - primordial nucleosynthesis (standard and non-standard) - LiBeB production and associated astrophysical sites - measurements of the primordial D, 3,4He, and 7Li abundances - measurements of 6Li, Be and B - stellar knowledge to and from light elements - production and destruction of light elements in stars - evolution of the light elements in the Galaxy - evolution of the light elements in the solar neighborhood - spallation processes and the early galactic evolution. Editors: Corinne Charbonnel, Monica Tosi & Francesca Primas Contact: Corinne Charbonnel