First Announcement of IAU Symposium 271: Astrophysical Dynamics: From Stars to Galaxies

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We would like to draw your attention to:

International Astronomical Union (IAU) Symposium 271

on ”Astrophysical Dynamics: From Stars to Galaxies”

to be held at the Grand Hotel Aston, Nice, France

from June 21-25, 2010.

The symposium is co-sponsored by the French CNRS and CEA and the European Research Council through ERC grant STARS2.

The purpose of IAU symposium 271 is to enable interaction, discussion, study, and thereby to enhance our understanding, of some of the important nonlinear dynamical processes present in the Universe, with special attention to those that are ubiquitously present in a great variety of astronomical objects, from stars like our Sun to galaxies.  Such objects exhibit complex dynamical phenomena spanning a wide range of temporal and spatial scales, with fluid and magnetic instabilities, highly nonlinear states and turbulence playing a central role. Today, understanding the behaviour and evolution of such systems requires high-accuracy, multi-scale astronomical observations coupled with detailed theoretical study via models.  In particular, high-performance numerical simulations have become an essential and revealing tool for assessing the often richly subtle and surprising highly nonlinear regime of such models.  This symposium therefore will offer a unique opportunity for world experts with widely varying perspectives to share their knowledge and opinions on the latest advances in the study of the common underlying processes from the field of nonlinear astrophysical dynamics.

This conference is particularly special in that it will also be a fitting occasion to celebrate the long and illustrious career of Professor Juri Toomre in honor of his 70th birthday.  The Symposium theme aptly befits Juri’s widespread achievements in many realms of astrophysical dynamics. We will remember Juri’s many successes during the conference and celebrate with a banquet in his honour.

Overview of Major Topics:

- The Sun and stars

- Galaxies

- Astrophysical turbulence

- Cosmic magnetism

- High performance numerical simulation in astrophysics

- Nonlinear dynamics

- Stellar observational constraints: Helio- and asteroseismology, magnetism, rotation and abundances

- Galatic observational constraints: dynamics, magnetism and abundances

The conference venue is the Grand Hotel Aston, Nice,  FRANCE

Registration fees:  early bird registration 300 Euros until March 31st 2010.  Thereafter, 350 Euros.

E-mail inquiries about the meeting should be directed to

sacha.brun@cea.fr

or to

brummell@soe.ucsc.edu

More information can be obtained on the conference web site:

http://irfu.cea.fr/Projets/IAUSymp271

If you wish to be put on the pre-registration mailing list please contact us.

We look forward to seeing you next year in Nice for  a productive conference.

N. Brummell and A.S. Brun

(SOC Co-chairs)