The interstellar medium is pervaded by dust. Dust absorbs and scatters the UV and optical light and re-emits in the IR, hence modifying our view of galaxies. Other than the obscuring effects, dust grains play important roles in star formation and in the physics and chemistry of the ISM, such as heating and cooling processes, gas dynamics, charge transfer, and H2 molecule formation. Yet, our knowledge about dust formation, grain properties and their abundances in the universe is very limited.
The advent of modern infrared and sub-mm facilities has revolutionized studies of dust in a wide range of astrophysical environments. Simultaneously, there have been many theoretical advances in understanding the composition, physical nature, and evolution of dust. It is thus timely to bring together the observational and theoretical communities to share what we know about dust in the universe over a wide range of cosmic time and discuss efficient strategies to exploit the science capabilities of our powerful current and future facilities, such as SOFIA, ALMA, LMT, JWST, and OST.
Topics to be covered:
- Dust chemical composition, grain structure and size distribution
- Dust formation and destruction mechanisms
- Modelling dust emission and attenuation in galaxies near and far: dust mass, dust temperature, dust and stars geometry
- Dust, gas, metallicity, and star formation: scaling relations between global properties
- Dust emission and absorption features as tools to learn about the source of radiation: stellar populations and AGN
Important Dates
| Abstract Submission Open: | August 31, 2018 |
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| Registration Open: | mid-October, 2018 |
| Abstract Submission Closed: | November 1, 2018 |
| Preliminary Schedule: | December 1, 2018 |
| Registration Closed: | January 15, 2019 |
| Conference Dates: | March 4-8, 2019 |
Confirmed Invited Speakers and Discussion Leaders:
- Caitlin Casey (University of Texas at Austin)
- Mark Dickinson (NOAO)
- Bruce Draine (Princeton)
- Cornelia Jäger (Laboratory Astrophysics Group of the MPIA at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena)
- Ed Jenkins (Princeton)
- Rob Kennicutt (Steward Obs, University of Arizona)
- Allison Kirkpatrick (University of Kansas)
- Desika Narayanan (University of Florida)
- Alex Pope (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
- Cristina Popescu (University of Central Lancashire)
- Naveen Reddy (University of California, Riverside)
- JD Smith (University of Toledo)
- Justin Spilker (University of Texas at Austin)
- Svitlana Zhukovska (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics)
SOC (alphabetical order):
- Stacey Alberts (co-chair, Steward Obs, University of Arizona)
- Irene Shivaei (co-chair, Steward Obs, University of Arizona)
- Arjun Dey (NOAO)
- Stephanie Juneau (NOAO)
- Aigen Li (University of Missouri)
- William Reach (SOFIA, USRA)
- Karin Sandstrom (UCSD)
- Benjamin Weiner (Steward Obs, University of Arizona)
- Christina Williams (Steward Obs, University of Arizona)
University of Arizona LOC (alphabetical order):
- Stacey Alberts
- Ryan Endsley
- Katrina Litke
- Jianwei Lyu
- Irene Shivaei
- Christina Williams
If you have questions regarding the conference, please email tucson.dust2019@gmail.com.