Symposium Agenda
I. History of the discovery of debris disks
Frank Low
II. Progenitors
- Protostellar disks
Antonella Natta
- Dynamics and lifetimes of protostellar disks and
massive stars
Pawel Artymowicz
- Pros and cons for evidence of large bodies in
protostellar disks
- Pro: common in protostellar disks
Carol Grady
- Con: Beta-Pic not typical
Ann-Marie Lagrange
Poster Session
III. Debris disks
- Review of ‘standard model’:
gas-free, post-planet formation, direct connection to Kuiper Belt/Zodiacal cloud
Dana Backman
- Direct imaging of disks
Alycia Weinberger
- Stellar ages: dicey at best
John Stauffer
Poster Session
- Young debris disks (< few x 10's M yrs): do they
contain gas?
- Evidence for gas is strong
Geoff Blake
- Caution: evidence for gas is mixed
Mike Jura
- Old debris disks (few x 100's M yrs): what does
dust optical depth tell us?
- Dust optical depth shows steady decline: consistent with collisional evolution of parent bodies
Murray
Silverstone
- Dust optical depth shows ‘pulse’ delineating end of
heavy bombardment phase.
Carsten Dominick
Poster Session
IV. Descendants and connection to the Solar
System
- Characteristics of other planetary systems
Debra
Fisher
- Warping of disks: evidence for massive bodies
Stan
Dermott
- Evolution of the Kuiper Belt and connection to
Vega-like systems
Alan Stern
- Disk Dispersal: Constraints on Kuiper Belt Formation
Dave Hollenbach
Poster Session
V. Where do we go from here?
- Observatories and observations
Eric Becklin
- Theory/modeling required for making progress
Hal
Levison
VI. Summary/retrospective
Steve Strom
I. History of the discovery of debris disks
Frank Low
II. Progenitors
- Protostellar disks
Antonella Natta
- Dynamics and lifetimes of protostellar disks and
massive stars
Pawel Artymowicz
- Pros and cons for evidence of large bodies in protostellar disks
- Pro: common in protostellar disks
Carol Grady
- Con: Beta-Pic not typical
Ann-Marie Lagrange
Poster Session
III. Debris disks
- Review of ‘standard model’:
gas-free, post-planet formation, direct connection to Kuiper Belt/Zodiacal cloud
Dana Backman
- Direct imaging of disks
Alycia Weinberger
- Stellar ages: dicey at best
John Stauffer
Poster Session
- Young debris disks (< few x 10's M yrs): do they
contain gas?
- Evidence for gas is strong
Geoff Blake
- Caution: evidence for gas is mixed
Mike Jura
- Old debris disks (few x 100's M yrs): what does
dust optical depth tell us?
- Dust optical depth shows steady decline: consistent with collisional evolution of parent bodies
Murray
Silverstone
- Dust optical depth shows ‘pulse’ delineating end of
heavy bombardment phase.
Carsten Dominick
Poster Session
IV. Descendants and connection to the Solar System
- Characteristics of other planetary systems
Debra
Fisher
- Warping of disks: evidence for massive bodies
Stan
Dermott
- Evolution of the Kuiper Belt and connection to
Vega-like systems
Alan Stern
- Disk Dispersal: Constraints on Kuiper Belt Formation
Dave Hollenbach
Poster Session
V. Where do we go from here?
- Observatories and observations
Eric Becklin
- Theory/modeling required for making progress
Hal
Levison
VI. Summary/retrospective
Steve Strom