Scientific programme

The scientific programme includes review (35 min), invited (25 min), contributed (20 min)and target (20 min) talks (reserved to CoDustMas members). There will be no poster sessions

Monday 5.11.2012

Morning - Supernovae & the early universe – Supernova explosion

8:10–8:30:    Dr. Chiara Cometta (CSF)Isabelle Cherchneff (Basel) Welcome address

8:30-9:05:     Volker Bromm (U.Texas) [R] Shaping the early universe with the explosions of the first stars

9:05-9:30:     Raffaella Schneider (INAF Rome) [I] - From the first stars to the local universe: stellar archaeology unveils the role of dust in the formation of the first low-mass stars

9:30-9:50:   Rosa Valiante (INAF Rome) [C-] - Supernova dust and feedback in the early Universe

9:50-10:15: Eli Dwek (NASA GSFC) [I] - Sources of dust in the early universe

10:15-10:45: Coffee break

10:45-11:20: Ewald Müller (MPI Garching) [R] Early mixing in core-collapse supernova ejecta

11:20-11:55: Friedrich Thielemann (U. Basel) [R] Nucleosynthesis of massive stars and their supernovae

11:55-12:20:  Francesca Matteucci (U. Trieste) [I] - Modelling chemical evolution of galaxies near and far

12:30-14:00: LUNCH 

Afternoon - Supernovae ejecta

14:00-14:20: Darach Watson (U. Copenhagen) [C] - How dust is formed in supernovae – observational constraints 

14:20-14:55: Claes Fransson (U. Stockholm) [R] The physics of supernova ejecta and conditions for dust formation

14:55-15:15:  Geoffrey Clayton (Louisiana State U.) [C] Observing dust formation and evolution in core-collapse supernovae with Gemini, Hubble & Spitzer

15:15-15:50:  Rubina Kotak (Queen’s U. Belfast) [R] Infrared observations of supernova ejecta

15:50-16:10:  Jennifer Andrews (U. Massachusetts) [C] Early dust formation in interacting core-collapse supernovae

16:10-16:55:  Coffee break

16:55-17:15:  Roger Wesson (ESO Santiago) [C-] A re-examination of dust formation in the ejecta of SN1987A

17:15-17:35:  Ori Fox (U.C. Berkeley) [C] - Late-type emission from warm dust in Type IIn supernovae

17:35-17:55:  Christa Gall (NASA GSFC) [C] - Dust formation and extinction in SN2010jl

17:55-18:15:  Mark Walker (Manly U.) [C] - Supernovae: H2 snowflake factories 

Evening - 19:30: DINNER

Tuesday 6.11.2012

Morning - Supernovae ejecta

 8:45–9:10:    Cornelia Jäger (MPI Jena) [I] - Laboratory astrophysics of dust

9:10-9:35:      Stefan Bromley (U. Barcelona [I] - Small clusters of astronomical interest: structures and clues on formation routes

9:35-9:55:      Beate Patzer (TU Berlin) [C] - Small molecular TiC clusters in dust nucleation processes

9:55-10:15:    Davide Lazzati (NCSU) [C] - Kinetic nucleation of astrophysical dust: zooming in the nanoparticle regime

10:15-10:45: Coffee break 

10:45-11:20:  Donald Clayton (Clemson U.) [R] - Carbon condensation in cores of Type II supernovae

11:20-11:40:  Ethan Denault (U. Tampa) [C] - Amorphous carbon and silicon carbide condensation in supernova ejecta

11:40-12:00:  Isabelle Cherchneff (U. Basel) [T] - Dust formation in supernovae: a chemical kinetic view

12:00-12:20:  Arkaprabha Sarangi (U. Basel) [T] - Dust and molecule synthesis in Type II-P supernovae: reconciling IR and submm observations 

12:30-14:00: LUNCH 

Afternoon - Supernovae ejecta – Supernovae & meteorites

14:00-14:25:  Takaya Nozawa (U. Tokyo) [I] - Dust synthesis in supernovae and reprocessing in supernova remnants

14:25-15:00:  Ernst Zinner (Washington U.) [R] - Laboratory studies of presolar grains from supernovae

15:00-15:20:  Larry Nittler (Carnegie I.) [C]O-rich supernova dust in the solar system

15:20-15:45:  Peter Hoppe (MPI Mainz) [I] - Evidence for molecule chemistry in supernova ejecta recorded by presolar grains

15:45-16:30:  Coffee break 

16:30-16:50:  Uli Ott (MPI Mainz) [T] - Origin of anomalous Xenon-H, Platinium-H, and Tellurium-H in presolar diamonds

16:50-17:10:  Marco Pignatari (U. Basel) [C] - Presolar carbide grains from supernovae: a new scenario for their nucleosynthesis signature

17:10-17:30:  Christof Vockenhuber (ETH Zurich) [T] - AMS within CoDustMas: Nano-diamonds

17:30-17:50:  Dominik Güttler (ETH Zurich) [T] - Accelerator-SIMS for isotopic analysis of nano-diamonds 

Evening - 19:30: DINNER

Wednesday 7.11.2012

Morning - Supernovae & meteorites - Supernovae & the solar system

9:00–9:20:     Anton Wallner (U. Vienna) [T-] - Search for live interstellar 244Pu on Earth

9:20-9:45:      Michael Paul (Hebrew U. Jerusalem) [I] - P-process 146Sm nuclide: properties, production and implication on solar system chronology

9:45-10:05:    Maria Lugaro (Monash U.) [C] - Short-lived radioactivity in the early solar system: the super-AGB star hypothesis

10:05-10:40:  Gunther Korschinek (TU Munich) [R] - Solar system seeding by supernovae: a search for radionuclides in (terrestrial) archives

10:40-11:25:  Coffee break

11:25-11:45:  Jenny Feige (I. Vienna) [T] - Supernova dust in deep-sea sediment cores 

11:45-12:05:  Ralph Neuhäuser (FSU Jena) [C] - Search for the neutron star born in the supernova that placed 60Fe onto Earth

12:05-12:25:  Peter Ludwig (TU Munich) [T] - Search for supernova-produced 60Fe in magnetofossils 

12:30-14:00: LUNCH

FREE AFTERNOON – EXCURSION TO BELLINZONA

19:15: Conference dinner

Thursday 8.11.2012

Morning – Supernova remnants

8:30-9:05:     Roger Chevalier (U. Virginia) [R] - The physics of supernova remnants

9:05-9:40:      Jeonghee Rho (SETI I.) [R] - Observations of dust and molecules in young supernova remnants

9:40-10:00:    Ho-Gyu Lee (U. Tokyo) [C] - Infrared observations of core-collapse supernova remnant using AKARI

10:00-10:20:  Tea Temim (NASA GSFC) [C] - Supernova dust illuminated by pulsar wind nebulae

10:20-10:40:  Maša Lakićević (ESO Garching) [C] - Far-IR emission from supernovae and SNRs, and SN1987A

10:40-11:10:  Coffee break

11:10-11:45:  Mike Barlow (UC London) [R] - Dust in supernovae and their remnant: the Herschel heritage

11:45-12:05:  Brian Williams (NASA GSFC) [C] - Herschel and Spitzer observations of dust in Cas A’s older cousin, G292.0+1.8

12:05-12:25:  Sofia Wallström (Chalmers U.) [T] - Herschel detection of submm rotational line emission of CO in the Cas A remnant

12:45-14:00: LUNCH 

Afternoon - Supernova remnants

14:00-14:20:  Chiara Biscaro (U. Basel) [T] - Dust and molecule reprocessing by SNR shocks 

14:20-14:45:  Mikako Matsuura (UC London) [I] - The ALMA view of dust in supernova remnants

14:45-15:05:  George Sonneborn (NASA GSFC) [C] - Studies of supernovae, SNRs and dust with JWST

15:05-15:25:  Francesco Calura (INAF Bologna) [T] - Interstellar dust evolution in galaxies of different morphological types

15:25-16:00:  Coffee break 

16:00-17:00:  John Black (Chalmers U.) & Maurizio Busso (U. Perugia) - Summary and round table 

17:15: Departure 


Social programme


An excursion will be organised on Wednesday afternoon to visit the beautiful town of Bellinzona, with its three castles part of the UNESCO World Heritage since 2000.

Wednesday afternoon planning:

14:45  departure by bus from Monte Verità 

15:15  arrival in Bellinzona 

15:30  visit of the castles, Castelgrande (UNESCO) and the old town 

17:30  free time for coffee, shopping etc. 

18:45  departure by bus from Bellinzona 

19:15  arrival in Losone and dinner at the restaurant Grotto Broggini 

22:00  return by bus to Monte

22:15  arrival at Monte Verità