Workshop on Star Clusters
Understanding Star Clusters
in the Era of Multi-dimensional Diagnostics
++ November 8 (Tuesday) to 10, 2016
++
National Central University, Institute of
Astronomy, Chien-Shiung Building Room 1013
Rationale
Most and perhaps all stars are formed in
clustered environments out of molecular clouds. Star clusters are of astrophysical
interest because they are laboratories to study how member stars interact
dynamically, how stars of different masses evolve, and how the then-bound
systems dissolve to supply the disk population.
In an era now we characterize cluster stars
by X-ray, optical, and infrared observations, with proper motion and radial
velocity measurements, with metallicity and rotational diagnostics, our
understanding of star clusters has been much improved. In particular, while LAMOST avails
spectral typing and radial velocity, Pan-STARRS complements with deep,
multi-epoch photometry from optical to near-infrared wavelengths. This workshop aims to bring expertise
including, but not limited to, using these data. There will be oral presentations,
preferably given in English. Plenty
time will be set aside for discussions of ongoing and planned future projects,
so as to prompt possible collaborations.
