Conference on "Extreme Solar Systems", Santorini, Greece

奖项号码：st - 0732444pi: Frederic rasio机构：Northwestern university标题：“极端太阳系”会议，希腊圣托里尼该奖项将为参加2007年6月25日至29日在希腊圣托里尼举行的“极端太阳系”会议的美国机构与会者提供部分旅费支持。会议预计将汇集来自美国、欧洲和亚洲的约150名研究人员，并将重点关注当前系外行星研究的“极端”方面，例如在探测和表征类地行星、行星和围绕演化恒星（包括巨星、白矮星和中子星）的“热木星”方面的进展，以及其他一些目前正在争论的重要话题。在其他恒星周围的行星探测的短暂历史中，这是第一次被设计来讨论广泛的主题，特别强调太阳系外行星的极端特征的会议。本次会议的主题涉及高度跨学科特征的前沿研究领域的关键问题。该领域的大多数领导人的演讲将涉及到我们目前对太阳系外行星系统的知识限制或超出限制的问题。这次会议将为大量专家提供交流思想和增进对其他恒星周围行星系统形成和演化的理解的共同基础。这些知识对于获得行星系统物理学的一致的综合图景和更好地限制我们对地球和宇宙其他地方生命起源的理解是必要的。该奖项将使更多的学生、初级研究人员、科学家和较小的机构以及代表性不足的群体成员能够参与其中。

AWARD NO: AST-0732444PI: Frederic RasioINSTITUTION: Northwestern UniversityTITLE: Conference on "Extreme Solar Systems", Santorini, GreeceThis award will provide funding for partial travel support to attendees from US institutions to attend the conference Extreme Solar Systems to be held in Santorini, Greece, 25-29 June 2007. The meeting is expected to bring together about 150 researchers from the US, Europe, and Asia, and will focus on the "extreme" aspects of current research on extrasolar planets, such as developments toward the detection and characterization of terrestrial-mass planets, planets and "hot Jupiters" around evolved stars, including giants, white dwarfs and neutron stars, and on a number of other currently debated important topics.In the short history of planet detection around other stars, this is the first meeting that has been devised to address a broad range of topics with specific emphasis on the extreme character of extrasolar planets. The topics covered by this conference address key problems in a frontier research field of highly interdisciplinary character. Most of the presentations by leaders in the field will be related to issues at or beyond the current limits of our knowledge of the extrasolar planetary systems. The meeting will provide common grounds for a large number of experts to exchange ideas and advance understanding of the formation and evolution of planetary systems around other stars. This knowledge is necessary to obtain a consistent integrated picture of the physics of planetary systems and to better constrain our understanding of the origins of life on Earth and elsewhere in the Universe. This award will enable more students, junior researchers, scientists and smaller institutions, and members of underrepresented groups to participate.