Support for IAU Symposium 258, "The Ages of Stars"; October 13-17, 2008; Baltimore, MD

该奖项将部分支持会议国际天文学联合会研讨会258，“恒星的时代”将在巴尔的摩，马里兰州，2008年10月13日至17日举行。恒星年龄在各种天体物理学背景下发挥着重要作用，从跟踪恒星的演化到限制行星形成的过程，再到解开银河系的历史和结构。恒星及其物理学理论模型的最新发展（更好的反应速率、扩散处理、包含旋转效应等）再加上新的年龄观测测试，如白色矮冷却序列，以及了解年轻端年龄的日益增加的重要性（即，星星和行星的形成），使现在成为这次会议的理想时机。为此，会议期间将讨论几个重要问题，并将讨论一旦可以估计单个或成组恒星的年龄就可以回答的一些天体物理学问题。该支持将用于与会者的差旅费（优先针对美国和早期职业研究人员），会议基础设施（投影仪租金，海报展示板等），并传播会议记录。

This award will partially support the conference IAU Symposium 258, "The Ages of Stars" to be held in Baltimore, MD, 13-17 October, 2008. Stellar ages play an important role in a wide variety of astrophysical contexts, from following the evolution of stars to constraining the process of planet formation to disentangling the history and structure of the Milky Way. The recent developments in theoretical models of stars and their physics (better reaction rates, treatments of diffusion, inclusion of rotation effects, etc.) coupled with new observational tests of ages such as white dwarf cooling sequences, and the ever-increasing importance of understanding ages at the young end (i.e., star and planet formation), make now an ideal time for this conference. Towards this end, several significant questions will be addressed during this meeting and a number of astrophysical questions that can be answered once ages of single or groups of stars can be estimated will be discussed. The support will be used for travel costs of attendees (preferentially directed at US and early career researchers), meeting infrastructure (projector rentals, poster display boards, etc.), and disseminating the proceedings.