Conference on "Extreme Solar Systems", Santorini, Greece

奖项编号：AST-0732444 PI：Frederic Rasio机构：西北大学标题：“极端太阳能系统”会议，希腊圣托里尼该奖项将为来自美国机构的与会者提供部分差旅支持，以参加将于2007年6月25日至29日在希腊圣托里尼举行的极端太阳能系统会议。预计这次会议将汇集来自美国、欧洲和亚洲的约150名研究人员，重点关注当前太阳系外行星研究的“极端”方面，例如地球质量行星、行星和“热木星”的检测和表征方面的进展围绕已进化的恒星，包括巨星、白色矮星和中子星，在其他恒星周围行星探测的短暂历史中，这是第一次设计讨论广泛的主题，特别强调太阳系外行星的极端性质。本次会议所涵盖的主题解决了高度跨学科性质的前沿研究领域的关键问题。该领域领导人的大多数演讲将涉及我们目前对太阳系外行星系统的知识极限或超越极限的问题。这次会议将为众多专家提供共同的基础，以交流想法，促进对其他恒星周围行星系统形成和演变的了解。 这些知识对于获得行星系统物理学的一致综合图像以及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的成员参与。

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.