Conference: From Stars to Massive Stars; University of Florida; April 6-9, 2016

本提案要求为2016年4月6日至9日由佛罗里达大学主办的国际会议“从恒星到大质量恒星-通过宇宙连接我们对大质量恒星和星团形成的理解”提供资金支持。该基金将为研究生和受邀演讲者提供旅行补助。总体而言，预计约有150名与会者。这些报告将被发布在会议网站上，因此会议上发表的结果将立即被更广泛的天文学界所知。作为会议计划的一部分，将有一个公共活动，“星空：巨人的诞生”，由选定的会议参与者提供一些公开讲座和观星。本次会议将汇集来自恒星形成、星团、大质量恒星、星暴和星族III研究社区的研究人员，分享最近的研究成果，并激励未来的合作和项目，以提高我们对这些现象的理解。这次会议召开之际，正值对银河系恒星形成区域进行大规模、高分辨率的调查，以及ALMA等设备的详细跟踪研究，出现了许多令人兴奋的结果。随着计算资源的增加和更复杂的数值模拟，理论洞察力开始赶上这些观察。这次会议将使我们更全面地了解星系的形成和演化，以及大多数恒星和行星系统形成的恒星形成环境的性质。

This proposal requests financial support for the international conference "From Stars to Massive Stars - Connecting our understanding of massive star and star cluster formation through the universe" to be hosted by the University of Florida on April 6 - 9, 2016. The funding will provide travel grants for graduate students and invited speakers. Overall, about 150 participants are expected. The presentations will be posted on the conference web site, so results presented at the conference will be immediately available to the wider astronomical community. As part of the conference program, there will be a public event, "Starry Night: Birth of the Giants" featuring a few public lectures by selected conference participants and star viewingThis conference will bring together researchers from star formation, star cluster, massive star, starburst, and Population III research communities to share recent research results and to motivate future collaborations and projects that will improve our understanding of these phenomena. The meeting comes at a time when many exciting results are appearing from large, high resolution surveys of our Galaxy's star-forming regions along with detailed follow-up from facilities such as ALMA. With increasing computational resources and more sophisticated numerical modeling, theoretical insight is beginning to catch up with these observations. This meeting should lead to a more complete understanding of galaxy formation and evolution, as well as the nature of the star forming environments in which most stellar and planetary systems are created.