Understanding Dust 30 Years After CCM: (A Symposium in Honor of Geoff Clayton's 65th Birthday)
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SYMPOSIUM TOPICS
This symposium is aimed at honoring the scientific accomplishments of Dr. Geoffrey C. Clayton, who has had a lifetime of influence over the field of dust astrophysics. The symposium will consist of invited and contributed oral and poster talks on current research and future problems in dust astrophysics, and will cover the following topics:
Circumstellar and interstellar dust in the Local Group
The evolution of R Coronae Borealis stars
Binary white-dwarf mergers
Supernovae
Planetary nebulae
Extinction curves
Comparison of theory, simulations, and observations
Future problems: where do we go from here?
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
The symposium will have three sessions (oral and poster) on day 2 and one oral session on day 3. Audience-participation discussions will occur in tandem with oral presentations.
EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE April 30, 2019