Winter School and Workshop on Star Formation

National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka, Tokyo
Feb. 21 - 25, 2011

We are pleased to announce a winter school and workshop on star formation, held at National Astronomical Observatory, Mitaka, Tokyo, from Feb. 21(Mon) to 25(Fri) of 2011. Lectures by 4 distinguished lecturers continue from Feb. 21(Mon) to 23(Wed) and the last two days (Feb. 24, 25) are for a workshop. Lectures and workshop will be given in English.

Place: The lecture room of NAOJ, Mitaka, Tokyo


• Lectures: Feb.21(Mon)-23(Wed), 2011
  
  Basu, Shantanu (U. Western Ontario, Canada):
    Small-scale star formation (core to star), Magnetic Field
  
  Klessen, Ralf (U. Heidelberg, Germany):
    Cloud-scale star formation (cloud to core), Turbulence, IMF
  
  Klein, Richard (UC Berkeley, US):
    Massive star formation, Radiation hydrodynamics
  
  Tamura, Motohide (NAOJ):
    Observational progress in star formation study,
    Magnetic field, Disks, Planet formation
  
  
• Workshop: Feb.24(Thu)-25(Fri), 2011
  

the first circular : (Japanese version)
the second circular
the third (final) circular