| Venue: | Geological Society Lecture Theatre | Burlington House, London W1 |
| Organisers: | Paul Crowther | University of Sheffield |
| Rob Kennicutt | University of Cambridge |
Starbursts are episodes of intense star formation. Examples are known in dwarf, spiral and interacting galaxies locally plus high-z (>1) galaxies where such activity is believed to have been more common. Starbursts may have a significant impact on their host plus their local IGM. This Specialist Discussion meeting will draw together UK researchers interested in aspects of local starbursts ns high-z Lyman break and sub-mm galaxies. Rest-frame UV and optical spectroscopy of high-z star forming galaxies from large ground-based telescopes now enables similar techniques to be applied to their local counterparts, enabling a common emphasis on feedback processes, the duty cycle of starbursts and the role of dust and metallicity.
| Time | Speaker | Title |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee | |
| 10:30 - 11:05 | Chuck Steidel (CalTech) | High redshift starbursts (Review) |
| 11:05-11:25 | Mark Swinbank (Durham) | Spatially resolving star forming regions in high-z galaxies |
| 11:25-11:45 | Steve Eales (Cardiff) | The Herschel perspective over the last 8 billion years |
| 11:45-12:05 | Scott Chapman (IoA Cambridge) | Sub-mm view of high redshift starbursts |
| 12:05-12:25 | Guillermo Tenorio-Tagle (INAOE) | On the positive star formation feedback condition in Scuba sources |
| 12:25- 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-14:05 | Jarle Brinchmann (Leiden) | The census of star-forming galaxies in the local Universe - from wimps to monsters (Review) |
| 14:05-14:25 | Duncan Farrah (Sussex) | The link between starbursts and quasars |
| 14:25-14:45 | Brent Groves (Leiden) | Starburst SED modeling near and far |
| 14:45-15:05 | Steven Bamford (Nottingham) | Extreme compact starbursts at low-redshift |
| 15:05-15:25 | Mark Westmoquette (UCL) | Super Star Cluster feedback from local to galaxy scales |
| 15:25 - 16:00 | Tea | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | RAS A&G (Ordinary) meeting | Kevin Schawinski, Jessica Irving, Rob Kennicutt, Peter Smith |
Notes for speakers at RAS meetings.
Fees. Attendance is free for RAS members and £15 for non-members (£5 for PhD students although students may join the RAS for £1).
08-Jan-2010