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Planet Formation Processes and the Formation of Prebiotic Conditions -- 17-21 March 2008 -- Pasadena, CA
Planet Formation Processes and the Formation of Prebiotic Conditions -- 17-21 March 2008 -- Pasadena, CA
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Invited Speakers
I. The Magneto-rotational Instability in Star and Planet Formation
 Cecilia Ceccarelli, Raquel Salmeron, and Steve Desch
II. Chemical Processing of Primordial Material in Protostellar Disks
 Steve Charnley, Dave Stevenson, and Toby Owen
III. Dust Evolution and Planetesimal Formation
 Jurgen Blum, Jeff Cuzzi, and Anders Johansen
IV. The Signatures of Planets in Transitional and Debris Disks
 Richard Alexander, Joan Najita, and Alice Quillen


Tuesday, 18 March 2008
8:20 Welcome
(Wesley Traub and Marco Velli)
8:30 Interstellar Chemistry and Nebular Chemistry
(Steve Charnley, NASA Ames Research Center)
9:20 The Ionization Degree in Protoplanetary Disks: Observations and Theory
(Cecilia Ceccarelli, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble)
10:10 Break
10:40 Experimental Dust Growth
(Jurgen Blum, Technical University, Braunschweig)
11:30 The Nature of Transition Objects and New Probes of Gas in Disks
(Joan Najita, National Optical Astronomy Observatory)
12:20 Lunch
2:00 Discussion Session - Groups I, II, and IV
3:30 Break
4:00 Open Discussion


Wednesday, 19 March 2008
8:30 What Parts of Protoplanetary Disks are Susceptible to the Magnetorotational Instability?
(Steve Desch, Arizona State University)
9:20 Radial and Vertical Angular Momentum Transport in Protostellar Disks
(Raquel Salmeron, Mount Stromlo Observatory)
10:10 Break
10:40 The Relationship Between Planetary Structure and Formation Conditions
(Dave Stevenson, California Institute of Technology)
11:30 CO Self-shielding in the Solar Nebula
(Jim Lyons, University of California, Los Angeles)
12:20 Lunch
2:00 Discussion Session - Groups I and III
3:30 Break
4:00 Open Discussion


Thursday, 20 March 2008
8:30 The Challenge of Radial Drift: Saving the Building Blocks of Planets
(Anders Johansen, Leiden University)
9:20 Primary Accretion of Planetesimals
(Jeff Cuzzi, NASA Ames Research Center)
10:10 Break
10:40 Planets in Disks
(Alice Quillen, University of Rochester)
11:30 Transition of Disks in an Evolutionary Context
(Richard Alexander, Leiden University)
12:20 Lunch
2:00 Discussion Session - Groups II, III, and IV
3:30 Break
4:00 Open Discussion
6:45 Workshop Banquet


Friday, 21 March 2008
8:30 Summary 1
(Sally Robinson, U.C. Santa Cruz)
9:20 Summary 2
(Mark Wardle, Macquarie University)
10:10 Break
10:40 Summary 3
(Anders Johansen, Leiden University)
11:30 Summary 4
(James Muzerolle, University of Arizona)
12:20 Closing Comments
12:30 Lunch/End of Workshop


Discussion Session Presentations (Only submitted presentations are listed)
Gas Density/Pressure Enhanced Regions as Favorable Places for the Formation of Planetesimals via Gravitational Instability
(Nader Haghighipour, University of Hawaii)
Dispersal of Planet-forming Disks around Low Mass Stars
(David Hollenbach, NASA Ames Research Center)
What We are Learning about the Inner Disk from Infrared Long Baseline Interferometry
(Rafael Millan-Gabet, California Institute of Technology)
Collision Speeds of Equal-size Particles
(Paolo Padoan, U.C. San Diego)
Where Does Magnetic Activity Occur in Disks?
(Mark Wardle, Macquarie University)
How Big were Original Planetesimals?
(Stuart Weidenschilling, Planetary Science Institute)
Monet Carlo Based Representative Particle Approach for Dust Evolution
(Andras Zsom, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy)
 

 
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