Antennae Workshop
Strasbourg - 1, 2, 3 March 2009

Rationale

The purpose of this informal meeting is to gather knowledge and latest results about the modeling of interacting galaxies, and in particular the Antennae, from the groups of Munich (University Observatory), Vienna (Institute for Astronomy) and Strasbourg (Observatory). This meeting will enhance the collaboration between the three institutes and provide useful discussions for the three PhD thesis related to it.

The keyword for this meeting is: informal.

Participants

Team

Guests

Everybody is welcome!

Planning

The following must be seen as a suggestion only!

Sunday evening

Meeting at the Observatory (11 rue de l'Université, tramway stop "Observatoire").
Dinner.

Monday

08:30 Welcome (wifi and room information).
Technical discussion on the Antennae parameters.
Internal discussions.
Dinner. Please tell us if you plan to join the team for dinner.

Tuesday

Presentation of the main topics:
SPH simulations
Genetic algorithms
Star formation and tides.
AMR/Hydro simulations (Ramses).
Discussion.
End.

We encourage guests to join us for discussion on Tuesday (Monday would be too specific/internal/technical).

Location

The meeting will take place in the new meeting room in the Cupola basement. It is not so easy to find so we should meet outside or in my office (first building on the right, just after the gate. Ring the "Observatoire" bell). The gate might be close in the night time and during the week-end. In that case, call me.

Useful info

Hotel Esplanade: 1 Boulevard Leblois, phone: 00 33 3 88 61 38 95. The rooms are booked under your names.

Internet access:
Select the network: "Osiris" (not "Osiris-sec").
Open a browser.
Click on "Acces rapide (quick access)".
Login: conf-antennae
Password: sxb2009
Keep the webpage open in your browser.

Need some help? Call me.

Have a safe trip to Strasbourg.
Florent, for the LOC (that means Christian Boily and myself!)