Dust is ubiquitous in galaxies; it is formed during the creation of
supernovae and in the winds of evolved stars; it survives and grows in
the diffuse interstellar medium and congregates in molecular clouds
before coagulating to form comets, meteorites and planets in young
stellar objects. Carbonaceous materials, silicate dust and ices are
responsible for extinction, polarization, hidden matter and lots and
lots of physical and chemical processes between stars, within and
between galaxies. But what is the dust? What are the observational
uncertainties? How are observed discrepancies in radio, submm and
infrared to X-ray observations to be interpreted? Can meteoriticists,
mineralogists and chemists help? There has never been a better
opportunity to understand its properties given the forthcoming launch
of JWST for mid-infrared observations, JCMT, ALMA, and Herschel
results. NAM 2021 will be an excellent opportunity for the discussion
of JWST and the development collaborations between theorists,
observers, meteoriticists and chemists.
Schedule:
Session 1
09:00 Sascha Zeegers “Illuminating the dust properties in the diffuse ISM with JWST”
09:12 Rhian Jones “Dust in protoplanetary disks: A perspective from meteorites and other planetary materials”
09:29 Helen Grant “Using mid-IR spectra to identify the mineralogical components of crystalline circumstellar dust”
09:41 Janet Bowey “Dust changes in Sakurai’s Object: PAHs, SiC and coagulation of silicates into 10 micron-sized melilite grains.”
09:53 Marie Van de Sande “The refractory organic feedback of AGB stars to the ISM”
10:05 Matthew Smith “A Clean Sweep for Dust in M33”
Session 2
16:00 Felix Priestley “The properties of shocked dust in supernova remnants”
16:12 Florian Kirchschlager “Dust destruction by the reverse shock in the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A”
16:24 Clara Marie Pennock “Discovery of a population of quasars dominated by nuclear dust emission”
16:36 Ismael Garcia-Bernete “Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in active galactic nuclei”
16:48 Olivia Jones “The dusty Webb”
17:00 Joy Oluchi Anih “Infrared Variability of Active Galactic Nuclei” (poster)
17:00 Gareth Jones “Physically motivated dust SED models from the BPASS population synthesis models” (poster)
17:00 Monu Sharma “A view of the Obscured Star Formation at redshifts 0.6 - 1.2” (poster)
Janet Bowey, Mikako Matsuura, Olivia Jones
Tuesday morning and late afternoon
All attendees are expected to show respect and courtesy to other attendees and staff, and to adhere to the NAM Code of Conduct.