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SUMMARY:From interstellar clouds to star-forming galaxies: universal proce
 sses ?
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150803
DTSTAMP:20260510T164655Z
UID:e694d55b2705406bb80cd46f64e289ee86ff114faed169ae1b2d06c9
CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:The availability of wide-field far-infrared and submillimeter 
 surveys with\, e.g.\, the Spitzer\, Herschel\, Planck\, Wise\, and Akari s
 pace observatories\, coupled with the much improved capabilities of ground
 -based millimeter and submillimeter interferometers\, have recently led to
  spectacular and decisive steps forward in our understanding of star forma
 tion modes from solar system scales (tens of AUs) to global (kpc) scales i
 n galaxies. In particular\, it appears that star formation in dense molecu
 lar gas is governed by essentially the same “laws” in nearby Galactic 
 clouds and distant external galaxies. This raises the possibility of a uni
 fied picture of star formation in the Universe from small scales (clouds\,
  filaments\, protostellar cores and disks) to galaxy-wide scales.\nThe goa
 l of the proposed Symposium is to debate this possibility and to start bui
 lding a coherent picture of how star formation is fuelled on a wide range 
 of scales in galaxies and the Universe. The conference would bring togethe
 r researchers working on star formation throughout the Universe from nearb
 y clouds to local galaxies to the first star-forming galaxies at high reds
 hift\, both observers and theorists\, who would debate the fundamental que
 stion whether the dominant mode of star formation is universal.\nWith the 
 advent of powerful observational facilities such as ALMA and high-resoluti
 on\, multi-scale numerical simulations\, we believe the time is ripe for s
 uch a meeting bridging the gap between Galactic and extragalactic star for
 mation.
LOCATION:Honolulu\, Hawaii
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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