Binaries – Key to Comprehension of the Universe


8 to 12 June 2009

Venue: Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

On the occasion of the 90th anniversary of Masaryk University foundation and International Year of Astronomy a conference will be held from 8 to 12 June, 2009 in the estates of Masaryk University in the Moravian city Brno, Czech Republic.

PROGRAM TOPICS
• Binary Star Formation and Evolution
• Chemically Peculiar Binaries, Active Binaries, Colliding Winds
• Binaries with Intrinsically Variable Components
• Low-Mass Components (Brown Dwarfs, Giant Planets)
• X-Ray Binaries, Compact Objects in Binaries
• Binaries in Clusters, Extragalactic Binaries
• Astrometric Binaries, Resolved Binaries
• Modern Data Acquisition Methods (Surveys, RVs, Instrumentation)
• Calibrations, Distances, Astrophysical EB Laboratories
• Modeling Techniques and New Approaches to Solving the Inverse Problem

INVITED SPEAKERS:
• Bisikalo:CV hydrodynamics
• Bonanos:Extragalactic/high-mass binaries
• Burgasser:Low-mass binaries/brown dwarfs
• Eggleton:Binary/multiple star formation and evolution
• Guinan:Review of novel EB approaches/results
• Hubrig:CP binaries
• Mkrtichian:Intrinsically variable components
• Pavlovski/Hensberge:Spectroscopic analysis II (critical analysis, classification, applications)
• Piirola:Polarimetric analysis
• Rauw/Pols:Evolution and colliding winds in massive binaries
• Rucinski:Spectroscopic analysis I (DDO, broadening)
• Tokovinin:Instrumentation and missions in the 21st Century
• van den Berg/Cherepashchuk:X-ray binaries
• Wilson/Van Hamme:Modeling in the 21st Century

Weblink: http://astro.physics.muni.cz/binkey/

Email: zejda@physics.muni.cz