Joint Discussion JD14

Tuesday 22 August 2006
Session I - Introductions
Chair Steve McMillan
14:00-15:30Piet Hut (USA)
Background and Summary of JD06
Jun Makino (Japan)
Special-Purpose Computing for Dense Stellar Systems
Panel discussion
MODEST, then, now and future Jarrod Hurley, Natasha Ivanova, Jamie Lombardi, Giampaolo Piotto
Session II - Computer Codes and Clusters
Chair Simon Portegies Zwart
16:00-17:30Rainer Spurzem (Germany)
GRAPE Clusters
Sverre Aarseth (UK)
NBODY Codes -- latest improvements
Panel discussion
Recent advances in codes & clusters Christian Boily, Stephen Justham
Wednesday 23 August 2006 (AM)
Session III - Connections between Stellar Evolution and Stellar Dynamics
Chair John Lattanzio
09:00-10:30Francesca D'Antona (Italy)
Stellar Evolution & Feedback Connections to Stellar Dynamics
Natasha Ivanova (Canada)
Stellar Dynamics & Feedback Connections to Stellar Evolution
Panel discussion
Evolution & Dynamics Onno Pols, Peter Eggleton
Session IV - Are there Multiple Stellar Populations in Globular Clusters?
Chair Hyung Mok Lee
11:00-12:30Giampaolo Piotto (Italy)
Observations of Multiple Stellar Populations in Globular Clusters
Alison Sills (Canada)
Dynamical Implications of Multiple Stellar Populations
Panel discussion
Pros & Cons of multiple populations Francesca D'Antona, Myung Gyoon Lee, Greg Fahlman
Wednesday 23 August 2006 {PM)
Session V - Stellar Exotica in Clusters: Collisions, Blue Stragglers & CVs
Chair Jamie Lombardi
14:00-15:30Francesco Ferraro (Italy)
Observations of Blue Stragglers in Globular Clusters
Frank Verbunt (Netherlands)
Stellar Exotica
Panel discussion
Weird Stars and what they can tell us Christian Knigge, Alison Sills
Session VI - Putting it all together -- Kitchen Sink Models
Chair Ladislav Subr
16:00-17:30Jarrod Hurley (Australia)
Models of M67
David Latham (USA)
Spectroscopic Binaries in M67
Luigi Bedin (Germany)
Observations of Internal Dynamics of Globular Clusters
Panel discussion
What do we need to know to model individual clusters? Holger Baumgardt, John Fregeau, Enrico Vesperini
Douglas Heggie (UK)
Summary of JD

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