last update at July 22, 2010

An Ishigaki International Conference on

Evolving Theory for Planet Formation

June 20-26, 2010, Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, Japan


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Goal:

Planet formation theories have been stimulated by observations of protoplanetary disks, exoplanets, debris disks, and Saturnian ring. In particular, the diversity of extrasolar planets forces theorists to change and generalize the model for formation of the solar system. Here we summarize the observational constrains, review the current status, and discuss the future perspectives of theories for planet formation.

Ishigaki island has two observatories, VERA (VLBI, radio) and Ishigaki observatory (optical, IR), of National Astronomical Observatory Japan. Every summer Ishigaki enjoys a famous star festival. So, Ishigaki is now known as "an island of stars," as well as a subtropical island with its beautiful nature and traditional culture. Let's enjoy discussion on planet formation on the habitable island!

Topics (invited speakers):

  1. Protoplanetary disks (Sean Andrews, Geoff Lesur)
  2. Dust growth, debris disks (Kees Dullemond, Mark Wyatt)
  3. Planetesimal formation (Anders Johansen, Shuichiro Inutuska)
  4. Orbital evolution by gas (Frédéric Masset, Richard Nelson, Aurélien Crida)
  5. Planetesimal accretion (Eiichiro Kokubo)
  6. Observation of exoplanets (Garik Israelian, Jason Wright, Greg Laughlin, Motohide Tamura)
  7. Gas giants (Tristan Guillot, Ed Thommes)
  8. Super earths (Diana Valencia)
  9. Implications from planetary rings (Phil Nicholson, Glen Stewart)
  10. Population synthesis (Willy Benz, Shigeru Ida)

Scientific Organizing Committee:

Shigeru Ida (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Eiichiro Kokubo (National Astronomical Observatory Japan)
Kees Dullemond (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy)
Tristan Guillot (Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur)
Greg Laughlin (Univ. of California, Santa Cruz)
Frédéric Masset (Laboratoire AIM, CEA/DSM - CNRS)

Local Organizing Committee (ishigaki2010 @ geo.titech.ac.jp)

Shigeru Ida (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Eiichiro Kokubo, Takeshi Miyaji (National Astronomical Observatory Japan)

Sponsorship:

Global COE program "From the Earth to Earths" (Tokyo Institute of Technology/Univ. of Tokyo)
National Astronomical Observatory Japan
Ishigaki city