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1 Current Problems in Extragalactic Dust Report of Contributions

2 Overview of the fundamentals of o Contribution ID : 0 Overview of the fundamentals of observations Monday, 29 June :15 (30) A general overview of what observations of dust have told us, can tell us, what the techniques are and what the limitations are. Dr. GORDON, Karl (STScI) Session Classification : Fundamentals of Observations April 27, 2018 Page 1

3 Dust in Lyman-alpha and Lyman- Contribution ID : 1 Dust in Lyman-alpha and Lyman-break galaxies at high redshifts Monday, 29 June :45 (20) Dr. MALHOTRA, Sangeeta (Arizona) Session Classification : Fundamentals of Observations April 27, 2018 Page 2

4 A modest talk on observing dust Contribution ID : 2 A modest talk on observing dust Monday, 29 June :25 (20) Dr. FYNBO, Johan (DARK) Session Classification : Fundamentals of Observations April 27, 2018 Page 3

5 Overview 2 of Dust production - A Contribution ID : 3 Overview 2 of Dust production - AGB stars Tuesday, 30 June :30 (30) Dr. ANDERSEN, Anja (DARK) Session Classification : Dust Production 2 April 27, 2018 Page 4

6 Overview 1 of Dust production - SNe Contribution ID : 4 Overview 1 of Dust production - SNe Tuesday, 30 June :30 (30) Dr. KOTAK, Rubina (QUB) Session Classification : Dust Production April 27, 2018 Page 5

7 Overview of the fundamentals of t Contribution ID : 5 Overview of the fundamentals of theory Monday, 29 June :30 (40) Prof. DRAINE, Bruce (Princeton) Session Classification : Fundamentals of Models April 27, 2018 Page 6

8 Formation and evolution of dust in Contribution ID : 6 Formation and evolution of dust in hydrogen-poor supernovae Monday, 29 June :00 (15) Dr. NOZAWA, Takaya (Tokyo) Session Classification : Fundamentals of Models April 27, 2018 Page 7

9 Radiative transfer in disk galaxies Contribution ID : 7 Radiative transfer in disk galaxies Monday, 29 June :30 (15) Dr. BIANCHI, Simone (Arcetri) Session Classification : Fundamentals of Models April 27, 2018 Page 8

10 Overview 1 of extinction and emis Contribution ID : 8 Overview 1 of extinction and emission properties Wednesday, 1 July :30 (35) Dr. ELÍASDÓTTIR, Árdís (Princeton) Session Classification : Extinction curves and emission properties April 27, 2018 Page 9

11 Extinction properties of dust towa Contribution ID : 10 Extinction properties of dust toward GRBs Wednesday, 1 July :30 (20) Dr. LAZZATI, Davide (NCSU) Session Classification : Extinction curves and emission properties April 27, 2018 Page 10

12 The 2175 Å feature / CI connection Contribution ID : 11 The 2175 Å feature / CI connection Wednesday, 1 July :25 (20) Dr. MALESANI, Daniele (DARK) Session Classification : Extinction curves and emission properties April 27, 2018 Page 11

13 Overview 2 of extinction and emis Contribution ID : 12 Overview 2 of extinction and emission properties Wednesday, 1 July :30 (40) Dr. PIERINI, Daniele (MPE) Session Classification : Extinction curves and emission properties 2 April 27, 2018 Page 12

14 Infrared spectra of galaxies Contribution ID : 13 Infrared spectra of galaxies Wednesday, 1 July :00 (15) Dr. SMITH, JD (Toledo, OH) Session Classification : Extinction curves and emission properties 2 April 27, 2018 Page 13

15 Uncertainties in the submm SEDs Contribution ID : 14 Uncertainties in the submm SEDs of high- and low-z galaxies Wednesday, 1 July :30 (15) Dr. GREVE, Thomas (MPIA) Session Classification : Extinction curves and emission properties 2 April 27, 2018 Page 14

16 Overview of high-redshift dust Contribution ID : 15 Overview of high-redshift dust Friday, 3 July :30 (40) Dr. GALLERANI, Simona (Rome) Session Classification : High-z dust April 27, 2018 Page 15

17 Dust extinction in GRBs Contribution ID : 16 Dust extinction in GRBs Friday, 3 July :30 (20) Dr. SCHADY, Patricia (MSSL) Session Classification : High-z dust April 27, 2018 Page 16

18 Dust in Lyman-alpha emitting gal Contribution ID : 17 Dust in Lyman-alpha emitting galaxies Friday, 3 July :45 (20) Prof. FERRARA, Andrea (Pisa) Session Classification : High-z dust April 27, 2018 Page 17

19 Dust and the PopIII/PopII transition Contribution ID : 18 Dust and the PopIII/PopII transition Friday, 3 July :25 (20) Dr. SCHNEIDER, Raffaella (Arcetri) Session Classification : High-z dust April 27, 2018 Page 18

20 Grain shattering and coagulation i Contribution ID : 19 Grain shattering and coagulation in the interstellar medium Tuesday, 30 June :30 (20) Dr. HIRASHITA, Hiroyuki (Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica) Session Classification : Dust Production April 27, 2018 Page 19

21 Cold dust in supernova remnants - Contribution ID : 20 Cold dust in supernova remnants - the elephant in the room? Tuesday, 30 June :45 (20) Dr. DUNNE, Loretta (University of Nottingham) Session Classification : Dust Production April 27, 2018 Page 20

22 Dust formation and survival in su Contribution ID : 21 Dust formation and survival in supernovae Tuesday, 30 June :25 (20) Dr. BIANCHI, Simone (INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri) Session Classification : Dust Production April 27, 2018 Page 21

23 Stellar sources of dust at high- Contribution ID : 22 Stellar sources of dust at high-redshift: SN vs AGB stars Tuesday, 30 June :30 (15) Ms. VALIANTE, Rosa (Dipartimento di Astronomia, Università di Firenze) Session Classification : Dust Production 2 April 27, 2018 Page 22

24 The Winds of Carbon Stars and the Contribution ID : 23 The Winds of Carbon Stars and the Origin of Carbon Dust Tuesday, 30 June :00 (15) Dr. MATTSSON, Lars (Uppsala University, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy) Session Classification : Dust Production 2 April 27, 2018 Page 23

25 Measuring the amount of intergala Contribution ID : 24 Measuring the amount of intergalactic dust with the SDSS Thursday, 2 July :45 (25) Dr. MÉNARD, Brice (CITA) Session Classification : Dust and dark energy April 27, 2018 Page 24

26 The properties of dust in other gal Contribution ID : 25 The properties of dust in other galaxies and Type Ia SNe Thursday, 2 July :30 (40) Dr. KRISCIUNAS, Kevin (Texas A&M) Session Classification : Dust and dark energy April 27, 2018 Page 25

27 Extinction properties of lensing ga Contribution ID : 26 Extinction properties of lensing galaxies Thursday, 2 July :30 (25) Ms. ÖSTMAN, Linda (Stockholm) Session Classification : Dust and dark energy April 27, 2018 Page 26

28 Implications of IGM dust for dark Contribution ID : 27 Implications of IGM dust for dark energy Thursday, 2 July :25 (25) Dr. KILBINGER, Martin (Paris) Session Classification : Dust and dark energy April 27, 2018 Page 27

29 Modelling the spectral energy dist Contribution ID : 28 Modelling the spectral energy distributions of sub-mm galaxies Wednesday, 1 July :45 (20) Mr. MICHALOWSKI, Michal (DARK) Session Classification : Extinction curves and emission properties April 27, 2018 Page 28

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