P r o g r a m m e. Alpbach The Venue. Contact Address: Hotel Böglerhof A-6236 Alpbach Tel Fax

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1 P r o g r a m m e Alpbach The Venue Contact Address: Hotel Böglerhof A-6236 Alpbach Tel Fax Lectures: School House of Alpbach A-6236 Alpbach Tel Fax /

2 Star Formation Across the Universe The Summer School Alpbach enjoys 34 years of tradition in providing in-depth teaching on different topics of space science & technology, featuring lectures and concentrated working sessions on mission studies in self-organised working groups. The Summer School is organised by FFG in cooperation with ESA, the national space authorities in it s member and cooperating states and ISSI and supported by Austrospace. The Summer School Alpbach 2011 addresses innovative mission concepts aiming to increase our knowledge of key processes of star formation. 4 Teams compete to design a space mission each, judged by a jury of experts. Programme Committee Peter Abraham, Hungary Wolfgang Baumjohann, Austria Paal Brekke, Norway Roger Bonnet, ISSI Antonio Castro, ESA Mark McCaughrean, ESA Josiane Entringer, Luxembourg Peter Falkner, ESA Henrik Grage, Denmark Caroline Harper, UK Josef Hoell, Germany Olivier Lamarle, France Barbara Negri, Italy Johannes Ortner, Austria Jesus Martin-Pintado, Spain Juri Poutanen, Finland Sabine Schindler, Austria Daniel Schaerer, Switzerland 2

3 Summer School Staff Chairman of Programme Committee: Harald Posch, FFG Summer School Director: Michaela Gitsch, FFG Summer School Vice-Director: Wolfgang Baumjohann, Space Research Institute Summer School Administration: Clare Bingham, ESA Silvia Wenger, ISSI Technical Management: Martin Mauersberg, Alpbach Tutor Liaison: Michel A. Jakob Head Tutor: Peter Falkner Summer School Tutors Team Tutors Science: Anthony Marston, Csaba Kiss, Oliver Krause, Katharina Schreyer, Team Tutors Engineering: Marcus Hallmann, Günter Kargl, Gonzalo Saavedra, Andrea Santovincenzo Team Orange: Casa Kiss, Günter Kargl Team Blue: Katharina Schreyer, Gonzalo Saavedra Team Green: Anthony Marston, Marcus Hallmann Team Red: Oliver Krause, Andrea Santovincenzo Roving Tutors: Mika Juvela, Denis Moura, Roland Vavrek 3

4 Tuesday, July 19 8:00 Registration 9.00 Opening Session moderated by Peter Jankowitsch, FFG Harald Posch, FFG Johann-Dietrich Wörner, DLR Wolfgang Baumjohann, Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences 09:45 THEORIES OF STAR FORMATION Gilles Chabrier, Centre de Recherche Astronomique de Lyon 10:45 Coffee Break 11:00 OBSERVING THE BIRTH OF STARS AND THEIR PLANETARY SYSTEMS: FROM HERSCHEL TO HERSCHEL AND BEYOND Mark McCaughrean, ESA THE HERSCHEL VIEW OF STAR FORMATION Philippe Andre, Commissariat à l Energie Atomique 13:00 Lunch Break HOW HERSCHEL WAS MADE Thomas Passvogel, ESA 17:00 THE HISTORY OF STAR FORMATION IN THE UNIVERSE Jarle Brinchmann, Leiden University/Leiden Observatory 18:00 WORKSHOP PREPARATION Project Phases, Team Building and Team Structuring Peter Falkner, ESA Evening lecture by Heinz Oberhummer Life in the Universe-Impact on Philosophical and Theological Questions Wednesday, July 20 09:00 STAR FORMATION AND ENVIRONMENT Miguel Mas-Hesse, Centro de Astrobiologia, Departamento de Astrofisica 10:00 MISSION AND SYSTEM DESIGN Peter Falkner, ESA 11:30 STAR FORMATION ON STELLAR SCALES Manuel Güdel, University of Vienna, Institute of Astronomy 14:30 ORBIT DESIGN & LAUNCHERS Marcus Hallmann, DLR 15:30 Coffee Break 16:00 GAIA- A billion star survey Stefan Jordan, Center for Astronomy, Heidelberg 17:00 WORKING TEAM MEETINGS 4

5 Thursday, July 21 09:00 STAR SEEDS: THE STRUCTURE OF THE DENSE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM Joao Alves, University of Vienna, Institute of Astronomy 10:00 EARLY STAGES OF STAR FORMATION Thomas Henning, Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg 11:30 INSTRUMENTATION TECHNIQUES Didier Martin, ESA SCIENTIFIC DATA ARCHIVING, GROUND SEGMENT AND DATA DISTRIBUTION Eva Verdugo, ESA 15:00 WORKSHOPS Friday, July 22 09:00 INSTRUMENTATION TECHNIQUES SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND Albrecht Poglitsch, Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching 10:00 OVERVIEW OF DETECTOR TECHNOLOGIES AND THE GROWING IMPORTANCE OF RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATION Martin C.E. Huber, Switzerland 11:30 SYSTEM DESIGN Andrea Santovincenzo, ESA 14:30 W O R K S H O P S 17:00 Mission objectives and observations requirements Review 5

6 Monday, July 25 09:00 NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS Anthony P. Whithworth, Cardiff University, School of Physics and Astronomy 10:00 GROUND BASED OBSERVATIONS (ALMA) Leonardo Testi, ESO 11:30 UNRESOLVED FAINT BACKGROUND OBJECTS ON THE POINT SOURCE PHOTOMETRY Csaba Kiss, Konkoly University Budapest 14:30 WORKSHOPS Mission Preliminary Design Review 09:00 WORKSHOPS 11:30 WORKSHOPS 14:30 WORKSHOPS 17:00 Mission Final Design Review Tuesday, July 26 6

7 09:00 WORKSHOPS 11:30 WORKSHOPS 14:30 WORKSHOPS Wednesday, July Individual Team Rehearsals Thursday, July 28 Presentation of Mission Studies Chairman: Peter Falkner, ESA Latest delivery of presentation material Bed time 9.00 Presentation Team A Question and Answer Period Coffee Break Presentation Team B Question and Answer Period Buffet Lunch served at the School House Presentation Team C Question and Answer Period Coffee Break Presentation Team D Question and Answer Period Closing Remarks by Chairman MEETING OF THE JURY FAREWELL DINNER & ANNOUNCEMENT OF JURY EVALUATION 7