[ASA] 3D2014: Gas and Stars in Galaxies - A Multi-Wavelength 3D Perspective

[Baerbel.Koribalski at csiro.au]

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First announcement of the ESO/RadioNet workshop:
3D2014: GAS AND STARS IN GALAXIES - A MULTI-WAVELENGTH 3D PERSPECTIVE
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Dear Colleagues,

We would like to draw your attention to the following workshop

"3D2014: Gas and Stars in Galaxies - A Multi-Wavelength 3D Perspective"
March 10-14, 2014
ESO, Garching near Munich, Germany

Workshop web page: http://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/2014/3D2014.html
Registration deadline is 1 December 2013.

In 2008 ESO hosted the first conference on extragalactic 3D
multi-wavelength astronomy. This very successful workshop attracted
astronomers with expertise ranging from the radio to the optical
wavelengths. In the intervening five-year period, 3D spectroscopic
techniques have greatly extended our understanding of the key subjects
addressed in this workshop.

The kinematics, mass assembly and evolution of galaxies has been
explored in large samples in the optical and near-infrared by programs
such as the SAURON/ATLAS3D, SAMI and CALIFA surveys of nearby galaxies
and the SINS and MASSIV surveys at z~1-2. 3D spectroscopy at these
wavelengths has become a standard technique to such an extent that on
8-m telescopes survey style instruments have been developed. Meanwhile,
for the next generation of extremely large telescopes IFU spectrographs
are selected among the first instruments to be commissioned.

At the longer end of the wavelength range, ALMA and the JVLA have now
come online and new radio facilities are producing commissioning
results. Over the last few years millimetre interferometers have
produced spectacular 3D maps in atomic and molecular lines of galaxies
out to redshifts of z=6, as well as very detailed cubes of nearby galaxies.

Against this background, it is an excellent moment to hold a second
workshop in this series. The 2nd generation VLT instruments KMOS and
MUSE are taking up science operations in 2013/14. ALMA is conducting
Cycle 1 observations and is preparing for new observing modes and
increased sensitivity and angular resolution in future Cycles. The
timing is perfect to evaluate the scientific progress made since 2008
and to make the community aware of the expanding science capabilities
of ESO’s 3D instrumentation suite.

Scientific topics covered at the conference include:

* Nearby Galaxy Dynamics
* Starbursts and interacting galaxies
* Supermassive black holes and AGN
* High redshift galaxies
* Cosmology and deep fields

By adapting a multi-wavelength approach to these scientific questions
the stellar, hot and cold gas dynamics can be combined to provide an
unprecedented opportunity to study many processes involved in galaxy
formation such as infall, outflows, star-formation, mergers and
AGN-related phenomena.

Like in 2008, we envisage a highly interactive meeting with a focus on
the presentation of scientific results based on current technology, but
also an investigation into the exciting possibilities of future
technologies. In addition to the science conference we will offer
two half-days of parallel user workshops for MUSE, KMOS and ALMA.

Invited speakers include:

Matt Bershady, Alberto Bolatto (TBC), Nicolas Bouché, Martin Bureau,
Frédéric Bournaud, Michele Cappellari, Michele Cirasuolo, Charlie
Conroy, Elisabete Da Cunha, Eric Emsellem, Chris Fluke, Lisa Fogarty,
Natascha Förster-Schreiber, Stefan Gillessen, Luis Ho, Jacqueline Hodge,
Phil Hopkins, Adam Leroy, Roberto Maiolino, Simon Lilly (TBC),
Jürgen Ott (TBC), Masami Ouchi, Kazushi Sakamoto (TBC), Patrizia Sanchez
Blazquez, Glenn van de Ven, Marc Verheijen, and Fabian Walter.


Please feel free to forward this announcement to colleagues who might be
interested in this topic.

Scientific Organising Committee:

Matthew Bershady, Michele Cappellari, Francoise Combes, Carlos De Breuck
(co-chair), Eric Emsellem, Natascha Förster Schreiber, Daisuke Iono, Baerbel
Koribalski, Harald Kuntschner (co-chair), Alison Peck, Suzanne Ramsay,
Mark Swinbank, Joel Vernet, Fabian Walter, Lutz Wisotzki, Martin Zwaan (co-chair)


Conference e-mail address: gal3d2014 at eso.org<mailto:gal3d2014 at eso.org>