Welcome

IMPORTANT UPDATE: VIRTUAL MEETING ONLY

Dear participants,

Due to the rising uncertainty related to the covid-19 pandemic, the SOC/LOC unfortunately had to make the decision to move the IAUS366 conference to a fully online event via Zoom, with posters and coffee breaks on Gather.town, and Slack for further discussions. Besides talks and poster contributions, there will also be the possibility for contributed 3-min pre-recorded pitch talks.

The conference will run for ~five hours a day, at times that work for people in different time zones. Three days are calibrated to Europa/Africa time zones, one day to the Americas and one day to Australasia. More information on the schedule can be found here.

Please note the following changes to the conference deadlines:

  • Deadline contributed talk abstracts: 10 September 2021
  • Announcement selected contributed talks: 1 October 2021 (Everyone who submitted a contributed talk abstract should have received an answer by now. Please check your spam folder, and contact us on iausleuven@kuleuven.be if you did not receive one.)
  • Deadline poster and pitch-talk abstracts: 10 October 2021
  • Registration closes: 15 October 2021
  • Submit poster an pitch talks via mail: 25 October 2021 (instructions)
  • Conference starts: 1 November 2021

Regards, The IAUS366 SOC/LOC

Rationale

A proper understanding of stellar evolution and of the chemical make-up of the building blocks in the Universe near and far cannot be achieved without a detailed understanding of the wind physics during the late stages of stellar evolution as a function of the cosmic environment and hence metallicity. The goal of this IAU Symposium 366 is to propel our understanding of stellar wind physics across stellar mass by bringing together the scientific communities which often focus on either the low-mass or the massive stars. This cross-disciplinary approach will fuel new scientific ideas and insights and will facilitate for new collaborations to grow across communities. This conference is organised in the context of the ERC Consolidator Grant AEROSOL “Astrochemistry of old stars: direct probing of unique chemical laboratories” (P.I. Leen Decin, grant number 646758) and KU Leuven C1 Excellence Research Grant: “MAESTRO: Massive Stars Outflows” (P.I. Leen Decin, grant number C16/17/007).

Key topics of the conference include

  • Theory of stellar outflows: low mass & massive stars
  • Observing stellar outflows: low mass & massive stars
  • Numerical models for stellar outflows: low mass & massive stars
  • Binarity
  • Enrichment of the interstellar medium by stellar winds
  • Astrochemistry
  • Current and new observing facilities
  • Hot topics
  • Education
  • Outreach, Arts and STEAM