Participants: Simone Bianchi (Italy), Jonathan Braine (France), MariaRosa Cioni (UK),
Francoise Combes (France), Edvige Corbelli (Italy), Carlo Giovanardi (Italy), Pierre Gratier (France)
Marco Grossi (Portugal), Carsten Kramer (Spain), Laura Magrini (Italy), Francesco Palla (Italy),
Vasiliki Petropoulou (Spain), Monica Relano (UK), Andreas Schruba (Germany), Karl Schuster (France),
Fatemeh Tabatabaeu (Germany), David Thilker (USA), Simon Verley (Spain), Jose` Vilchez (Spain),
Rene` Walterbos (USA), Malcolm Walmsley (Italy)

M33 workshop programme
Arcetri Observatory - September 17-18, 2009 - Aula A


Thursday September 17, 2009

Time Speaker Title
9:10-9:20 Welcome
Chairman Carlo Giovanardi (Arcetri)
The ISM: from HI to dense molecular gas, to HII
9:20-9:40 David Thilker
(J.Hopkins U., USA)
Properties of HI
+Overview and OQs on HI
9:40-10:00 Pierre Gratier
(U. Bordeaux, France)
A high-resolution comparison of HI and CO emission
+ Overview and OQs on CO as H2 tracer
10:00-10:20 Karl Schuster
(IRAM Grenoble, France)
Giant Holes and the question of triggered HI to H2 transition
+Overview and OQs on HI->H2 transition
10:20-10:40 Carsten Kramer
(IRAM Granada, Spain)
Dense gas and star formation (HERMES)
+ Overview and OQs on dense gas
10.40-11.00
Coffee Break
11:00-11:20 Rene` Walterbos
(NMSU, USA)
Ionized gas in and around the bar in the central region
+ Overview and OQs on central region
11:20-11:40 Fatemeh Tabatabaei
(MPIR Bonn, Germany)
The magnetized ISM
+ Overview and OQs on radio continuum
11:40-12:40 Discussion
The ISM - Surveys: HI,CO & molecules,radio continuum
12:45-14:00
Lunch
Chairman Francesco Palla (Arcetri) Star formation: from global trends to individual SF sites
14:20-14:40 Simon Verley
(U. Granada, Spain)
Radial and local Kennicutt-Schmidt laws
+ Overview and OQs on dust emission
14:40-15:00 Andreas Schruba
(MPIA Heidelberg, Germany)
The star formation law at high resolution
+ Overview and OQs on SFR on cloud scales
15:00-15:20 Jonathan Braine
(U. Bordeaux, France)
The Star Formation Efficiency
+ Overview and OQs on molecules-to-stars in outer regions
15:20-15:40 Monica Relano
(U. Cambridge, UK)
Star formation in a set of HII regions
+ Overview and OQs on SF in giant HII regions
15:40-16:00
Tea Break
16:00-16:20 Jose Vilchez
(IAA Granada, Spain)
A 2D-IFU study of the physical properties of NGC595 and
variations across the disk + Overview and OQs parameters of HII regions
16:20-16:40 Edvige Corbelli
(OAA Firenze, Italy)
Young stellar clusters
+ Overview and OQs on young star forming sites
16:40-17:40 Discussion
Dust emission, SF triggers, properties of SF sites
- Surveys: IR,Halpha,X-rays
18:00-19:00
Visit to Galileo's house Villa Il Gioiello
20:00-22:00
Dinner



Friday September 18, 2009

Time Speaker Title
Chairman Edvige Corbelli (Arcetri)
Formation and evolution scenarios and the distribution of metals
9:10-9:30 Laura Magrini
(OAA Firenze, Italy)
Metallicity gradients, 2D maps and CEM
+Overview and OQs on Radial distr. of metals in HII reg. & PNe
9:30-9:50 MariaRosa Cioni
(U. Hertfordshire, UK)
AGB stars
+Overview and OQs on evolved stellar population and their metallicity
9:50-10:10 Francoise Combes
(LERMA Paris, France)
Star forming history, and possible formation scenarios
+Overview and OQs on outer disk/halo and formation scenarios
10:10-10:30 Marco Grossi
(OA Lisboa, Portugal)
HI clouds in the outskirts: a potential supply for fueling star formation?
+Overview and OQs on cloud origin
10:30-11:30 Discussion
Metal enrichment and disk evolution - Optical surveys: continuum, metal lines
-Theoretical simulations (Local Group & IGM interaction)
11.00-11.20
Coffee Break
11:20-13:10 Final Session
(lead by Jonathan Braine)
Open keys questions on M33, its connection to massive spirals and dwarf galaxies.
Capabilities of future instrument/surveys in resolving them.
Shared interests between groups.
13:15-14:30
Lunch