The Venue: The University of Évora and Navegar Foundation are pleased to invite you to participate in the conference The Role of Disk-Halo Interaction in Galaxy Evolution: Outflow vs Infall, from 18 to 22 August 2008.
The conference will be held at Centro Multimeios Espinho, a modern building in the centre of Espinho, a city in the north of Portugal, 15 km south of Porto.
Rationale: Research on the disk-halo connection in galaxies has been advancing rapidly during the last twenty years, mainly due to immensely improved observational facilities and techniques in all wavelength ranges. With the increased spatial and spectral resolution on the observational side, and numerical methods and computing power on the theoretical side, we are now able to investigate the various processes that regulate the disk-halo connection in the Milky Way and external galaxies at different redshift in a systematic way. The major goal of this symposium will be to stimulate an intense discussion between observers and theoreticians on the different processes related to the interaction between disks and halos in galaxies by addressing fundamental questions with an eye on realistic modeling of such a phenomenon.
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Topics to be covered:
1. Structure and Components of the Intestellar Medium
- The interstellar gas: phases vs. regimes
- Magnetic fields & cosmic rays
2. Energizing the ISM: Star Formation, SNe and Feedback
- Star formation in disks and halos
- IMF of massive stars
- Bubbles and superbubbles in disk galaxies
- Break-out vs. blowout
- Winds and outflows and their effects on the disk-halo
3. The Active Disk-Halo Connection: Infall vs. Outflow
- Evidence from HI
- Evidence from DIG
- Evidence from the HIM
4. Macroscopic and Microscopic Transport Processes
- Heating and cooling
- Heat conduction
- Magnetic reconnection
- Turbulence
5. The ISM in Distant Galaxies
- The ISM and star formation at high redshift
- Starbursts and winds in the distant universe
- Controversy between infall and outflow?
- Modelling the infall and outflow at different redshifts
6. Open Discussion: Realistic Modelling of the Disk-Halo Interaction in Star Forming Galaxies
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