From Atoms to Stars:

the impact of Spectroscopy on Astrophysics

26th-28th July 2011, Oxford, UK

First Announcement

Dear Colleagues, 

We are pleased to announce our conference:

"From Atoms to Stars: the impact of spectroscopy on Astrophysics"
July 26 - 28th, 2011
Oxford, UK
http://www.atomstars.org/

The conference will celebrate the career of Carole Jordan and the many research fields to which she has contributed. There will be a three day science program covering topics including:

 - multi-wavelength quantitative astrophysical spectroscopy 
 - spectroscopic plasma diagnostics
 - molecular spectroscopy in cool star atmospheres
 - the solar atmosphere
 - chromospheres, coronae and winds of late-type stars

Invited speakers include:

Vincenzo Andretta
Tom Ayres
Alex Brown
George Doschek
Andrea Dupree
Graham Harper
Louise Harra
Viggo Hansteen
Phil Judge
Jeff Linsky
Jan-Uwe Ness
Rachel Osten
Juliet Pickering

The meeting will be held in the Physics Department, University of Oxford with a banquet at Somerville College, Oxford on the evening of 27th July, 2011.

Please pre-register your interest in attending the conference by completing the form at:

http://www.atomstars.org/reg/prereg/

or contact us for more information (soc@atomstars.org; loc@atomstars.org).  

We look forward to seeing you in Oxford!

On behalf of the SOC,
Stuart Sim, ssim@mso.anu.edu.au

On behalf of the LOC,
Graeme Smith, g.smith2@physics.ox.ac.uk