Stellar clusters and associations : convection, rotation, and dynamos : proceedings of a meeting held in Mondello, Palermo, Italy, 25-28 May 1999 / edited by R. Pallavicini, G. Micela, and S. Sciortino.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Pallavicini, Roberto.

Micela, G. (Giuseppina)

Sciortino, S. (Salvatore)

Conference Name:

"Three-Islands" Euroconference (2nd : 1999 : Palermo, Italy)

Series:

Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series ; v. 198.

Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series ; v. 198

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stars--Clusters--Congresses.

Stars.

Stars--Clusters.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 574 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, Calif. : Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2000.

Contents:

Stellar Structure and Evolution 1

Massive star evolution with rotation: effects on surface abundances / G. Meynet 3

Convection and light element evolution from pre

main sequence to the upper asymptotic giant branch / F. D'Antona 13

Evidences of mixing processes in stellar interiors / S. Vauclair 23

Implications of helioseismology for stellar structure and evolution / J. Christensen-Dalsgaard 31

CCD photometry of the open clusters NGC 2311 and NGC 2509 / J. A. Ahumada 43

Observed and theoretical luminosity functions of the young open cluster NGC 6611 / A. N. Belikov, N. V. Kharchenko, A. E. Piskunov, E. Schilbach, H. Zinnecker 47

Old open clusters as tracers of galactic evolution: the cases of NGC 2660, IC 1311, and NGC 4815 / A. Bragaglia, M. Tosi, G. Marconi, S. Sandrelli 51

A photometric catalogue for the young, open cluster NGC 6633 / E. J. Totten, R. D. Jeffries, N. C. Hambly 55

The mass function of the Pleiades / S. T. Hodgkin, R. F. Jameson 59

Brown dwarf candidates in the Hyades / F. Kenyon, S. T. Hodgkin, R. F. Jameson 63

New color-magnitude diagram of the open cluster IC 4651 / S. Meibom 67

Determination of convective turnover times in young stars / N. Pizzolato, A. Maggio, G. Micela, S. Sciortino, P. Ventura, F. D'Antona 71

The WIYN open cluster study: A new color-magnitude diagram for M35 - a twin of the Pleiades? / T. von Hippel, V. Kozhurina-Platais, I. Platais, P. Demarque, A. Sarajedini 75

The WIYN open cluster study: A test of convective overshoot and the age of NGC 752 / V. Kozhurina-Platais, I. Platais, P. Demarque, H. Yong, J. Lee, A. Sarajedini 79

Cluster Distances and Ages 83

Parallaxes for open clusters using the Hipparcos intermediate astrometric data / F. van Leeuwen 85

Main sequence fitting and the Hipparcos open cluster distance scale / M. H. Pinsonneault, D. M. Terndrup, Y. Yuan 95

Relative and absolute ages of open clusters / J.-C. Mermilliod 105

Cluster age determination: methods and problems / G. Bertelli 115

Improved colour-magnitude diagrams for Scorpius OB2 based on kinematically modelled Hipparcos data / J. H. J. de Bruijne 125

Measuring open cluster distances and constraining the surface activity of late-type stars in open clusters / M. A. Hendry 129

Influence of Hipparcos on Hyades age estimates from three binary systems / E. Lastennet, D. Valls-Gabaud, Th. Lejeune, E. Oblak 133

Main sequences of nearby open clusters and OB associations from kinematic modelling of Hipparcos data / S. Madsen, L. Lindegren, D. Dravins 137

Do Hipparcos distances of nearby open clusters really disagree with the HR diagram? / N. Robichon, Y. Lebreton, C. Turon, J.-C. Mermilliod 141

Uvby photometric determination of the distance of weak-line T Tauri Stars / L. Terranegra, C. Chavarria-K 145

IMF, Mass Segregation and Cluster Evolution 149

Cluster IMFs and mass segregation: dynamical effects / R. de la Fuente Marcos 151

Early evolution of stellar clusters / I. A. Bonnell 161

Dynamical evolution of intermediate-age and old clusters / J. Andersen, B. Nordstrom 171

Unconventional planetary orbits and dynamical interactions in stellar clusters / R. de la Fuente Marcos, C. de la Fuente Marcos 183

An HRI survey of NGC 2264: properties of X-ray emission and IMF determination / E. Flaccomio, S. Sciortino, G. Micela, F. Damiani, F. Favata, F.R. Harnden Jr., J. Schachter 187

Praesepe - two merging clusters? / K. Holland, R. Jameson, S. Hodgkin, M. Davies, D. Pinfield 191

A load of blue stragglers: N-body models of M67 / J. R. Hurley, C. A. Tout, S. J. Aarseth, O. R. Pols 195

Investigating the process of star formation in young LMC star clusters / R.A. Johnson, S.F. Beaulieu, R.A.W. Elson, G. Gilmore, N. Tanvir, B. Santiago 199

Late-type stars members of young stellar kinematic groups / D. Montes, A. Latorre, M. J. Fernandez-Figueroa 203

Proper motions of X-ray detected stars in PSPC ROSAT pointed fields of Chamaeleon Region / F. Morale, G. Micela, S. Sciortino, L. Terranegra, G. D'Angelo, A. Spagna, G. Massone, M. G. Lattanzi 207

The onset of cluster formation around intermediate-mass stars / L. Testi, F. Palla, A. Natta 211

Wide binaries in the Orion nebula cluster / A. Scally, C. Clarke, M. J. McCaughrean 215

Star formation in the Upper Scorpius OB association: evidence for a supernova-triggered mini-starburst / T. Preibisch, H. Zinnecker 219

Lithium Abundances and Metallicities 223

Abundances in open clusters: results and concerns / R. Gratton 225

Lithium and Beryllium as diagnostics of stellar interior physical processes / C. P. Deliyannis 235

Lithium depletion in open clusters / R. D. Jeffries 245

Age-dating open clusters with the lithium depletion boundary test / J. Stauffer 255

WIYN open cluster study: lithium in cool dwarfs of the M35 open cluster / D. Barrado y Navascues, C. P. Deliyannis, J. R. Stauffer 265

A lithium age for the young cluster IC 2391 / D. Barrado y Navascues, J. R. Stauffer, B. M. Patten 269

The metallicity of NGC 6253 / E. Carretta, A. Bragaglia, M. Tosi, G. Marconi 273

Lithium in optically-selected G & K stars in NGC 6475 (220 Myr) / D. J. James, A. Collier Cameron, J. R. Barnes, R. D. Jeffries 277

The lithium depletion boundary and age of NGC 2547 / R. D. Jeffries, E. J. Totten, J. R. Stauffer, D. Barrado y Navascues, N. C. Hambly 281

Lithium abundances and metallicity in the young open clusters IC 2602 and IC 2391 / G. Meola, S. Randich, R. Pallavicini, J. R. Stauffer, S. Balachandran 285

Mixing by internal waves. Li and Be abundance dependence on spectral type, age and rotation / J. Montalban, E. Schatzman 289

Formation of optical spectra of L-dwarfs / Ya. V. Pavlenko 293

Model atmospheres and spectra of Sakurai's object (V4334 Sagittarii) / Ya. V. Pavlenko, L.A. Yakovina, H. W. Duerbeck 297

The tachocline and lithium history in solar-like stars / L. Piau, S. Turck-Chieze, A. S. Brun 303

Rotation and Angular Momentum Evolution 307

Examining the case for regulation of pre-main-sequence rotation by circumstellar disks / K. G. Stassun, R. D. Mathieu, T. Mazeh, F. J. Vrba 309

Rotation periods of cluster stars / S. Barnes 319

Angular momentum evolution: a comparison of internal transport mechanisms / K. B. MacGregor 329

A search for variability at and below the hydrogen burning limit / C. A. L. Bailer-Jones, R. Mundt 341

Starspot coverage and differential rotation on PZ Tel / J.R. Barnes, A. Collier Cameron, D.J. James, C.A. Watson, F. Vincent, J.-F. Donati 345

Polar activity: a natural explanation for stellar spindown saturation / D. Buzasi 349

Mass and angular momentum loss of the Sun by magnetically driven winds / M. P. Di Mauro, A. L. Murabito, L. Paterno 353

Orbital period modulation and hydromagnetic dynamo action in active binaries / A. F. Lanza, M. Rodono 357

Rotation-induced lithium depletion of solar-type stars in young stellar clusters / G. Rudiger, V. V. Pipin 361

The surface rotation-laws of young solar-type stars / G. Rudiger, L.L. Kitchatinov, M. Kuker 365

Magnetic Fields and Stellar Activity 369

Measurements of stellar magnetic fields / C. M. Johns-Krull, J. A. Valenti 371

Dynamo mechanisms / A. Brandenburg, S. H. Saar 381

Magnetic activity phenomena on stars: from the photosphere up to the transition region layers / M. Rodono 391

Coronal activity among open cluster stars / S. Randich 401

Chromospheres and activity in open cluster giants / A. K. Dupree 411

X-rays from old star clusters / F. Verbunt 421

On the atmospheric structure of T Tauri stars / D. H. Brooks, V. M. Costa, M. T. V. T. Lago, A. C. Lanzafame 431

Chromospheric imaging of the active binary system V 711 Tau = HR 1099 / I. Busa, M. Rodono, I. Pagano, J. E. Neff 435

Ca II H & K fluxes and luminosities after Hipparcos. The age of MS stars in the solar neighbourhood from the Ca II chromospheric emission / S. Catalano, A. Frasca, E. Marilli, R. Freire Ferrero, C. Trigilio 439

The X-ray source populations in the region of NGC 6633 / K. R. Briggs, J. P. Pye, R. D. Jeffries, E. J.

Totten 443

A ROSAT HRI study of the open cluster NGC 6633 / E. Franciosini, S. Randich, R. Pallavicini 447

A comparison of X-ray activity for members of NGC 6633, the Hyades and Praesepe / E.J. Totten, R. D. Jeffries, S. Harmer, J. Pye 451

X-ray observations of NGC 2451 / M. Hunsch 455

X-ray activity and rotation on single G-K giants / Ph. Gondoin 459

Can the magnetic topology of AB Doradus be explained by a potential field distribution? / G. A. J. Hussain, M. M. Jardine, A. Collier Cameron, J. R. Barnes, J.-F. Donati 463

Are the shapes of coronal emission measure distributions controlled by rotation and convection zone parameters? / J. L. Linsky, A. Krishnamurthi, M. Gagne, M. Gudel 467

The starspot filling factor of II Peg from almost contemporary UBV and JHK photometry / G. Marino, M. Rodono, G. Leto, G. Cutispoto 471

Chromospherically active binaries members of young open clusters / D. Montes 475

X-ray spectra of the Sun as a star: how different coronal regions contribute to the observed X-ray spectrum / S. Orlando, G. Peres, F. Reale, R. Rosner, H. Hudson 479

Accretion structures of DR Tau / K. W. Smith, G. F. Lewis, I. A. Bonnell, P. S. Bunclark, J. P. Emerson 483

The Vienna-KPNO search for Doppler-imaging candidate stars. I. First spectroscopic results / K. G. Strassmeier, A. Washuettl, Th. Granzer, M. Scheck, M. Weber 487

The Vienna-KPNO search for Doppler-imaging candidate stars. II. First photometric results / Th. Granzer, K. G. Strassmeier 491

Doppler imaging of HD 218153 and HK Lac / M. Weber, K. G. Strassmeier, A. Washuettl 495

Study of the near-IR spectra of weak-line T Tauri stars / L. Terranegra, M.T. Gomez, G. D'Angelo, G. Micela, S. Sciortino, F. Morale, E. Flaccomio, R.J. Garcia Lopez, C. Chavarria-K 499

Peculiar X-ray sources in the old open cluster M 67 / M. van den Berg, F. Verbunt, R. D. Mathieu 503

New Technologies/Large-Scale Programs 507

Wide-field instrumentation on UK telescopes / R. D. Jeffries 509

Community contribution to the open cluster database / J.-C. Mermilliod 513

The WIYN Open Cluster Study / R. D. Mathieu 517

The Palomar-Las Campanas observatory-NOAO (PLCON) open cluster survey / R. L. Phelps 533

Stellar X-ray Astronomy with XEUS / J. H. M. M. Schmitt 537

Galactic X-ray surveys: the role of small missions / S. Sciortino 545

The contribution of the GAIA mission to cool stars and open cluster research / F. Favata 551

Platforms of opportunity: asteroseismology by Piggyback / D. Buzasi 557

What have we learned? Where are we going? And some lessons from the past / J. L. Linsky 563.

Notes:

"The Second 'Three-Islands' Euroconference on 'Stellar Clusters and Associations: Convection, Rotation, and Dynamos' was held at Hotel Splendid 'La Torre' in Mondello (Palermo, Italy) on May 25-28, 1999, hosted by the Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo 'Giuseppe S. Vaiana'"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1583810250

OCLC:

50661769