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Tuesday June 25, 2013
Zhou Pei-Yuan Center for Applied Mathematics Chair: Ronald Taam
08:40~09:40	Spiral structure in galaxies: a density wave theory based on global modes Abstract Giuseppe Bertin (Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Dipartimento di Fisica)
09:40~10:40	Review of Density Wave Observations Abstract Ron Allen (Space Telescope Science Institute)
10:40~11:00	Coffee Break
11:00~11:50	Rings in Spiral Galaxies in the Local Group: Lessons from Ren\'e Magritte Abstract David Lazar Block (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg)
11:50~13:50	Lunch at Jiasuo Hotel
Zhou Pei-Yuan Center for Applied Mathematics Chair: Fred Adams
13:50~14:30	The Onset of Grand Design Spiral Structure in the Universe Abstract Debra Elmegreen (Vassar College)
14:30~15:10	Cosmic Evolution of Star Formation Processes in Spiral Arms Abstract Bruce Elmegreen (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center)
15:10~15:50	Emergence of Rings with Spiral Structures Around Shining Black Holes, Magnetic Field Generation Processes and High Energy Particle Populations Abstract Bruno Coppi (MIT)
15:50~16:10	Coffee Break
16:10~16:50	Observing density waves in spiral galaxies using birthplaces and NIR photometry Abstract Preben Grosboel (European Southern Observatory)
16:50~17:30	What does amplify the spirals Abstract Michel Tagger (LPC2E, Orléans (France))
17:30~17:50	High-density, high-shear conditions in the circumnuclear starburst ring of NGC 7742 and their implications for star cluster evolution Abstract Richard de Grijs (Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University)