Session 3. Stars \& Galaxies

Oral, Wednesday, April 21, 2004, 2:15-6:20pm

3.01I The Celestial Mechanics of Star Clusters

D.C. Heggie (University of Edinburgh)

3.02 The Effect of Spiral Arms on Star Cluster Evolution

M. Gieles (Observatoire de Marseille / Utrecht University), E. Athanassoula (Observatoire de Marseille), S. Portegies-Zwart (University of Amsterdam)

3.03 Formation and evolution of clumpy tidal tails in globular clusters

P. Di Matteo, P. Miocchi, R. Capuzzo Dolcetta (Dipartimento di Fisica, University of Rome La Sapienza)

3.04 The Nuclear Disk and Supermassive Black Hole in M31

T. S. Statler, R. M. Salow (Ohio Univ.)

Coffee Break

3.05I Dynamical Evolution of Barred Galaxies

E. Athanassoula (Observatoire de Marseille)

3.06 Spatial Distribution of Regular and Chaotic Orbits in a Model Elliptical Galaxy

J. C. Muzzio, D. D. Carpintero, F. C. Wachlin (Facultad de Ciencias Astronomicas y Geofisicas de la UNLP and Instituto de Astrofisica La Plata (CONICET-UNLP))

3.07 Periodic Orbits Close to 1:1:1 Resonance in Spheroidal Galaxies

I. Wytrzyszczak (Astronomical Obs., A. Mickiewicz University, Poland), A. Elipe (Grupo de Mecanica Espacial, Univ. de Zaragoza, Spain), S. Breiter (Astronomical Obs., A. Mickiewicz University, Poland)

3.08 Unstable Bar and Spiral Modes of Stellar Disks

C. Hunter, M.A. Jalali (Mathematics Dept., Florida State University)