The 1995 Kyoto Prize Workshops

The Formation of Stars and the Solar System

Chushiro Hayashi

/　　Astrophysicist

Basic Sciences

Earth and Planetary Sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics

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1995

11 /12 Sun

13:10 - 17:15

Place： Kyoto International Conference Hall

Address：Takaragaike, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-0001 Japan

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Program

13:10

Opening Remarks	Humitaka Sato
Greetings	Toyomi Inamori Managing Director, The Inamori Foundation
Greetings	Shun-ichi Amari Chairman, the Kyoto Prize Committee in Basic Sciences Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo

13:25

Introduction of Laureate	Humitaka Sato

13:30

Commemorative Lecture	Chusiro Hayashi; Laureate in Basic Sciences “The Formation of Stars and the Solar System”

14:30

Chairperson	Daiichiro Sugimoto Member, the Kyoto Prize Committee in Basic Sciences Professor of Astrophysics, the University of Tokyo
Lecture	Kenichi Nomoto Member, the Kyoto Prize Screening Committee in Basic Sciences Professor, Department of Astronomy, School of Science, University of Tokyo “Stellar Evolution and Supernova Explosions”
Lecture	Norio Kaifu Professor, National Astronomical Observatory “Star Formation”

15:45

16:00

Chairperson	Kiyoshi Nakazawa Professor, Faculty of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Lecture	Shigeru Ida Associate Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology “On Formation of Planets”
Lecture	Hirose Mizutani Member, the Kyoto Prize Screening Committee in Basic Sciences Professor, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science “Recent Advances in Experimental and Observational Planetary Science”

17:15

Closing	Humitaka Sato

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Chushiro Hayashi

Astrophysicist

An astrophysicist who introduced the knowledge and methods of fundamental physics into analysis of astronomical phenomena, applying scientific principles from such fields as nuclear physics and fluid dynamics. Through studies of stellar evolution and the solar system, he developed theories explaining many astronomical phenomena and contributed immeasurably to the maturation of modern astrophysics.

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date: Sunday, November 12, 1995 13:10-17:15
place: Kyoto International Conference Hall
Coordinator/Moderator: Humitaka Sato Chairman, the Kyoto Prize Screening Committee in Basic Sciences; Professor, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University