Letters of Intent received in 2013

Date:	3 August 2015 to 6 August 2015
Category:	Non-GA Symposium
Location:	Honolulu, Hawaii (IAU GA 2015), United States
Contact:	Corinne Charbonnel (Corinne.Charbonnel@unige.ch)
Coordinating division:	Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe
Other divisions:	Division G Stars and Stellar Physics Division J Galaxies and Cosmology
Co-Chairs of SOC:	Charbonnel Corinne (Geneva Observatory)
	Nota Antonella (STScI)
Chair of LOC:	IAU GA 2015 ()

- Origin of giant molecular clouds

- Physics of massive star cluster formation and its dependence on the environment

- Initial mass function of star clusters

- Dynamical and chemical evolution of massive star clusters - Interplay and feedback between ISM, stars, and cluster dynamics

- Star cluster destruction: infant mortality rates, early destruction, tidal stripping

- Star formation hierarchy (clustered and triggered star formation) and multiple stellar generations in massive star clusters

- Stellar populations and time evolution of their characteristics in massive star clusters

- Contribution to the stellar content of galaxies and their substructures, and tracers of remnant star clusters in galaxies

- Theoretical simulations of the dynamics of massive star clusters, recent code developments and hardware issues

- Observational challenges with present and future ground-based telescopes and space missions.

The confirmed SOC members are

Holger Baumgardt (Australia)

Corinne Charbonnel (Switzerland) - co-chair

Yasuo Fukuy (Japan)

Richard de Grijs (China)

Bruce Elmegreen (USA)

Patrick Hennebelle (France)

Antonella Nota (USA) - co-chair

Jan Palous (Czech Republic)