In this workshop, we will discuss different topics related to the formation and evolution of the Milky Clouds (XMC). Specific emphasis will be placed on how we can use the resolved/IFU spectroscopic data from the Milky Way Mapper and Local Volume Mapper programmes —part of the fifth phase of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-V)— in concert with deep, multi-band photometric data from SMASH, VMC, DELVE-MC, GASKAP, ULLYSES, and complementary missions/telescopes (e.g., Gaia, Rubin/LSST, JWST, Roman). We will also explore how to best compare these data to theoretical expectations from cosmological/numerical simulations, with the aim of developing current theoretical models and making predictions for key observables. This workshop will be discussion heavy and limited to 50 participants. It will also include a fraction of time allocated to review, keynote, and contributed talks and posters.
The main topics of the conference are:
- Star formation history & chemical abundances
- Stellar populations
- Internal Dynamics
- Milky Way-MC dynamics, orbital history, and MC analogues
- Gas and interstellar medium
- Young/massive stars and globular clusters
SOC: Danny Horta, David Nidever, Adrian Price-Whelan, Mary Putman, Nitya Kallivayalil, Kate Daniel, and Nico Garavito-Camargo
LOC: Danny Horta and Nico Garavito-Camargo