First CircularThis is the first announcement of the 13th international symposium on Origin ofMatter and Evolution of Galaxies (OMEG2015) which will be held in Beijing, China on
June 24-27, 2015. As you may know, the symposium will be the 13th in a series being
held almost every other year since 1988 to discuss the subjects of nuclear
astrophysics and related fields. Please visit the website for further information:
http://esic.ciae.ac.cn/omeg2015

The main topics to be covered are as follows
Big Bang Cosmology and Primordial NucleosynthesisFirst Generation Stars and Galactic Chemical Evolution
Astronomical Observations with Light, X-Ray, Gamma-Ray, and Cosmic-Ray
Stellar Evolutions and Hydrostatic Burning Processes
Experimental Nuclear Physics for Astrophysics
Theoretical Nuclear Physics for Astrophysics
Explosive Stellar Objects and Nuclear Physics
Meteorite Analysis and Isotopic Abundance
Neutron Star and High Density Matter
Nuclear Data for Astrophysics and Related Topics

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Nuclear Physics in r-process
Exotic nuclear matter in neutron stars
Underground nuclear astrophysics

Important Dates:
November 1, 2014: Second circularNovember 15, 2014: Start of registration
December 1, 2014: Abstract submission open
March 31, 2015: Abstract submission closedApril 30, 2015: Conference program announced
June 24-27, 2015: OMEG13 Symposium
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A. Heger, Nucleosyhthesis in the first stars, Monash U.
T. Kajino, Explosive nucleosynthesis: A probe of cosmic and supernova
neutrinos, Tokyo U.
S. Kubono, Explosive pp-Chain Breakout Problems in Nuclear Astrophysics,RIKEN
M. Lugaro, The s process in AGB stars and implications: from globularclusters to the birth of the sun, Monash U.

P. Prati, LUNA progress, Genova U.
Y. Z. Qian, The r-process: status and challenges, UMN/SJTU
E. Rehm, TBA, ANL
M. Smith, Experimental and theoretical studies of r-process burning of exotic
Tin isotopes, ORNL
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F.-K. Thielemann, Making the heaviest elements in Nature, Basel U.
R. Tribble, TBA, TAMU
Y. L. Ye, Clustering in light unstable nuclei, PKU
Y. H. Zhang, Mass measurement at CSR of astrophysical interest, IMP…….

Proceedings
The conference proceedings will be published in electronic form with EPJ Web ofConferences (www.epj-conferences.org), an open access journal from the series The
European Physical Journal (www.epj.org). Each contributed article will be fully citable
thanks to DOI (Digital Object Identifier), and will be indexed in main databases. There
will be no printed version of the proceedings. Further information on the manuscript
preparation will be provided in the second circular.

International Advisory Committee
T. C. Beers (NOAO), A. Guglielmetti (Milano), W. Haxton (UC Berkeley), T. Kajino(Tokyo U.), S. Kubono (RIKEN), K. Langanke (GSI), W. P. Liu (CIAE), T. Lu (NJU), M.
Lugaro (Monash U.), T. Motobayashi (RIKEN), K. Nomoto (Tokyo U.), Y. Z. Qian(UMN/SJTU), K. E. Rehm (ANL), C. Ruiz (TRIUMF), H. Schatz (NSCL), M. Smith (ORNL),
F. K. Thielemann (Basel U.), R. Tribble (TAMU), M. Wiescher (ND), Y. L. Ye (PKU),
Y. H. Zhang (IMP), G. Zhao (NAO)

Program Advisory Committee
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W. P. Liu (CIAE, Chair), Z. G. Ge (CIAE), J. J. He (IMP), Y. K. Kim (IBS), Z. H. Li (CIAE),H. Miyatake (KEK), J. R. Shi (NAO), Y. Sun (SJTU), I. Tanihata (BUAA/Osaka U.)

Local Organizing Committee
C. B. Fu (SJTU), B. Guo (CIAE, Scientific Secretary), Z. G. He (CIAE), B. H. Sun (BUAA),
X. D. Tang (IMP), Y. B. Wang (CIAE), S. Zeng (CIAE)

Contacts

Web: http://esic.ciae.ac.cn/omeg2015
E-mail for scientific issues: omeg13@ciae.ac.cn
E-mail for other issues: indico.ciae@gmail.com

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