This meeting will be held in Cefalù (Sicily) and will consist of two main topics, The Distant Universe and The Local Universe.
The Distant Universe | 2-7 June 2014
Investigating the distant Universe with GRBs, AGN and Galaxies
Topics will cover the following items:
- Stellar, Dust and Gas Content in high-z Galaxies
- Deep and Wide-field Multi-wavelength Extragalactic Surveys
- AGN and Galaxy co-evolution across cosmic time
- Positive/Negative AGN Feedback: Observations of AGN Outflows
- Physical Processes of Galaxy Formation
- Ionizing Sources at high redshifts
- Galactic Nuclei and Super Massive Black Holes
- Nuclear Star Clusters formation and evolution
- Resolved Stellar Nuclei in early Type Galaxies
- Stellar Dynamics in Dense Stellar Environments
- Probing high redshift universe with GRBs
- GRBs’ host galaxies
The Local Universe | 9-14 June 2014
Interacting Binaries and Isolated Neutron Stars: accretion, evolution and outcomes
Topics will cover the following items:
- GRB Prompt and Afterglow: Observations vs theory
- Very High Energy Emission from GRBs
- GRBs: Central Engine Physics and Progenitors of GRBs
- Thermonuclear Supernovae
- Type Ia SNe: progenitor models
- Observational properties of type Ia SNe at low and high z
- Observations constraining Type Ia SNe pre-explosive history
- Binary and isolated Radio Pulsar
- Observed properties of Millisecond pulsars and evolutive paths
- Temporal variability and spectral properties of Low Mass X-ray Binaries and High Mass X-ray Binaries containing black holes and neutron stars
- Neutron stars with the highest magnetic fields
- Future X-ray missions and perspectives for X-ray astronomy
- Gravitational Waves
More info: The Unquiet Universe
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