This will be the 10th gathering on neutron star physics in Saint Petersburg (after those in 1988, 1992, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2008, and 2011). In 2014 the conference will commemorate the 100th birthday of Yakov Borisovich Zel’dovich (1914—1987), the famous Soviet physicist and astrophysicist. The conference will cover all major topics of observations and theory of neutron stars, including rotation powered pulsars, pulsar emission mechanisms, pulsar wind nebulae, magnetars, isolated cooling neutron stars, central compact objects, accreting X-ray pulsars (particularly, millisecond pulsars), neutron stars in low-mass X-ray binaries, X-ray bursts, equation of state, structure and evolution of neutron stars, mechanisms of supernova explosions and neutron star mergers.
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Extreme-Astrophysics in an Ever-Changing Universe
Since ancient times, astronomers’ attention has been drawn to changes in the sky. Today we know that most phenomena observed in “time-domain” astronomy are related to extreme astrophysical events or processes. Whether it is the explosion of stars in supernovae or the observations of flare stars, pulsars, gamma-ray bursts, blazars or active galactic nuclei, time-domain astronomy stretches across the whole electromagnetic spectrum and beyond. With increasing technical capabilities, the 21st century will see corresponding new instruments being developed or coming online, revolutionising our view of the ever-changing Universe. Continua a leggere Extreme-Astrophysics in an Ever-Changing Universe
The X-ray Universe
The XMM-Newton Science Operations Centre is organising a major astrophysical symposium from Monday 16th to Thursday 19th of June 2014 in Dublin, Ireland. The symposium is the fourth international meeting in the series “The X-ray Universe”. The intention is to gather a general collection of research in high energy astrophysics. The symposium will provide a showcase for results, discoveries and expectations from current and future X-ray missions. Continua a leggere The X-ray Universe
27° Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics
The 27th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics will be held in downtown Dallas December 8 – 13, 2013. It is organized by the Department of Physics at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) and is chaired by Wolfgang Rindler and Mustapha Ishak. The Symposium will include both invited and contributed talks and posters. This will be a special and historically meaningful Jubilee meeting, marking the 50th anniversary, almost to the day, of the very first of these Texas Symposia, held in Dallas in December 1963. We are excited to welcome hundreds of international astrophysicists back to Dallas fifty years later, both to celebrate the past 50 years of Texas Symposia and relativistic astrophysics and to kick off the next 50 years of remarkable discoveries.
The Symposium will cover the following topics:
Cosmology
- Cosmic acceleration/dark energy
- Cosmic microwave background
- Early universe (Inflation, Cyclic Model, CCC cosmology …)
- Galaxy formation and reionization
- Inhomogeneous cosmologies, averaging, and backreaction
- Large-scale surveys
- Quantum gravity/cosmology and string cosmology
- Weak gravitational lensing
- Experimental/observational cosmology – other topics
- Theoretical cosmology – other topics
Compact objects and galactic/cluster scales
- Black holes, mergers, and accretion discs
- Galaxy evolution and supermassive black holes
- Imaging black holes
- Microlensing and exoplanets
- Neutron stars, pulsars, magnetars, and white dwarfs
- Nuclear Equation of State for Compact Objects
- Singularities
- Strong gravitational lensing
- Supermassive black hole binaries
- Tidal disruption of stars by supermassive black holes
- Compact object observations – other topics
- Compact object theory – other topics
High-energy astrophysics and astroparticle physics
- Active galactic nuclei and jets
- Cosmological implications of the Higgs and the LHC
- Dark matter astrophysics
- Dark matter experiments and data
- Gamma-ray bursts, SNe connection, and sources
- High-energy cosmic rays (VHE, UHE, mechanisms, etc.)
- High-energy gamma-rays
- Nuclear Astrophysics
- Supernovae and their remnants
- High-energy astrophysics/astroparticle physics – other topics
Testing general relativity and modified gravity
- Alternative theories of gravity
- Strong-field tests of general relativity
- Testing general relativity at cosmological scales
- Testing general relativity – other topics
- Modified gravity – other topics
Gravitational waves
- Electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational wave sources
- Ongoing and planned gravitational wave experiments
- Gravitational wave theory and simulations
- Results and progress from gravitational wave searches
- Supernovae and Gravitational Wave Emission
- Gravitational waves – other topics
Numerical relativity
- Computer algebra and symbolic programming
- Locating black hole horizons
- Numerical simulations
- Relativistic magnetohydrodynamics
- Numerical relativity – other topics
Other ongoing and future experiments and surveys
- ACT, AMS, BOSS, CFHT, Chandra, DES, Euclid, Fermi, HETDEX, HSC, JWST,
- LHC, LSST, NuSTAR, Pan-STARRS, Planck, SDSS, SKA, SPT, WFIRST, WMAP, …
- (to be completed after abstract submissions)
And also:
History of relativistic astrophysics
History of the Texas Symposium and interface with other anniversaries
The Kerr solution – 50 years later
Hot Topics in General Relativity and Gravitation
This international conference will be held as part of the framework of the Recontres du Vietnam. Our aims are to discuss and review recent developments on:
- Astrophysics of compact objects
- Gravitational waves (experimental and theoretical)
- Experimental gravity and tests of General Relativity
- Alternative gravity theories and Cosmology related issues
The conference will consist of plenary sessions for indepth oral presentations (review talks and talks on specific specialised topics), parrallel and poster sessions (contributions sollicitated or selected from abstract submission). Special emphasis is being placed on active participation by young researchers and post-docs. A common plenary session with the conference Cosmology in the Planck Era is planned.
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EWASS 2013
Finland will attend the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science, which is going to be held on 8 – 13 July 2013 in Logomo Centre in Turku, Finland. EWASS is the annual meeting of the EAS. On Saturday, 13 July, is also the Plenary discussion on the ASTRONET Mid-Term Review that is closely connected to the EWASS meeting.
The programme for the EWASS 2013 has now been finalized, but small additions are still possible. The pdf-version of the programme with all the timetables and details can be downloaded here. We are going to print this for the meeting and you will have this during the registration.
Symposia
S1: Solar activity and its manifestations in the heliosphere (PI Rami Vainio)
S2: The physics of accretion on compact objects (PI Juri Poutanen)
S3: Science with Planck data (PI Pekka Heinämäki)
S4: The mystery of ellipticals (PI Peter Johansson)
S5: Local group, local cosmology (PI Matteo Monelli/Stefania Salvadori)
S7: Stellar magnetic activity across the HR diagram (PI Maarit Mantere)
S8: Deaths of massive stars as supernovae and gamma-ray bursts (PI Seppo Mattila)
S9: Extreme physics of neutron stars (PI Dmitry Yakovlev)
S10:The co-evolution of black holes and galaxies (PI Jari Kotilainen)
S11: Gaia research for European astronomy training (PI Nicholas Walton)
S12: The gamma-ray sky in the era of Fermi and Cherenkov telescopes (PI Tuomas Savolainen/Elina Lindfors)
Special sessions
Sp1: Astronomy education and public outreach (PI Mikko Hanski)
Sp2: RADIONET: “The role of modern radio observatories in black hole and jet studies” (F.Mantovani/T. Savolainen/M. Tornikoski)
Sp3: Fundamental stellar parameters (PI Luca Casagrande)
Sp4: The origin of interstellar dust (PI Patrice Bouchet)
Sp5: Thick discs: clues for galaxy formation and evolution (PI Sebastien Comeron)
Sp6: AGN, galaxy mergers, supermassive black holes and gravitational waves (PI Stefanie Komossa/Mauri Valtonen)
Sp7: Science with present and future interferometric instruments (PI Jean Surdej)
Sp8: Galactic molecular clouds and their chemistry (PI Mika Juvela)
Sp9: Stellar dynamics and celestial mechanics in modern astrophysics (PI Rainer Spurzem/Seppo Mikkola)
Sp10: Chemo-dynamical galaxy evolution (PI Gerhard Hensler)
Sp11: Rocks in our Solar System (PI Tomas Kohout)
Sp12: A fresh look at the stellar initial mass function (PI Ignacio Ferreras)
Sp13: Starburst galaxies now and then with ALMA (PI Jari Kotilainen)
Sp14: LOFT, the large observatory for X-ray timing (PI Enrico Bozzo)
CASCA 2013
The Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA) will be having its annual meeting for 2013 at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC, hosted by UBC Physics & Astronomy. The conference runs Tuesday May 28 through Thursday May 30. There is no specific theme for this CASCA meeting but it will feature new and exciting results from many areas of astronomical research!! Everyone is welcome. There will be general sessions on solar system, compact objects, stars, ISM, galaxies, instrumentation and education. General conference information (including the schedule, maps, restaurant information, and more) is available for download here. Your conference package will contain a hard copy of a shortened version of this document
Spectral/timing properties of accreting objects: from X-ray binaries to AGN
“Spectral/timing properties of accreting objects: from X-ray binaries to AGN” is a 3-day workshop to be held at the European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) in April 2013. The aim of the workshop is to review the current understanding of the physics of accretion onto compact objects across the full range of masses, by bringing together young and active experts of the field. In order to encourage discussions and maximize collaborations, the attendance to the workshop will be limited to about 70 people, that will be selected on the basis of the proposed contribution after the registration deadline. There will be no registration fee.
The main scientific topics covered will be:
– Accretion modes at different scales;
– States and state transitions;
– Inflow/outflow connections;
– Accretion/ejection mechanisms;
– Unification schemes.
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