[AAA] 1st LA PLATA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ON ASTRONOMY AND GEOPHYSICS: 2nd announcement

Mie Oct 17 12:32:34 ART 2007

*********************SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT****************************

First La Plata International School on Astronomy and Geophysics.

COMPACT OBJECTS AND THEIR EMISSION

March 10-14, 2008. 
La Plata, Argentina.

****IMPORTANT****

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: NOVEMBER 15th, 2007

NEWS: PROGRAM / ACCOMODATION

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The Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas will start a series of 
international schools on current topics of Astronomy and Geophysics. These 
schools will be primarily aimed at introducing advanced undergraduate and 
postgraduate students as well as young researchers to very challenging 
issues of contemporary research. Each school faculty will be composed of 
widely recognized researchers in the field. Students will have ample 
opportunity to interact with Professors and time will be allocated for 
student´s presentations.

The first school of the series will be devoted to "Compact Objects and 
Their Emission". Objects like white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes 
give rise to a varied and rich phenomenology that ranges from the compact 
binary X-ray emission to complexities of spectral energy distributions of 
microquasars, AGNs and gamma-ray bursts. The School courses and lectures 
will provide a comprehensive introduction to all these phenomena and to 
the latest developments in this fast-evolving field. English is the official 
language of the School.

Faculty

The faculty of the school consists of the following Professors:

Felix A. Aharonian (DIAS - Dublin / MPIfK - Heidelberg)
Leandro G. Althaus (FCAG - La Plata)
Sergio A. Cellone (FCAG - La Plata)
Sylvain Chaty (AIM - Paris)
Chuck D. Dermer (NRL - Washington)
Daniel O. Gómez (UBA - Buenos Aires)
I. Félix Mirabel (ESO - Santiago)
Josep María Paredes (UB - Barcelona)
Gustavo E. Romero (IAR - Villa Elisa / FCAG - La Plata)
Héctor Vucetich (FCAG - La Plata)

Dean of the School: Gustavo E. Romero (IAR - Villa Elisa / FCAG - La Plata)

Program

the full program is now available at 
http://school2008.fcaglp.unlp.edu.ar/program/

The topics covered by the courses and lectures will include:

White Dwarfs (Althaus)
Neutron Stars (Vucetich)
Black Hole Physics (Romero)
Radiation Processes in Astrophysics (Aharonian)
High-Energy Emission from Relativistic Outflows (Aharonian)
Black Holes in the Galaxy (Paredes)
Accretion Power in Compact Objects (Gómez)
Microquasars (Mirabel)
Obscured High-Mass X-ray Binaries (Chaty)
AGNs (Cellone)
Gamma-Ray Bursts (Dermer)
Gamma-ray Instruments (Dermer, Paredes)

There will be fifty-minute individual lectures followed by a question and 
answer discussion, two-lecture courses, a three-lecture course, and four-
lecture courses. Lectures will start at 9 a.m. There will be coffee 
breaks and a lunch break with ample time for discussions with Professors.

Registration

School places are limited to 60. Priority will be given to participants 
working in the field and to those making presentation on their research. 
There will be a registration fee of US$ 50, which includes the cost of a 
book with the lectures that will be published by the Argentine Astronomical 
Society (A.A.A.).

In order to register, candidates should send an email by November 15th to 
school2008 en fcaglp.unlp.edu.ar with the following information:

Name
Affilliation
PhD Supervisor name and affilliation (if applicable)
Intended contribution: Oral - Poster - None
Title and abstract of contribution (if applicable)

In the case of undergraduate students a CV, and a recommendation letter 
from the supervisor or a professor (via e-mail) are required.

Venue

La Plata Astronomical Observatory is one of the oldest and more prestigious 
astronomical institutions in Latin America. It was founded in La Plata, 
the capital of Buenos Aires Province, in 1882, and since then it has 
nurtured an honourable research and teaching tradition. It is located in 
a green area of the city. La Plata is situated 60 km to the south of 
Buenos Aires City, with easy access by motorway. La Plata National 
University is the second largest university in Argentina and one of the 
most important universities in South America.

Financial Support

Some limited support will be available for local expenses (travel excluded). 
Students who wish to apply for it should write a letter addressed to the 
Dean of the School and send it to school2008 en fcaglp.unlp.edu.ar.

Accommodation

Different options for accommodation are given in the web page of the School 
(http://school2008.fcaglp.unlp.edu.ar/). We will provide free accomodation 
to selected students. Priority will be given to students that present a 
contributing talk and students travelling long distances.

Local Organizing Committee

Ileana Andruchow
Anabella T. Araudo
Paula Benaglia (Chair)
Pablo M. Cincotta
Mariana Orellana
Gustavo E. Romero
Gabriela S. Vila

Auspices
This event is held under the auspices of Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y 
Geofísicas, UNLP, and Asociación Argentina de Astronomía.

Comisión Directiva
Asociación Argentina de Astronomía

aaacd en fcaglp.unlp.edu.ar
http://www.astronomiaargentina.org.ar

Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas
Paseo del Bosque - B1900FWA - La Plata - Buenos Aires
Argentina

Tel: +54-221-4236593    Fax: +54-221-4236591