Conference on Physics of Neutron Stars - 2008 June 24-27, 2008, St. Petersburg, Russia

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The conference on Physics of Neutron Stars will be held at the Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute on June 24-27, 2008. This will be the 8th gathering on neutron star physics in Saint-Petersburg (after those in 1988, 1992, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, and 2005). Its aim is to bring together those who are interested in physics and astrophysics of neutron stars and related problems. All subjects relevant to observations and theory of neutron stars are welcome: radiation (from radio to hard gamma-rays), origin in supernova explosions, proto-neutron stars, evolution in binary systems, merging, radio pulsars, X-ray pulsars, X-ray bursters, transients, soft gamma repeaters, anomalous X-ray pulsars, internal structure, atmospheres, neutrino emission, etc. The official language of the conference will be Russian, but there may be a few talks in English.

The Organizing Committee:

• D.A. Varshalovich (Chair, Ioffe Inst.),
• R.L. Aptekar (Ioffe Inst.),
• G.S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan (Space Res. Inst., Moscow),
• A.M. Bykov (Ioffe Inst.),
• A.I. Chugunov (Ioffe Inst.),
• M.E. Gusakov (Ioffe Inst.),
• V.S. Imshennik (ITEP, Moscow),
• A.V. Ivanchik (Ioffe Inst.),
• A.D. Kaminker (Ioffe Inst.),
• A.M. Krassilchtchikov (Ioffe Inst.),
• S.B. Popov (Sternberg Astron. Inst., Moscow),
• K.A. Postnov (Sternberg Astron. Inst., Moscow),
• A.Y. Potekhin (Ioffe Inst.),
• Yu.A. Shibanov (Ioffe Inst.),
• D.G. Yakovlev (Ioffe Inst.).

If you are interested in this conference, you are kindly requested to pre-register before January 25, 2008.

Abstracts of presentations will be collected by the Organizing Committee during February and March. Detailed instructions will be given in the Second Announcement. Abstracts of the accepted contributions will be published.

The pre-registration form, important dates, and other information on the conference are present in the Internet at http://www.ioffe.ru/astro/NS2008/.

Contacts:

E-mail of the conference:	ns@astro.ioffe.ru
Telephone numbers:	+7-812-2927180;
	+7-812-2927326.
Fax:	+7-812-5504890.
Contact persons:	Alexander Davidovich Kaminker, Alexander Mikhailovich Krassilchtchikov, Alexander Yurievich Potekhin.