| International Conference
Physics of Neutron Stars – 2014
commemorating the 100th birthday of Yakov Borisovich
Zel'dovich
July 28 — August 1, 2014,
St. Petersburg, Russia
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First announcement
It is a great pleasure to announce the International
Conference "Physics of Neutron Stars – 2014". This will be
the 10th scientific meeting on neutron star physics
organized by the Theoretical Astrophysics Department of the
Ioffe Physical Technical Institute. The first gathering of
the series took place in 1988. In 2014 the conference will
commemorate the 100th birthday of Yakov Borisovich
Zel'dovich, the famous Soviet physicist and
astrophysicist.
The conference will be held in Saint-Petersburg, Russia,
from July 28th till August 1st, 2014. The working language
will be English. The scientific program will include a
number of invited talks, contributed talks, and poster
presentations subject to selection by the international
Scientific Organizing Committee. The maximum number of
participants may be limited due to technical reasons.
The SOC of the conference is:
V.S. Beskin (Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia)
A. Harding (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, USA)
C. Heinke (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)
W. Hermsen (SRON, the Netherlands)
M.R. Gilfanov (MPI, Germany; IKI, Moscow, Russia)
V. Kaspi (McGill University, Montreal, Canada)
C. Kouveliotou (NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, USA)
M. Kramer (MPI for Radioastronomy, Germany)
D.K. Nadyozhin (Institute for Theor. Exper. Phys., Moscow, Russia)
G.G. Pavlov (Pennsylvania State University, USA), co-chair
S.B. Popov (Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow, Russia)
J. Poutanen (Oulu University, Finland)
M. van der Klis (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
S. Mereghetti (INAF IASF, Milan, Italy)
D.G. Yakovlev (Ioffe Physical Technical Inst., St Petersburg, Russia), co-chair
S. Zane (Mullard Space Science Laboratory, London, UK)
The LOC of the conference is:
R.L. Aptekar (Ioffe Institute)
D.A. Baiko (Ioffe Institute), co-chair
S.A. Balashev (Ioffe Institute)
D.P. Barsukov (Ioffe Institute)
A.I. Chugunov (Ioffe Institute)
A.A. Danilenko (Ioffe Institute)
M.E. Gusakov (Ioffe Institute)
A.D. Kaminker (Ioffe Institute)
E.M. Kantor (Ioffe Institute)
A.A. Kozhberov (Ioffe Institute)
K.P. Levenfish (Ioffe Institute)
S.B. Popov (Sternberg Astronomical Institute)
K.A. Postnov (Sternberg Astronomical Institute)
A.Y. Potekhin (Ioffe Institute)
Yu.A. Shibanov (Ioffe Institute)
P.S. Shternin (Ioffe Institute)
Yu.A. Uvarov (Ioffe Institute)
D.A. Varshalovich (Ioffe Institute), co-chair
D.A. Zyuzin (Ioffe Institute)
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.
Invited speakers:
E. Brown (MSU, East Lansing, USA)
A. Cumming (McGill University, Montreal, Canada)
C. Espinoza (Instituto de Astronomia,
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile)
D. Galloway (Monash University, Australia) (TBC)
M. Gusakov (Ioffe Institute)
P. Haensel (CAMK, Warsaw, Poland)
A. Harding (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, USA) (TBC)
D. Kaplan (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA)
O. Kargaltsev (University of Florida, USA)
M. Kramer (MPI for Radioastronomy, Germany)
L. Kuiper (SRON, the Netherlands)
B. Leibundgut (ESO, Germany)
S. Mereghetti (INAF IASF, Milan, Italy)
A. Mezzacappa (University of Tennessee, USA)
D. Nice (Lafayette College, USA)
D. Page (UNAM, Mexico)
A. Patruno (Leiden University, the Netherlands),
J. Pons (University of Alicante, Spain)
N. Rea (Institute of Space Science, Barcelona, Spain)
R. Romani (Stanford University, USA) (TBC)
R. Wijnands (Astronomical Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Along with the scientific program a number of cultural and
social events will be offered. We shall make every effort to
ensure that during this midsummer week the participants of
the "Physics of Neutron Stars – 2014" will enjoy a
memorable combination of the first-class science, wonderful
weather and the unparalleled beauty of Saint-Petersburg and
its surroundings.
The registration will open on November 1st, 2013
Contacts:
E-mail: ns@astro.ioffe.ru
Telephone number: +7 812 292 7180
Welcome to Saint-Petersburg!
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