International Conference Physics of Neutron Stars – 2017 50 years after July 10 — 14, 2017, Saint Petersburg, Russia

It is a great pleasure to announce the International Conference "Physics of Neutron Stars – 2017. 50 years after". This will be the 11th scientific meeting on neutron star physics organized by the Theoretical Astrophysics Department of the Ioffe Institute in collaboration with the Relativistic Astrophysics Department of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute. The first gathering of the series took place in 1988. The forthcoming Conference will commemorate the semicentenary of the Pulsar Discovery.

The conference will be held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, from July 10 till July 14, 2017. 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 conference will cover all major topics of observations and theory of neutron stars, particularly rotation powered pulsars, pulsar emission mechanisms, pulsar wind nebulae, magnetars and high-B pulsars, fast radio bursts, isolated cooling neutron stars, central compact objects, accreting X-ray pulsars (including 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 evolution of supernova remnants, gravitational waves from neutron stars and black holes.

Confirmed invited speakers of the conference are Andrei Beloborodov (Columbia University, USA), Andrea De Luca (INAF, Italy), Pawel Haensel (CAMK, Poland), Jason Hessels (Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, the Netherlands), Oleg Kargaltsev (The George Washington University, USA), Martin Obergaulinger (Universidad de Valencia, Spain), Alessandro Patruno (Leiden Observatory, the Netherlands), Alexander Philippov (Princeton University, USA), Juri Poutanen (Tuorla Observatory, Finland), Massimiliano Razzano (Università di Pisa, Italy), Samar Safi-Harb (University of Manitoba, Canada), Patrick Slane (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA), Roberto Turolla (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Padova, Italy).

The registration for the conference is now open. Notice, that the registration and abstract submission are independent processes and both should be completed before March 6, 2017. For more information, please visit the conference website http://www.ioffe.ru/astro/NS2017/.

The regular registration fee is 15000 Roubles which includes welcome party, coffee breaks, lunches from Monday through Friday, and participant toolkit. There is a reduced fee of 7500 Roubles for master and PhD students. The conference dinner is not included in the fee (can be paid separately, 3500 Roubles per person). The registration fee payment will be possible starting from April 1, 2017. The detailed information will be given in the forthcoming announcements and on the conference website.

Please note that foreign participants will need a visa to visit Russia. Depending on the country, getting a visa can take time, so that it is advisable to start this formality as early as possible. Please, visit the conference website http://www.ioffe.ru/astro/NS2017/index_visa.html for details.

July is a high tourist season in St. Petersburg. Therefore, lodging can be a problem. For the convenience of participants, the LOC has reserved a limited number of rooms in the nearby hotel Orbita http://eng.spborbita.ru/. The LOC plans to suggest more lodging options in a future. Please, consult the Accommodation section of the conference site for more details.

Along with the scientific program a number of cultural and social events will be offered. We shall make every effort to combine the first class neutron star physics with the exclusive beauty of midsummer Saint Petersburg and its surroundings.

Contacts:

E-mail:	ns2017spb@gmail.com
Telephone numbers:	+7 812 292 7180
	+7 812 292 7326
Fax:	+7 812 297 10 17

Welcome to Saint Petersburg!