************************************************************************** BOLETIM ELETRÔNICO DA SAB N. 507 - 11/02/2010 ************************************************************************** Responsável: Helio J. Rocha-Pinto (helio@astro.ufrj.br) ************************************************************************** NESTA EDIÇÃO: EVENTOS ----------- 1. 2nd Summer School on Multiwavelength Astronomy 2. Physics of Accreting Compact Binaries 3. Workshop Science with ALMA Band 5 (163 - 211 GHz) ************************************************************* EVENTOS ************************************************************* 1. 2nd Summer School on Multiwavelength Astronomy (Comunicado por Isabel Aleman e Denise Rocha Gonçalves em 09/02/2010) 2nd Summer School on Multiwavelength Astronomy 28 June - 9 July 2010 Amsterdam, The Netherlands WEB: http://www.black-hole.eu/mwschool2 EMAIL: mwschool@black-hole.eu POSTER: http://www.black-hole.eu/mwschool2/poster.pdf Our current understanding of accretion onto black holes and neutron stars has evolved greatly in the past 20 years, thanks largely to the plethora of scientific data available at all wavelengths. Advances in the X-ray band have been made possible by recent satellites such as XMM-Newton, Chandra, INTEGRAL, RXTE, Swift, and Suzaku, while the new gamma-ray satellite Fermi is in the early stages of what promises to be a very discovery-laden mission. The same is true for radio astronomy, with many discoveries from existing world-leading radio-astronomical observatories such the ATCA, the VLA, the VLBA, the EVN, and MERLIN, with a range of major planned upgrades to these facilities, plus additional facilities in planning or construction stages such as ALMA, ASCAP, MeerKAT and eventually SKA. Clearly, given these developments, there is a pressing need for more researchers capable of exploiting the enormous volume of upcoming scientific data across the broadband. In this context, we announce an international summer school with the aim of providing young researchers the necessary expertise and skills to independently analyze and interpret multiwavelength data pertaining to in particular accretion physics. Therefore we focus on the radio and X-ray/gamma-ray bands. The school will span two weeks, with each week roughly focused on radio and X-ray/gamma-ray analysis, respectively. The program will include a mixture of lectures as well as practical, hands-on data analysis sessions (using, for example, AIPS, CASA, ISIS, XSPEC). The school will also include some science talks and complementary skills training. Priority will be given to hands-on sessions performing real data-analysis. Please check the webpages regularly: http://www.black-hole.eu/mwschool2 for additional information on the exact program of the school as becomes available. Confirmed teachers include T. Belloni (I), K. Blundell (UK), L. Burderi (I), T. DiSalvo (I), E. Kalemci (TU), B. Kelly (USA), M. van der Klis (NL), E. Koerding (F), S. Markoff (NL), J. McEnery (USA), J. Miller-Jones (USA), M. Nowak (USA), I. Papadakis (G), M. Ribo (SP), A. Richards (UK), J. Rodriguez (F), P. Uttley (UK), J. Wilms (D), R. Wijnands (NL), M. Wise (NL). The audience targeted by the school is primarily PhD students, but we will consider admitting a few early-stage postdocs. We have chosen a 2 week duration in order to allow a wider coverage of scientific topics, as well as ample time for discussions and practice. The deadline for receipt of admission and financial aid applications, and letters of reference, is midnight (CET) on 22 March, 2010. The registration fee is 200 Euros, and accommodation for 13 nights (27 June - 10 July) will cost only 350 Euros, payment form TBD. There will be no refund possible in case of partial attendance. The number of participants is limited to 35 in order to facilitate the hands-on sessions that are a significant part of the school. ================================================================ 2. Physics of Accreting Compact Binaries (Comunicado por Bernardo Borges em 11/02/2010) Physics of Accreting Compact Binaries July 26(Mon) - 30(Fri), 2010 Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/cv2010/ Scientific aim The scientific aims of this meeting are summarized as follows: - Bring together researchers studying binary star systems containing an accreting white dwarf (WD) star and those studying systems with related stellar constituents and physical processes. - Facilitate discussion that will advance our understanding of accretion phenomena, constituent star properties, and population makeup and evolution for both white-dwarf-primary and other types of accreting stellar systems and their progenitors. - Use this improved understanding to both direct and exploit ongoing and near-future observations and surveys. Agenda * Accretion Disks -- disks in compact binaries * Magnetic Accretion -- magnetically dominated accretion flow * Outflows -- jets and winds in compact binaries * White Dwarfs -- WDs as primaries and donors in compact binaries * Secondary Stars -- non-degenerate donors and their relation to detached main sequence stars and brown dwarfs * Evolution -- the evolution of compact binaries and their progenitors * Novae and Supersoft Sources -- thermonuclear burning and its consequences -- the 2010 eruption of U Sco * SNIa progenitors -- Recurrent novae as SN Ia progenitors -- Double degenerates -- Supersoft X-ray binaries * Next Generation Surveys -- opportunities for the next decade Important Dates Early May: Start of the registration Early April: Deadline of the early registration, and abstract submission of oral presentations Mid May: Deadline of the late registration, and abstract submission of poster presentations July 25: Welcome reception July 26-30: Meeting The deadline will be fixed by the second announcement which will be distributed by early March. Registration The registration form in the web page will appear by the end of February. The registration fee is 15,000 JPY, or 170 USD for the early registration, and will be 18,000 JPY, or 200 USD, which should be paid at the meeting reception by cash. It includes the abstract book, conference pack, welcome reception, coffee/tea/refreshments, and banquet. Financial Support The LOCs are applying to some foundations and organizations for funds, but the available funds will be very limited. The attendance from the developing countries and PhD students/young PostDocs who do not have own funds have priority for the support, then. If you need financial support from us, please send an e-mail to the LOCs (cv2010@kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp) with explicitly writing an estimate of the minimum necessary expenses. Scientific and Local Organizing Committee SOC: Boris Gaensicke (Warwick University, England) Paul Groot (Radboud University, Netherlands) Izumi Hachisu (University of Tokyo, Japan) Donald W. Hoard (California Institute of Technology, USA) Christian Knigge (University of Southampton, England) Ulrich Kolb (Open University, England) Elena Mason (European Southern Observatory, Chile) Paul Mason (University of Texas at El Paso, USA) Koji Mukai (NASA, USA) Daisaku Nogami (Kyoto University, Japan) Dean Townsley (University of Alabama, USA) Patrick Woudt (University of Cape Town, South Africa) LOC: Akira Imada (National Astronomical Observatory, Japan) Taichi Kato (Kyoto University, Japan) Tetsuya Kuramoto (Kyoto University, Japan) Hiroyuki Maehara (Kyoto University, Japan) Yuuki Moritani (Kyoto University, Japan) Daisaku Nogami (Kyoto University, Japan) Tomohito Ohshima (Kyoto University, Japan) Jumpei Tanaka (Kyoto University, Japan) Makoto Uemura (Hiroshima University, Japan) ================================================================ 3. Workshop Science with ALMA Band 5 (163 - 211 GHz) (Comunicado por Alberto Krone-Martins em 10/02/2010) Science with ALMA Band 5 (163 - 211 GHz) Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, May 24 - 25, 2010 There is increasing interest in observations at frequencies between 163 and 211 GHz (ALMA Band 5) for both Galactic and extragalactic science. A key application is high-resolution imaging of the water line at 183 GHz in Galactic and nearby extragalactic sources. In addition, the 158 micron line of C+ from objects at redshifts between 8.0 and 10.6 will appear in the band, opening up the possibility of probing the earliest epoch of galaxy formation. The recent launch of Herschel and the imminent commissioning of ALMA offer complementary approaches: Herschel will allow spectroscopy free from absorption by water in the Earth's atmosphere but at low spatial resolution, whereas ALMA observations will provide very high spatial resolution. The European Union is funding the production of six Band 5 receivers for ALMA through the FP6 Enhancement Programme, together with the development of advanced phase-correction and mapping techniques to support these challenging observations. The receivers will be delivered to ALMA in 2010- 2011. The ALMA Project will be seeking proposals for enhancement of the instrument in the near future. These are likely to include the development of a full set of Band 5 receivers (66 + spares). The aims of the workshop are: - to assess the potential of ALMA Band 5 for both Galactic and extragalactic applications; - to inform the community of the opportunities for observing with the initial set of Band 5 receivers; - to develop synergies with the Herschel mission; - to discuss technical approaches to production of a full set of receivers and - to evaluate approaches to calibration and data reduction for the band. The primary output will be a science case for a full set of Band 5 receivers on ALMA, to be submitted to arXiv. The workshop will take place at the Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma on May 24 and 25, 2010. There will be a small number of invited reviews, together with ample time for contributed papers and discussion. We anticipate a small, focused meeting with approximately 50 participants. Limited financial support (primarily for young researchers from EU institutions) will be available from the EU ALMA Enhancement Programme. There will be no registration fee. The deadline for registration, as well as to exploit Hotels block reservations, is March 31, 2010. Further details and a registration form are at: http://web.oa-roma.inaf.it/meetings/AlmaBand5 Scientific Organizing Committee Paola Caselli (Leeds) Jose Cernicharo (Madrid) Robert Laing (ESO, chair) Roberto Maiolino (Rome) Leonardo Testi (ESO) Fabian Walter (MPIA, Heidelberg) ************************************************************************** Participe da lista de discusssão FÓRUM-DA-SAB Para associar-se vá a http://groups.google.com/group/sabforum ************************************************************************** Blog da SAB : http://astronomiabrasileira.blogspot.com/ ************************************************************************** Agenda Eletrônica da SAB -- acesse-a pelos endereços abaixo: XML http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/soc.astro.bras%40gmail.com/public/basic iCal http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/soc.astro.bras%40gmail.com/public/basic.ics HTML http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=soc.astro.bras%40gmail.com&ctz=America/Sao_Paulo **************************************************************************