[vsnet-announce 12] (fwd) MAXI workshop on AGN Variability

[Taichi Kato <tkato>]

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                        Second Circular

              MAXI workshop on AGN Variability
              March 10-11, 2001,  Nikko, Japan
	         Organized by RIKEN & NASDA
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This is the second announcement of a meeting entitled "MAXI Workshop on
AGN Variability" to be held in Nikko, Japan on March 10-11 2001.
The main goals of the workshop are to review our current observational 
and theoretical understanding of AGN variability and related subjects, 
and to discuss research strategies in the era of next-generation all-sky 
and wide-field missions, including MAXI, Swift, GLAST, etc.
Design of the global and multiwavelength network for sharing the 
near-realtime variability data and collaboration for analysis in the
above missions will also be discussed.

We apologize for the delay in sending this second announcement. 


Registration, Hotel Accommodation & Abstract Submission
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Registration and hotel accommodation forms and abstract submission
    are available via the workshop WWW pages:
	http://maxi.riken.go.jp/workshop

Registration Fee
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    A registration fee of 10,000 yen will be collected from all
    participants at the registration desk.  Only cash in Japanese yen is
    accepted.

Important Dates and Schedules
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    2000
      Oct 15    Pre-Registration deadline
      Dec 23    Deadline: Registration (Abstract) and Hotel Reservation
	        (* the date has been changed.)
  		
    2001 
      Jan	      Final Circular 

     (Mar 6-8    "New Century of X-ray Astronomy" in Yokohama, Japan)
      Mar 10    Scientific Sessions (9 am - 5 pm) and Banquet
          11    Scientific Sessions (9 am - 5 pm)
          12    (Optional Cross-Country Ski Tour/Nikko Tour)

Highlight Talks
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Thierry J.-L. Courvoisier (INTEGRAL Science Data Center, Switzerland)
	"The high energy emission of AGN as can be studied 
		in the first decade of the century."

    Rick Edelson (UCLA, USA)
	"Iron Line Variability in Seyfert 1 Galaxies" (tentative)

    Kiyoshi Hayashida (Osaka University, Japan)
	"X-ray variability of AGNs and Black Hole Masses"

    Hajime Inoue (ISAS, Japan)
	"Revisiting the relativistic broad Fe line"

    Greg Madejski (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, USA)
	"Synergy between observations of AGN with GLAST and MAXI"

    Tatehiro Mihara (RIKEN, Japan)
	"MAXI Mission"

    Brad Peterson (Ohio State University, USA)
	"Multiwavelength Monitoring of Active Galactic Nuclei"

    Martin Turner (Leicester University, UK) 
	"AGN observed with XMM-Newton"

    Stefan Wagner (Landessternwarte Heidelberg, Germany)
	"Temporal Characteristics of Blazar Variability"

    Weimin Yuan (NASDA, Japan)
	"Simulations of observations and data of MAXI"


   Contributed talks will be selected from the registered papers.

Location
~~~~~~~
    The workshop will be held at Nikko Kanaya Hotel, where we have
    booked a block of rooms for the participants.  The remaining rooms will be
    returned to the hotel after the registration deadline.

    Nikko is a historic and scenic town at 150 km north of Tokyo (two
    hours train ride, and three-four hours from Yokohama).  The famous
    shrines and temples (recently registered  as a World Cultural
    Heritage) are located within 10 minutes walk from the hotel.  

Recreations
~~~~~~~~~~
    Recreational activities can be arranged on Monday 12, depending on the 
    demands of the participants.  Two options are a guided tour of the
    temples and shrines (half day) and an excursion to the cross-country
    ski field in the mountain side (full day).  Details (including
    cost) will be given later on the web page.

Scientific Advisors
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Wolfgang Brinkmann (MPE, Germany)
    Rick Edelson (UCLA, USA)
    Hideyo Kunieda (ISAS, Japan)
    Kazuo Makishima (Univ, Tokyo, Japan)
    Masaru Matsuoka (NASDA, Japan)
    Tadayuki Takahashi (ISAS, Japan)
    Hiroshi Tsunemi (Osaka Univ, Japan)
    Meg Urry  (STScI, USA)

Local Organizers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Nobuyuki Kawai (RIKEN, Japan) (Chair)
    Hitoshi Negoro (RIKEN, Japan) (Secretary)
    Tatehiro Mihara (RIKEN, Japan)
    Atsumasa Yoshida (RIKEN, Japan)
    Shiro Ueno (NASDA)

Contact
~~~~~~
    The announcement and further information will be posted at URL
    ttp://maxi.riken.go.jp/workshop/

    Email: workshop@crab.riken.go.jp
    WWW:   http://maxi.riken.go.jp/workshop
    Tel:   +81-48-467-9336/9337, Fax: +81-48-467-9336

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