Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 13:10:58 +0100 (CET) From: Elena Pian <pian@ts.astro.it> Subject: 34TH COSPAR - GRB AFTERGLOW PHYSICS (SESSION E1.1) - 1st ANNOUNCEMENT APOLOGIES IF YOU RECEIVE MULTIPLE COPIES OF THIS F I R S T A N N O U N C E M E N T ----------------------------------- 34th COSPAR SCIENTIFIC ASSEMBLY THE SECOND WORLD SPACE CONGRESS HOUSTON, TX, USA, 10-19 OCTOBER 2002 http://www.copernicus.org/COSPAR/COSPAR.html [link to COSPAR page also available at http://www.ts.astro.it/topics/topix.html] SCIENTIFIC COMMISSION E SESSION E1.1: Gamma Ray Burst Afterglow Physics Main Scientific Organizer (MSO): Elena Pian - INAF, Astronomical Observatory of Trieste, Italy - pian@ts.astro.it Deputy Organizer (DO): Luigi Piro - Institute of Space Astrophysics (IAS), CNR, Rome, Italy - piro@ias.rm.cnr.it Scientific Organizing Committee J. Fishman, D. Frail, A. Fruchter, K. Hurley, S. Kulkarni, M. Matsuoka, P. Meszaros, I. Mitrofanov, T. Piran, M. Rees, G. Ricker, E. van den Heuvel, A. Parmar, E. Pian, L. Piro Rationale During the five years following the detection of the first afterglow of a Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB), a large amount of multiwavelength data of GRB remnants has been collected with satellites and ground-based telescopes. These data have provided a tool to investigate the physics and the environment of this high energy phenomenon, and will ultimately open a way to identify the astrophysical source of the burst. Developments over the last year have crossed over several other topics in astrophysics, e.g. star formation and evolution, supernova explosions, the interstellar medium, high redshift galaxies, the origin of cosmic rays, cosmology, and the formation of structures in the early universe. This COSPAR session will include a number of extended review talks on observational and theoretical aspects of afterglow physics, GRB environments, progenitor models, cosmological implications, and links to elementary particle physics. We expect that this will be an opportunity to present new significant results. General Information and Logistics The E1.1 Session will tentatively take place on the morning and afternoon of October 12, 2002. The relevant information on this Session and on the 34th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, as well as logistic information (traveling, hotel reservations) can be obtained at the URL: http://www.copernicus.org/COSPAR/COSPAR.html. Registration (deadline for Pre-registration: 16 August 2002) A registration form is available at http://www.aiaa.org/wsc2002/contact.cfm. The early deadline for pre-registration is 16 August 2002; pre-conference: 17 Aug 2002 - 09 Oct 2002. Financial Support (deadline: 1 May 2002) A very limited amount of money will be available to facilitate participation in the 34th COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Please read the instructions at http://www.copernicus.org/COSPAR/houston2002/finance.htm, and use the accompanying application form when appropriate. Financial support requests should be sent to COSPAR (cospar@copernicus.org) *and* to the MSO (pian@ts.astro.it), NO LATER THAN MAY 1st, 2002. Abstract Submission (deadline: 1 May 2002) Participants willing to submit an abstract for oral or poster presentation at the COSPAR E1.1 Session are invited to do so by following the prescriptions available at http://www.copernicus.org/COSPAR/houston2002/abstract-format-general.htm. IMPORTANT: It is recommended that each participant sends his/her abstract both to the COSPAR Secretariat (cospar@copernicus.org) *and* to the Session MSO (pian@ts.astro.it), NO LATER THAN MAY 1st, 2002. Papers Presentation The proceeding papers of the COSPAR E1.1 Session will be published in Advances in Space Research, Elsevier Science Ltd. (Editors: N. Masetti, E. Pian, L. Piro). Solicited papers appearing in ASR may be up to 10 pages long. Contributed papers may be up to 6 pages long. We look forward to seeing you in Houston. Elena Pian and Luigi Piro
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