[vsnet 1943] (fwd) Rome2000 GRB Workshop Announcement

[Taichi Kato <tkato>]

Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 18:29:35 +0100 (NFT)
From: <roma2000@ias.rm.cnr.it>
Subject: [vsnet-alert 0] Rome2000 GRB Workshop Announcement



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                      | WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT |
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            Gamma-Ray Burst in the Afterglow Era: 2nd Workshop

                       A Joint CNR/ESO Meeting

                         C.N.R. Headquarters
                            P.le A. Moro
                            Rome - Italy

                         October 17-20, 2000

  
The Science of Gamma-Ray Burst is keeping alive the attention of the 
High Energy Astrophysicists and authoritatively invading other domains. 
Our extremely active community is displaying an impressive capability of 
producing new data and new interpretations. Beside the continuous wealth 
of data produced by BATSE and BeppoSAX (recently funded up to April 2001), 
and by the huge Optical/Radio coverage, with the consequent increase of the 
number of afterglow sources and redshifts, the link with Star Forming 
Galaxies in the Early Universe, the discussion on the Supernova Connection, 
and that on the basic mechanisms, jets, and central engine, new wonders are 
soon expected from HETE-2, from the rejuvenated IPN, from the first 
observations with Chandra, XMM and ASTRO-E that will be available in the 
first half of 2000. 
  
For this reason we are going to hold a second Workshop 
"Gamma-Ray Burst in the Afterglow Era" at CNR Headquarters in Rome on 
October 17 to 20, 2000. The Workshop will be held in honour of 
Jan van Paradijs to remind his enormous contribution to the science 
of Gamma-Ray Bursts. 

The workshop is organized by IAS and ITeSRE, the two Italian Institutes 
more involved in this new GRB Science, and ESO, a leader organization in 
the field of Optical Counterpart Searches. 
The meeting will be hosted at CNR Headquarters where a suitable conference 
room is available, right in the Center of Rome. 
The Rome GRB meeting will be preceded by a one-day Mini-Workshop on Soft 
Gamma-ray Repeaters in the same builidings (16 October). 

Additional information may be obtained at:
        http://www.ias.rm.cnr.it/rome2000

or sending an e-mail to the Local Organizing Committee:
        roma2000@ias.rm.cnr.it



Calendar of Events
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01    February  2000   First Announcement
01    March     2000   Call for Papers and Abstract Submission
05    May       2000   Second Circular with Invited Talks specified
30    June      2000   Abstracts Submission Deadline
                       Deadline for Registration in pre-booked Hotels
                       Deadline for Early Registration
31    July      2000   Third Circular with Final Scientific Program
17-20 October   2000   Workshop
01    December  2000   Manuscripts Due Date
      September 2001   Tentative Date for Publication of the Proceedings



Looking forward to see you in Rome.


The Rome2000 GRB Workshop Organizers

E. Costa, F. Frontera, L. Piro, A. Renzini


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     Gamma Ray Bursts in the Afterglow Era - Second Workshop

                     17-20 October 2000
                   Rome - CNR Headquarters

              http://www.ias.rm.cnr.it/rome2000
                    roma2000@ias.rm.cnr.it

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