*-----------------------------------------------------------------------* | 1st Circular of | | | | ASCA Symposium on | | | | HEATING AND ACCELERATION IN THE UNIVERSE | | | | Minamiosawa Cultural Hall, Hachiouji, Tokyo, Japan | | 17-19 March 1999 | | | | http://www.astro.isas.ac.jp/xray/ascasymp4/ | | | | August 20,1998 | *-----------------------------------------------------------------------* Dear Colleague, We are pleased to announce that the fourth international ASCA symposium, organized by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, will be held on March 17th - 19th, 1999 in Tokyo, Japan. Objective : ----------- This is the 4th ASCA symposium following three fruitful meetings held in 1994 (Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.), 1996 (Waseda Univ.), and in 1997 (Washington D.C.), celebrating the 6th anniversary of ASCA's launch. The purpose of the symposium is to bring together the recent observational results obtained during the six successful years of ASCA and the achievements of other space missions with possible inclusion of the long awaited AXAF, and to deepen our understanding of the X-ray and gamma-ray universe and its evolution. Through high resolution spectroscopic and imaging studies of cosmic objects, we are entering into an exciting new stage of high-energy astronomy. The field has been enriched in earlier periods through discoveries of X-ray emission from all categories of objects. Now, the high quality of the observational data allows us to look almost directly at the underlying physical processes in the X-ray emitting objects. Heating of plasma and acceleration of particles are the key processes working in the strong X-ray and gamma-ray emitting systems. The purpose of this symposium is to reach deeper understanding of physical mechanisms which cause strong heating or acceleration to high energy in the universe in the light of new observational data. We hope the symposium provides an occasion for substantial discussion about the most energetic physical processes in celestial objects. The symposium will address the following scientific topics. 1. Heating in galaxies and clusters of galaxies 2. Acceleration in SNRs and pulsars 3. Acceleration in jets --- from galactic micro QSOs to Blazars 4. Heating in accretion disks 5. New frontiers in future missions --- Astro-E, AXAF, XMM, Abrixas, etc We would like you to note that the symposium has been planned to commemorate the achievements and contributions of Professor Fumiyoshi Makino at ISAS and Professor Masaru Matsuoka at RIKEN who are both going to retire in March from their present chairs. Scientific Organizing Committee: ------------------------------- P.C. Agrawal (TIFR, India) W. Brinkmann (MPE, Germany) M. Elvis (CfA, USA) G. Hasinger (AIP, Germany) H. Inoue (Chair, ISAS, Japan) N. Kawai (RIKEN, Japan) K. Koyama (Kyoto Univ., Japan) G. Madejski (NASA/GSFC, USA) K. Makishima (Univ. of Tokyo, Japan) J. Mattox (Boston Univ., USA) L. Piro (CNR, Italy) M.J. Turner (Univ. of Leicester, UK) M. Urry (STSCI, USA) N. White (NASA/GSFC, USA) Local Oraganizing Committee: ---------------------------- T. Ohashi (Chair, Tokyo Metro. Univ.) T. Takahashi (Co-Chair, ISAS) M. Ishida (ISAS) F. Iwata (Secretary, ISAS) T. Mihara (RIKEN) M. Ozaki (ISAS) M. Tashiro (University of Tokyo) Invited Speakers: ----------------- The program will include invited talks by F. Aharonian (MPK), W. Brinkmann (MPE), G. Fabbiano (CfA), J. Hughes (Rutgers U)*, T. Kifune (ICRRP), G. Madejski (NASA/GSFC), K. Makishima (Univ. of Tokyo), J. Mattox (Boston), F. Takahara (Osaka Univ.), M. Urry (STSCI), M. Markevitch (CfA), L. Piro (CNR) * to be confirmd Duration of Conference: ---------------------- The meeting will begin in the morning of Wednesday, March 17th, 1999 and end in the afternoon on Friday, March 19th, 1999. Contributed Papers: ------------------- The Workshop will comprise invited talks, contributed oral presentations, and presentations in the form of posters. Abstracts for proposed contributed papers should be submitted before the dead line. Please prepare an abstract using a LaTeX template attatched to the registration form, not exceeding 200 words. A collection of these abstracts will be handed out to the conference participants. They will also serve for the final planning of the conference programme and the selection of the contributions admitted for the oral presentation. The deadline of registration is November 15, 1998. Those who wish to make an oral controibution are encouraged to submit the abstract as early as possible. You may submit the abstract: (a) via our web page (preferred): "http://www.astro.isas.ac.jp/xray/ascasymp4/, or (b) by e-mailing the attached registration form to: "ascasymp@astro.isas.ac.jp". We will inform the authors about the acceptance of the oral contribution by the end of November. Proceedings: ------------ We are looking at the possibility of publishing in a refereed journal. Instructions will be announced during the Symposium. Summary of Schedule: -------------------- Aug. 20 First circular End of October Second Circular with Tentative Programme Nov. 15 Dead line for Registration End of November Paper acceptance notification (by e-mail) End of January Third Circular with final programme, transportation information, etc. Banquet: -------- The Workshop banquet will be held at the Keio-Plaza Hotel TAMA on Thursday, March 18. The cost of the dinner will be included in your registration. Accommodation: ------------- A block booking has been made for participants at the Keio-Plaza Hotel TAMA (1-43 Ochiai, Tama, Tokyo, 206-0033, Japan). The room rate will be 9,500 JYEN or 10,500 JYEN (single room, including tax). Breakfast is 1,500 JYEN extra. Reservations should be made directly to the hotel (fax +81-42-374-1552) ; please mention that you are part of the "4TH ASCA SYMPOSIUM" group. The hotel is conveniently located, and the conference hall can be reached from the hotel by a train ( two stops, 10 min ). There is no hotel in walking distance from the conference hall. Registration: ------------- We will be able to accommodate 150--200 participants. The registration fee of 20,000JYEN cover the conference materials, a copy of the proceeding and banquet. We will have a discount students' fee of 10,000JYEN, which does not cover the banquet. The cost of the banquet for spouses will be 5,000JYEN. The deadline for registration and submission of contributed papers is November 15th, 1998. We encourage you to submit your registration via "http://www.astro.isas.ac.jp/xray/ascasymp4/". If you do not have access to the web or would like to alter some information that was submitted, you may use instead the e-mail registration form available at the end of this announcement. This form should be e-mailed to asacasymp@astro.isas.ac.jp. Contact Address: ---------------- Ms. I. Yamagishi (Asca Symposium) Institute of Space and Astronautical Science 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 229-8510, Japan, ( tel: +81-427-59-8154 ) ( fax: +81-427-59-8455 ) ( e-mail : ascasymp@astro.isas.ac.jp) **************************************************************** ASCA Symposium on Heating and Acceleration in the Universe Workshop Registration Form SEE "http://www.astro.isas.ac.jp/xray/ascasymp4/ <<<<< Registration Form >>>>> Please fill in [ ]. As this will be processed electronically, please do not modify this form. o. Name(surname, given name): [ ] o. Institute: [ ] o. Postal address: [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] o. Country: [ ] o. E-mail address(internet is preferable): [ ] o. Phone : [ ] o. FAX: [ ] o. Do you intend to contribute a paper ? (oral/poster/none): [ ] o. Title of the paper: [ ] [ ] <<<<< Form for Abstract >>>>> ABSTRACT: if you plan to have a presentaion, send abstract using the following LaTeX template. (You are encouraged to submit an abstract now, although final deadline of registration is 15th of November) %================================================================ % % Latex form for abstracts of the 4th ASCA Symposium % %================================================================ \documentstyle {report} \hoffset-6mm\voffset-22mm \textheight25cm\textwidth16cm\topmargin1cm\topskip-0.5cm \oddsidemargin1cm\hbadness=3000\evensidemargin0cm\parindent1em \itemsep\parskip\topsep\parskip\parindent=0pt \font\big=cmb10 scaled \magstep3 % \begin{document} {\large\bf \centering %================================================================= % please type the title here; e.g. Recent Results from ASCA %================================================================= Recent Results from ASCA %----------------------------------------------------------------- \bigskip} {\large\bf %================================================================= % please type the authors here % e.g., Author A.$^1$, Author B.$^1$, and Author C.$^2$ %================================================================= Author A.$^1$, Author B.$^1$, and Author C.$^2$ %----------------------------------------------------------------- \medskip} %================================================================= % please type the institute affiliations of all authors here % e.g. $^1$ISAS, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan\newline % $^2$NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA %================================================================= $^1$ISAS, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan\newline $^2$NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA %----------------------------------------------------------------- \medskip %================================================================= % please type the abstract text here (maximum 200 words) %================================================================= please type the abstract text here (