*-----------------------------------------------------------------------* | 2nd 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/ | | | | December 20,1998 | *-----------------------------------------------------------------------* Dear Colleague, We are pleased to release the 2nd circular for 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. We have received responses to the first circular from over 200 scientists about half from overseas. This circular contains updated informaton to enable all of the participants to attend the symposium. In particular, if you have not yet sent the registration form with an abstract, we have to urge you to send us the registration form as soon as possible, via the Web or by e-mail to ascasymp@astro.isas.ac.jp. Please contact us if you have questions or problems concerning the Symposium. Objective : ----------- This is the 4th ASCA symposium, celebrating the 6th anniversary of ASCA's launch, following three fruitful meetings held in 1994 (Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.), 1996 (Waseda Univ.), and in 1997 (Washington D.C.). 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. Also we want 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 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 X-ray emitting objects. The heating of plasma and the 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 a 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. 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) Provisional Program ------------------- The program will consist of a series of long talks (30 min and 20 min ) and a series of short contributed talks (15 min). Following is the list of speakers who will give a long talk. The selection of short talks is now underway. The final program will be released in the final circular in January. (talks are 30 min, otherwise specified) 1. Opening Remarks Hajime Inoue (10 min) 2. Heating and Acceleration in the Universe K. Makishima (Univ. of Tokyo) Energy Non-Equipartition Processes in the Universe F. Takahara (Osaka U.) Theoretical Problems of Very Hot and Non-Thermal Astrophysical Plasmas CONTRIBUTED TALKS 2--4 3. Heating and Acceleration in galaxies and clusters of galaxies G. Fabbiano (CfA) X-rays from galaxies at the beginning of the AXAF era M. Markevitch (CfA) ASCA temperature maps for merging and relaxed and physics of the cluster gas C. Sarazin (U. Virginia) Nonthermal Particles and Emission from Clusters of Galaxies H. Boehringer (MPE) X-ray Clusters of Galaxies as Cosmological Probes CONTRIBUTED TALKS 2--4 4. Heating and Acceleration in SNRs and pulsars J. Hughes (Rutgers U) Thermal X-ray emission from ASCA and ROSAT to Astro-E R. Petre (GSFC) The Search for X-ray evidence of cosmic ray acceleration in SNR shock T. Kifune (ICRR) Energetic non-thermal process in Galactic objects and ground-based gamma ray observation J. Truemper (MPE) X-ray emission from isolated neutron stars - heating and acceleration CONTRIBUTED TALKS 2--4 5. Acceleration in jets --- from galactic micro QSOs to Blazars N. Kawai (RIKEN) ASCA results on the astrophysical jets in the Galaxy F. Aharonian (MPI) TeV Gamma Radiation of BL Lac objects: Observations and astrophysical implications. M. Urry (STSCI) Multiwavelength Properties of Blazars G. Ghisellini (OAB) Emission mechanism of Blazar Jets CONTRIBUTED TALKS 2--4 6. Heating by Accretion --- from compact objects to AGN L. Piro (CNR) Probing the AGN environment with X-ray measurements G. Madejski (GSFC) Black Holes in Active Galactic Nuclei H. Netzer X-ray lines as diagnostics of starburst and accretion processes CONTRIBUTED TALKS 2--4 7. Gamma-ray Burst K. Hurley (UCB) Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts: The Remaining Mysteries M. Tavani to be confirmed T. Murakami (ISAS) (20 min) Soft Gamma-ray Repeaters and Super-strong Magnetic Field A. Harding (GSFC) (20 min) Theory of Magnetars CONTRIBUTED TALKS 2--4 8. New frontiers in future missions (20min Talk) --- Astro-E, AXAF, XMM, Abrixas, etc K. Mitsuda (ISAS) Scientific capability of ASTRO-E during the first two years of the mission G. Hasinger (AIP) Abrixas M. Elvis (CfA) AXAF M. Turner X-ray spectroscopy of the evolving Universe N. White (GSFC) Constellation-X and Beyond J. Mattox (Boston) GLAST Measurements of Acceleration and Heating in the Universe H. Inoue (ISAS) Prospect of future X-ray missions in Japan CONTRIBUTED TALKS 2--4 9. Concluding Remarks K. Koyama (Kyoto Univ.) 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 include invited talks, contributed oral presentations, and presentations in the form of posters. Abstracts for proposed contributed papers should be submitted before the deadline. 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. THE DEADLINE FOR RECEIVING ABSTRACTS TO APPEAR IN THE ABSTRACT BOOK IS JANUARY 15, 1999. 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". Proceedings: ------------ The conference proceedings will be published as a special issue of Astronomische Nachrichten (AN); The papers will be refereed. Details of the format will be distributed at the conference. Summary of Schedule: -------------------- Dec. 20 Second circular Jan. 15 Third Circular with final programms, 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 train ( two stops, 10 min ). There is no hotel within walking distance from the conference hall. Registration: ------------- The registration fee of 20,000JYEN covers the conference materials, a copy of the proceedings and the 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. Contact Address: ---------------- Ms. I. Yamagishi (Asca Symposium) Institute of Space and Astronautical Science 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 229-8510, Japan, ( tel: +81-42-759-8154 ) ( fax: +81-42-759-8455 ) ( e-mail : ascasymp@astro.isas.ac.jp) **************************************************************** ASCA Symposium on Heating and Acceleration in the Universe Form for Abstract SEE "http://www.astro.isas.ac.jp/xray/ascasymp4/ ABSTRACT: If you plan to have a presentaion, send abstract using the following LaTeX template. %================================================================ % % 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 %================================================================= %----------------------------------------------------------------- \bigskip} {\large\bf %================================================================= % please type the authors here % e.g., 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 %================================================================= %----------------------------------------------------------------- \medskip %================================================================= % please type the abstract text here (maximum 200 words) %================================================================= %================================================================= \vskip1cm \end{document} \bye %================================================================= % Thank you for your cooperation %================================================================= ------------------------END OF REGISTRATION FORM-----------------