PROGRAM
List of participants
The proceedings will be published in a special issue of New Astronomy Reviews and edited by Marek Abramowicz. Each contribution will be 10+-2 pages long. Manuscript should be sent to Marek.Abramowicz -at- physics.gu.se. Manuscript style files are available on the New Astronomy webpage
SUNDAY, 7 OCTOBER
...Arriving
09:00 - 17:45......arriving to Kalambur14:00 - 16:00......free buffet with hot meals at Kalambur
14:00 - 15:00......for those interested, a visit to Aula Leopoldina, the main baroque lecture hall of Wroclaw University
17:30 - 17:55......a short welcome by the rector of Wroclaw University, Marek and Andrew at the Wroclaw University Oratorium Marianum
Moving to the Castle
18:05 - 19:30......bus to the Trzebieszowice Castle19:30 - 20:00......unpacking
20:00 - 21:00......1st dinner
21:00 - 23:00......liqueurs
MONDAY, 8 OCTOBER
08:00 - 08:55......breakfast08:55 - 09:00......Chairman opens the Conference
Black Holes & Neutron Stars (1)
Chair: Jozef Smak 09:00 - 09:30......RAMESH NARAYAN: Advection-Dominated Accretion and the Black Hole Event Horizon09:30 - 09:45......discussion
09:45 - 10:15......ERIC GOURGOULHON: New theoretical perspectives on black holes
10:15 - 10:30......discussion
10:30 - 11:00......coffee break
11:00 - 11:30......PAWEL HAENSEL: Equation of state of dense matter and fast rotation of neutron stars
11:30 - 11:45......discussion
11:45 - 12:15......MICHAL BURSA: Modulation of QPOs in black hole and neutron star sources
12:15 - 12:30......discussion
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00......lunch14:00 - 16:00......2 hour rest and individual discussions
16:00 - 16:30......coffee break
16:30 - 19:30......individual discussions
Dinner
19:30 - 21:00......dinner21:00 - 23:00......liqueurs
TUESDAY, 9 OCTOBER
08:00 - 09:00......breakfastBinaries. Hyperaccretion
Chair: Eric Gourgoulhon 09:00 - 09:30......GUILLAUME DUBUS: Gamma-ray binaries09:30 - 09:45......discussion
09:45 - 10:15......LEV YUNGELSON: Evolution of low-mass binaries with black-hole components
10:15 - 10:30......discussion
10:30 - 11:00......coffee break
11:00 - 11:30......HANS RITTER: Is irradiation important for the secular evolution of low-mass X-ray binaries?
11:30 - 11:45......discussion
11:45 - 12:15......ANDREW KING: Hyperaccretion
12:15 - 12:30......discussion
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00......lunch14:00 - 15:00......1 hour rest
Active Galaxies
Chair: Moti Milgrom 15:00 - 15:30......MAREK SIKORA: Radioloudness of active galaxies and the black hole evolution15:30 - 15:45......discussion
15:45 - 16:15......coffee break
16:15 - 19:30......individual discussions
Dinner
19:30 - 21:00......dinner21:00 - 23:00......liqueurs
WEDNESDAY, 10 OCTOBER
(Weronika's 30th birthday) 08:00 - 09:00......breakfastAccretion Disks (1)
Chair: Ramesh Narayan 09:00 - 09:30......GIORA SHAVIV: Why the name "Kelvin-Helmholtz time scale" is not the correct one09:30 - 09:45......discussion
09:45 - 10:15......PHIL CHARLES: Accretion disc precessional/warping properties as implied by long-term X-ray and optical observations
10:15 - 10:30......discussion
10:30 - 11:00......coffee break
11:00 - 11:30......WLODEK KLUZNIAK: Resonance model for high frequency QPOs
11:30 - 11:45......discussion
11:45 - 12:15......PAOLA REBUSCO: Difficulties with the QPOs resonance model
12:15 - 12:30......discussion
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30......lunchSocial program
13:30 - 19:30......social program: a visit to Jaskinia NiedzwiedziaConference Dinner
20:00 - 22:00......Conference Dinner22:00 - 23:00......liqueurs, and the After Dinner Speech by Agnieszka Kolakowska (short)
THURSDAY, 11 OCTOBER
08:00 - 09:00......breakfastAccretion Disks (2)
Chair: Caroline Terquem 09:00 - 09:30......STEVEN BALBUS: The effects of magnetic Prandtl number on MHD disk turbulence09:30 - 09:45......discussion
09:45 - 10:15......ROYA MOHAYAEE: Accretion wake of compact objects in collisionless media
10:15 - 10:30......discussion
10:30 - 11:00......coffee break
11:00 - 11:30......ODED REGEV: Extraordinaire comme les mathematiques vous aident (z przykladami)
11:30 - 11:45......discussion
11:45 - 12:15......JEAN-MARIE HAMEURY: The thermal viscous disk instability model in the AGN context
12:15 - 12:30......discussion
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00......lunch14:00 - 15:00......1 hour rest
High energy astrophysics
Chair: Andrew King 15:00 - 15:30......KRISTEN MENOU: Of Black Holes, Gas and Gravity15:30 - 15:45......discussion
15:45 - 16:15......BRONISLAW RUDAK: Pulsar studies in the high energy domain
16:15 - 16:30......discussion
16:30 - 16:45......coffee break
16:45 - 17:15......MICHAL OSTROWSKI: Cosmic ray acceleration at relativistic shock waves
17:15 - 17:30......discussion
17:30 - 19:00......individual discussions
Dinner
19:30 - 21:00......dinner21:00 - 23:00......liqueurs
FRIDAY, 12 OCTOBER
08:00 - 09:00......breakfastWhite Dwarfs, Planets
Chair: Roya Mohayaee 09:00 - 09:30......JUHAN FRANK: Mass transfer in double white-dwarf binaries09:30 - 09:45......discussion
09:45 - 10:15......IRIT IDAN (in absentia): Accretion disc around white dwarfs
10:15 - 10:30......discussion
10:30 - 11:00......coffee break
11:00 - 11:30......JOZEF SMAK: Superoutbursts of Z Cha
11:30 - 11:45......discussion
11:45 - 12:15......CAROLINE TERQUEM: Extrasolar planets
12:15 - 12:30......discussion
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00......lunch14:00 - 15:00......1 hour rest
Dark Matter
Chair: Marek Abramowicz 15:00 - 15:30......MOTI MILGROM: Marriage a-la-MOND: Baryonic dark matter in galaxy clusters and the cooling flow puzzle15:30 - 15:45......discussion
15:45 - 16:30......coffee break (long)
The Conference Summary
Chair: Didier Barret 16:30 - 17:30...... JEAN-PIERRE LASOTA-HIRSZOWICZ: The Conference Summary17:30 - 19:30......discussion
Dinner
19:30 - 21:00......dinner21:00 - 23:00......liqueurs
SATURDAY, 13 OCTOBER
07:00 - 08:45......breakfast09:00 - 11:45......bus to Wroclaw, with downtown and airport stops