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This year the School
[VI edition] is devoted to:
A CENTURY
FROM EINSTEIN RELATIVITY:
PROBING GRAVITY THEORIES IN BINARY SYSTEMS
Villa Olmo (Como Lake, Italy)
May 17-21, 2005
Ed van den HEUVEL
(Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek, Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Formation and evolution of relativistic binaries
Thibault DAMOUR
(IHES, Bures-sur-Yvette, France)
Binary systems as test-bed of gravity theories
Michael KRAMER
(University of Manchester, JBO, Manchester, UK)
Exploiting binary pulsars as laboratories of gravity theories
Nichi D'AMICO
(Università di Cagliari & INAF, Cagliari, Italy)
Perspectives in the search of relativistic pulsars
Alberto VECCHIO
(University of Birminghan, Birminghan, UK)
Gravitational waves from binary systems
Luigi STELLA (INAF,
Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Monteporzio, Italy)
Tests of relativistic effects in accreting binaries
Gianluca ISRAEL
(INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Monteporzio, Italy)
White dwarfs in relativistic binaries
Aldo TREVES (University
of Insubria, Como, Italy)
Pulsar electrodynamics
Pulsars
are the best clocks in the Universe. Thanks to that, close binary systems hosting
pulsars can become wonderful laboratories for probing gravity theories. In particular,
expectations of General Relativity have been verified with unprecedented precision
in the Hulse-Taylor binary pulsar B1913+16, and other systems. The recent discovery
of the double pulsar close binary J0737-3039 promises a further significant
improvement in this field. Binary pulsars are subject of major astrophysical
interest, since they can also shed light on the final stages of stellar evolution.
In particular they are of paramount importance for evaluating the neutron star
coalescence rate, a basic quantity for estimating the detection efficiency of
groundbased gravitational wave detectors that are currently operating.
Further tests of Einstein Relativity are possible in accreting binary systems
hosting neutron stars and black holes, and in very compact double white dwarf
systems.
Monica Colpi (Milan Bicocca University, Co-Chairperson), Vittorio
Gorini (Insubria University, Como, Co-Chairperson), Ugo Moschella (Insubria
University, Como), Andrea Possenti (INAF, Osservatorio di Cagliari), Aldo Treves
(Insubria University, Como)
Massimo Bassan (Rome Tor Vergata), Roberto Cianci (Genoa), Monica Colpi (Milan Bicocca), Mauro Francaviglia (Turin), Adalberto Giazotto (Pisa), Vittorio Gorini (Como), Luca Lusanna (Florence, Chairman), Luciano Rezzolla (SISSA), Gaetano Vilasi (Salerno)
There will be room
for short communications by the participants. Those who want to submit a communication
proposal should send a short abstract to grschool@centrovolta.it
Proponents will be informed about acceptance of their contribution in due
time.
Participants will be accomodated in hotels near Villa Olmo and will be requested
to pay an inclusive fee covering bed, breakfast and lunch, of EURO 550. Those
wishing to forgo this possibility are requested to pay a registration fee of
EURO 250, also covering lunches. Some support to cover local expenses may be
available; those who need support should mention it in their application. Please
note that no support to cover travel expenses will be available.
All those interested in attending the School should send a short Curriculum
Vitae and a summary of current research (maximum two pages A4).
Application forms
are available mailing:
grschool@centrovolta.it or through
the web page:
http://www.centrovolta.it/sigrav/sigrav_school.html
Selected candidates
will be informed in due time. Accomodation is not guaranteed after April 15th
2005.
For information
also contact directly the Organizing Secretariat at Centro "A.Volta":
email chiara.stefanetti@centrovolta.it
tel +39 031 579814
fax +39 031 573395
-SIGRAV (Italian
Society for Gravitational Physics)
-INFN (National Institute of Nuclear Physics)
-University of Insubria
-Department of Physics and Mathematics of the University of Insubria at Como
-University of Milan Bicocca
