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Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto
Porto, Portugal
The aim of this conference is to bring together astronomers
interested in several aspects of "non-sleepiness" at galactic scales and beyond. Topics include:
Our aim, in gathering astronomers involved in studying different aspects of the "non-sleeping universe", is an attempt to establish a favourable environment for new ideas and views to surface. Many of these aspects are topics of research at the Centre for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, therefore providing one of the motivations for organizing such a conference.
The conference lasts two and a half days.
Please, see the specifications for the contributions included in the programme.
The Programme is the following ([IS] - Invited Speaker):
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THURSDAY, 27 NOVEMBER 1997
| 9:00-9:45 | - Registration |
| 9:45-10:00 | - OPENING SESSION |
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SESSION 1 - GAMMA-RAY BURSTS
| 10:00-10:45 | - [IS] Charles Meegan (NASA/Marschall) |
| "Gamma-Ray Bursts: Where Are We Now?" | |
| 10:45-11:05 | - Orfeu Bertolami (Lisboa) |
| "Do Gamma Ray Bursts Require New Physics?" | |
| 11:05-11:30 | - Posters and coffee |
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SESSION 2 - THE HUBBLE DEEP FIELD
| 11:30-12:15 | - [IS] Simon White (Max-Planck) |
| "Galaxy Formation - Observed at Last?" | |
| 12:15- 12:35 | - Roger Blandford (Caltech) |
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SESSION 3 - AGN: "ISOLATED" AND IN CLUSTERS
| 15:00-15:45 | - [IS] Roger Blandford (Caltech) |
| 15:45-16:05 | - Jane Dennett-Thorpe (Lisboa) |
| "Relativistic Motion on kilo-pc Scales in Radio Galaxies and Quasars" | |
| 16:05-16:25 | - Andrew Ulmer (Max-Planck) |
| "The Tidal Disruption of Stars by Massive Black Holes" | |
| 16:25-17:15 | - Posters and coffee |
| 17:15-17:35 | - Astrid Orr (ESA) |
| "Soft X-ray Features in AGN Spectra Observed by BeppoSAX/LECS" | |
| 17:35-17:55 | - Pedro Augusto (Porto) |
| "The Population of kpc-Scale Flat-Spectrum Radio Sources" | |
| 17:55-18:15 | - Poster discussion (referee: Simon White) |
| 18:15 | - Porto Wine tasting |
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FRIDAY, 28 NOVEMBER 1997
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| 9:00-9:45 | - [IS] Anthony Lasenby (Cambridge) |
| "Present and Future Observations of the CMB and Their Implications" | |
| 9:45-10:30 | - [IS] Alain Blanchard (Strasbourg) |
| "What Do the CBR Fluctuations Tell Us?" | |
| 10:30-11:00 | - Posters and coffee |
| 11:00-11:20 | - Domingos Barbosa (Strasbourg) |
| "Determination of Cosmological Parameters with the Cosmic Microwave Background" | |
| 11:20-11:40 | - Paulo Crawford (Lisboa) |
| "Cosmological Parameters and the Cosmic Microwave Background" |
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| 11:40-12:25 | - [IS] Andrew Liddle (Sussex) |
| "Inflation and the Microwave Background" | |
| 12:25-12:45 | - Pedro Viana (Porto) |
| 12:45-12:50 | - Group photo |
| 15:00- 15:45 | - [IS] Albert Stebbins (NASA/Fermilab) |
| "Seeing the Dark Matter Through Gravitational Lensing" | |
| 15:45-16:05 | - Paulo Moniz (Cambridge) |
| "Origin of Structure in a Supersymmetric Quantum Universe" | |
| 16:05-16:25 | - Robert Caldwell (Pennsylvania) |
| "Cosmological Imprint of an Energy Component with General Equation-of-State" | |
| 16:25-17:00 | - Posters and coffee |
| 17:00-17:20 | - Carlos Martins (Cambridge) |
| "Wiggly Cosmic Strings" | |
| 17:20-17:40 | - Albert Stebbins (NASA/Fermilab) |
| 17:40-18:00 | - Jose Mimoso (Lisboa) |
| "Inflation as a Relaxation Mechanism from Scalar-tensor Gravity Theories to General Relativity" | |
| 18:00-18:25 | - Poster discussion (referee: Alain Blanchard) |
| 20:00 | - CONFERENCE DINNER |
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SATURDAY, 29 NOVEMBER 1997
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SESSION 6 - DETERMINATION OF COSMOLOGICAL PARAMETERS
| 9:30- 10:15 | - [IS] Carlos Frenk (Durham) |
| "Constraints on the Cosmological Parameters--Autumn 1997" | |
| 10:15-10:35 | - Frank Pijpers (Aarhus) |
| "Measuring Time Delays for Gravitationally Lensed Quasars" | |
| 10:35-11:00 | - Posters and coffee |
| 11:00-11:20 | - Luis Goicoechea (Cantabria) |
| "Gravitational Lenses and the Hubble Constant: Present and Future" | |
| 11:20-11:40 | - Rachida Sadat (Strasbourg) |
| "Constraining Omega_0 from High-Redshift X-ray Clusters" | |
| 11:40-12:15 | - CLOSING SESSION |
| 14:30-18:30 | - GUIDED TOUR to historic PORTO (UNESCO World Heritage City) |
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