2nd KIAS Astrophysics Workshop & Preworkshop Lectures
Current High-Energy Emission around Black Holes

Sep. 3-8, 2001
KIAS International Conference Hall, Seoul, Korea


Black Holes exist in galactic nuclei and in some X-ray binaries found in our own Galaxy and Large Magellanic Cloud. This program focuses on astrophysical high-energy emission processes near black holes, and  development of theoretical frameworks for interpreting observational results.  During pre-workshop lectures (3-5, Sep.), we will have a few selected lectures by invited speakers.

Topics to be covered

Black Hole X-ray Observations
Energy Extraction from Rotating Black Holes
Accretion Disk
Formation of Jets
Supernova and Gamma Ray Bursts
Invited Speakers
R. Blandford (Caltech,USA)
A. Beloborodov (Sweden)
A. Celotti (Trieste, Italy)
T. Dotani (ISAS,Japan)
P. Hoeflich (Austin,USA)
J. Krolik (Johns Hopkins,USA)
K. Menou (Princeton, USA)
D. Merritt (Rutgers,USA)
K. Nomoto (Tokyo,Japan)
C. Norman (Johns Hopkins,USA)
I. Okamoto (NAO,Japan)
G. Ricker (MIT,USA)*
M. Sikora (Warsaw, Poland)
M. van Putten (MIT,USA)
E. Vishniac (Johns Hopkins,USA)
* to be confirmed
Organizing Committee
R. Blandford (Caltech,USA)
Heon-Young Chang (KIAS)
Chul Sung Choi (KAO)
J. Krolik (Johns Hopkins,USA)
Chang-Hwan Lee (KIAS,Chair)
Hee Won Lee (Sejong)
Hyun Kyu Lee (Hanyang)
Hyung-Mok Lee (SNU)
Myeong-Gu Park (Kyungpuk)
Seok Jae Park (KAO)
E. Vishniac (Johns Hopkins,USA)
Insu Yi (KIAS)
On-line Registration

Walk-in participants are more than welcome. There is no registration fee, and free lunch at KIAS cafeteria will be provided for all the participants.

Scientific Program (long version)   (short table)

Proceedings

Proceedings will be published in World Scientific. Instructions for producing a Camera-Ready Manuscript using World Scientific Publishing Style Files are given here. Please submit the manuscript by e-mail to astro@kias.re.kr.

Page limits: 40 min talks - 15 pages
                 other talks & poster presentations - 10 pages
Deadline : Nov. 30, 2001.


List of Participants

How to get to KIAS

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Additional Information
First KIAS Astrophysics Workshop
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Contact address
Heon-Young Chang (hyc@kias.re.kr)
Chang-Hwan Lee (chlee@kias.re.kr)
Last modification: Sep 1, 2001
Workshop Homepage : http://newton.kias.re.kr/~astro/2001
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