MAY 2013 - TOPICS

Short News COST Summer School in Ioannina Heidelberg Summer School Upcoming Astronomy Meetings in Greece About this Newsletter

The Council of the Hel.A.S. would like to wish to all members of the Society and their families a Happy Easter.

1. SHORT NEWS

We would like to congratulate Chryssa Kouveliotou, Senior Scientist for High Energy Astrophysics, Science and Technology Office, NASA George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, and a founding members of Hel.A.S., who was recently elected a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in recognition of her distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.

2. COST SUMMER SCHOOL IN IOANNINA

The COST action “Black Holes in a Violent Universe” organizes a summer school on "Black Holes at all scales", in Ioannina, Greece, between September 16 and 18, 2013. The school aims at post graduate students and young postdoctoral fellows. The program includes reviews on various aspects of Black Hole-related science, such as: demographics and formation theories of galactic black hole binaries in our and nearby galaxies, our "own" supermassive black hole on the Galactic center, formation and cosmic evolution of supermassive black holes, phenomenology of active galactic nuclei and a review of their "unification" theories, theory of jet formation and energy extraction in black-hole systems, as well as the scaling of accretion and jet physics from mini-quasars to quasars. For more information, please check the web page of the school: COST Summer School

3. HEIDELBERG SUMMER SCHOOL

The International Max-Planck Research School for Astronomy & Cosmic Physics at the University of Heidelberg announces the 8th Heidelberg Summer School on "High Energy Astrophysics". The school will take place on September 9-13, 2013, and it will focus on fundamental topics in High Energy Astrophysics, highlighting recent observational and theoretical progress. The lecture courses will cover the major radiation processes, particle acceleration mechanisms and relativistic magnetohydrodynamics, and discuss their relevance for our understanding of astrophysical objects such as supernova remnants, pulsar wind nebulae and active galactic nuclei. For more information visit: Heidelberg Summer School

4. UPCOMING ASTRONOMY MEETINGS IN GREECE

Massive Stars: From α to Ω Rhodes, 10-14 June 2013 2013 Radiation Belts Workshop: Comprehending, Specifying and Forecasting their Dynamics Santorini, 30 June - 4 July 2013 The 11th Hellenic Astronomical Conference Athens, 9 - 12 September 2013 Explosive Transients: Lighthouses of the Universe Santorini, 15-20 September 2013 Summer School Black Holes at all Scales Ioannina, 16 - 18 September 2013

5. ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER

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