Centre of Astrophysics of the Jagiellonian University

Black Holes in Kraków

May 16th-20th, 2007




Program

Day 1, Wednesday, May 16th

18:00Opening ceremony

Day 2, Thursday, May 17th

9:00Sergio ColafrancescoCosmological impact of Black Holes
9:45Julien MalzacJet and disc coupling in black hole binaries
10:30Coffee Break
11:00Arnon DarX-ray emission from newly born black holes
11:45Zdenek StuchlikBlack Hole QPO - Extended Resonance Model with Hump-induced Oscillations
12:30Andrea KotrlovaPossible strong resonant phenomena exciting QPOs in some black hole systems
13:00Lunch
15:00Andrzej Zdziarski4U 1820-303: a physical laboratory in the sky
15:45Gabriel TorokOn the unity of neutron star and black hole high frequency QPOs
16:15Coffee Break
16:45Krzysztof RoszkowskiThe Penrose Inequality in single connected, convex spaces
17:15Sebastian SzybkaCritical phenomena, black holes and butterflies

Day 3, Friday, May 18th

9:00Monika Bałucińska-ChurchComparison with the theory of unstable nuclear burning of XB 1323-619 and GS 1826-24 - the periodic bursters
9:45Mike ChurchThe direct involvement of radiation pressure in the launching of jets
10:30Coffee Break
11:00Stefanie KomossaRadio-loud Narrow-line Seyfert 1 Galaxies
11:45Eliana PalazziUnveiling the nature of INTEGRAL sources through optical spectroscopy
12:30Edward MalecThe Shakura model and nonuniqueness of astronomical observations
13:15Lunch
15:00Janusz ZiolkowskiMasses of black holes in the Universe
15:45Linnea HjalmarsdotterSpectra and variability of Cyg X-3
16:15Coffee Break
16:45Katarzyna Kulpa3D MHD numerical simulations of protoplanetary disks
17:15Odele StraubEpicyclic oscillations of non-slender tori in Kerr and black hole spin estimation

Day 4, Saturday, May 19th

 A hiking trip to the Tatra Mountains (weather dependent).

Day 5, Sunday, May 20th

 The end of the conference (departures).