YITP WORKSHOP ON
Quasi-Periodic Oscillations and Time Variabilities of Accretion Flows

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 YITP Workshop on  "Quasi-Periodic Oscillations and 
 Time Variabilities of Accretion Flows"

 Conference Room K206, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics,
 Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, November 20 - 22, 2007

 http://www.astro.phys.s.chiba-u.ac.jp/qpo2007/
 Hosted by Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics (YITP, Japan)
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We are pleased to send the second circular of the workshop on 
"Quasi-Periodic Oscillations and Time Variabilities of Accretion Flows" 
to be held at Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics (YITP), 
Kyoto University. 

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Scientific Program
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Nov. 20 (Tue.)

13:00 R. Matsumoto (15min)  
         Opening Remarks
      M. Abramowicz (60min)
         Black hole accretion disks
[Observations of Time Variabilities of Accretion Powered Sources]
      Y. Terashima (45min) 
         Time Variability of AGNs
--- coffee break ---
15:15 H. Negoro (45min)
         Long-term and Short-term Periodic Time Variabilities of
         Black Hole Candidates
      M. Miyoshi (30min)
         QPO from Sgr A*
      T. Minezaki (20min)
         Near-Infrared Intraday Variations in the Seyfert 1
         Nucleus NGC 4395
      T. Miyakawa (20min)
         Long Term Iron Line Variability of the Seyfert 1 Galaxy
         MCG-6-30-15
      T. Kohmura (20min)
         Aperiodic X-Ray Time Variation of X-ray Binary Pulsars     

Nov. 21 (Wed)
[Theoretical Models of QPOs, State Transitions and Time Variabilities]
9:30  W. Kluzniak (45min)
         QPOs, resonance and non-linear oscillations in accretion disks.
      G. Torok (20min)
         Models of high frequency QPOs (*)
--- coffee break ---
10:50 J. Horak (20min)
         Nonlinear interactions among oscillation modes of
         accretion tori
      S. Kato (45min)
         A Disk Oscillation Model of High-Frequency QPOs
--- Lunch ---
13:30 M. Bursa (30min)
         Modulation mechanisms of high-frequency QPOs
      R. Takahashi (30min)
         Relativistic Radiation Transfer in Accretion Flow around a
     Black Hole
      J. Fukue (30min)
         Relativistic Variable Eddington Factor
--- coffee break
15:20 S. Das (20min)
         Behaviour of accretion flows around black holes
      H. Nagakura (20min)
         General Relativistic Hydrodynamical Simulations of Standing
         Accretion Shock Instability : Implications for GRB and Black
         Hole QPO
      H. Oda (20min)
         Steady Models of Black Hole Accretion Disks including
         Azimuthal Magnetic Fields.
      S. Mineshige (30min)
         A new cellular-automaton model for black-hole variability
      [short comment]
      K. Vierdayanti (10min)
         On Black Hole Mass Estimation from X-ray Spectra of
         Ultraluminous X-ray Sources
 
18:00-20:00  Banquet

Nov. 22 (Thu.)
[Numerical Simulations of Time Variabilities of Accretion Disks]
9:30  Y. Kato (30min)
         Magnetohydrodynamic Studies of Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in
         Accretion Flows around Black Holes
      M. Machida (30min)
         High frequency QPOs excited by low-frequency disk oscillation
--- coffee break ---
10:50 S. Hirose (30min)
         Time Variability and Stability of Radiation-dominated
         Accretion Disks
      K. Ohsuga (30min)
         Simulations of supercritical (slim) disks
--- Lunch ---
[contributed talks]
13:30 K. Hayasaki (30min)
         Periodic light variations from a supermassive binary black
         hole with triple disks
      M. Takahashi (20min)
         Chaotic motion of Charged Particles in a Black Hole
	 Magnetosphere
      S. Fujimoto (20min)
         Lithium production on a low-mass secondary in a black hole
         soft X-ray transient
14:40 Summary and Discussion
15:30 Closing remark

60min=50min talk + 10min discussion
45min=35min talk + 10min discussion
30min=25min talk + 5 min discussion
20min=15min talk + 5 min discussion
(*) tentative title

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Banquet
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We will have a banquet on Nov. 21 (Wed).
The banquet fee is 6000yen (3000yen for students).

If you wish to attend the banquet, please send email to
qpo2007_AT_astro.s.chiba-u.ac.jp (replace _AT_ with @) 
by Nov. 5 using the following format. 

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YITP workshop on "Quasi-Periodic Oscillations and Time 
Variabilities of Accretion Flows"

I would like to attend the banquet of the workshop.

Name:
Are you a student ?   Yes    No
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Registration and Accommodation
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We will open the registration desk from 12:30pm on Nov. 20.
There is no registration fee. 

We booked accomodation for participants who requested 
arrangements of lodging at Shiran-Kaikan and informed them 
by email. For other participants who book by themselves,
YITP provides a list of accomodations in Kyoto. Please 
click "Accomodation" from the menu of the workshop website
http://www.astro.phys.s.chiba-u.ac.jp/qpo2007/
and select "Accomodations in Kyoto". 

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Transportation
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The workshop will be held at Room K206, Yukawa Institute for 
Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University. Please click
"Transportation" from the menu of the workshop website
http://www.astro.phys.s.chiba-u.ac.jp/qpo2007/
and check the access map.

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Weather
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Weather in November will generally be fine but we occasionally
have rain. The average temperature of the day will be around
15 degree in Celsius.

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Proceedings
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We are going to collect the presentation files of speakers
and post them on the workshop web site after the workshop.

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Presentation Tools
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LCD projector and an overhead projector will be available.
Please bring your own laptop computer for presentation.

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AC power
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The AC power available in Kyoto is 100V 60Hz. The plug shape
is 2-pin that is similar to the US standard except for no 
ground pin.

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Organizing committee
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 Ryoji Matsumoto (Chiba Univ., Chair), 
 Shoji Kato (Kyoto Univ. Emeritus),
 Shin Mineshige (Kyoto Univ.), 
 Jun Fukue (Osaka Kyoiku Univ.),
 Mami Machida (NAOJ), 
 Hiroshi Oda (Chiba Univ.)
   
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Contact address
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If you have questions, please send email to:
  qpo2007_AT_astro.s.chiba-u.ac.jp (replace _AT_ with @)
           
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