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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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