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| Synopsis |
The advances of LIGO and the proposed global interferometer
network operated together with VIRGO, GEO600 and TAMA300 will
test not only General Relativity but will also bring golden
opportunities to the gravitation and cosmology communities
world-wide to contribute and develop in the next 10 to 30
years. Researchers in the Asia Pacific area shall make this
a prime time to contribute. The last two series of meetings
held in Taiwan were designed to prepare ourselves to welcome
the dawn of this new era. After Korea, we expect China to
host the next meeting in 2010. |
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| Topics |
This
school/workshop program will aim at the frontier issues in
Gravitation and Cosmology, to put forth new ideas, to discuss
current issues and finally to propose challenging problems
for young physicists. The topics of interest include:
(i) quantum fluctuations in curved spacetime and negative
energy density states
(ii) canonical quantization and its applications to black
holes and cosmology
(iii) the physics of black hole horizon
(iv) quasi-local expressions and trapped surfaces for dynamical
gravitating systems and negative energy Bianchi cosmology
(v) non-equilibrium techniques and cosmological applications
(iv) stochastic gravity
(vii) numerical relativity and astrophysics
(vii) other related issues
In the school, experts will deliver series of talks (two to
three hours) from introductory to research level to help students
and junior fellows to grasp the essences of the cutting edge
developments in Gravitation and Cosmology in an effective
way. Each participant of the workshop after the school is
expected to deliver a talk on one of the above issues and
all participants are expected to discuss the talks and establish
research collaborations.
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| List
of school lecturers |
Larry Ford (Tufts
U., USA)
Chang-Hwan Lee (Pusan NatĄŻl U., Korea)
Alex Nielsen (Seoul NatĄŻl U., Korea)
Misao Sasaki (YITP, Kyoto U., Japan)
Enric Verdaguer (Barcelona U., Spain) |
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| Committees |
| International
Advisory Committee |
Robert
Brandenberger (McGill U., Canada)
Yong Min Cho (Seoul National U., Korea)
Bei-Lok Hu (Univ. of Maryland, USA)
Larry Ford (Tufts Univ., USA)
James Nester (NCU, Taiwan)
Misao Sasaki (YITP, Kyoto U., Japan)
Enric Verdaguer (Barcelona U., Spain) |
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| Local
Organizing Committee |
Rong-Gen
Cai (ITP, Chinese Academy of Science of China)
Gungwon Kang (Co-chair, KISTI, Korea)
Sang Pyo Kim (Kunsan National U., Korea)
Yun-Kau Lau (IAM, Chinese Academy of Science of China)
Chopin Soo (NCKU, Taiwan)
Hoi-Lai YU (Chairman, IP, Academia Sincia, Taiwan) |
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| Sponsors |
Asia Pacific
Center for Theoretical Physics (APCTP)
National Center for Theoretical Science, Taiwan (NCTS)
Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (IPAS)
Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) |
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| Financial
Support |
Support
of limited amount for local expenses is available for postdocs
and graduate students. |
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