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| A. String Theory and Quantum Gravity | ||||
| SQG1: | Strings/Brane Motivated Gravity (Dmitri Galtsov) | A | B | |
| SQG2: | Loop Quantum Gravity, Quantum Geometry, Spin Foams (Jerzy Lewandowski) | A | B | |
| SQG3: | AdS/CFT (Anti de Sitter/Conformal Field Theory) (Kostas Skenderis) | |||
| SQG4: | Perturbative and Non-Perturbative Aspects of String Theory and Supergravity (Jan-Willem van Holten, Pierre Vanhove) | |||
| SQG5: | Quantum Fields (Vladimir Belinski) | |||
| SQG6: | Quantum Gravity Phenomenology (Giovanni Camelino-Amelia) | |||
| B. Black Holes: Theory | ||||
| BHT1: | strong fields and particle physics in astrophysics (Hagen Kleinert) | |||
| BHT2: | Black Holes in Higher Dimensions (Black Rings and Black Strings) (Jutta Kunz) | A | B | |
| BHT3: | Black Holes and Magneto-Hydrodynamics (Gennady Bisnovatyi-Kogan) | A | B | |
| BHT4: | Black Hole Thermodynamics (Iosif Khriplovich) | A | B | |
| BHT5: | Black Holes and the Information Puzzle (Gabriele Veneziano, Marika Taylor) | |||
| BHT6: | Analog Gravity (Ralf Schuetzhold, Clovis Maia) | |||
| C. Astrophysics of Neutron Stars and Black Holes | ||||
| APT1: | Observations of Astrophysical Black Holes (Lev Titarchuk) | |||
| APT2: | Extreme Properties of Neutron Stars: Observations and Theory (Mariano Mendez, Nanda Rea) | |||
| APT3: | Observations from High Energy Astrophysics Satellites (Elena Pian, Norbert Schulz) | A | B | |
| APT4: | Astrophysical Black Holes: from Quasars to Nano-Quasars (Sandip Chakrabarti) | |||
| APT5: | Galactic Gamma-Ray Sources: steady vs. transient sources (Marco Tavani) | |||
| D. Theoretical Cosmology | ||||
| COT1: | Topology of the Universe (Marek Demianski) | |||
| COT2: | Inhomogeneous Cosmologies, Averaging and Back Reaction (Alan Coley, David Wiltshire) | A | B | |
| COT3: | Nonsingular Cosmology (Mario Novello) | |||
| COT4: | Quantum Cosmology and Quantum Effects in the Early Universe (Paulo Moniz) | |||
| E. Gamma Ray Bursts: Theory and Observation | ||||
| GRB1: | Supernovae and GRBs (Alicia Soderberg) | |||
| GRB3: | Observations vs. theory in the Swift era (Filippo Frontera, Sergio Campana ) | A | B | |
| GRB4: | Models for GRBs (Tsvi Piran, Shiho Kobayashi) | |||
| F. Mathematical and General Theories | ||||
| MGAT1: | Integrability and Solution Generating Methods for Einstein's Field Equations in Four and Higher Dimensions (Georgy Alekseev) | |||
| MGAT2: | Cosmological Singularities and Asymptotics (Spiros Cotsakis) | |||
| MGAT3: | Theoretical Issues in GR (Dieter Brill) | A | B | |
| MGAT4: | Exact Solutions (Physical Aspects) (Susan Scott) | A | B | |
| MGAT5: | Higher Dimensional Theories (Alan Coley) | |||
| MGAT6: | Higher Derivative Theories (Salvatore Capozziello) | A | B | |
| MGAT7: | Gravitational Fields with Sources (Jose Lemos, Vitor Cardoso) | |||
| MGAT8: | Alternative Theories (Kei-Ichi Maeda, Hideki Ishihara) | |||
| MGAT9: | Self-Gravitating Systems (Pierre-Henri Chavanis) | |||
| MGAT10: | Chaos in gravitating systems (Thierry Dauxois, Vahe Gurzadyan) | |||
| G. Experimental Gravitation | ||
| EG1: | Tests of Local Lorentz Invariance (Claus Laemmerzahl) | |
| EG2: | Variation of Fundamental Constants (Victor Flambaum) | |
| EG3: | Space Tests (Serge Reynaud) | |
| EG4: | Astrometric Tests (Sergei Klioner, Francois Mignard) | |
| EG5: | Short Range Gravity Tests (Joshua Long) | |
| EG6: | Compact Binaries and Strong-Field Tests of Gravity (Michael Kramer) | |
| EG7: | Equivalence Principle Tests (Pierre Touboul) | |
| H. History of Relativity | ||
| HR1: | Recent Advances in the History of General Relativity (Jean Eisenstaedt) | |
| I. Analytic and Numerical Methods | ||
| ANM1: | Post-Newtonian and Analytic Approximations (Luc Blanchet, Gerhard Schaefer) | |
| ANM2: | Compact Binary Simulations: Spins and Gravitational Recoil, Comparisons with Post-Newtonian Results (Pablo Laguna) | |
| ANM3: | Interfacing analytical and numerical relativity (Alessandra Buonanno) | |
| ANM4: | Numerical Methods in General Relativity and Algebraic Computation (Christian Klein) | |
| ANM5: | Supernova Explosions and Neutron Star Oscillations (Kostas Kokkotas, Harald Dimmelmeier) | |
| ANM6: | Compact Binary Simulations: Miscellaneous (Frans Pretorius) | |
| ANM7: | Self Forces, Black Hole Perturbations (Eric Poisson) | |
| ANM8: | Collisionless Relativistic Shocks (Mikhail Medvedev) | |
| L. Cosmological Models | |||||
| COM1: | Inflation (Jérôme Martin) | ||||
| COM2: | Dark Energy and Universe Acceleration (Alexei Starobinsky, David Polarski) | A | B | C | |
| M. Observational Cosmology | ||||
| OC1: | Primordial Gravitational Waves and the CMB (Leonid Grishchuk) | A | B | |
| OC2: | CMB Experiments (Silvia Masi) | |||
| OC3: | The Planck Mission and the CMB (Martin Bucher) | |||
| OC4: | Observational Gravitational Lensing [Microlensing] (Philippe Jetzer) | |||
| OC5: | Dark Matter and Large-Scale Structure, Weak Lensing (Yannick Mellier) | |||
| N. Astroparticle Physics | ||
| AP1: | Search for Dark Matter (Gabriel Chardin) | |
| AP2: | Neutrino Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology (Katsushiko Sato) | |
| AP3: | Perspectives for Cosmic Rays from Space Missions: PAMELA (Piergiorgio Picozza, Marco Ricci) | |
| AP4: | Active Galactic Nuclei and gamma rays (Felix Aharonian, Helene Sol and Berrie Giebels) | |
| O. Gravitational Waves | ||
| GW1: | Sources of Gravitational Waves (Andrew Melatos) | |
| GW2: | Operating GW Detectors (Adalberto Giazotto, Jean-Pierre Zendri) | |
| GW3: | Space and Third Generation GW Detectors (Albrecht Ruediger, Sheila Rowan) | |
| GW4: | GW Data Analysis (Fulvio Ricci, Valentin Rudenko) | |
| GW5: | Advanced GW Detectors (David Blair, Kimio Tsubono) | |
