MG13 Preliminary Parallel Sessions (...work in progress)
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The format of the poster is 84cm x 119cm.
| Analytic and Numerical Methods |
| AN1 | A B | Post-Newtonian and Analytic Approximations (Luc Blanchet) |
| AN2 | Interfacing Analytical and Numerical Relativity (Alessandra Buonanno, Alessandro Nagar) | |
| AN3 | Gravitational Self-Force and Astrophysical Binaries of small mass ratios (Leor Barack) | |
| AN4 | Numerical Simulations of Binary Black Holes (Pablo Laguna) | |
| AN5 | Numerical analysis of coalescing binaries (Masaru Shibata) |
| Astroparticle Physics |
| AP1 | DAMA and Related Experiments (Rita Bernabei) | |
| AP2 | Active Galactic Nuclei at High Energies (Paolo Giommi, Felix Aharonian) | |
| AP3 | Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (Karl-Heinz Kampert, Cao Zhen) | |
| AP4 | News from LHC (Carlo Dionisi, Luciano Maiani) |
| Alternative Theories |
| AT1 | Higher dimensional General Relativity (Harvey Reall) | |
| AT2 | A B | Extended Theories of Gravity (Salvatore Capozziello) |
| AT3 | A B | Gravitational Fields with Sources, Regular Black Holes, Quasiblack Holes, and Analog Black Holes (José P. S. Lemos, Paolo Pani) |
| AT4 | A B | Modified Gravity (Fawad Hassan, Shinji Mukohyama) |
| Black Holes: Theory |
| BH1 | Black Holes in Higher Dimensions (Black Rings and Black Strings) (Jutta Kunz) | |
| BH2 | Magneto-Plasma Processes in Relativistic Astrophysics (Gennady Bisnovatyi-Kogan, Sergej Moiseenko) | |
| BH3 | A B | Black Holes (Roy Kerr, Jacob Bekenstein) |
| BH4 | Black Hole Evaporation, Holographic Principle, and Entropic Gravity (Pisin Chen) |
| Cosmic Background radiation |
| CB1/2 | A B |
CMB Experiments (Silvia Masi, Paolo De Bernardis) Astrophysics from the radio to submillimetre - Planck Mission (Carlo Burigana, Hans-Ulric Norgaard-Nielsen) |
| Cosmological Models |
| CM1 | Inflation (Misao Sasaki) | |
| CM2 | A B C | Dark Energy and the Accelerating Universe (Alexei Starobinsky, David Polarski) |
| CM3 | Nonsingular Cosmology (Mario Novello) | |
| CM4 | Quantum Cosmology and Quantum Effects in the Early Universe (Paulo Moniz) |
| Experimental Gravitation |
| EG1 | Experimental Gravitation (Claus Laemmerzahl) | |
| EG2 | Variation of Fundamental Constants (Victor Flambaum) | |
| EG3 | Compact Binaries and Strong-Field Tests of Gravity (Michael Kramer) | |
| EG4 | Self-Gravitating System (David Merritt) |
| Gamma Ray Bursts: Theory and Observation |
| GRB1 | Photospheric Emission in GRBs (Felix Ryde, Gregory Vereshchagin) | |
| GRB2 | First Minutes of GRBs: physics of prompt emission, central engine, and progenitor (Bing Zhang, Pawan Kumar) | |
| GRB3 | Observations vs. Theory in the Swift Era (Sergio Campana, Massimo Della Valle) | |
| GRB4 | GRB: correlations and central engine (Sergio Campana, Massimo Della Valle) | |
| GRB5 | Models for GRBs (Shiho Kobayashi, Tsvi Piran) |
| Mathematical and General Theories |
| GT1 | Exact Solutions in Four and Higher Dimensions: Mathematical Aspects (Georgy Alekseev) | |
| GT2 | Cosmological Singularities and Asymptotics (Spiros Cotsakis) | |
| GT3 | A B | Theoretical Issues in GR (Dieter Brill) |
| GT4 | Exact Solutions (Physical Aspects) (Susan Scott) | |
| GT5 | Quantum Fields (Vladimir Belinski) |
| Gravitational Waves |
| GW1 | Sources of Gravitational Waves (Andrew Melatos) | |
| GW2 | Gravitational Wave and Multimessenger Astronomy (Fulvio Ricci, Szabolcs Marka) | |
| GW3 | Status of the Gravitational Wave Detectors (David Blair, Jean-Yves VINET) | |
| GW4 | Underground Gravitational Wave Detectors (Harald Lück, Albert Lazzarini) |
| History of Relativity |
| HR1 | History of Relativity and Cosmology (Christian Bracco) |
| Observational Cosmology |
| OC1 | Supernova Cosmology and the Accelerating Universe (Ariel Goobar, Jesper Sollerman) | |
| OC2 | Observational Gravitational Lensing [Microlensing] (Philippe Jetzer) | |
| OC3 | Cosmology from GRBs (Lorenzo Amati, Daisuke Yonetoku) | |
| OC4 | A B | New developments in the study of the large scale structure of the Universe (Enn Saar, Rien van de Weygaert) |
| Quantum Gravity |
| QG1 | A B | Loop Quantum Gravity, Quantum Geometry, Spin Foams (Jerzy Lewandowski) |
| QG2 | A B | Quantum Gravity Phenomenology (Giovanni Amelino-Camelia) |
| QG3 | Asymptotic Safeness and Symmetry Breaking in Quantum Gravity (Eckehard W. Mielke) | |
| QG4 | A B | Loop quantum gravity: cosmology and black holes (Jorge Pullin, Parampreet Singh) |
| Strong Fields in Astrophysics |
| SF1 | Origin and physics of Soft Gamma-ray Repeaters and Anomalous X-ray Pulsars (Sandro Mereghetti, Manuel Malheiro) | |
| SF2 | Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics (Johann Rafelski, Jorge Rueda) | |
| SF3 | Strong Fields and High Energy Astrophysical events (Christian Ghezzi, She-Sheng Xue) | |
| SF4 | Relativistic MHD Flows and Electron-Positron Plasma (Yu-Qing Lou) |
| Space and General Relativity |
| SG1/2 | GR around the Earth and the Sun (Roberto Peron, Neil Ashby) | |
| SG3 | Lisa Pathfinder and Space-Borne Gravitational Wave Detectors (Stefano Vitale) | |
| SG4 | GP-B and Lense-Thirring Measurements (Turki Al-Saud) |
| Supernovae |
| SN1 | Multi-Dimensional Codes for Supernova Explosions (David Arnett, Casey Meakin) | |
| SN3 | Supernova Explosions and Neutron Star Oscillations (Kostas Kokkotas, Ewald Müller) |
| Satellite Observations |
| SO1 | Spectral and timing Properties of Astrophysical Black Holes (Sandip Chakrabarti) | |
| SO2 | Spectral and Timing Properties of Astrophysical Black Holes (Sandip Chakrabarti) | |
| SO3 | Observations from High Energy Astrophysics Satellites (Norbert S. Schulz, Elena Pian) | |
| SO4 | White Dwarf Pulsars and Rotating White Dwarf Theory (Yukikatsu Terada) | |
| SO5 | Future Experiments and Missions in X and Gamma Ray (Filippo Frontera, Shuangnan Zhang) |
| String Theory |
| ST1 | Planckian and Transplanckian Physics (Dmitri Galtsov) | |
| ST2 | String Theory (Mans Henningson) | |
| ST3 | Multivalued Fields for Defects in Spacetime and Gravity (Hagen Kleinert, Mikhail Katanaev) |
| Theoretical Cosmology |
| TC1 | Supermassive Black Holes in Cosmic Structure Formation: Nature and Origin (Lucio Mayer) | |
| TC2 | Supermassive Black Holes in Cosmic Structure Formation: Coalescence and Effect on Galaxy Formation (Lucio Mayer) | |
| TC3 | Inhomogeneous Cosmologies, Averaging and Back Reaction (Alan Coley, David Wiltshire) |