==================================================== = = THIRD CIRCULAR = UPDATEd PROGRAMS and REGISTRATION REMINDER = = MG11 = 11th Marcel Grossmann Meeting = on General Relativity = July 23-29, 2006 = Freie Universitaet = Berlin, Germany = = http://www.icra.it/MG/mg11 = mg11@icra.it [precise subject headers please!] = ===================================================== Since 1975 the Marcel Grossmann (MG) Meetings have been organized worldwide in order to provide scientists the opportunity to discuss recent advances in gravitation, general relativity, relativistic astrophysics, and relativistic field theories, emphasizing mathematical foundations, physical predictions, experimental tests, and observations. The PROCEEDINGS of MG10 are now available at World Scientific: http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/6033.html We would like to call attention to the list of plenary speakers to the updated list of parallel sessions and to remind intended participants to register on-line and submit their abstracts. For internal EUROPEAN FLIGHTS, we also recommend Air Berlin which for advanced web purchase has 29 Euro one way fares to Berlin from many European cities. http://www.airberlin.com/ This company has new aircraft and experienced pilots. From England Ryan Air has comparable fares: http://www.ryanair.com The confirmed PLENARY SPEAKERS are: Abhay Ashtekar Peter Biermann Marie Anne Bizouard Alessandra Buonanno Thibault Damour Karsten Danzmann Paolo De Bernardis George Djorgovski Francis Everitt Reinhard Genzel Roberto Gilmozzi Josh Grindlay Theodor Haensch Roy Kerr Igor Klebanov Michael Kramer Dieter Luest Fulvio Melia John Mester Francois Mignard Hermann Nicolai Joe Polchinski Sasha Polyakov Juergen Renn Remo Ruffini Ethan Schreier David Shoemaker David Spergel Eva Silverstein Ya Sinai Volker Springel Rashid Sunyaev Claes Uggla The PARALLEL SESSIONS have evolved slightly: ======================================================== GENERAL THEORY Cosmological Singularities Spiros Cotsakis Chaos in General Relativity and Cosmology Vahe Gurzadyan Einstein-Maxwell Systems Chul Hoon Lee Inertial Forces, Optical Metrics and Particle Motion Properties Dieter Brill Wormholes, Energy Conditions and Time Machines Mark Hadley Exact Solutions (mathematical aspects) Georgy Alekseev Exact Solutions (physical aspects) Susan Scott Self-Gravitating Systems 1 Eckehard Mielke Self-Gravitating Systems 2 Simonetta Filippi ======================================================== ALTERNATIVE THEORIES Alternative Theories (A) Hans-Jürgen Schmidt Alternative Theories (B) Richard Hammond Higher Dimensional Theories Alan Coley and Paul Wesson Geometric Calculus in Gravity Theory David Hestenes ===================================== STRING THEORY Brane Worlds and Cosmology Dmitry Gal'tsov Brane worlds Massimo Bianchi Integrability of Gauge and String Theories --- M-theory and Dualities Kellog Stelle ===================================== THE QUANTUM AND GRAVITY Quantum Gravity Phenomenology Giovanni Amelino–Camelia Quantum Fields Volodia Belinski Casimir Effect and Short-range Gravity Vladimir Mostepanenko Loop Quantum Gravity, Quantum Geometry, Spin Foams Jerzy Lewandowski ===================================== HIGHER ORDER PPN THEORIES AND OBSERVATIONS Strong Gravity and Binaries Luc Blanchet and Leonid Grishchuk Post-Newtonian Dynamics in Binary Objects Gerhard Schaefer High Accuracy Astrometry and Relativity Sergei Klioner and Francois Mignard Ultra Cold Atomic Clocks in International Space Station Christopher Salomon ===================================== BLACK HOLES: THEORY Black Holes and Pair Creation in Strong Fields Walter Greiner Self-Gravitating Systems (Black Rings and Black Strings) Jutta Kunz Analog Models of and for General Relativity Matt Visser (tentative) Black Hole Thermodynamics Iosef Khriplovich Alternative Black Hole Models Pawel Mazur ===================================== NUMERICAL ASTROPHYSICAL RELATIVITY Numerical Relativity, Black Hole Collisions, and Algebraic Computation Sascha Husa Simulations of Relativistic Flows and Compact Objects Jose Antonio Font-Roda and Luciano Rezzolla Dynamics of Compact Binaries Pablo Laguna  and Luciano Rezzolla Black Hole Collisions Carlos Lousto ===================================== PRECISION TESTS OF GENERAL RELATIVITY Space Tests of Relativity Hansjoerg Dittus Equivalence Principle Tests Rodney Torii Precision Tests at Sub-Millimeter Distances Claus Laemmerzahl Precision Tests of Special Relativity Achim Peters ===================================== GRAVITATIONAL WAVES GW Laser Interferometry in USA Stan Whitcomb GW Laser Interferometry in Europe Adalberto Giazotto GW Laser Interferometry in Japan and Austral-Asia David Blair, K. Tsubono and M.-K. Fujimoto Space GW Detection (LISA) James Hough Resonant GW Detectors  Massimo Bassan Gravitational Wave Data Analysis  Fulvio Ricci and Valentin Rudenko ===================================== COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND RADIATION CMB Theory Olivier Dore CMB Experiment (ground based) Silvia Masi CMB Experiment (space) Paolo de Bernardis CMB Data Analysis Paolo Natoli ===================================== THEORETICAL COSMOLOGY Dark Energy and Universe Acceleration Alexei Starobinsky Topology of the Universe Marek Demianski Inhomogeneous Cosmology Andrzej Krasinski Nonsingular Cosmology - Inflation Mário Novello Quantum Cosmology and Quantum Effects in the Early Universe Paulo Moniz ===================================== OBSERVATIONAL COSMOLOGY Observational Gravitational Lensing Philippe Jetzer Theoretical Gravitational Lensing Arlie Petters Galaxies and the Large-Scale Structure Ravi Sheth The Origins of Massive Black Holes and Quasars at High Redshifts George Djorgovski ===================================== ASTROPHYSICS OF NEUTRON STARS AND BLACK HOLES: OBSERVATIONS X-Ray Spectroscopy of High Energy Sources with the XMM-Newton Satellite Elena Pian Observations from the Chandra Observatory Norbert Schulz ===================================== ASTROPHYSICS OF NEUTRON STARS AND BLACK HOLEs: THEORY Astrophysical Black Holes Sandip Chakrabarti Spectral and Timing Appearances of the Galactic and Extragalatic Black Holes Lev Titarchuk Extreme Properties of Neutron Stars: Observations and Theory Mariano Mendez and Nanda Rea Strange Stars Vladimir Usov Thermal Behavior of Compact Stars Dany Page ===================================== ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS Dark Matter Peter Biermann Neutrino Masses: Theory --- High Energy Gamma Ray Observations Brenda Dingus Neutrino Masses: Experimental Guido Drexlin Neutrino Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology Francesco Vissani ===================================== GAMMA RAY BURSTS: THEORY AND OBSERVATION Inner Engine: Symmetries and Spectra of Short GRBs Pascal Chardonnet The Afterglow and Long GRBs Irene Arkhangelskaja GRBs and Host Galaxies Gunnlaugur Bjornsson GRB Observations by SWIFT Lorella Angelini ===================================== HISTORY OF RELATIVITY Recent Advances in the History of General Relativity Juergen Renn 1006 Supernova, a Look at the Turn of the Millenium Li-Zhi Fang History of Unified Field Theory Hubert Goenner ======================================================== Important Deadlines ================== - Deadline for registration and abstract submission May 15 2006 - Final early registration deadline May 31 2006 - Final deadline for receiving proceedings contributions Dec 31 2006 Calendar of Events ================== - Program + abstracts on WWW May 31 2006 - Deadline for sign-up for cultural events (tours) no deadline - Plenary program April 30 2006 - Welcome reception July 23 2006 - Meeting days July 24-29 2006 - Afternoon tour of Berlin July 26 2006 - Evening banquet July 26 2006 - Publication of proceedings July 2007 E-mail Communication ==================== To manage the incoming email at mg11@icra.it, please include the string MG11 in the subject line (for forwarding to other filtered mailboxes) as well as the specific topic of the message. Greetings ========= We are looking forward to seeing you in July. Our best regards, Hagen Kleinert [mg11@physik.fu-berlin.de] chairperson of the Local Organizing Committee Remo Ruffini [ruffini@icra.it] chairperson of the International Organizing Committee Robert Jantzen [robert.jantzen@villanova.edu] chairperson of the International Coordinating Committee