Galileo-Xu Guangqi Meetings
Galileo-Xu Guangqi Meetings
Third Galileo-Xu Guangqi Meeting
Hosted by the National Astronomical Observatories in Beijing, the third meeting combined plenary and parallel sessions with public lectures.
Meeting Overview
The Third Galileo-Xu Guangqi Meeting took place at the National Astronomical Observatories in Beijing from October 11 to 15, 2011.
Sessions covered X-ray and gamma-ray astrophysics; gravitational waves, radio astronomy and precision tests of general relativity; gamma-ray bursts, neutron stars and supernovae; astroparticle physics; cosmology, large-scale structure and dark matter; solar astrometry; and the history of astronomy.
Public lectures featured Marco Tavani, David Blair, Remo Ruffini and Francis Everitt. The proceedings reference is International Journal of Modern Physics D, volume 22, number 11 (2013), edited by Zhen Cao, Xuelei Chen, Remo Ruffini, Shesheng Xue, Chengmin Zhang and Shuangnan Zhang.
Meeting Details
- Date
- October 11–15, 2011
- Location
- Beijing, China
- Venue
- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Theme
- The Sun, the Stars, the Universe and General Relativity
