Venue: Tata Institute, Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, Mumbai.
Organisers: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, (TIFR) Mumbai, is organising this international Workshop. The meeting is supported by a grant from The School of Natural Sciences, TIFR Mumbai.
Background: Supernovae and gamma-ray bursts are the most powerful explosions in the universe. A certain class of gamma-ray bursts (the so-called long duration bursts) are believed to be connected with supernovae which are explosions of massive stars. In some supernovae, neutron stars are formed which may later function as pulsars and these offer themselves as a cosmic laboratory for some of the most dense forms of matter and exotic surroundings found in nature. The workshop will bring together scientists from several countries working in these fundamental areas of astrophysics. The Workshop is not a part of an established series of meetings, but is a sequel to a similar one was held in Goa in 1989 ("Supernovae and stellar evolution") in which some of the organisers had participated.
Participation: Active researchers in the areas mentioned (in topics), including senior researchers and a few doctoral students and postdocs will be invited. We hope to have approximately 50 participants from India and abroad. We expect to provide local accommodation for all outstation participants and arrange some of the meals and refreshments. We do not have provision for travel grants from the meeting funds. Please visit Logistics for details. If you are interested, please let us know by writing to the contact address by October 22, 2003 (see Request form).
Format: Several of the talks will be of long duration where the presenters can develop the subject. There will also be shorter research seminars by participants, and scope for discussions.