SECOND CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
We announce an international conference on Astrophysics and Cosmology
here in Kathmandu, Nepal during 19-21 march 2012. This conference will
be organized by the Central Department of Physics, Tribhuvan
University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal and supported/co-organised by
Ministry of S&T (MOST), National Acedemy of S&T (NAST), B.P. Koirala
Memorial Planetarium, Observatory and Science Museum Board, Nepal
Physical Society (NPS) and Astrophysics and Cosmology Research Group
(ACRG).
PLEASE FIND CONFERENCE POSTER & BROCHURE AT THE WEB SITE
http://astronepal.webs.com/icac2012.htm
There will be 6 invited speakers covering following six areas:
(a) Exoplanet searches (including Astrochemistry & Astrobiology)
(b) Sun and Solar System (Solar neutrinos, Solar oscillations:
Helioseimology, Solar flares: origin, detection, imaging)
(c) Primordial gravity waves from Inflation, Gravitational waves
detection/binary mergers and collisions (advanced LIGO, LISA etc.)
(d) Stellar evolution (leaving to SN/BH formation)
(e) Details of accretion process/origin, acceleration and collimation
of outflows (similarities/dissimilarities between YSOs and jets in
compact systems, etc.)
(f) Gamma Ray bursts (origin/association with SN/spectral evolution,
afterglows, population etc.)
List of invited speakers will be finalized and circulated soon.
The purpose of this conference is to bring together experienced as
well as young scientists who are interested in working actively on
various aspects of astrophysics & cosmology, to exchange their
research findings and to expose young minds in the field of
astrophysics & cosmology from Nepal. The lectures will address major
theoretical issues and current observational successes in the field.
The lectures will be arranged in such a way that the young researchers
will have ample scope of interaction with the speakers who are both
nationally and internationally leading experts in their respective
field of research. The conference will consists of two main sessions.
Theme session and Technical session. In the Theme session, a set of
lectures will be delivered from the distinguished invited professors
about the current issues and research findings in their relevant
field. Researchers and students would have an ample opportunity to
present their research findings in the Technical session.
If you wish to participate in the conference, please fill this form
and reply to
icac2012cdp@gmail.com
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REGISTRATION FORM
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The following information is to be provided during the registration.
NAME:
AFFILIATION:
ADDRESS:
E-MAIL:
Please tick appropriate
O I want to attend the conference
O I wish to present a paper
O Oral presentation
O Poster presentation
Title of the
poster/paper..................................................................................
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Scientific Organizing Committee
Binil Aryal (Tribhuvan Univ., Nepal)
Guy Pelletier (LAOG, Grenoble, France)
Jerome Rodriguez (CEA/SAp, France)
Joan M. Centrella (NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, USA)
Jonathan Granot (Hertfordshire Univ, UK)
Kailash Sahu (STSCI, Baltimore, USA)
Luigi Stella (INAF/OAR, Roma, Italy)
Luis C. Ho (Carnegie, Pasadena, USA)
Melania Del Santo (INAF/IASF, Roma, Italy)
Qaisar Shafi (Delware Univ., USA)
Ranjeev Misra (IUCAA, India)
Sandip Kumar Chakrabarti (SNBose, India)
Udayaraj Khanal (chair, Tribhuvan Univ., Nepal)
Walter Saurer (Innsbruck Univ., Austria)
Local Organizing Committee
(1) Amrit Kafle (2) Binil Aryal (chair) (3) Chandani Rajbahak (4)
Dipesh Kumar Kafle (5) Dilliram Dhakal (6) Nabin Rijal (7) Raj Kiran
Koju (8) Tek Prasad Adhikari (9) Upendra Mani Adhikari (10) Utsab Raj
Shrestha
IMPORTANT DATES
Last date for registration: Feb 15, 2012
Last date of abstract submission: Feb 26, 2012
Author notification about abstract: Mar 04, 2012
REGISTRATION
Online Registration
Those interested in attending the conference are requested to fill up
the registration form. Please visit
http://astronepal.webs.com for
online registration.
Registration Fee
Nepalese
Participants:
Rs. 2000/-
International participants: $150
SAARC countries : $ 75
The registration fee includes a conference T-shirt, book of abstracts,
conference materials, lunch and coffee breaks.
Mode of payment
For international and SAARC participants, payment of registration fee
is to be done at the registration desk. For Nepalese participants, it
should be done before 1 March 2012.
Accommodation
LOC can help to book accommodation for the participants in hotels or
guest house on request and early payment. Detail information will be
provided after the registration.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Intended participants are invited to submit abstracts not exceeding
200 words in the following format.
Paper: A4 size with 2.54 cm spacing on all sides.
Title of the abstract: Times New Roman, Title case, Font size 14, Centered.
Leave one space.
Author/s: Times New Roman, Font size 12, Italics, centered.
Leave one space.
Abstract text: Times New Roman, Font size 12, Justified.
Please provide Address, Fax-number and e-mail of the corresponding
author at the end of the abstract. Kindly send the abstract in doc
format. All the abstracts will be reviewed by the scientific
organizing committee. The papers presented in the international
conference will be published.
For more information: go to the webpage
http://astronepal.webs.com/icac2012.htm
and
http://icacnepal.webs.com /
Official e-mail:
icac2012cdp@gmail.com
&
binil.aryal@uibk.ac.at
CONTACT: Dr. Binil Aryal, Associate Professor, Central Department of
Physics, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, NEPAL
E-mails:
icac2012cdp@gmail.com
and
binil.aryal@uibk.ac.at
Tel. +97714912801 & +9779803221911