XI-th International Conference on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology of Asia-Pacific Countries

(ICGAC-11)

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Dear Sir/Madam,
We are glad to inform you about the XIth International Conference on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology of Asia - Pacific Countries (ICGAC-11), which will take place at the Al Farabi Kazakh National University in Almaty, Kazakhstan, October 1-5, 2013.

The program of conference includes original talks and poster communications, round tables and informal discussions on selected problems of gravitation, cosmology and relativistic astrophysics.

ICGAC-11 is a part of series of biennial conferences on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology which takes place in Asia-Pacific region with the goal to promote cooperation among the member countries and within an international context, to promote high level studies on hot topics and to encourage young physicists on these fields. The first meeting was initiated by Prof. Yong Min Cho, one of the founders of the APCTP, in 1993.

The previous meetings were held in :

1.    Seoul, Korea (1993) at Seoul National University

2.    Hsinchu, Taiwan (1995) at National Tsing Hua University

3.    Tokyo, Japan (1997) at The Institute for Cosmic Ray Research,

       Tokyo University

4.    Beijing, China (1999) at Beijing Normal University

5.    Moscow, Russia (2001) at The Center for Gravitation and Cosmology,

       Peoples’ Friendship University

6.    Seoul, Korea (2003) at Ewha Women's University

7.    Jhongli, Taiwan (2005) at National Central University

8.    Nara, Japan (2007) at Nara Women's University

9.    Wuhan, China (2009) at Huazhong University of Science and

       Technology

10.  Qui-Nhon, Vietnam (2011) with assistence of Rencontre du Vietnam

 International Organizing Committee

Alexei Starobinsky (Russia)   

Galimkair Mutanov (Kazakhstan) - Cochair

Gennadii Bisnovaty-Kogan (Russia)

Hernando Quevedo (Mexico)

Jun Luo (China)

Kei-ichi Maeda (Japan)

Medeu Abishev (Kazakhstan)

Misao Sasaki (Japan)

Pierre Darriulat (Vietnam)

Remo Ruffini (Italy)

Roland Triay (France)

Sang-Pyo Kim (Korea) - Cochair

Sung-Won Kim (Korea)

Vitaly Melnikov (Russia) – Cochair

 International Advisory Committee

Australia: David Blair 

Brazil: Mario Novello 

Belorussia: Anton Ryabushko, Albert Minkevich

Canada : Valery Frolov, Don Page  

China : Liao Liu, Jun Luo

France : Jean-Michel Alimi, Thibault Damour, Roland Triay 

Germany : Claus Laemmerzahl 

India : Varun Sahni, Ajit Kembhavi, Patrick Dasgupta

Italy : Remo Ruffini, Claudio Spitaleri, Jorge Rueda 

Japan : Yasunori Fujii, Masakatsu Kenmoku, Hideo Kodama, Kazuaki Kuroda, Misao Sasaki, Katsuhiko Sato

Kazakhstan : Tuken Omarov, Nurgali Takibayev, Leonid Chechin, Askar Aryngazin, Ratbay Myrzakulov, Askar Bekov, Medeu Abishev

Kyrgyzstan : Ozgorush Sharshekeev, Vladimir Dzhunushaliev 

Korea : Yong-Min Cho, Sang-Pyo Kim, Sung-Won Kim

Mexico : Hernando Quevedo 

Russia : Gennadii Bisnovaty-Kogan, Dmitri Gal'tsov, Vladimir Lukash, Vitaly Melnikov, Vadim Milyukov, Alexei Starobinsky, Maxim Yu.Khlopov 

Taiwan : Chiang-Mei Chen, James M. Nester, Wei-Tou Ni

USA : Francis Everitt, Jong-Ping Hsu, H. J. Paik 

Uzbekistan : Bobomurad Ahmedov, Rustam Ibadov

Vietnam : Pierre Darriulat, Nguyen van Hieu

 Local Organizing Committee

Medeu Abishev (Chair), Askar Aryngazin, Ratbay Myrzakulov, Leonid Chechin, Askar Bekov,

Kuantay Boshkayev, Koblandy Yerzhanov

 Conference Scientific Secretary

Dr. Nurzada Beissen
Address: 050040, Kazakhstan, Almaty, Al Farabi av. 71, Al Farabi Kazakh National University, Physical-Technical faculty

Phones : office +7 727 3773414 , mobile +7 707 3970921

Fax : +7 727 3773400
E-mail : beissennur@gmail.com, ICGAC11@gmail.com

The program of conference includes original talks and poster communications, round tables and informal discussions on selected problems of gravitation, cosmology and relativistic astrophysics.

ICGAC-11 will present recent developments related to these themes.  In addition, it will also cover those related to astrophysical studies in Kazakhstan.

ICGAC-11 topics include:

• Relativistic Astrophysics
• Classical and Quantum Cosmology  
• Quantum gravity 
• Dark Matter and Dark Energy, Variation of Constants
• Post-Newtonian and Analytic Approximations of GR
• Numerical Relativity
• Experimental studies of gravity
• Gravitational waves
• White Dwarfs, Neutron stars and Gamma Ray Bursts
• Strings, Branes and Extra dimensions
• Black holes, Wormholes
• Astroparticle Physics, Nuclear Astrophysics and Cosmic rays
  
• Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

Plenary sessions (General Program)

1. 2.    Parallel session DM – “Dark Matter and Dark Energy” 

(Tuesday, October 1, The Malachite Hall)

1. 3.    Parallel session RA – “Relativistic Astrophysics”

(Wednesday, October 2, Physical-Technical Faculty, 3d floor, room 330) 

1. 4.    Parallel session SBQG – “Strings, Branes, Quantum Gravity” 

(Wednesday, October 2, the Malachite Hall) 

Parallel session AP – “Astroparticle Physics, Nuclear Astrophysics and Cosmic rays”

(Friday, October 4, Physical-Technical Faculty, 3d floor, room 304) 

1. 5.    Parallel session PN – “Post-Newtonian and Analytic Approximations of GR” 

(Friday, October 4, Physical-Technical Faculty, 3d floor, room 330) 

1. 6.    Parallel session CM – “Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy” 

(Friday, October 4, the Malachite Hall) 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

The conference will be held at Al Farabi Kazakh National University, Physical-Technical Faculty Address: 050040, Kazakhstan, Almaty, Al Farabi av. 71. (official address) (see the map).

To find our university on googlemaps please type one of the following searching words:  “Al Farabi Kazakh National University” or “Students Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan” or “46 Timiryazev St., KazGUgrad., Almaty, Kazakhstan”, the latter is the second address of our university which is more often used than the official one. The entrance of the University is situated along Timiryazev Street.

The registration will take place in front of the Malachite Hall which is in between Physical-Technical Faculty and Chemical Faculty (see the map)

All plenary sessions will be held in the Malachite Hall.

The parallel sessions will be held in the afternoon at the Malachite Hall and Physical-Technical Faculty on the 3d floor in 304 and 330 rooms.

The coffee breaks will be organized in front of the Malachite Hall.

There are nice restaurants near the University. There are also cheap university canteens in the Physical-Technical Faculty and at the Students’ Palace. It is recommended that all foreign participants have lunch at “Altyn Adam” restaurant, where will served business lunch specially for the participants on the 3rd floor (5 euro) (see the map).

Registration and Deadlines

To take part in the conference, it is necessary to fill in the registration form (http://conference.kaznu.kz/en/registration/15/ICGAC11) and send an abstract of report to both e-mails beissennur@gmail.com and ICGAC11@gmail.com

Deadline for registration: 20 August, 2013.

Registration fee: 300 Euro (in case of early registration 250 Euro, for participants from the former Soviet Union countries 100 Euro). The registration fee could be paid on arrival at the conference.

Abstracts for publication

Abstracts (within one page) should be prepared in LaTeX2e, \documentclass{article};

The page setup:  

   - А4;

   - left margin 3 cm;

   - right margin 1.5 cm;

    - 2 cm at the top and at the bottom

    - font 12pt;

Figures should be in the .eps (postscript) format.

The Book of Abstracts will be published to the beginning of the conference.

Deadline for sending the abstracts: 31 August, 2013.

Below is the list of recommended hotels, which are located nearby the conference place. 

✦ ATAKENT PARK HOTEL

✦ InterContinental Almaty 

✦ Astana International Hotel 

✦ RAHAT PALACE HOTEL 

✦ Hotel Ai Ser

✦ Ambassador Hotel

✦ Zyliha hotel

✦ Shamshyrak Hotel (University Hotel, for reservation and details please contact organisers, icgac11@gmail.com). 

Other hotels and tour offers are on the City Tour website