THIRD CIRCULAR THIRD CIRCULAR THIRD CIRCULAR THIRD CIRCULAR R"ontgenstrahlung from the Universe International Conference on X-Ray Astronomy and Astrophysics September 25-29, 1995 W"urzburg, Germany organized jointly by Max-Planck Institut f"ur Extraterrestrische Physik and Astronomisches Institut der Universit"at W"urzburg Third Circular, August 1995 DEAR PARTICIPANT, With this last circular we want to inform you about the semi-final program schedule of the conference. We also include an update of the organisational information you received with the previous circulars. The number of registered participants is about 350. Slightly more than 100 talks could be scheduled. As you can see from the program, the two morning sessions and the first afternoon session are composed of review talks (40 minutes) and highlight talks (20 minutes). In the later afternoon contributed talks (15 minutes) will follow in two parallel sessions. Poster sessions should allow to discuss the many important contributions (see list of posters) that cannot be presented orally. We wish you an enjoyable journey to W"urzburg and we hope that you will find the conference location and your hotel room without any difficulty. We are looking forward to meeting you in W"urzburg. With best regards, Joachim Tr"umper Uli Zimmermann SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (SOC) B. Aschenbach G. Fabbiano G. Hasinger W. Lewin K. Mason H. "Ogelman R. Petre J. Pye R. Staubert Y. Tanaka J. Tr"umper (Chair) H. Zinnecker Local Organizing Committee (LOC) W. Brinkmann W. Pietsch T. Preibisch J.H.M.M. Schmitt H.W. Yorke H.-U. Zimmermann (Chair) H. Zinnecker Conference secretariat: Mrs. Lynn Falke and Mrs. Renate Steinle CONFERENCE LOCATION The conference will be held at the Auditorium Maximum of the Neue Universit"at W"urzburg, Sanderring 2, located near to the city center (see appended city map). Due to the problematic parking situation near the university, please avoid using your car. Most of the relevant places in W"urzburg are reachable within 10 to 20 minutes walking. ABSTRACTS, POSTERS, PROCEEDINGS Abstracts of talks and posters will be distributed in a conference abstract booklet, available at the beginning of the conference. The participants who could not meet the abstract deadline can still e-mail their abstracts to the Conference Secretariat. If they arrive before September 15, we will prepare copies for the conference desk. The abstracts should include the title, the authors and their affiliation as well as an abstract text of no more than 200 words. You will help us by using the LATEX blanc form available via the conference www or ftp access (see INFORMATION and COMMUNICATION). Talks and poster contributions will be published in the conference proceedings. Detailed instructions will be given later. For each poster an area of 1m x 1m will be available. Participants with several posters may get a maximum of 2 poster areas. Tapes for fixing the posters will be available at the conference desk. REGISTRATION AND CONFERENCE FEE The conference registration fee of DM 150 will include a copy of the abstract booklet and the conference proceedings. The fee should be paid directly at the conference desk. Please consider that we can take only German money and cannot accept checks or credit cards. The conference desk will open for registration on Sunday, September 24, at 8 pm in the rooms of the B"urgerspital (see SOCIAL EVENTS). During the meeting the conference desk team will be available in the foyer in front of the Auditorium Maximum from about 8 am onwards. GENERAL INFORMATION W"urzburg is located in the middle of Germany, about 100 km east of Frankfurt, on the river Main. The capital of Unterfranken (Bavaria) is a town of about 130 thousand inhabitants and displays many colourful signs of its long and eventful history. The magnificent Residenz, the Castle Marienberg, beautiful churches and palaces as well as nearby medieval villages and castles contribute as much to the specific character of this city as the many wine-taverns and the university life. The city lies at the intersection of major highways and railroad lines. By plane you will arrive in Frankfurt and can then proceed to W"urzburg via train (railway station in the airport; trains in hourly intervals) in about an hour and a half. By car you may follow the Autobahn from Frankfurt to N"urnberg and exit at W"urzburg - Heidingsfeld. SOCIAL EVENTS On Sunday, September 24, the evening before the conference, an informal 'no host' GET TOGETHER will take place at the wine restaurant B"urgerspital, Theaterstr. 19 (see city map), starting at 8 pm. You may have your dinner there and register at the conference desk. Monday evening a guided wine tasting in the cellars of the Hofkellerei is planned. The cellars, illuminated by candles, belong to the most remarkable ones in Europe. Tickets (DM 30) will be available at the conference desk. Participation is limited to about 150 people. Tuesday evening, directly after the afternoon sessions, we have arranged a guided tour through the exhibition "100 Jahre R"ontgenstrahlen" (100 years of X-rays) in the Residenz. The exposition is celebrating the centennial of the discovery of X-rays by Wilhelm Conrad R"ontgen on November 8, 1895 at the University of W"urzburg. The tour will take about one hour. There will be no entry fee. At conference half time, on Wednesday afternoon, we will organize an excursion to historical sites in the surroundings of W"urzburg. There will be a moderate fee. The conference dinner will take place on Thursday evening in the Castle Marienberg. Dinner tickets will be available for DM 30. HOTEL ACCOMMODATION We hope that most of you have already made your hotel reservation, because generally hotels are booked heavily at this time of the year. Participants that have not yet rooms in W"urzburg may use the hotel reservation form enclosed with this circular (mark 'inner city') and return it to the tourist office in W"urzburg. The office will select hotels near to the conference location. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION The conference will be organized jointly by the Max-Planck Institut f"ur Extra-terrestrische Physik and the Astronomisches Institut der Universit"at W"urzburg. The conference secretariat resides at Garching. E-mail: xray-conf@mpe-garching.mpg.de Fax: +49-(0)89-3299 -3569 Mail: X-Ray Conference Secretariat Max-Planck Institut f"ur Extraterrestrische Physik Postfach 1603 85740 Garching Germany Telephone: +49-(0)89-3299 -3559 J. Tr"umper (SOC) -3593 U. Zimmermann (LOC) -3805 L. Falke, secretary -3318 R. Steinle, secretary Current information on the program, the organisation and the city of W"urzburg is available via World Wide Web: http://rosat_svc.mpe-garching.mpg.de/xray-conf/ or anonymous ftp: ftp rosat_svc.mpe-garching.mpg.de (user: anonymous no password) > cd general/xray-conf > get contents.doc > get ... > quit ========================== end of circular =========================== =============================================================================== International Conference on X-Ray Astronomy and Astrophysics Ro"ntgenstrahlung from the Universe 25-29 September 1995, Wu"rzburg, Germany Deadline: August 14, 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I hereby reserve .......... single room(s) .......... double room(s) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Location of the accommodation ... inner city ... city ... suburbs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRICE including breakfast single double -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Room with bath/shower/WC ... from DM 90.- ... from DM 130.- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Room with bath/shower/WC ... from DM 130.- ... from DM 180.- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Room with bath/shower/WC ... from DM 180.- ... from DM 250.- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date of arrival for night(s) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Approx. time of arrival by car/train -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date Signature -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SENDER (print letters) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Company -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ms/Mr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Street -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zip code City -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phone -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With regard to conventions you are asked to meet the deadline -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In case of room reservations the Tourist Office only proceeds as an agent. 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