IAU Symposium 218

Young Neutron Stars and their Environments

to be held in conjunction with the

XXVth General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union
Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia

14 - 17 July 2003

Principal Topics

• Birth properties of neutron stars
• Radio pulsar surveys and timing
• Supernova remnants and pulsar wind nebulae
• Anomalous X-ray pulsars, soft gamma-ray repeaters and magnetars
• Jets and interactions in young supernova remnants
• Emission processes in rotation-powered pulsars
• Thermal emission from pulsars and radio-quiet neutron stars
• Galactic distribution and evolution of pulsars, AXPs and SGRs

Invited Speakers

• Werner Becker - Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany
• Fernando Camilo - Columbia University, New York, USA
• Jim Cordes - Cornell University, Ithaca, USA
• Bryan Gaensler - Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
• Yashwant Gupta - National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Pune, India
• David Helfand - Columbia University, New York, USA
• H-Thomas Janka - Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Garching, Germany
• Vicky Kaspi - McGill University, Montreal, Canada
• Michael Kramer - Jodrell Bank Observatory, Manchester, UK
• Lucien Kuiper - SRON-Utrecht, The Netherlands
• James Lattimer - State University of New York, Stony Brook, USA
• Duncan Lorimer - Jodrell Bank Observatory, Manchester, UK
• Andrew Melatos - University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
• Don Melrose - University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
• George Pavlov - Pennsylvania State University, USA
• Gavin Rowell - Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
• Anatoly Spitkovsky - University of California, Berkeley, USA
• Joe Taylor - Princeton University, Princeton, USA
• Dave Thompson - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
• Jacco Vink - Columbia University, New York, USA

Chandra X-ray image of the supernova remnant G292.0+1.8 (Credit: NASA/Rutgers/J. Hughes et al.) and pulses from the radio and X-ray pulsar, PSR J1124-5916 (Credit: ATNF/Columbia/F.Camilo et al.), recorded at the Australia Telescope National Facility, Parkes. The pulsar is marked with an arrow.

Scientific Organizing Committee:

W. Becker (Germany),
D. Bhattacharya (India),
C.R. Canizares (USA),
R.A. Chevalier (USA),
S. Johnston (Australia),
V.M. Kaspi (Canada),
A.G. Lyne (UK),
R.N. Manchester (Australia, Co-Chair),
F. Nagase (Japan),
F. Pacini (Italy, ex officio),
F. Verbunt (Netherlands, Co-Chair)

Local Organizing Committee:

G. Hobbs (Australia),
S. Johnston (Australia, Chair),
A. Karastergiou (Australia),
S. Ord (Australia)

Proceedings Editors:

F. Camilo (USA),
B. Gaensler (USA)

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There are two special sessions as part of Symposium 218
Timing Array Workshop - Monday 14 July at 6.30 pm. Click here for more information
Baseband Recording Systems - Friday 18 July at 2 pm. Click here for more information