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First International ASTROD School and Symposium on Laser Astrodynamics, Space Test of Relativity and Gravitational-Wave Astronomy

National Astronomical Observatories, Beijing, China September 13-23, 2001

First Announcement

Sponsored by: National Astronomical Observatories CAS (NAOCAS, Beijing); Center for Gravitation and Cosmology (CGC, Hsinchu).

This conference consists of two parts. The first part is in the form of school (Sept. 13-19) mainly for young people who are becoming interested in these topics. The second part is the symposium (Sept. 20-23). Language for the School and Symposium is English.

Principal Topics:

- Astrodynamics, ephemeris, and mission orbit design/simulation; - Solar seismology and solar models; - Tests and empirical foundations of relativistic gravity; - Detection of gravitational waves and gravitational-wave astronomy; - Technological development for space laser ranging; - ASTROD mission concept study.

Scientific Organizing Committee:

G. Ai(Co-Chair), Annick Bec-Borsenberger, Joergen Christensen-Dalsgaard, Mike Cruise, Mac Keiser, Alexander Kosovichev, Claus Laemmerzahl, Jun Luo, Wei-Tou Ni(Co-Chair), Yuxin Nie, Achim Peters, Jow-Tsong Shy, Pierre Touboul, Kimio Tsubono, An-Ming Wu, Xiangping Wu, Darun Xiong, Yaoheng Xiong, Fumin Yang, Zhaohua Yi, Shulian Zhang, Yuanzhong Zhang, Zheng Zhao, Jin Zhu.

Local Organizing Committee:

Shenglin Cao, Jian Gao, Youguang Guo, Jinxin Hao (Chair), Wenzhang Ma, Yuxin Nie, Jiali Wang, Bin Yang, Shulian Zhang, Yuanzhong Zhang, Zheng Zhao, Aiping Zhu, Jin Zhu.

Contact Address:

Dr. Jin Zhu, National Astronomical Observatories, 20A Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100012, CHINA. Tel.: +86-10-62751286 Fax: +86-10-62765031 Email: zj@bac.pku.edu.cn

Web Page: [|http://vega.bac.pku.edu.cn/~zj/ASTROD2001/index1.html](Detail information including hotel information and tentative/updated scientific schedule could be found in this website.)

Invited Speakers (more will be added when confirmed):

Guoxiang Ai (Beijing Astronomical Observatory, Beijing) Joergen Christensen-Dalsgaard (Aarhus University, Aarhus) Mike Cruise (University of Birmingham, Birmingham) Youguang Guo (National Institute of Metrology, Beijing) Cheng Huang (Shanghai Observatory, Shanghai) Mac Keiser (Stanford University, Stanford) Alexander Kosovichev (Stanford University, Stanford) Claus Laemmerzahl (University of Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf) Jun Luo (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan) Wei-Tou Ni (Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu) Achim Peters (University of Konstanz, Konstanz) Pierre Touboul (ONERA, Chatillon) An-Ming Wu (National Space Program Office, Hsinchu) Yaoheng Xiong (Yunnan Observatory, Kunming) Fumin Yang (Shanghai Observatory, Shanghai) Hsien-Chi Yeh (Center for Measurement Standards, Hsinchu) Zhaohua Yi (Nanjing University, Nanjing) Shulian Zhang (Tsinghua University, Beijing)

Registration:

The general registration fee is RMB 300 yuans. For graduate students the registration fee is 150 yuans.

Call for Papers for the Symposium:

Please submit a one-page abstract/summary to both wtni@phys.nthu.edu.tw and zj@bac.pku.edu.cn before July 15, 2001. The final scientific program will be sent out before July 31, 2001. Paper format for the Proceedings of the Symposium will be found at the [|website] later on.

Preliminary Registration Form

(please return to zj@bac.pku.edu.cn by email or +86-10-62765031 by fax before May 15, 2001)

Name: ____________________________ Institution: ___________________________________________________ Postal address: _______________________________________________________ Phone: _________________________________________ Fax: _____________________ E-mail: _______________________________ I will participate in the school: yes,  may be,  no. I will participate in the symposium:  yes,  may be,  no. I would like to submit a paper to the symposium as:  oral,  poster,  none. Tentative title of the paper: _________________________