26th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics

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O 26th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics será realizado na cidade de São Paulo, SP, Brasil, de 15 a 20 de dezembro de 2012, pelo Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais. Os trabalhos vão ser aceitos nos temas: Cosmologia; Astrofísica Galáctica e Intergaláctica; Objetos Compactos; Astrofísica de Altas Energias/Física de Astropartículas; Modelos e Teorias Alternativas; Novas Janelas/Ondas Gravitationais; Novos Projetos/Missiões e Efeitos Quânticos em Astrofísica Relativistica. Ocorrerão 23 plenárias nos seguintes temas: 1) State of the Universe Properties of Primordial Fluctuations from CMB and other data; 2) CMB; 3) LHC Results and Their Impact to Cosmology; 4) The Accelerating Universe: Dark Energy (main topic) and Alternative Models(to be mentioned); 5) Dark Matter (main topic) and Alternative Models (to be mentioned); 6) Large-Scale Structure, Galaxy and SMBH Formation and Growth, and the Milky Way Case; 7) Tidal Disruption Events; 8) Relativistic Jets (main topic) and Cosmic Magnetic Fields (secondary topic); 9) Gravitational Lensing; 10) Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics; 11) Astrophysical tests of general relativity in the strong-field regime; 12) Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays: Theory, Results, and Prospects; 13) Gamma ray Astronomy from GeV to TeV Energies; 14) SNe; 15) Crab Pulsar/Nebula; 16) Electromagnetic Signals that Accompany Neutron Stars Mergers, Supernova Shock Break Out and Low Luminosity GRBs; 17) Pulsars and Magnetars; 18) Astrophysics with the First Hard X-ray Imaging Telescopes: NuSTAR and the Future ASTRO-H; 19) Gravitational-Wave Detection using Laser Interferometer Systems and Pulsar Timing Arrays; 20) Gravitational Wave Observatories: the science they are telling us already and the LOOCUP Project; 21) Numerical Relativity; 22) New Frontiers in Relativistic Astrophysics : The Event Horizon Telescope and other Future Projects/Missions; 23) Challenges of Relativistic Astrophysics. (AU)