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ECT* Doctoral Training Programme 2007
August 20 - October 5

Physics of Compact Stars

     
 
Programme
 
 
 
Co-ordinator: David Blaschke (University of Wroclaw, Poland)
   
Co-organizers: Jose Pons (University of Alicante, Spain)
  Luciano Rezzolla (Albert Einstein Institute Potsdam, Germany)
     
     
Lectures    
August 20 -24
Computational Relativistic Astrophysics
 L. Rezzolla (Potsdam, Germany)
  S. Rosswog (Bremen, Germany)
Abstract:  
Lectures will be given on the theory of the numerical solution of partial differential equations and the application of these techniques for the simulation of nonlinear processes in relativistic astrophysics.
 
Lectures    

August 27-31
Compact Star Phenomenology
D.I. Jones (Southampton, UK)
  S.Popov (Moscow)  
  (R. Turolla Padova, Italy)
Abstract:  
We will present the key observational evidence for the existence of compact objects and show how theorists have managed to formulate relatively simple stellar models that manage to make sense of almost all observed phenomena.
 
Lectures    

September 3 - 7

Supernovae and Protoneutron Stars
M. Liebendoerfer (Basel, Switzerland)
 

J. Pons (Alicante, Spain)
Abstract:  
Different theories and numerical models of supernova explosions are reviewed and their dependence on the nuclear and neutrino input physics is discussed. The standard theory of birth and early evolution of neutron stars will be described and some aspects studied in detail.
 
Workshop    
September 10 - 14

Matter at Extreme Densities and Gravitational Waves from Compact Objects

J. Pons (Alicante, Spain)

S. Reddy (Los Alamos, USA)
   
 
Lectures    
September 17 - 21

Neutrino Processes and Compact Star Cooling

D. Page (Mexico City, Mexico)

D.N. Voskresensky (GSI Darmstadt, Germany & Moscow, Russia)
Abstract:  
Lectures will be given on neutrino emission processes in dense matter and on their effect on the thermal evolution of neutron stars. Necessary theoretical and computational tools for modelling of such evolution will be provided.
 
Lectures    
September 24 - 28

Physics of Neutron Star Crust

P. Haensel (Warsaw, Poland)

P. Pizzochero (Milano, Italy)
Abstract:  
The lectures will first describe the microscopic structure of neutron star crusts and then show how the resulting physical properties (mechanical, thermal, nuclear, electromagnetic) directly affect crucial observable macroscopic features of neutron stars.
       
Lectures    
October 1 - 5

EoS for Compact Star Interiors

D. Blaschke (Wroclaw, Poland  and  Dubna, Russia)

F. Burgio (Catania, Italy)
Abstract:  
Lectures and seminars will be devoted to the equation of state of dense nuclear matter, including the hadron-quark phase transition and color superconducting quark matter phases. Applications to neutron star phenomenology conclude the training programme.