Journ�es Relativistes

University College Dublin
6th - 8th September, 2001

 

Thursday, September 6, 2001

09.15-09.30 WELCOME ADDRESS: Professor M.J. Kennedy (Dean of Science, UCD)
09:45-10:25 N. Deruelle (Paris): Gravity on Branes
10:30-11:00

Coffee Break

11:00-11:40 V. Frolov (Edmonton): Mining Energy from a Black Hole by Strings
11:45-12:25 E. Gourgoulhon (Paris): Numerical Relativity and Binary Black Holes
12:30-14:00

Lunch

14:00-14:40 M.A.H. MacCallum (London): Computer Algebra in General Relativity
14:45-15:25 N. O'Murchadha (Cork): Relativity without Relativity
15:30-16:00

Coffee Break

16:00-16:40 S. Deser (Brandeis): New Properties of Matter in (A)dS and their Consequences
16:45-18:00

CONTRIBUTED TALKS IN PARALLEL SESSIONS

19:30 Public Lecture: by T. Damour (Paris) in Theatre A, Science Building

Friday, September 7, 2001

09:00-09:40 K. Nordtvedt (Montana): Space-Time  Variations of Physical 'Constants' and the Equivalence Principle
09:45-10:25 F. W. Hehl (Cologne): On the Derivation of the Lightcone from Linear Pre-Metric Electrodynamics
10:30-11:00

Coffee Break

11:00-11:40 R. A. Battye (Cambridge): Gravitation and Cosmology on the Brane
11:45-12:25 I. Robinson (Texas): Remarks on the Linear Approximation
12:30-14:00

Lunch

14:00-14:40 T. Piran (Jerusalem): Gamma Ray Bursts: An Example of Relativistic Astrophysics
14:45-15:25 T. Damour (Paris): Chaos in Superstring Cosmology
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-16:40 A. Trautman (Warsaw): Robinson Manifolds and Cauchy-Riemann Spaces
16:45-18:00 CONTRIBUTED TALKS IN PARALLEL SESSIONS
19:30 Conference Dinner - O'Reilly Hall Conservatory
Saturday, September 8, 2001
09:00-09:40 J-.P. Uzan (Paris): Simulating Gravity on the Brane
9:45-10:25 T. Futamase (Tohoku): The Measurement of Dark Energy by Gravitational Lensing Using the SUBARU Telescope
10:30-11:00

Coffee Break

11:00-11:40 R. Parentani (Tours): What did we learn from Acoustic Black Holes?
11:45-12:25 N. Andersson (Southampton): Gravitational-Wave Instabilities in Rotating Stars
12:30-12.40 CLOSING ADDRESS
13:00

Buffet Lunch in Finnegan's Break, UCD, followed by trip to Birr Castle

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