Department of Physics and CSCAMM, University of Maryland
REGISTRATION CLOSED
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. Participants were requested to pre-register and confirmation of approved applicants were emailed on or before July 31. Confirmed participants can access their record at
Due to the large number of applications, we regret that RSVP is now closed to new applicants.
SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND
The past 15 years has witnessed a revolution in the astrophysical study of black holes. Modern radio and X-ray observations are allowing us to see phenomena at the very edge of the event horizons of both stellar-mass and supermassive black holes. At the same time, the realization that accretion is driven by MHD turbulence has lead to dramatic progress in our theoretical understanding and modeling of black hole accretion disks. We can now start to address, from both an observational and theoretical stance, how matter and electromagnetic fields interaction with the strong gravitational field of a black hole. Furthermore, we are assembling the tools to understand both the spacetime structure and astrophysical phenomenology associated with merging supermassive black holes. These are important endeavors if we are to prepare for the future generation of radio, X-ray and gravitational radiation observatories.
The goal of this workshop is to bring together selected
experts in this field, and facilitate both formal and informal
discussions that cut across the traditional boundaries of X-ray
astronomy, radio astronomy, accretion theory, gravity theory,
numerical relativity and gravitational wave astrophysics. Specific
topics to be addressed include: (1) theory and observations of black
hole accretion disks, (2) future tests of strong gravity, (3) plasma
physics in curved spacetime, (4) interaction of dynamical spacetime
with matter and fields.
A limited amount of funding for participants at all levels is available, especially for researchers in the early stages of their career who want to attend the full program.
Center for Scientific Computation And Mathematical Modeling (CSCAMM)
Computer Science Instructional Center (Building #406)
University of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD 20742-3289
Partial funding is provided by the Departments of Astronomy and Physics and by the CMNS Dean’s Office at the University of Maryland , and by NASA Goddard Center.
