About the Conference

The School of Physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology is pleased to announce the inaugural conference of the Center for Relativistic Astrophysics (CRA): Multi-Messenger Relativistic Astrophysics 2009. The newly established CRA is devoted to interdisciplinary research and education in multi-messenger astrophysics, linking high energy, particle and gravitational astrophysics. This inaugural conference is an opportunity for participants to share their insights and experience on research focusing on extreme astrophysical phenomena such as merger of black holes and neutron stars, central engines of active galactic nuclei, gamma ray bursts, and sources of the high energy cosmic rays and neutrinos.

This conference will be held at Atlanta, Georgia from Tuesday through Thursday, May 19-21, 2009. It will feature invited talks and contributed sessions. April 15 is the deadline to submit abstracts for contributed talks as well as registration and payment of the conference fee ($100 US).

Invited Speakers

Contributed Sessions

We are inviting the submission of abstracts for oral presentations in several areas pertinent to multi-messenger astrophysics. Contributed presentations will be 20 minutes long, including questions. The deadline for submitting contributed presentations is April 15.

You can e-mail the organizing committee ( cra-conf -AT- physics.gatech.edu ) if you have any questions or comments.