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PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

High Energy Blazar Astronomy

Tuorla Observatory, Finland, 17-21 June 2002



Invited talks (bold text) consist of 50 min talk and 10 min discussion. Contributed talks consist of 20 min talk and 10 min discussion.


Monday, 17 June

9:00-10:00 Registration
10:00-10:30 Welcome

Session I: Gamma-Ray Observations      - Chair: TBD

10:30-11:30 Daniel Kranich: TeV observation of BL Lac objects (Invited talk)
11:30-12:00 Coffee
12:00-12:30 D. Horns: Multi-wavelength observations of the TeV Blazars Mkn 421 with the HEGRA Cherenkov telescopes and X-ray satellites
12:30-13:00 B. Khelifi: TeV observations of BL Lacs objects with the CAT
13:00-14:30 LUNCH
14:30-15:30 Stefano Vercellone: Blazars: the view from AGILE (Invited talk)
15:30-16:00 W. Collmar: MeV Blazars
16:00-16:30 Coffee
16:30-17:00 A. Sillanpää: Optical support observations for future gamma-ray and X-ray telescopes
19:00-21:00 Welcoming Coctail

Tuesday, 18 June

8:30-9:00 Registration

Session II: High Energy Observations      - Chair: TBD

9:00-10:00 Elena Pian: High energy monitoring of blazars (Invited talk)
10:00-10:30 V. Beckman: Ultra high frequency peaked BL Lac objects
10:30-11:00 P. Padovani: Synchrotron X-ray Emission from Flat-spectrum Radio Quasars
11:00-11:30 Coffee
11:30-12:30 Wofgang Brinkmann: Recent X-ray observations of BL Lac objects (Invited talk)
12:30-13:00 D. Gabuzda: New 5-GHz VSOP Polarization Images of BL Lac Objects
13:00-14:30 LUNCH

Session III: Black Holes in Blazars      - Chair: TBD

14:30-15:00 J. Kotilainen: Black hole masses of BL Lac objects
15:00-15:30 F. Rieger: The periodical variability and the central black hole system in Mkn501
15:30-16:00 Z. Abraham: 3C345: A precessing jet?
16:00-16:30 Coffee

Wednesday, 19 June

Session IV: Jets in Blazars      - Chair: TBD

9:00-10:00 Stefan Wagner: Direct imaging studies of X-ray jets (Invited talk)
10:00-10:30 S.G. Jorstad et al.: Superluminal motion of Gamma-Ray Blazars
10:30-12:00 Poster Session and Coffee
12:00-12:30 K. Kellerman: VLBA Observations of Superluminal Motion in Blazars
12:30-13:00 L. Ostorero et al.: Spectral Behaviour and Variability of Blazars: The Helical-Jet Interpretation
13:00-14:30 LUNCH

Session V: Theory      - Chair: TBD

14:30-15:30 Martin Pohl: Particle acceleration in AGN jets (Invited talk)
15:30-16:00 R. Vainio: Conversion of blast-wave energy into radiation: particle transport effects
16:00-16:30 Coffee
16:30-17:00 J.-L. Gomez: The inner jet: Intensive mm-VLBI monitorings vs. RHD+emission simulations
17:00-17:30 A. Lähteenmäki: Inverse Compton modeling of AGNs
17:30-18:00 E. Valtaoja: TBD
19:00- Conference Dinner

Thursday, 20 June

Session VI: Multifrequency Domain      - Chair: TBD

9:00-10:00 M. Türler: TBA
10:00-10:30 R. Hudec: The Long Term Analyses of Blazars in Ondrejov
10:30-11:00 M. Tornikoski. Radio spectra and variability of EGRET blazars
11:00-11:30 Coffee
11:30-12:00 J.S: Yadav: The periodic IR and radio jets in Microquasar GRS~1915+105 and the accretion disk jet connection
12:00-12:30 M. Türler: Comparing the properties of synchrotron outbursts in quasars and microquasars
12:30-13:00 Y. Kovalev: Compact Structures in the Central Engines of Active Galactic Nuclei
13:00-14:30 LUNCH
14:30-15:30 Alan Marscher: Connection between X-ray and Radio-Optical Emission in Blazars (Invited talk)
15:30-16:00 T. Krichbaum: Millimeter Variability of AGN Jets
16:00-16:30 T. Savolainen: Connections between millimeter continuum flares and the parsec-scale jet structure in blazars
17:00-19:00 Visit to Tuorla Observatory

Friday, 21 June

Session VII: Host Galaxies and Environments      - Chair: TBD

9:00-10:00 Renato Falomo: The host galaxy - AGN connection at low and high redshifts (Invited talk)
10:00-10:30 J. Heidt: VLT multi-object spectroscopy of EGRET-detected BL Lac objects
10:30-11:00 K. Nilsson: Host galaxies of the RGB BL Lacs
11:00-11:30 Coffee
11:30-13:00 Panel discussion and concluding remarks
13:00-14:30 LUNCH


Last updated: 13 June 2002 by Rami T. F. Rekola