A r A S   N e w s

 

 

N E W S L E T T E R   OF  THE

ARMENIAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY   ( A r A S )

 

Editor: L.A.Sargsyan, sarl11@yahoo.com

 

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CONTENTS:

 

1. Change of the Editor

2. German-Armenian Workshop on Astrophysics

3. Astronomical Educational matters

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CHANGE OF THE EDITOR

 

Starting with this issue, Lusine Sargsyan is the Editor of the ArAS Newsletter. First, we would like to thank Dr. Tigran Magakian, the ArAS Vice-President, who served as the "ArASNews" Editor in 2002-2004 and released 12 informative issues with articles concerning the ArAS and Byurakan affairs, international and local meetings, anniversaries of Armenian astronomers, astronomical education in Armenia, etc. We also wish Lusine productive and successful work in preparing the future issues, as well as more activity to our Society in general, which is in fact being reflected in our Newsletters.

 

Areg Mickaelian and Haik Harutyunian.

GERMAN-ARMENIAN WORKSHOP ON ASTROPHYSICS

 

 

 

F I R S T   A N N O U N C E M E N T

 

ArAS IV ANNUAL MEETING and

GERMAN-ARMENIAN WORKSHOP ON ASTROPHYSICS

"Advances in Galactic and Extragalactic Astronomy"

 

29-31 August 2005, Byurakan (Armenia)

 

 

The ArAS IV Annual Meeting will take place in combination with the German-Armenian joint workshop "Advances in Galactic and Extragalactic Astronomy" on August 29-31 this year in Byurakan.

 

As before, the scientific topics include almost all branches of modern research and will not restrict any participation. We have set the following topics so far:

 

o        Exasolar planets

o        Young stars and related objects

o        High-energy astrophysics

o        AGN surveys

o        Physics and Evolution of AGN

o        Databases and Virtual Observatories

 

The German-Armenian workshop is a part of an astronomical research collaboration involving German and Armenian astronomical institutions, including the Hamburger Sternwarte (HS), Max-Planck-Institut fur Extraterrestrische Physik (MPE, Garching), Max-Planck-Institut fur Astrophysik (MPIA, Heidelberg), Institut fur Theoretische Astrophysik (ITA, Heidelberg), Max-Planck-Institut fur Kernphysik (MPK, Heidelberg), Max-Planck-Institut fur Radioastronomie (MPIfR, Bonn), Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam (AIP), Landessternwarte (LS, Heidelberg), Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO), Yerevan State University (YSU) and Yerevan Physics Institute (YerPhI).  

 

The preliminary titles for a number of talks are:

 

Aharonian F. (MPK, Heidelberg)

Exploring the sky in TeV gamma rays with HEGRA and HESS

 

Arshakian T.G., et al. (MPIfR, Bonn)

Direct evidence for the link between the compact jet and optical continuum in AGN

 

Duschl W. (ITA, Heidelberg)

The Cosmogony of Super-Massive Black Holes

 

Engels D. (Hamburger Sternwarte)

Properties of ROSAT selected low-redshift AGNs

 

Gigoyan K.S. (Byurakan Observatory)

Cool Carbon Stars in the Halo: A New Survey Based on 2MASS

 

Gyulbudaghian A.L. (Byurakan Observatory)

Molecular outflows from star-forming regions

 

Harutyunian H.A. (Byurakan Observatory)

An independent evidence for accelerated Hubble expansion

 

Kazarian M.A. (Yerevan State University)

Galaxies with Ultraviolet Excess

 

Krautter J. (LS, Heidelberg)

X-ray observations of novae

 

Magakian T.Y. (Byurakan Observatory)

A survey for PMS-activity stars in star-forming regions

 

Melikian N.D. (Byurakan Observatory)

Non-stable objects in the Cygnus region

 

Mickaelian A.M. (Byurakan Observatory)

Multiwavelength properties of bright AGN

 

Mirzoyan R. (MPP, Munich)

Sub-100 GeV Gamma Observations with the 17m Diameter MAGIC Telescope

 

Movsessian T.H. (Byurakan Observatory)

The inner structure of stellar jets

 

Neuhaeuser R. (University of Jena)

Direct imaging of brown dwarfs and planets as companion to young stars

 

Nikoghossian A.G. (Byurakan Observatory)

Line Formation in Multicomponent Atmospheres

 

Schwope A. (AIP, Potsdam)

X-ray surveys

 

Wisotzki L. (AIP, Potsdam)

The quasar-galaxy connection

 

Important! We need to know beforehand if scientists from other than Armenia and Germany countries plan to participate to make corresponding arrangements.

 

To register, please send your personal data and the title of your contribution before June 30.

 

With any questions concerning the meeting, please contact Areg Mickaelian (aregmick@apaven.am).

 

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Astronomical Educational matters

 

In a few days, on April 16-17, the Armenian astronomy Olympiad among the school pupils will take place in Byurakan. 25 pupils will participate in it, most of them from the Yerevan specialized schools on physics and mathematics. As before, we expect to discover new clever and skillful children, hoping some of them may become astronomers in the future. Let us recall once more our best teacher, late Armen Oskanian, who had prepared many pupils and achieved with them a number of high-rank prizes in the international astronomy Olympiads.

 

There are two more events we plan for this year. The next Euro-Asian regional astronomy Olympiad will be organized in Byurakan at the end of September or the beginning of October. Some 40 pupils will participate. For an acquaintance with the local conditions and discussions concerning the organization of the meeting, Dr. Mikhail Gavrilov, the Chair of the International Astronomy Olympic Committee, visited Armenia during the last fall. This Olympiad is a prelude before the international Olympiad planned for Byurakan for 2008. It will be devoted to the memory of Dr. Armen Oskanian.

 

Finally, we are going to organize a Summer school for the University students on August 25-31. The best students from both general physics courses and specialized in astrophysics ones will take part. The Byurakan astronomers and some other invited speakers will give reviews on different important topics of modern astrophysics, as well as a lot of useful practical exercises, including observations will be organized for the students. We plan that some 15-20 students will be invited. At the end of the summer school, they will be present at the scientific sessions of the German-Armenian workshop.

 

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