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2002年9月25-28日に千葉県柏市で行われる国際シンポジウム
“The Universe Viewed in Gamma-rays”
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	茨城大理　柳田昭平
	東大ICRR　森正樹
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Announcement

International Symposium
“The Universe viewed in gamma-rays
---University of Tokyo Workshop 2002---”

September 25-28, 2002, in Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan

Dear Colleages,

We are pleased to announce that the international symposium entitled
“The Universe viewed in gamma-rays ---The University of Tokyo Workshop
2002---” will be held on September 25-28, 2002 in Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan.
The purpose of this symposium is to discuss the new views of the
universe grasped mainly in the rapidly developing high energy gamma-ray
astrophysics in the energy range above 10 GeV. New  ground-based
observatories of very high energy gamma-rays are being built, energy
threshold are being lowered, and stereoscopic observations with new
telescopes will be started soon. The symposium will cover observational
and theoretical aspects of Galactic and extragalactic sources of
gamma-rays which contribute to the existence of nonthermal particles in
the universe. Information of the photons in other energy regime is
mandatory to uncover the secret of very high energy phenomena in the
universe and multiwavelength campaigns will be also.
The following topics will be picked up for four  areas.
1. Galactic sources
  Supernova remnants
  Galactic center
  Pulsars and nebulae
  Diffuse emission from the galactic disk and unidentified EGRET sources
2. Extragalactic sources
  Star burst galaxies
  Blazars
  Gamma-ray bursts
  Cluster of galaxies
3. Acceleration and distribution of cosmic rays
  Direct observation of cosmic rays
  Shock acceleration in various objects
  Particle acceleration associated with structure formation
4. Cosmology
  Diffuse infrared background radiation
  Dark matter
  Etc.

Review talks will be given by invited talkers for overview of recent
achievements in each four areas. Other than these invited talks,
presentation consists of general oral talks and poster papers. Papers
will be published.
In addition to the main stream of the symposium, mini-workshop is
scheduled to survey the present day and future techniques of
ground-based measurements of gamma-rays.

Those who are interested in the symposium are requested to fill in the
questionnaire attached at the end of this mail and to send it to
Ms. Noriko Kobayashi (noriko [at] icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp) by E-mail.

The venue of the symposium will be “Sawayaka Chiba Kanmin Plaza” near
the Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR) of the University Tokyo, in
Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan. Kashiwa City is located 30 kilometers
northeast of Tokyo. (See also URL below for information:
http://www.city.kashiwa.chiba.jp/foreign/foreign.htm )

Further workshop information, such as the invited talkers, registration
fees, accommodation, access to the venue,  important time lines, etc.,
will be sent in the First Circular, to be distributed by email  in the
mid of April. Please visit also the Website of the symposium below.
http://icrhp9.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp/Symp2002.html

Scientific Advisory Committee:
   Geoffrey Bicknell (Mt Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories,
     Australian National Univ.)
   Bernard Degrange (LPNHE-X, Ecole Ploytechnique)
   Masataka Fukugita (ICRR, Univ. Tokyo)
   Werner Hofmann (MPI, Heidelberg)
   Ocker de Jager(Potchefstroom Univ.)
   Tadashi Kifune (Shinshuu Univ.)
   Katsuji Koyama (Kyoto Univ.)
   Eckart Lorenz (Max-Planck-Institut fur Physik, Munchen)
   Rene Ong (Univ. California, Los Angeles)
   Reinhard Schlickeiser (Lehrstuhl fur Theoretische Physik IV der
     Ruhr-Universitat Bochum)
   Simon Swordy (Univ. Chicago)
   Fumio Takahara (Osaka Univ.)
   Heinrich Voelk (MPI, Heidelberg)
   Trevor Weekes (Smithsonian Astrophys. Obs.)
Local Organizing Committee:
   Ryoji Enomoto (Co-chair of LOC)
   Shuichi Gunji
   Masaki Mori (Co-chair of LOC)
   Kyoshi Nishijima
   Toru Taimori
   Shohei Yanagita (Co-chair of LOC)
Secretary:
   Noriko Kobayashi (ICRR)

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“The Universe viewed in gamma-rays"
September 25-28, 2002, in Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan

Questionnaire
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With best regards,

Shohei Yanagita
Masaki Mori