Second ANITA Workshop

Nature of the Meeting

The Australian National Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (ANITA) is holding the Second ANITA Workshop on Thursday October 2nd and Friday October 3rd at Macquarie University. The purpose of the workshop is to raise awareness of the theoretical astrophysics research being undertaken within Australia. The workshop also provides an opportunity for observers to lobby for theoretical support for their research programmes, or to intrigue theorists with unexplained phenomena!

It is anticipated that the programme will consist of 20+5 minute talks presenting theoretical results that bear on the interpretation of observations or that suggest observational tests of ideas. Presentations by astronomers who would like to generate theoretical interest in their observational work are also welcome.

Registration for the ANITA workshop is free and open to all (i.e. not just ANITA members).

An AAOmega Science Workshop will be held on Wednesday October 1st at Macquarie, immediately prior to the ANITA workshop, so why not attend both?

Workshop Details

The workshop will be held on Thursday & Friday October 2 & 3 at Macquarie University, in Rooms 102 (Thu) and 131/133 (Fri) of Building E6A. The AAOmega Science Workshop will be held on Wednesday October 1 in E6A 102. See this campus map for the location of building E6A (half way down on the right hand side) and parking (the E4 or F3 carparks are best).

Parking on campus operates on a pay-and-display basis and is heavily patrolled. After parking, purchase a ticket from a machine ($8 for a full day - you will need coins) and display on the dashboard to avoid being ticketed. The location of ticket machines are indicated by orange dots on this not-as-good map.

The location of the campus within Sydney is shown on this not very good regional map.

Tea and coffee will be provided. There may well be a meeting dinner at a local restaurant on the 2nd (but we're not paying!).

Accommodation possibilities are listed here, although you will have to make your own arrangements:

Dunmore Lang College (+61 2 9856 1000) has motel-style rooms for $75/$110 per room (single/double) including breakfast; or 1or 2 bedroom apartments (up to 2 or 5 beds) for $90/$110 (plus $10 p/p optional breakfast).


Robert Menzies College (+61 2 9936 6012 accommodation@rmc.nsw.edu.au) has student rooms with shared bathrooms for $60/night including breakfast (or $70 incl three meals).


Travelodge Macquarie North Ryde (1 300 886 886 reservations@travelodge.com.au) is on the edge of campus. Try getting a discount rate via the internet (e.g. $129 per room for single/twin occupancy).


El Rancho Motel (+61 2 9887 2411) is close to campus. Rates ~$100/night including breakfast.


Stamford North Ryde (+61 2 9888 1077 sales@snr.stamford.com.au) is close to campus. Rates typically $239/night.

Registration

Registration is free, but for catering purposes we need to know if you are coming to the meeting. Anyone wishing to attend should fill in this registration slip and email it to Mark Wardle (wardle@physics.mq.edu.au):

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Registration for 2nd ANITA workshop (email to wardle@physics.mq.edu.au)

       Name:
Institution:
      Email:

I will attend the meeting on Oct 2       Y/N
I will attend the meeting on Oct 3       Y/N
FORTRAN 77 is the language of the gods   Y/Y
I would like to give a short talk        Y/N

Title of talk:

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If you wish to attend the AAOmega Science Workshop you should register seperately by email to Terry Bridges (tjb@aaoepp.aao.gov.au).

Scientific Program

Friday 3 October
9:30-10:00	Coffee
10:00-12:00	ANITA General Meeting
12:00-1:00	Lunch
1:00-1:25	Sarah Maddison	Synthetic Images of Circumbinary Disks
1:25-1:50	Ralph Sutherland	Interacting Stellar Winds in Young HII Regions
1:50-2:15	James Murray	The Theory and Observation of Short Period Interacting Binaries
2:15-2:40	Rosemary Mardling	From Planets to Galaxies: A New Formalism for Calculating Small-N-Body Interactions
2:40-3:10	Coffee
3:10-3:35	Tamara Davis	Black Hole Versus Cosmological Horizon Entropy
3:35-4:00	Fred Rost	Past-light-cone Cosmology
4:00-4:10	Close

ANITA General Meeting

On the morning of October 3rd will be an ANITA General Meeting. All ANITA members are invited to attend (and all non-members are welcome to become ANITA members!) The General Meeting will discuss and amend (if necessary) the ANITA charter and announce the results of the first ANITA Steering Committee elections, as well as discuss the future directions for ANITA.

List of Attendees

Organising Committee

Questions?