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3 December, 2007 | ||
| 08:00-08:55 | Reception and Meeting registration | |
Morning session (Chair: Phil Edwards) | ||
| 09:00-09:10 | Opening remarks from ISAS Director | H.Inoue |
| 09:10-09:20 | Greetings from VSOP-2 Project Manager and Project Scientist | |
| 09:20-09:30 | General Conference Comments | E.Fomalont |
| 09:30-09:40 | LOC Announcement | LOC |
I. VSOP-HALCA Project (Invited talks) | ||
| 09:40-10:00 | VSOP history in Japan | H.Hirabayashi |
| 10:00-10:20 | The development of VSOP and Space Interferometry | E.Fomalont, B.Burke |
| 10:20-10:40 | VSOP/HALCA Preparation and Launch | H.Kobayashi |
| 10:40-11:20 | Coffee and meeting registration | |
| 11:20-11:40 | Phase Transfer and Science Data Acquisition at Usuda | N.Kawaguchi |
| 11:40-12:00 | VSOP LESSONS LEARNED | D.Jauncey |
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch | |
Afternoon session (Chair: Richard Schilizzi) | ||
II.A. VSOP Scientific Results (Invited talks) | ||
| 13:30-13:50 | AGN Science with VSOP and Prospects for VSOP-2 | S.Kameno |
| 13:50-14:10 | Internal Structure of the Jet in 3C273 | A.Lobanov |
| 14:10-14:30 | 3C 84 Expanding Radio Lobe Revealed by VSOP Observations | K.Asada |
| 14:30-14:50 | VSOP Monitoring Observations of 1928+738 | D.Murphy |
| 14:50-15:10 | GPS and CSS radio sources at high resolution | I.Snellen |
| 15:10-15:30 | VSOP and Stellar Radio Emission: The case of LSI61+303 | S.Dougherty |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee and meeting registration | |
| 16:00-16:20 | Pulsars | C.Gwinn |
II.B.VSOP Scientific Results (Contributed talks) | ||
| 16:20-16:35 | The Deep Interferometric VSOP-Arecibo Survey(DIVAS) | P.Edwards |
| 16:35-16:50 | Space-VLBI Observations of the Blazar B2007+777 | K. Gabanyi |
| 16:50-17:05 | High-Redshift QUASARs at the Highest Resolution: VSOP Results | S.Frey |
| 17:05-17:20 | Space VLBI Polarimetry of IDV Sources: Lessons from VSOP and Prospects for VSOP2 | U.Bach |
II.C. VSOP Scientific Results (Invited talks) | ||
| 17:20-17:40 | The Pearson-Readhead Survey from Space | M.Lister |
| 17:40-18:00 | The VSOP Survey | R.Dodson |
4 December, 2007 | ||
Morning session (Chair: Andrei Lobanov) | ||
Introduction of VSOP-2/ASTRO-G | ||
| 09:00-09:20 | VSOP-2/ASTRO-G PROJECT | H.Saito |
| 09:20-09:40 | VSOP-2/ASTRO-G PROJECT OVERVIEW FOR ASTRONOMY COMMUNITY | M.Tsuboi |
III.A. High resolution Extra-galactic (Invited talks) | ||
| 09:40-10:10 | Production and Evolution of Relativistic Astrophysical Jets: Probing the Exhaust System of the Most Powerful Engines with VSOP2 | D.Meier |
| 10:10-10:40 | Black Hole Shadow and VSOP-2 | R.Takahashi |
| 10:40-11:10 | Coffee break | |
| 11:10-11:40 | A Search for the Origin of Wobbling in Blazar Jets | I.Agudo |
| 11:40-12:10 | High Energy Observations of AGN Jets and their Implications | J.Kataoka |
| 12:10-13:40 | Group photo, Lunch | |
Afternoon session (Chair: Michael Garrett) | ||
III.B. High resolution Extra-galactic (Contributed talks) | ||
| 13:40-13:55 | UNSOLVED PROBLEMS OF AGN JETS IN SUB-PARSEC SCALE: ACCELERATION, COLLIMATION AND STABILITY PROPERTIES | M.Nakamura |
| 13:55-14:10 | DISRUPTING KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ MODES REVEALED BY THE TRANSVERSAL STRUCTURE OF THE JET IN 0836+710 | M.Perucho-Pla |
| 14:10-14:25 | GLOBAL MAGNETO-HYDRODYNAMIC SIMULATIONS OF FLARES, OUTFLOWS AND TIME VARIABILITIES IN BLACK HOLE ACCRETION FLOWS | R.Matsumoto |
| 14:25-14:40 | RADIATIVE MHD ACCRETION FLOWS AROUND BLACK HOLES | Y.Kato |
III.C. High resolution Extra-galactic (Invited talks) | ||
| 14:40-15:10 | VSOP'S LEGACY FOR OUR UNDERSTANDING OF MAGNETIC FIELDS IN ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI | D.Gabuzda |
| 15:10-15:40 | POLARIZATION PROPERTIES OF AGNs AT HIGH FREQUENCIES | S.Jorstad |
| 15:40-16:10 | THE COMPACT STRUCTURE OF BLAZARS AT HIGH FREQUENCIES | A.Marscher |
| 16:10-16:30 | Coffee break | |
| 16:30-17:00 | Poster highlights | L.Gurvits, E.Fomalont |
III.D. High resolution Extra-galactic (Contributed talks) | ||
| 17:00-17:15 | SUB-PARSEC SCALE PROPERTIES OF THE TEV BLAZAR MRK501 | M.Giroletti |
| 17:15-17:30 | INVISIBLE PLASMA CONTENT IN BLAZARS? THE CASE OF MARKARIAN 421 | M.Kino |
| 17:30-17:45 | EVIDENCE FOR HELICAL MAGNETIC FIELDS AND THEIR EVOLUTION IN THE JETS OF ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI (AGN) | M.Mahmud |
| 17:45-18:00 | THE NEED FOR HIGH RESOLUTION IN STUDIES AIMED AT CONSTRUCTING THE 3D MAGNETIC FIELD STRUCTURE OF AGN JETS | S.O'Sullivan |
| 18:00-18:15 | A NEW EVOLUTION SCENARIO OF COMPACT SYMMETRIC OBJECTS | N.Kawakatu |
5 December, 2007 | ||
Morning session (Chair: Dave Jauncey) | ||
| 09:00- | Conference Comments | |
III.E. High resolution Extra-galactic (Invited talks) | ||
| 09:10-09:40 | IMAGING A JET BASE - PROSPECTS WITH M87 | C.Walker |
| 09:40-10:10 | INTRADAY RADIO VARIABILITY AND MICROARCSECOND RESOLUTION | H.Bignall |
| 10:10-10:40 | QUASAR SURVEYS | Y.Kovalev |
| 10:40-11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00-11:30 | KINEMATICS OF AGN | K.Kellermann |
| 11:30-12:00 | HIGH ENERGY ASTROPHYSICS | T.Courvoisier |
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch | |
Afternoon session (Chair: Makoto Inoue) | ||
III.F. High resolution Extra-galactic (Contributed talks) | ||
| 13:30-13:45 | PROBING MICROARCSECOND STRUCTURE IN AGN USING CONTINUOUS 6.7 GHZ INTERSTELLAR SCINTILLATION MONITORING WITH THE CEDUNA RADIO TELESCOPE | C.Senkbeil |
| 13:45-14:00 | THE MICROARCSECOND SCINTILLATION-INDUCED VARIABILITY (MASIV) SURVEY OF THE NORTHERN SKY; HOW MANY MICROARCSECOND SOURCES WILL BE POTENTIAL TARGETS FOR VSOP-2? | D.Jauncey |
| 14:00-14:15 | A GLOBAL 86 GHZ VLBI SURVEY OF COMPACT RADIO SOURCES | S.Lee |
| 14:15-14:30 | ON THE MULTI-FREQUENCY DATA ANALYSIS OF THE INNER JET REGIONS | B.Sohn |
| 14:30-14:45 | PARSEC SCALE PROPERTIES OF BRIGHTEST CLUSTER GALAXIES | G.Giovannini |
| 14:45-15:15 | Poster viewing and Coffee break | |
Special session (Chair: K.Fujisawa, P.Edwards) | ||
Celebration of Prof. H.Hirabayashi retirement | ||
| 15:15-15:25 | INTRODUCTION | K.Fujisawa |
| 15:25-15:40 | SPACE VLBI WITH TDRSS | J.Ulvestad |
| 15:40-15:55 | VSOP IN THE EARLY DAYS, OR HOW HIRAX-SAN, MORIMOTO-SAN AND ODA-SAN CONQUERED THE SPACE VLBI WORLD | R.Schilizzi |
| 15:55-16:10 | REFLECTIONS ON THE LENGTH OF BASELINES IN PHYSICAL AND OTHER DIMENSIONS | L.Gurvits |
| 16:10-16:25 | IS IT WORTH CLIBING Mt FUJI? | D.Murphy |
| 16:25-16:40 | THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM | P.Edwards |
| 16:40-16:55 | WHERE IS I? --- I AND ME --- | M.Morimoto |
| 16:55-17:10 | THAT WHICH WE ARE, WE ARE; | D.Jauncey |
| 17:10-17:20 | RESPONCE | H.Hirabayashi |
| 17:20-17:30 | PRESENTATION | |
| 17:50-18:00 | Shuttle-bus transportation to Sagami-Ono | |
19:00-21:00 Conference Dinner (at Hotel Century Sagami-Ono) |
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6 December, 2007 | ||
Morning session (Chair: Phil Diamond) | ||
IV.A. Astrometry and masers (Invited talks) | ||
| 09:00-09:30 | ASTROMETRY WITH VSOP | M.Rioja |
| 09:30-10:00 | VSOP-2 ASTROMETRY: ASTROMETRIC ACCURACY MADE BY VSOP-2 PHASE REFERENCING | Y.Asaki |
| 10:00-10:30 | MASERS and VSOP-2 | M.Elitzur |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00-11:30 | MASER ASTROMETRY WITH VERA | M.Honma |
| 11:30-12:00 | WATER VAPOR MASERS IN AGN ACCRETION DISKS | J.Braatz |
IV.B. Astrometry and masers (Contributed talk) | ||
| 12:00-12:20 | SPACE VLBI AND THE RADIO REFERENCE FRAME | P.Charlot |
| 12:20-14:00 | Lunch | |
Afternoon session (Chair: Sean Dougherty) | ||
V. A. Stellar sources and others (Invited talks) | ||
| 14:00-14:30 | PROTOSTELLAR FLARES AND JETS | K.Shibata |
| 14:30-15:00 | VSOP-2 OBSERVATIONS OF MICROQUASARS | Y.Ueda |
| 15:00-15:30 | GAMMA-RAY BURSTS | N.Kawai |
| 15:30-16:00 | SUPERNOVA VLBI | N.Bartel |
| 16:00-16:30 | Coffee break | |
V. B. Stellar sources and others (Contributed talks) | ||
| 16:30-16:45 | THE H2O SUPER MASER EMISSION of ORION KL - ACCRETION DISK, BIPOLAR OUTFLOW, SHELL | L.Matveyenko |
| 16:45-17:00 | PROBING INTO THE SHADOW OF GALACTIC CENTER BLACK HOLE WITH FUTURE SUB-MILLIMETER VLBI | Z.Shen |
| 17:00-17:15 | DARK MATTER MILLI-LENSING AND VSOP-2 | K.Wiik |
7 December, 2007 | ||
| 09:00-09:10 | Conference Comments | |
Morning session (Chair: TBD ) | ||
VI.A. International relations (Invited talk) | ||
| 09:10-09:40 | RADIOASTRON MISSION | S.Likachev |
VI.B. International relations (Contributed talks) | ||
| 09:40-10:00 | A VLBA UPGRADE CONFORMING TO VSOP-2 SPECIFICATIONS | J.Romney |
| 10:00-10:15 | Overview of the Korean VLBI Network Project | D.Roh |
| 10:15-10:45 | Coffee break | |
VII. ASTRO-G Sub-systems (Invited talks) | ||
| 10:45-11:00 | VSOP-2 ORBIT DETERMINATION | H.Takeuchi |
| 11:00-11:15 | ATTITUDE CONTROL SYSTEM DESIGN FOR FAST REST-TO-REST ATTITUDE MANEUVER | S.Sakai |
| 11:15-11:30 | VSOP-2 ANTENNA AND ITS STRUCTURE | K.Higuchi |
| 11:30-11:45 | VSOP-2 OBSERVING SYSTEM | A.Doi |
| 11:45-12:00 | VSOP-2 OPERATIONS | Y.Murata |
| 12:00-12:15 | VSOP-2 CORRELATION | D.Roh |
| 12:15-13:45 | Lunch | |
Afternoon session (Chair: Jon Romney) | ||
VIII. International collaborations (All) | ||
| 13:45-14:05 | VSOP-2 Mission of Opportunity | D.Murphy |
| 14:05-15:30 | Key Science Programme Discussions | S.Kamemo, A.Lobanov, international teams |
| 15:30-15:50 | Coffee break | |
| 15:50-17:00 | International VSOP-2 Interaction | J.Ulvestad |
| 17:00 | Concluding remarks | M.Tsuboi, E.Fomalont |