XXI Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics: "Accretion Processes in Astrophysics"

Puerto de la Cruz (Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain)

November 2nd to November 13th, 2009

( Web: http://www.iac.es/winschool2009 )

The XXI Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics (WS), organized by the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC), is dedicated to the study of accretion processes in Astrophysics. The WS welcomes a maximum of 70 PhD students and young Post-Docs, and provides each year a unique opportunity for the participants to broaden their knowledge in a key field of Astronomy.

The primary aim of the WS is to provide a wide-ranging and up-to-date overview of the theoretical, experimental and analytical tools necessary for carrying out front-line research in the study of accretion processes. The School is particularly designed to offer young researchers tips and guidelines to help them direct their future research towards these themes, which are among the most important in modern astrophysics. The school will include an introduction to the theory of accretion, observational signatures and tests of current models in close binaries and active galactic nuclei, as well as relativistic accretion flows around black holes.

Lecturers and Topics

Henk Spruit: Accretion Theory (5 hrs)

Brian Warner & Rob Hynes: Accretion in Binary Systems (10 hrs)

Philipp Podsiadlowski: Accretion and the Evolution of Binary Systems (5 hrs)

Giuseppina Fabianno: Accretion-powered Binaries in other Galaxies (5 hrs)

Rob Fender & Chris Done: Observational Characteristics of Accretion onto Black Holes (10 hrs)

John Hawley: Theory of Relativistic Accretion Flows (5 hrs)

Organizing Committee: J. Casares, I. G. Martínez-Pais, T. Shahbaz, F. Sánchez

Winter School Web Page: http://www.iac.es/winschool2009

Contact Information: winter@iac.es

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