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LoI 2017-292
Accreting binaries from Cosmic Dawn to the Present

Date: 25 September 2017 to 29 September 2017
Category: Non-GA Symposium
Location: Crete, Greece
Contact: Andreas Zezas (azezas@physics.uoc.gr)
Coordinating division: Division D High Energy Phenomena and Fundamental Physics
Other divisions:
Co-Chairs of SOC: Andreas Zezas (University of Crete / FORTH)
Ann Hornschemeier (GSFC, NASA)
Chair of LOC: Andreas Zezas (University of Crete / FORTH)

 

Topics

— X-ray binary populations in our Galaxy
— X-ray binary populations in other galaxies
— Exotic types of binaries (ULXs, massive black-holes, micro-QSOs)
— Theoretical advances in Population synthesis
— X-ray binaries in a cosmological setting: cosmological evolution and feedback
— Prospects with forthcoming observatories and future legacy projects with the existing observatories

 

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