MG11 APO Parallel Session (APO1 and APO2 merged sessions)

"ASTROPHYSICS OF NEUTRON STARS AND BLACK HOLES: OBSERVATIONS
-High Energy Astrophysics from Space"


                     ******* PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE *******

30 min talks consist in a presentation of 25 minutes + 5 minutes for questions
20 min talks consist in a presentation of 15 minutes + 5 minutes for questions


THURSDAY, 27 JULY 2006

Chairperson:  E. Pian

D. Worrall       Extragalactic X-ray Jets                           14:30-15:00

P. Kaaret        Jets from Stellar-Mass Black Holes                 15:00-15:30

M. Nowak et al.  The Galactic Microquasar Cyg X-1:                  
                 10 Years of Observations with RXTE 
                 (and a few Chandra Observations, Too)              15:30-16:00

O. Kurtanidze    Optical Observations of Blazars 
                 selected at X- and gamma-rays                      16:00-16:20

COFFEE BREAK                                                        16:20-17:00

K. Hurley        The Soft Gamma Repeaters                           17:00-17:30

A. Wells         Gamma-Ray Bursts with the SWIFT mission            17:30-18:00

L. Amati         GRBs: the Ep,i - Eiso correlation in the 
                 Swift Era                                          18:00-18:20


SESSION ADJOURNED



FRIDAY, 28 JULY 2006

Chairperson:  N. Schulz

J. Bregman       Are Ultraluminous X-Ray Sources                    
                 Intermediate Mass Black Holes?                     14:30-15:00

F. Baganoff      Compact Objects near the Galactic                  15:00-15:30
                 Center                                            

B. Aschenbach    Quasi-periodic oscillations from Sgr A*            15:30-16:00

T. Dotani        Initial results from the Suzaku satellite          16:00-16:30

COFFEE BREAK                                                        16:30-17:00

R. Griffiths     The Power of Suzaku for Broadband X-ray 
                 Studies of AGN                                     17:00-17:20

Hasinger/Griffiths     ESA Future Missions                          17:20-17:50

N. Schulz        Future and Benefits of High Resolution
                 X-ray Spectroscopy                                 17:50-18:20

Pian/Schulz      Concluding Remarks                                 18:20-18:30

END OF SESSION