[RN50] The Event Horizon and Beyond – Celebrating 50 Years of Narayan
https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/events/rn50-celebrating-50-years-narayan
Join the Center for Astrophysics in Boston for a conference devoted to black hole accretion and related topics, with talks and a poster session on electromagnetic jets, galaxy clusters, gamma-ray bursts, and more. On the evening of Wednesday, June 12, a celebration dinner will be held honoring Professor Ramesh Narayan, his work, and his contributions to the scientific community for 50 years.
Where/When
Tuesday, June 11 – Thursday, June 13, 2024, Cambridge, MA
Scientific Organizing Committee
Niayesh Afshordi, Andrew Chael, Charles Gammie, Jeremy Goodman, Michael Johnson, Vicky Kalogera, Lia Medeiros, Banibrata Mukhopadhyay, Feryal Ozel, Bob Penna, Eliot Quataert, Jim Stone, and Sasha Tchekhovskoy.
Local Organizing Committee
Hyerin Cho, Sara Issaoun, Prashant Kocherlakota, Angelo Ricarte, Yuh Tsunetoe
Speakers
TBD
Registration and Accommodations
Registration is required for the RN50 Conference. There is no registration fee to attend the conference. Lunch, coffee and tea breaks will be provided for registered participants. RSVPs have been sent out.
Conference accommodation options will be added once the venue is confirmed.
About Ramesh
Ramesh Narayan is the Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences at Harvard University, a Senior Astronomer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, MA, and a Senior Faculty Member at the Black Hole Initiative at Harvard University.
He has made fundamental and pioneering contributions across a broad range of astrophysics, from accretion disks and electromagnetic jets to gamma-ray bursts and galaxy clusters.
Professor Narayan is a fellow of the Royal Society of London, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and a fellow of the World Academy of Sciences.
He received his PhD in physics from Bangalore University, India, in 1979. Before joining Harvard University in 1991, he was a faculty member at the University of Arizona.
For questions about RN50 – Celebrating 50 Years of Narayan, please email the LOC at rn50-loc@cfa.harvard.edu
