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All Parallel Sessions will start at 15.00 and will last till 19.00. There will be a coffe-break at 16.30-17.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

All Parallel Sessions will start at 15.00 and will last till 19.00. There will be a coffe-break at 16.30-17.00

 

 

 

General Theory: GT1 Geometrical Methods for Integrability in Classical and Relativistic Systems Kjell Rosquist GT2 Complex and Twistor Methods in General Relativity Pawel Nurowski GT3 Inertial Forces in General Relativity C. Vishveshwara GT4 Exact Solutions (mathematical aspects) Maciej Przanowski GT5 Exact Solutions (physical aspects) Susan Scott GT6 Chaos in General Relativity and Cosmology Vahe Gurzadyan GT7 Einstein-Maxwell System Chul H. Lee GT8 The Role of Spin and Rotation in General Relativity Lewis Ryder GT9 Global Structure: Singularities, Cosmic Censorship, Asymptotics Piotr Chrusciel Alternative Theories:

AT1	Metric-Affine Gravitational Theories in 4-Dimensions (A)     Metric-Affine Gravitational Theories in 4-Dimensions (B)
	Yuri Obukhov
AT2	Kaluza-Klein Theories
	Norbert Straumann
AT3	Alternative Theories (A)   -----   Alternative Theories (B)
	Leopold Halpern

String Theory: S1 From (Super)Gravity to Glueballs Massimo Bianchi S2 P-Branes, Supergravity and M-Theory Pietro Fre' S3 Strings, Gravity and Unification Augusto Sagnotti S4 String Cosmology Gabriele Veneziano S5 Black Holes in String Theory K.S. Narain The Quantum and Gravity

QG1-(A)	Quantum Geometry
	Thomas Thiemann
QG1-(B)	Quantum Geometry
	Jorge Pullin
QG2	Dynamics Without Background
	Laurent Freidel
QG3	Role of Reference Frames in Quantum Gravity
	Karel Kuchar
QG4	Quantum Fields (a)  ---- Quantum Fields (b)
	Volodia Belinski
QG5	Quantum Cosmology
	Andrei Barvinsky
QG6	Casimir Effect
	Michael Bordag
QG7	Simplicial Quantum Gravity
	Herbert W. Hamber
QG8	New developments in Planck scale physics
	Lee Smolin

Black Holes: Theory   Precision Tests of General Relativity PT1 Strong Gravity and Gravitational Waves Cliff Will PT2 Testing General Relativity with Satellite Laser Ranging Ignazio Ciufolini PT3 Precision Gravity Measurements           Riley Newman
PT4 General Relativity in Space Kenneth Nordtvedt PT5 Sensitive Tests of the Equivalence Principle Ramanath Cowsik PT6 Measurements of Gravity at Sub-mm Distances
           Paul Boynton   Theoretical Cosmology: COT1 Topology of the Universe Marek Demianski COT2 Nonsingular Cosmology Mario Novello COT3 Inhomogeneous Cosmology Andrzej Krasinski COT4 Inflation Katsuiko Sato COT5 Nongaussian Models of Structure Formation Ruth Durrer COT6 Compact spaces with Negative Curvature Riccardo Benedetti COT7 Cosmological Constant and Universe Acceleration Alexei Starobinsky COT8 Brane and higher dimensional cosmologies Nathalie Deruelle Cosmological Microwave Background Radiation CB1 Ground and Balloon-Based Anisotropy Measurements of the CMB Anisotropy Paolo de Bernardis CB2 Cosmic Microwave Background Naoshi Sugiyama CB3 MAP and PLANCK Missions Ned Wright CB4 Sunyaev Zel-dovich effect Yoel Rephaeli Astrophysics of Neutron Stars and Black Holes: Observations APO1 Observations from the Chandra Observatory Steve Murray APO2 Observations from the Rossi Observatory Hale Bradt APO3 Observations from ASCA and ROSAT Yasuo Tanaka APO4 Observations from Beppo Sax Satellite Luigi Piro Astrophysics of Neutron Stars and Black Holes: Theory APT1 Accretion Processes Around Neutron Stars and Black Holes Lev Titarchuk APT2 Astrophysical Black Holes Sandip Chakrabarti APT3 Binary Neutron Stars Takahashi Nakamura APT4 General Relativistic Effects in Neutron Stars and Black Holes Luigi Stella APT5 Coalescing Neutron Stars Maximilian Ruffert APT6 Radiative Transfer in General Relativity Aldo Treves - Roberto Turolla APT7 r-Modes and Instabilities of Rotating Neutron Stars
          John Friedman Astroparticle Physics AP1 Massive Neutrinos Ettore Fiorini AP2 Matter, Dark Matter  and CP Violation Giorgio Salvini AP3 Cosmic Neutrino Oscillations Jose Valle AP4 High Energy Astronomy and Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays Todor Stanev AP5 Experimental Status of Neutrino Mixing Paolo Lipari Gamma Ray Bursts: Observations GBO1 Gamma Ray Burst X-Ray Afterglow Enrico Costa GBO2 Gamma Ray Burst Optical Observations George Djorgovski GBO3 Gamma Ray Burst Gamma Observations Charles Meegan GBO4 Ongoing and Future of Gamma Ray Burst Missions Marco Tavani GBO5 Gamma Ray Bursts Afferglow-Radio Observations Dale Frail Gamma Ray Bursts: Theory GBT1 Gamma Ray Bursts David Band GBT3 Fireballs and Gamma Ray Bursts Tsvi Piran GBT4 Black Holes and Gamma Ray Bursts Shesheng Xue History of Relativity H1 Einstein Theories: Historical Perspective Giulio Giorello