High Energy Studies of Supernova
Remnants and Neutron stars
COSPAR Symposium E1.4
The 34th COSPAR Scientific Assembly took place in Houston, Texas, from October 10-19, 2002. In the frame of this Conference, a 3 day symposium on 'High Energy Studies of Supernova Remnants and Neutron Stars', was scheduled for October 10-12. The symposium was organized by Werner Becker (MPE) and Wim Hermsen (SRON).

High energy studies of supernova remnants and neutron stars have made substantial progress over the last decade thanks to the past missions ROSAT, ASCA, BeppoSAX, CGRO and the still functional RXTE. At present, the major X-ray observatories Chandra and XMM-Newton are very well suited to substantially enhance studies of these targets. The unprecedented imaging capability of Chandra as well as the high collecting power and spectral resolution of XMM-Newton together with the timing capabilities both instruments provide, allow exploration of these targets in a much greater detail than it was possible with former observatories. The meeting has focused on observational and theoretical aspects of the high energy emission from Supernova Remnants, Pulsars and Pulsar Wind Nebulae, Anomalous X-ray Pulsars and Soft-Gamma-Ray Repeaters.
Main Scientific Organizer: Werner Becker (MPE)
Deputy Organizer: Wim Hermsen (SRON)
Scientific Organizing
Committee: 		M.Baring, J.Bleeker, K.S.Cheng, R.Chevalier, D.Helfand, B.Rudak, P.Slane,
H.Tsunemi, M.Weisskopf
Thursday, 10 October 2002, 08:45 am
08:45 - 08:50  Welcome
Chair: R.Chevalier
08:50 - 09:20
 M.Weisskopf   COSPAR02-A-01955 Supernova Remnants and Pulsars: Three years of Chandra Observations (S)
09:20 - 09:50
 J.P. Hughes COSPAR02-A-02879 X-ray Spectral Morphologies of Young Supernova Remnants (S)
09:50 - 10:05 
 A. Bamba COSPAR02-A-01340 Fine structure of the thermal and non-thermal X-rays in the SN 1006 shell
10:05 - 10:20
 S.Park   COSPAR02-A-02318 Chandra observations of SNR 1987A
10:20 - 10:35
 F. Bocchino COSPAR02-A-01626 Shock-Cloud interaction in the Vela SNR; the XMM-Newton view
10:35 - 11:00
 Coffee/Tea and poster viewing
Chair: H.Tsunemi
11:00 - 11:30 K. van der Heyden  COSPAR02-A-03202 Cas-A: new insights in abundances and explosion dynamics from recent X-ray observations (S)
11:30 - 12:00 A.P. Rasmussen COSPAR02-A-03 040 High resolution X-ray spectroscopy of SNRs in the Magellanic clouds (S)
12:00 - 12:30 J. Vink COSPAR02-A-02306 Shocks and particle acceleration in SNRs: observational features (S)
 
Thursday, 10 October 2002  14:00 pm
Chair: M.Baring
14:00 - 14:30 A. Bykov   COSPAR02-A-00970 Shocks and particle acceleration in SNRs: theoretical aspects (S)
14:30 - 15:00 R. Chevalier COSPAR02-A-01988 Synchrotron nebulae: theoretical aspects and observational constraints (S)
15:00 - 15:30 J. Arons  COSPAR02-A-01533 Theory of pulsar winds (S)
15:30 - 16:00 Coffe/Tea and poster viewing
Chair: P.Slane
16:00 - 16:30 E.V. Gotthelf   COSPAR02-A-02895 X-ray Spectroscopy of Pulsars and their Wind Nebulae (S)
16:30 - 16:45  S.A. Stephens  COSPAR02-A-01211 Plerions as a possible source of primary cosmic ray electrons
16:45 - 17:15    Y.A. Gallant  COSPAR02-A-02840 Interaction of  a Pulsar Wind with its SNRs (S)
17:15 - 17:45  V. Kaspi    COSPAR02-A-02336 Long-Term Monitoring of Anomalous X-ray Pulsars with RXTE (S)
17:45 - 18:30 Poster viewing
Friday, 11 October  2002,  08:45 am
Chair: K.S. Cheng
08:45 - 09:15 S. Yanagita    TeV Observations of Supernova Remnants (S)
09:15 - 09:30 N. Shibazaki  X- Ray and Gamma-Ray Emission from the PSR 1259-63 / Be Star System
09:30 - 09:45 S.P. Reynolds COSPAR02-A-02302 Microphysics of shock acceleration from observations of X-ray synchrotron emission from SNRs
09:45 - 10:00 D.J. Helfand COSPAR02-A-02973 The luminosity function of young pulsars and pulsar wind nebulae
10:00 - 10:30 J.M. Cordes COSPAR02-A-02305 A new  pulsar distance model and some implications for pulsar velocities, populations and searches (S)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffe/Tea and poster viewing
Friday, 11 October  2002,  11:00 am
Chair: D.Helfand
11:00 - 11:30 F. Camilo  COSPAR02-A-02054 Review  of deep radio surveys for young pulsars (S)
11:30 - 12:00 G. Cusumano COSPAR02-A-02011 BeppoSAX observations of rotation-powered pulsars (S)
12:00 - 12:15 S. Mereghetti COSPAR02-A-01815 BeppoSAX observations of the young pulsar PSR J1846-0258  in the Kes 75 Supernova remnant
12:15 - 12:30   R. Mignani COSPAR02-A-02606 HST/VLT Observations of isolated neutron Stars
Friday, 11 October  2002,  14:00 pm

Chair: J.Trümper
14:00 - 14:30 W. Becker COSPAR02-A-03501 X-ray Observations of Neutron Stars and Pulsars: Recent results from XMM-Newton (S)
14:30 - 14:45 A. Webb  COSPAR02-A-01823 XMM-Newton observations  of three millisecond pulsars
14:45 - 15:00 W. Hermsen COSPAR02-A-03203 New Chandra and RXTE results on the X-ray/gamma-ray millisecond pulsar PSR J0128+4232
15:00 - 15:30 J. Grindlay COSPAR02-A-02937 Millisecond pulsars and neutron stars in globular clusters:  47Tuc vs. NGC 6397 (S)
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee/Tea and poster viewing
Chair: W.Becker
16:00 - 16:15 J. Kennea COSPAR02-A-02892 XMM-Newton observations of three X-ray emitting pulsars
16:15 - 16:30  K. Mori  COSPAR02-A-02643 XMM-Newton observations of the Vela Pulsar
16:30 - 16:45 H. Marshall COSPAR02-A-00335 High Resolution X-ray spectra and timing of four Neutron stars
16:45 - 17:00 F. Walter COSPAR02-A-00976 Properties of the isolated Neutron Star RX 185635-3754
17:00 - 18:00  Poster viewing
Saturday, 12 October  2002,  08:45 pm
Chair: B.Rudak
08:45-09:15   G.G. Pavlov   COSPAR02-A-02898 X-rays from neutron stars: recent Chandra results (S)
09:15 - 09:30 P. Slane  COSPAR02-A-02012  The X-ray properties of 3C58 and its associated neutron star
09:30 - 10:00 D.G. Yakovlev  COSPAR02-A-01482 Neutron star cooling: theoretical aspects and obser-­ vational  constraints (S)
10:00 - 10:15  S. Zane  COSPAR02-A-00732 X-ray spectra from cooling neutron stars with no atmosphere
10:15 - 10:30  W.Ho    COSPAR02-A-00621 Thermal radiation from isolated neutron stars: Radiative Transfer and Atmosphere Modelling in Strong Magnetic Fields
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee/Tea and poster viewing
Chair: J.Arons
11:00 - 11:30 F.C. Michel  COSPAR02-A-02441 The state of pulsar theories (S)
11:30 - 12:00  M.G. Baring  COSPAR02-A-01515 High Energy Emission from Pulsars: Polar Cap Scenario (S)
12:00 - 12:30 K.S. Cheng COSPAR02-A-02495 High Energy radiation from Pulsars (S)
Saturday, 12 October  2002,  14:00 pm
Chair: M.Weisskopf
14:00 - 14:15   A.K. Harding    COSPAR02-A-01990 Pulsar populations and unidentified EGRET sources
14:15 - 14:45  J.P. Halpern COSPAR02-A-02270 Finding new pulsar counterparts of high-energy gamma-ray sources (S) (canceled)
14:45 - 15:00 J. Hessels   COSPAR02-A-02259 Discovery of PSR J2021+3651, a young radio pulsar coincident with an unidentified EGRET gamma-ray source
15:00 - 15:15   M. Roberts  COSPAR02-A-02311 Pulsar wind nebulae in EGRET error Boxes (canceled)
15:15 - 15:45   Tea and poster viewing
Chair: S.Mereghetti
15:45 - 16:15  P.M. Woods  COSPAR02-A-02208 The dynamics of Soft Gamma Repeaters (S)
16:15 - 16:45 F. Haberl  COSPAR02-A-02506 AXPs and X-ray dim neutron stars: Recent XMM-Newton and Chandra results (S)
16:45 - 17:15  B. Gaensler    COSPAR02-A-00315 Anomalous X-ray pulsars and soft gamma-ray repeaters: The connection with
supernova remnants (S)
17:15 - 17:45  G.L. Israel  COSPAR02-A-01622 Results of Chandra and ESO multi-wavelength observational campaigns of AXPs (S)
Final Program for Poster Contributions:

 

E058

COSPAR02-A-00095;  E1.4-0052-02
MA, F.
Spin-down induced collapse of isolated neutron stars as energy sources for SGRs

 

 

E059

COSPAR02-A-02451;  E1.4-0053-02
BULIK, T.
The X-ray emission in supercritical field: effects of the proton cyclotron resonance

 

 

E060

COSPAR02-A-03062;  E1.4-0054-02
GAVRIIL, F.; KASPI, V.; WOODS, P.
Discovery of Two X-ray Bursts from the Direction of theAnomalous X-ray Pulsar 1E 1048.1-5937

 

 

E061

COSPAR02-A-00177;  E1.4-0055-02
ELLISON, D.C.
Hydrodynamic simulation of supernova remnants including particle acceleration and photon emission

 

 

E062

COSPAR02-A-00526;  E1.4-0056-02
MAVROMATAKIS, F.; PAPAMASTORAKIS,J.; VENTURA, J.; BOUMIS, P.
Optical supernova remnant observations from Skinakas Observatory

 

 

E063

COSPAR02-A-00613;  E1.4-0057-02
KOSENKO, D.I.; SOROKINA, E.I.; BLINNIKOV, S.I.; LUNDQVIST, P.; POSTNOV, K.A.
Thermal X-ray emission from young supernova remnants as diagnostics for explosion models

 

E064

COSPAR02-A-03492;  E1.4-0116-02
TORRES, D.F.; ROMERO, G.E.; DAME, T.; COMBI, J.; BUTT, Y.
Supernova remnants and gamma-ray sources

 

 

E065

COSPAR02-A-01219;  E1.4-0059-02
VAN DER HEYDEN, K.; BLEEKER, J.; KAASTRA, J.; RASMUSSEN, A.; VINK, J.; BEHAR, E.
High resolution spectroscopy of the LMC supernova remnants N103B and DEM L 71 using XMM-Newton

 

 

E066

COSPAR02-A-01618;  E1.4-0060-02
BANDIERA, R.; BOCCHINO, F
The X-ray halo of G21.5-0.9

 

 

E067

COSPAR02-A-01881;  E1.4-0061-02
SAKANO, M.; WARWICK, R. S.; DECOURCHELLE, A.
An XMM-Newton study of Sgr A EAst and its surroundings

 

 

E068

COSPAR02-A-01963;  E1.4-0062-02
KRYVDYK, V.
High energy emission from presupernovae

 

 

E070

COSPAR02-A-02112;  E1.4-0064-02
KTITOROV, V. M.
Stability of the blast wave in ideal gas

 

 

E071

COSPAR02-A-02124;  E1.4-0065-02
YAMASHITA, K.; NORO, A.; OGAWA, T.; MIYAJI, S.; DEN, M.
A numerical study of growing mode of Rayleigh-Taylor instability in supernova envelope

 

 

E072

COSPAR02-A-02191;  E1.4-0066-02
PARK, S.; BURROWS, D. N.; GARMIRE, G. P.; NOUSEK, J. A.; HUGHES, J. P.
SNR N49 in the LMC: X-Ray Emission from Multi-Phase Shock And Neutron Star

 

 

E073

COSPAR02-A-02274;  E1.4-0067-02
TSUNEMI, H.; ENOGUCHI, H.; MIYATA, E.; YOSHITA, K.
SNR relation between the total energy estimated from the X-ray observation and the radio shell size

 

E074

COSPAR02-A-02317;  E1.4-0068-02
TAM, C.; ROBERTS, M.; BROGAN, C.
The radio expansion and spectrum of SNR G11.2-0.3

 

 

E075

COSPAR02-A-02848;  E1.4-0069-02
GAETZ, T.J.; EDGAR, R.J.; PLUCINSKY, P.P.; RAYMOND, J.C.; SZENTGYORGYI, A.; BLAIR, W.P.
Chandra observations of partially radiative shocks in the eastern rim of the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant

 

 

E076

COSPAR02-A-02438;  E1.4-0070-02
DDELANEY, T.; RUDNICK, L.
The First Measurement of Cassiopeia A's Forward Shock Expansion Rate

 

 

E077

COSPAR02-A-02442;  E1.4-0071-02
RUDNICK, L.; JONES, T. J.; DELANEY, T.; BOWDEN, J.
The discovery of 2 Micron synchrotron emission in CAS A

 

 

E078

COSPAR02-A-02466;  E1.4-0072-02
UENO, M.; BAMBA, A.; KOYAMA, K.; EBISAWA, K
Chandra observations of a newly identified supernova remnant AXJ1843.8-0352 and its surroundings

 

 

E080

COSPAR02-A-02563;  E1.4-0074-02
SCHAUDEL, D.; BECKER, W.; LU, F.J.; ASCHENBACH, B.
X-ray study of the galactic SNR G65.3+5.7

 

 

E081

COSPAR02-A-02627;  E1.4-0075-02
STURNER, S. J.; KEOHANE, J.W.; REIMER, O.
RXTE observation of nonthermal x-ray emission from IC 443

 

 

E082

COSPAR02-A-02689;  E1.4-0076-02
MIGLIAZZO, J.; CANIZARES, C.; DEWEY, D.; FLANAGAN, K.
N103B: Chandra HETG spectrometer observations and results

 

 

E083

COSPAR02-A-02746;  E1.4-0077-02
PANNUTI, T.G.; ALLEN, G.E.
RXTE Observations of Non-Thermal X-ray Emission from Galactic Supernova Remnants

 

 

E084

COSPAR02-A-02795;  E1.4-0078-02
G. E. ALLEN (1), S. J. STURNER (2)
The Compression Ratio of the Supernova Remnant SN 1006

 

 

E085

COSPAR02-A-02830;  E1.4-0079-02
PLUCINSKY, P.P.; DICKEL, J.R.; SLANE, P.O.; EDGAR, R.J.; GAETZ, T.J.; & SMITH, R.K.
Chandra Observations of the Synchrotron Nebula in MSH15-56

 

 

E086

COSPAR02-A-02865;  E1.4-0080-02
DICKEL, J
Comparison of x-ray and radio emission from Crab-like SNRs

 

 

E089

COSPAR02-A-02607;  E1.4-0083-02
VAN DER SWALUW, E
Do we really observe a bow-shock around PSR J0537-6910 in N157B?

 

 

E094

COSPAR02-A-00797;  E1.4-0088-02
KUZNETSOV, S.; TITARCHUK, L.
Can Any "Invariants" Be Revealed in Quasi-periodic Phenomena Observed From Sco X-1?

 

 

E095

COSPAR02-A-01045;  E1.4-0089-02
GAENSLER, B. M.; SCHULZ, N. S.; KASPI, V. M.; MARSHALL, H. L.; BECKER, W. E.; PIVOVAROFF, M. J.
XMM observations of Vela-like pulsars and their nebulae

 

 

E097

COSPAR02-A-01118;  E1.4-0091-02
SHAPOSHNIKOV, N.;TITARCHUK, L.
The bursting behavior of 4U 1728-34: parameters of neutron star and geometry of NS-disk system.

 

 

E100

COSPAR02-A-03502;  E1.4-0118-02
SCHAUDEL, D.; BECKER, W.; ASCHENBACH, B.
X-ray study of the supernova remnant RCW-103

 

 

E101

COSPAR02-A-03503;  E1.4-0119-02
MIGNANI, R.; BECKER, W.
VLT Observations of the Millisecond Pulsar PSR J2124-3358

 

 

E107

COSPAR02-A-02153;  E1.4-0101-02
PELLIZZONI, A.; MEREGHETTI, S.; DE LUCA, A.
Optical Study of the Field of the Compact Central Object in SNR G266.1-1.2 ("Vela Junior")

 

 

E108

COSPAR02-A-02252;  E1.4-0102-02
RUDAK, B.; DYKS, J.
Signatures of Pulsar Polar-Gap Emission at the HE Spectral Cut-off

 

 

E109

COSPAR02-A-02340;  E1.4-0103-02
KASPI, V.; GAVRIIL, F.; ROBERTS, M.
The Pulsar at the Heart of G11.2-0.3

 

 

E110

COSPAR02-A-02347;  E1.4-0104-02
ROBERTS, M.; TAM, C.; KASPI, V.; CRAWFORD, F.; RANSOM, S.
A pulsar survey of mid-latitude EGRET error boxes

 

 

E111

COSPAR02-A-02564;  E1.4-0105-02
D'AMICO, F; HEINDL, W. A.; ROTHSCHILD, R.E.
Long-term studies of Z sources with HEXTE/RXTE

 

 

E113

COSPAR02-A-02593;  E1.4-0107-02
STAGE, M. D.; JOSS, P. C.; MADEJ, J.
Recent results fitting ATM atmosphere models to Chandra spectra of thermally radiating neutron stars

 

 

E117

COSPAR02-A-02851;  E1.4-0111-02
KIRK, J.G.; SKJAERAASEN, O.; GALLANT, Y.A.
Pulsed High-Energy Emission from Striped Pulsar Winds

 

 

E119

COSPAR02-A-03010;  E1.4-0113-02
TEPEDELENLIOGLU, E.; OGELMAN, H.
Chandra observations of two pulsars PSR 0628-28 and PSR 1813-36

 

E120

COSPAR02-A-03211;  E1.4-0114-02
DE PLAA, J.; KUIPER, L.; HERMSEN, W.
A detailed study of the X-Ray Profile and Spectrum of PSR B0540-69 using RXTE Data

 

 

E121

COSPAR02-A-03212;  E1.4-0115-02
KOHMURA, T.; KITAMOTO, S.
The discovery of the delayed iron lines and the hard x-ray binary pulsar, Centaurus X-3

 

 

E122

COSPAR02-A-02660;  E1.4-0101-02
PELLIZZONI, A.; Mereghetti, S., Tavani, M., Chen, A., Giuliani, A., Vercellone, S., et al.
Prospects for High Energy Studies of Pulsars with the AGILE Gamma-ray Telescope