[RN50] The Event Horizon and Beyond - Celebrating 50 Years of Narayan
Join us 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.
If you would like to upload tributes for/pictures of Ramesh, please use this form. Video tributes can be submitted using this form.
A poster of the conference is available here.
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. Read more...
When
Tuesday, June 11 - Thursday, June 13, 2024
Venue
Museum of Science, Museum Of Science Driveway, Boston, MA 02114
Conference Dinner
The link to register for dinner at the Sheraton Commander Hotel [$75] is available here.
Registration and Accommodations
Registration is required for the RN50 Conference; please be sure to register by May 31, 2024. There is no registration fee to attend the conference.
Lunch options are available on-site and within walking distance. Breakfast as well as coffee and tea breaks will be provided for registered participants. RSVPs have been sent out.
A list of local accommodations and eateries is available here.
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, Daniel Palumbo, Angelo Ricarte, Yuh Tsunetoe
Invited Speakers
- Marek Abramowicz and Debora Lančová (Göteburg University)
- Roger Blandford (Stanford University)
- Antoine Bret (Universidad Castilla La Mancha)
- Avery Broderick (University of Waterloo/Perimeter Insitute)
- Andrew Chael (Princeton University)
- Shane Davis (University of Virginia)
- Charles Gammie (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
- Michael Johnson (Harvard University)
- Pankaj Joshi (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research)
- Vicky Kalogera (Northwestern University)
- Misha Medvedev (University of Kansas)
- Banibrata Mukhopadhyay (Indian Institute of Science)
- Smadar Naoz (University of California, Los Angeles)
- Ramesh Narayan (Harvard University)
- Feryal Ozel (Georgia Institute of Technology)
- Tsvi Piran (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
- Eliot Quataert (Princeton University)
- Lorenzo Sironi (Columbia University)
- James F. Steiner (MIT Kavil Institute)
- Sasha Tchekhovskoy (Northwestern University)
- Feng Yuan (Fudan University)
- Nadia Zakamska (Johns Hopkins University)
Schedule
The conference schedule is available here.
A talk/slide template is available here for your use.