The joint European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (EWASS) and National Astronomy Meeting (NAM) will take place in Liverpool, United Kingdom, on 3-6
April 2018. Within that week there will be a Special Session on: Exploring the Universe: a European vision for the future of VLBI
The aim of this special session is to discuss and position the role of very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) at radio wavelengths in the context of the challenges and open questions of astrophysics as we approach the next decade. VLBI arrays are the only radio instruments capable of reaching milliarsecond scale resolution and below, and in this special session we aim at addressing those astrophysical key areas where VLBI will prove to be crucial for a major improvement of our knowledge. This special session is part of an ongoing effort to shape the VLBI roadmap for the next decade, and it will be an excellent chance to gather many experts within and outside the VLBI community, to discuss the most fundamental astrophysical questions VLBI will be able to address, complementing the other main forthcoming astronomical facilities. All the talks in this session have been arranged by invitation, but participation and poster submission are strongly encouraged and welcome to further feed the process.
The following topics will be addressed:
Cosmology and gravitational waves
* Cosmology and gravitational lensing
* Galaxy/black hole coevolution
* Star formation activity in galaxies
* The Galactic Centre
* Extreme physics in SMBH
* Fast Radio Bursts and Tidal Disruption Events
* Masers, stars and planetary systems * A new vision for the future of VLBI in Europe
Confirmed invited speakers: G. Anglada -Escude, A. Brunthaler, J. Conway, H. Falcke, J. Hessels, J. McKean, A. Merloni, T. Muxlow, S. Nissanke, H. Olofsson, M. Perez-Torres, T. Sbarrato
We remind you of the following deadlines: 27 November 2017 – Abstract Submission | 22 December 2017 – Registration
The SOC: Tiziana Venturi (INAF, IRA), Zsolt Paragi (JIVE, The Netherlands), Michael Lindqvist (Onsala Space Observatory, Sweden)