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Welcome to the blog for:

Astrophysical Studies of Neutron Stars from Multiwavelengths Observations
COSPAR 2008, Session E11
Thursday July 17 - Saturday July 19
Montreal, Canada

In recent years, we have seen tremendous progress in the field of neutron star research, primarily enabled by multi-wavelength timing, imaging and spectroscopic observations with both ground and space-based observatories. Along with ground-based radio, optical and infra-red telescopes, an array of X-ray and Gamma ray observatories -- such as RXTE, INTEGRAL, Chandra, XMM-Newton and SWIFT -- with broad ranging timing, spectral and imaging capabilities has opened a new era of multi-wavelength investigations. Multi-wavelength observations of the different manifestations of neutron stars like radio pulsars, magnetars, isolated neutron stars etc. offer the opportunity to investigate a wide range of astrophysical problems including the extremes of gravity, density and magnetic field. At the COSPAR assembly in Montreal, 2008, we will have an opportunity to bring together researchers from diverse fields and gauge direction of future neutron star research with existing and coming observatories, such as GLAST and ASTROSAT.


With our intrepid team of live-bloggers, we'll be bringing you the short story on talks given during the E11 sessions, looks forward towards coming sessions, hold discussions on topics needing clarity, and provide useful local information for those who are physically in Montreal for the meeting.

Look for the science talk live-blogging -- short descriptions of science talks given during the E11 sessions, posted immediately after the talks themselves. This is a great place to make comments, particularly if you are not in Montreal for the conference.

Watch for "In Montreal" -- postings about goings-on in the city while COSPAR is in session.

And our "At COSPAR" postings will focus on events which will be of special interest to readers of this blog, especially regarding neutron stars outside the E11 scientific session.