Astrophysics, Dynamical Systems and Fractals - past and future

A conference to mark the formal retirement of Professor Mircea V. Rusu

University of Bucharest, Department of Physics, Magurele, Romania, 26-27 April 2007

Scientific Program

Thursday 26 April

08:30 - 09:00	Participants registration
09:00 - 10:00	Opening Session (P. Biermann, M. Stavinschi, N. Pazmany)

Topic1: Solar and Stellar Physics
Session 1 (Chair: P. Biermann)

10:00 - 10:35	C. Demetrescu	Long-Term Variations in the Geomagnetic Field. Any Connection to the Solar Activity? (invited)
10:35 - 11:00	A. Oncica	Neural Network Forecast of some Solar and Geomagnetic Indices during the 24th Solar Cycle

11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break and Poster Session

Session 2 (Chair: P. Biermann)

11:30 - 11:55	D. Besliu-Ionescu	Recent Developments in Solar Quakes Studies
11:55 - 12:20	M. Mierla	Study of the Minimum Solar Corona on the Period August-October 1996
12:20 - 12:45	G. Maris	Spectral Analysis of the High-Speed Streams in the Solar Wind
12:45 - 13:10	C. Palivan	Metal Proteins in Self-Assembling Copolimer Nanovesicles: New Hybrid Materials (Atom and Molecules)

13:10 - 14:30 Lunch

Session 3 (Chair: D. Casetti-Dinescu)

14:30 - 14:55	A. Popescu	Heliospheric Electric and Magnetic Fields
14:55 - 15:20	V. Tudose	Scenes from the Life of an Exotic X-ray Binary
15:20 - 15:45	D. Grecu	Dusty Plasma in Space Sciences

Topic2: Cosmic Rays - Observations and Theory

15:45 - 16:20

P. Biermann

Origin, Interaction and Propagation of Energy Cosmic Rays (invited)

16:20 - 16:50 Coffee Break and Poster Session

Session 4 (Chair: D. Casetti-Dinescu)

16:50 - 17:15	P. Isar	Radio Emission in Atmospheric Air Showers Measured by LOPES in Coincidence with KASCADE-Grande Observations
17:15 - 17:40	G. Pavalas	The ANTARES Detector and Nuclearite Search with ANTARES
17:40 - 18:05	O. Tascau	The Pierre Auger Observatory - A Window to UHCRs Understanding
18:05 - 18:35	V. Grecu	Substitutional Disorder in Gallogermanate-like Crystals (Atom and Molecules)

20:00 Conference Dinner

Friday 27 April

Topic3: Galaxies and Cosmology
Session 5 (Chair: G. Maris)

09:00 - 09:35	D. Casetti-Dinescu	Assembling the Milky Way Halo: Clues from Stellar Kinematics and Abundances (invited)
09:35 - 10:00	A. Font	Reconstructing the Formation Histories of the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies
10:00 - 10:25	L. Caramete	The Magnetic Field Topology in Galactic Winds
10:25 - 10:50	I. Dutan	Magnetic Connection Model for Launching Relativistic Jets in Active Galactic Nuclei

10:50 - 11:20 Coffee Break and Poster Session

Session 6 (Chair: G. Maris)

11:20 - 11:45	S. Paduroiu	The effects of free streaming on warm dark matter haloes: a test of the Gunn-Tremaine limit
11:45 - 12:10	A. Vasile	Combined Analysis of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMB) and Large Scale Structure (LSS) Measurements
12:10 - 12:35	G. Maris	Outstanding Results of Romanian Researchers in Solar and Solar-Terrestrial Physics (2000-2006) (Romanian Solar Research)

     12:35 - 14:15     Lunch

     14:15 - 15:30     Special Session: Professor Mircea V. Rusu

     15:30 - 16:30     Round Table: Astrophysics at Magurele - past and future
                               Moderator: S. Paduroiu

     16:30 - 17:00     Coffee Break and Poster Session

     15:30 - 16:30     Round Table: Astrophysics at Magurele - past and future

     End of Meeting