Date: January 16, 2009

Place: Utrecht, Buys Ballot Laboratorium (BBL) Room 505 Travel directions

Program:

10:30-11:00 coffee

11:00-12:30 Session 1

• Introduction to what is done where
  • Rudy Wijnands (Amsterdam) “Compact binary research in Amsterdam” (25min)
  • Onno Pols/Frank Verbunt (Utrecht) “Compact binary research in Utrecht (theory)” (15min)
  • Peter Jonker (SRON Utrect) “Compact binary research in Utrecht (observations)” (15min)
  • Paul Groot (Nijmegen) “Compact binary research in Nijmegen” (20min)
  • Mariano Mendez (Groningen) “Compact binary research in Groningen” (15 min)

12:30-13:30 lunch (in Minnaertgebouw at own cost, you need a chip card to pay)

13:30-15:00 Session 2

• Contributed talks (15 min each including questions)
  • Anna Watts (Amsterdam) “Constraining LMXB parameters in support of gravitational wave searches”
  • Diego Altamirano (Amsterdam) “Discovery of the Intermittent accretion-powered X-ray pulsars and their implications”
  • Alessandro Patruno (Amsterdam) “Coherent studies of accreting millisecond pulsars: current status and future prospects”
  • Beike Hiemstra (Groningen) “Truncated accretion disks in the low/hard state”
  • Matt Wood (Nijmegen) “Direct impact accretion in ultra-compact AM CVn binaries”

15:00-15:30 coffee/tea break

15:30-17:00 Session 3

• General discussion: the big questions and possible synergies

For the sessions we solicit contributions, both in terms of talks as well as general discussion topics, that could fill up one session (preferably with suggestions of speakers). Please e-mail you contributions to Gijs Nelemans (nelemans@astro.ru.nl) and Frank Verbunt (verbunt@astro.uu.nl)