Second ENIGMA Meeting

Portovenere, Italy
October 11-15, 2003



Programme
(last modified: October 9, 2003)



Saturday, October 11

Arrival

18:30 Welcome cocktail and registration

20:00 Dinner


Sunday, October 12

9:00-9:10 Opening by the LOC

Session I: Towards automated, fast and accurate photometry (Chair: Niall Smith)

9:10-9:30 Niall Smith - Introduction

9:30-9:50 Niall Smith - "Observations of blazars using electron multiplying CCD technology"

9:50-10:10 Michael Howard - "Observations of the radio intermediate quasar 1718+481"

10:10-10:30 Stefania Crapanzano - "Optical monitoring in Torino and near-IR observations at TIRGO"

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-11:20 Introduction by the Network Coordinator

Session II: Separating intrinsic and extrinsic intraday variability (Chair: Claudia M. Raiteri)

11:20-11:30 Claudia M. Raiteri - Introduction

11:30-11:40 Stefan Wagner - "Interpretation of intrinsic/extrinsic IDV"

11:40-12:00 Thomas Krichbaum - " Multi-frequency polarisation observations as tool for a better understanding of IDV"

12:00-12:20 Emmanouil Angelakis - "Elimination of a major Fraction of Confusing Sources in the Cosmic Background Imager Fields"

Session III: Variations of source structure and flux (Chair: Merja Tornikoski)

12:20-12:40 Merja Tornikoski - Introduction

12:40-13:00 Merja Tornikoski - "Radio variability of inverted-spectrum sources"

13:00-14:30 Lunch break

14:30-14:50 Jens Klare - "Quasi-periodic changes in the parsec-scale jet of the quasar 3C 345"

14:50-15:10 Uwe Bach - "Kinematic study of the blazar 0716+714"

15:10-15:30 Ivan Agudo - "The new 11 Jy radio outburst of NRAO 150: VLBI study at the resolution limit"

15:30-15:50 Thomas Krichbaum - "New results from mm-VLBI at 3, 2, and 1mm"

15:50-16:10 Stefano Ciprini - "Optical variability of the BL Lacertae object 0109+224"

16:10-16:30 Nicola Marchili - "A multiwavelength study of the OJ 287 variability"

16:30-17:00 Coffee break

17:00-17:20 Anna Wolter - "Radio spectra of X-ray selected BL Lacs (good old EMSS)"

Session IV: Radiation processes at high energies (Chair: Leo O. Takalo)

17:20-17:40 Leo O. Takalo - Introduction

17:40-18:00 Fabrizio Tavecchio - "Chandra jets"

18:00-18:20 Dimitris Emmanoulopoulos - "PCA observations of Mkn 421"

Session V: Particle acceleration in MHD outflows (Chair: Apostolos Mastichiadis)

18:20-18:40 Apostolos Mastichiadis - Introduction

18:40-19:00 Andrea Tramacere - "Self Consistent Synchrotron Self Compton emission "

20:00 Dinner


Monday, October 13

Session VI: The power of jets (Chair: Gabriele Ghisellini)

9:00-9:20 Gabriele Ghisellini - Introduction

9:20-9:40 Gabriele Ghisellini - "Speculations..."

9:40-10:00 Uwe Bach - "Multi-frequency & multi-epoch VLBI study of Cygnus A"

10:00-10:20 Konstantina Manolakou - "Jet power and spectral evolution of FR II radio sources"

10:20-10:40 Luisa Ostorero - "Helical jets in blazars: Interpretation of the multifrequency variability of AO 0235+16"

10:40-11:10 Coffee break

Young researchers session (Chair: Stefan Wagner)

11:10-12:40 I. Agudo, E. Angelakis, D. Emmanoulopoulos, K. Manolakou, L. Ostorero

12:40-13:00 Leo O. Takalo - "Winterschool arrangements"

13:00-14:30 Lunch break

Team leaders session on ENIGMA business

14:30-16:00 Stefan Wagner - Status

16:00-16:30 Leo O. Takalo - An outline of the coming winterschool arrangements

16:30-17:00 Coffee break

17:00-19:00 NN - How to complete the reports at the end of year 1

20:00 Dinner


Tuesday, October 14

Campaign session I: past and ongoing campaigns (Chair: Stefan Wagner)

9:00-9:20 Claudia M. Raiteri - "The ongoing WEBT/ENIGMA campaigns on AO 0235+16 and 3C 66A"

9:20-9:40 Leo O. Takalo - "VLBA observation plans for AO 0235+16 and 3C 66A"

9:40-10:00 Stefan Wagner - "The 2155-304 campaign"

10:00-10:20 Niall Smith - "The L3CCD campaigns"

10:20-10:50 Coffee break

Campaign session II: future campaigns (Chair: Stefan Wagner)

10:50-11:30 The INTEGRAL campaign on 0716+714 (S. Wagner, M. Tornikoski, T. Krichbaum, L. Ostorero)

11:30-12:10 TeV campaigns (S. Wagner, L. Takalo)

12:10-12:30 Outlook on the AGILE mission (L. Ostorero)

12:30-14:30 Lunch break

14:30-16:00 Open discussion

16:00-16:30 Coffee break

17:00 Departure for a boat trip around the three little islands in front of Portovenere (weather permitting)

18:00 Guided tour around Portovenere

19:30 Farewell pizza


Wednesday, October 15

Departure