The inaugural Astronomical Society of Australia and Australian National Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics Summer School is going to be held at the University of Tasmania's Cradle Coast Campus between Sunday January 13th and Thursday January 24th 2008. The subject of the inaugural school will be Relativistic Astrophysics.

Aim of the school

The aim of the school is to provide graduate students with an up-to-date overview of topics in theoretical astrophysics, which have significant international impact, outlining historical development, current status, and future developments and questions.

Lectures:

• Cosmology
• Particle Acceleration
• Accretion Theory
• Relativistic Jets
• Gamma Ray Bursts

Workshops:

• Gravitational Lensing
• Astrophysical Visualization
• N-body Simulations
• X-ray Data Analysis

For further information please refer to http://www.maths.utas.edu.au/ASASS/index.html