Manev Conference 2004
"CONTEMPORARY ASPECTS OF ASTRONOMY, THEORETICAL
AND GRAVITATIONAL PHYSICS"
MAY 20-22, 2004, SOFIA, BULGARIA
Manev Conference 2004
"CONTEMPORARY ASPECTS OF ASTRONOMY, THEORETICAL
AND GRAVITATIONAL PHYSICS"
MAY 20-22, 2004, SOFIA, BULGARIA
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
SOFIA UNIVERSITY
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
BULGARIAN PHYSICAL UNION
INSTITUT DES HAUTES ETUDES
UNION OF SCIENTISTS IN BULGARIA
ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTE, ROMANIAN ACADEMY
EUROSCIENCE
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
CONTEMPORARY ASPECTS OF ASTRONOMY, THEORETICAL AND GRAVITATIONAL PHYSICS
Dedicated to the 120 years from the birthday of
the Bulgarian Professor of Theoretical Physics
Georgi Ivanov Manev (1884-1965)
MAY 20-22, 2004
SOFIA, BULGARIA
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Theoretical and Gravitational Physics,
Contemporary Aspects of Mathematical Physics,
Dynamical Systems,
Present Application of Manev's Ideas,
Historical Aspects of Physics and Astronomy
Florin Diacu (Canada)
Ivan Todorov (Bulgaria)
Lajos Balasz (Hungary)
Vladimir Gerdjikov (Bulgaria)
Plamen Fiziev (Bulgaria)
Ganka Kamisheva (Bulgaria)
Sava Manov (Bulgaria)
Vasile Mioc (Romania)
Rodica Roman (Romania)
Nikolina Sretenova (Bulgaria)
Magda Stavinschi (Romania)
Milan Dimitrievic (Serbia)
Cristina Stoica (England)
Milcho Tsvetkov (Bulgaria)
Milan Dimitrievic (Serbia Montenegro)
Slobodan Ninkovic (Serbia Montenegro)
Katya Tsvetkova (Bulgaria)
Daniela Kirililova( Bulgaria)
F. Diacu (University of Victoria, Canada), M.
Dimitrievic (Belgarde Obsrev, Serbia),
V. Gerdjikov (co-chairman, INRNE, Bulgaria),
E. Nissimov (Bulgaria) P. Fiziev (co-chairman)
Sofia University, Bulgaria), S. Manov (INRNE,
Bulgaria), V. Mioc (co- chairman, AI, Romania),
J. Sendova (IM, Bulgaria), N. Sretenova (IPhI,
Bulgaria), M. Stavinschi (co- chairman, AI, Romania),
M.Tsvetkov (Scientific secretary, IA, Bulgaria),
Georgi Manev was one of the best Bulgarian physicists
who worked during
the first half of the 20 century. He published
his work in the best journals of his time:
Astronomische Nachrichten, Comptes rendus de
l'Academie des
Scienties de Paris, Zeitschrift fuer Physik, etc.
His ideas on the
problems of cosmology and mathematical physics
offered a classical
alternative to special relativity on which he
corresponded with Albert Einstein.
After the Second World War his work was forgotten,
but in 1993 his ideas
found new applications. Florin Diacu, a mathematician
at the University
of Victoria, in Canada, revived the interest
in this subject, which has
been intensly studied since.
At least at the level of the solar system, Manev's
field provides the
same good theoretical approximations as general
relativity but without
leaving the framework of classical mechanics.
During the last decade
researchers from Canada, Romania, USA, Mexico,
Spain, Portugal,
Switzerland, Brazil and other countries studied
this subject, aiming to
describe the dynamics of particle systems in
a Manev field, or in
Manev-type fields, given by a A/r+B/r2 potential,
with A and B
real constants.
This conference, organized by the Bulgarian Academy
with the help of
Euroscience, aims to shed more light on Manev's
personality, scientific
activity and ideas, and to celebrate 120 years
since his birth. We would
like to bring together astronomers, mathematicians
and physicists and to
identify joint fields of research related to
Manev's model.
BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
SOFIA UNIVERSITY
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND NUCLEAR
ENERGY, BAS
INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS, BAS
FACULTY OF PHYSICS, SU
INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY, BAS
INSTITUTE OF MATHEMETICS, BAS
INSTITUTE OF PHILISOPHICAL RESEARCH, BAS
UNION OF PHYSICISTS IN BULGARIA
ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTE, ROMANIAN ACADEMY
INSTITUT DES HAUTES ETUDES , FRANCE
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For any questions please contact us:
- by fax : +0035929753201
- by phone : +003592 7144414, +0035927144450
- by e-mail: manev_conf@skyarchive.org
Reports with a duration of 30 min, followed by a 10 minute open
discussion are foreseen.
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February 15, 2004.
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CONFERENCE:
May 20-22, 2004
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