LOFT SCIENCE WORKING GROUPS

Total members: 76
 
Total members: 53
 
Total members: 243
 
 
LOFT "Dense Matter" Science Group

A. Watts* (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
C. Albertus (University of Granada, Spain)
M. Alford (Washington Univ. in St Louis, United States)
A. Alpar (Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey)
N. A. Andersson (Southampton University, United Kingdom)
R. Artigue (IRAP, France)

M. Baldo (INFN Catania, Italy)
O. Behar (La Sapienza Univ., Italy)>
S. Bhattacharyya (TIFR, India)
I. Bombaci (Univ. of Pisa, Italy)
S. Boutloukos (Univ. of Tuebingen, Germany)
M. Buballa (Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany)
L. Burderi (Cagliari University, Italy)
S. Campana (INAF-OA Brera, Italy)
J. Casares (Instituto de Astrofísica de canarias, Spain)
J. Cerda-Duran (University of Valencia, Spain)
D. Chakrabarty (MIT, United States)
N. Chamel (Univ. Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
M. H. Erkut (Istanbul Kultur Univ., Turkey)
M. Falanga (ISSI, Switzerland)
R. Ferrari (La Sapienza Univ., Italy)
M. Gabler (University of Valencia, Spain)
D. Galloway (Monash University, Australia)
P. Haensel (Nicolaus Copernicus Astr. Center, Poland)
K. Hebeler (TU Darmstadt, Germany)

M. Hempel (Univ. of Basel, Switzerland)
D. Huppenkothen (NYU, United States)
G. Israel (INAF-OAR, Italy)
P. Jonker (SRON, The Netherlands)
K. Kokkotas (Tuebingen University , Germany)
C. Kouveliotou (George Washington University, United States)
A. Kurkela (CERN, Switzerland)
M. van der Klis (Universy of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
F. K. Lamb (University of Illinois, USA)
S. Mahmoodifar (NASA/GSFC, USA)
I. Mandel (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom)
J. Margueron (IPN Lyon, France)
G. Martinez (Darmstadt Univ., Germany)
M. Mendez (Groningen University, The Netherlands)
A. Melatos (University of Melbourne, Australia)
C. Miller (University of Maryland, United States)
S. Morsink (University of Alberta, Canada)
F. Muleri (IAPS-INAF, Italy)
T. Muñoz-Darias (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
M. Oertel (Univ. Paris Diderot, France)
F. Ozel (University of Arizona, United States)
F. Pederiva (University of Trento, Italy)
J. Pons (University of Alicante, Spain)
J. Poutanen (University of Turku, Finland)
A. Papitto (IEEC-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain)
A. Patruno (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
M.A. Perez (University of Salamanca, Spain)
M. Prakash (Ohio University, Spain)
D. Psaltis (Univ. of Arizona, United States)
N. Rea (IEEC-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain)
S. Reddy (Institute for Nuclear Theory, Univ. of Washington, United States)
L. Rezzolla (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Germany)
A. Rios (University of Surrey, United Kingdom)
D.H. Rischke (ITP Frankfurt, Germany)
J. Schaffner-Bielich (ITP Frankfurt, Germany)
R. Schneider (INAF-OAR, Italy)
A. Schwenk (Darmstadt Univ., Germany)
A. Sedrakian (ITP Frankfurt, Germany)
A.W. Steiner (UTK/ORNL, United States)
L. Stella (INAF-OAR, Italy)
N. Stergioulas (Thessaloniki Univ., Greece)
T. Strohmayer (Goddard Space Flight Center, United States)
T. Takahashi (ISAS, Japan)
H. Tamura (Tohoku Univ., Japan)
T. Tauris (Univ. of Bonn, Germany)
L. Tolos (IEEC-CSIC, Spain)
S. Typel (GSI Darmstadt, Germany)
R. Wijnands (Univ. of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
R. Xu (PKU, China)
S. Zane (MSSL, UK)
J.L. Zdunik (Nicolaus Copernicus Astr. Center, Poland)

 

LOFT "Strong Gravity" Science Group

M. van der Klis* (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
D. Altamirano (Univ. of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
P. Bakala (Silesian University, Czech Republic)
D. Barret (IRAP, France)
T. Belloni (INAF-OAB, Italy)
L. Burderi (Cagliari University, Italy)
M. Bursa (Prague Astron. Institute, Czech Republic)
E. Cackett (Wayne State University , United States)
S. Campana (INAF-OA Brera, Italy)
P. Casella (INAF-OAR, Italy)
A. De Rosa (IASF/INAF Rome, Italy)
T. di Salvo (Univ. of Palermo, Italy)
M. H. Erkut (Istanbul Kultur Univ., Turkey)
A. Fabian (Cambridge University, UK)
M. Gilfanov (MPA Garching, Germany)
K. Goluchová (Silesian University, Czech Republic)
V. Grinberg (MIT, United States)
L. Gualtieri (La Sapienza Univ., Italy)
A. R. Ingram (Univ. of Amsterdam, NL)
T. Johannsen (Perimeter Inst. for Theoretical Physics, Canada)
P. Jonker (SRON, The Netherlands)
P. Kaaret(University of Iowa, United States)
V. Karas (Prague Astron. Institute, Czech Republic)
W. Kluźniak (Copernicus Astronomical Center, Poland)
D. Lai (Cornell University, USA)
F. K. Lamb (University of Illinois, USA)
D. Lin (IRAP, France)
G. Lodato (Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy)
S. Migliari (Univ. of Barcelona, Spain)
C. Miller (University of Maryland, United States)
G. Miniutti (CSIC/INTA, Spain)
S. Motta (Oxford Univ., UK)
M. Nowak (MIT, United States)
A. Patruno (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
J. Poutanen (University of Turku, Finland)
C. Reynolds (University of Maryland, United States)
L. Rezzolla (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Germany)
G. Torok (Silesian University, Czech Republic)
A. Sanna (Univ. of Groningen, The Netherlands)
J. Schee (Silesian University, Czech Republic)
J.D. Schnittman (NASA GSFC, United States)
L. Stella (INAF-OAR, Italy)
A. Stevens (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Z. Stuchlik (Silesian University, Czech Republic)
P. Uttley (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
P. Varniere (APC, France)
S. Vaughan (Leicester University , United Kingdom)
M. Vietri (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Italy)
F.H. Vincent (Copernicus Astronomical Center, Poland)
S. Watanabe (ISAS, Japan)

 

LOFT "Observatory Science" Group
  • All
    • J. Wilms* (ECAP, Germany)
    • J.J.M. in't Zand* (SRON, The Netherlands)
    • A. Santangelo* (Tuebingen University, Germany)
    • E. Bozzo* (ISDC, Switzerland)
    • I. Agudo (Inst. de Astrofisica de Andalucia-CSIC, Spain)
    • D. Altamirano (Univ. of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
    • L. Amati (IASF Bologna, Italy)
    • A. Antonelli (INAF-OAR, Italy)
    • J. C. Atteia (IRAP, France)
    • D.R. Ballantyne (Georgia Tech., USA)
    • S. Balman (Middle East Technical University, Turkey)
    • A. Baykal (Middle East Technical University, Turkey)
    • M. Begelman (Jila, United States)
    • E. Behar (Technion Israel Instit. of Technology, Israel)
    • T. Belloni (INAF-OAB, Italy)
    • F. Bernardini (NYUAD, United Arab Emirates)
    • S. Bhattacharyya (TIFR, India)
    • A. Bianchini (Univ. of Padova, Italy)
    • S. Bianchi (Univ. Roma3, Italy)
    • P. Blay (Univ. of Valencia, Spain)
    • F. Bocchino (University of Palermo, Italy)
    • M. Bode (Liverpool University, United Kingdom)
    • J.-M. Bonnet Bidaud (CEA Saclay, France)
    • J. Braga (INPE, Brazil)
    • M.S. Briggs (University of Alabama, USA)
    • E. Brown (Michigan state University, USA)
    • N. Bucciantini (Arcetry Observatory, Italy)
    • M. Burgay (INAF-OA Cagliari, Italy)
    • F. Capitanio (INAF-IASF Roma, IT)
    • P. Casella (INAF-OAR, Italy)
    • A. Castro-Tirado (IAA, Spain)
    • Y. Cavecchi (Univ. of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
    • S. Celestin (Univ. of Orleans, France)
    • D. Chakrabarty (MIT, United States)
    • J. Chenevez (DTU, Denmark)
    • M. Chernyakova (Dublin City Univ., Ireland)
    • M. Coriat (IRAP, France)
    • R. Cornelisse (Instituto de Astrofísica de canarias, Spain)
    • A. Costamante (Univ. Perugia, Italy)
    • T. Courvoisier (ISDC, Switzerland)
    • B. Czerny (Copernicus Astronomical Center , Poland)
    • A. Cumming (McGill University, USA)
    • G. Cusumano (INAF-IASF Palermo, Italy)
    • A. D'Aì (University of Palermo, Italy)
    • F. D'Ammando (INAF-IRA, Italy)
    • N. Degenaar (IoA, University of Cambridge, UK)
    • A. de Luca (INAF-IASF Milano, Italy)
    • M. De Pasquale (INAF-IASF Palermo, Italy)
    • M. Del Santo (INAF-IASF Roma, IT)
    • V. D'Elia (ASDC, Italy)
    • E. del Monte (IASF Roma, Italy)
    • D. de Martino (INAF-OA Capodimonte, Italy)
    • T. di Salvo (University of Palermo, Italy)
    • A. De Rosa (INAF-IAPS, Italy)
    • I. Donnarumma (IASF Roma, Italy)
    • V. Doroshenko (Tuebingen University, Germany)
    • G. Doyle (Armagh Observatory, UK)
    • S.A. Drake (Goddard Space Flight Center, United States)
    • M. Durant (University of Toronto, Canada)
    • D. Emmanoulopoulus (Southampton University, United Kingdom)
    • T. Enoto (Goddard Space Flight Center, United States)
    • P. Esposito (INAF-IASF Milano, Italy)
    • M. Falanga (ISSI, Switzerland)
    • R. Fender (Oxford Univ., UK)
    • M. Feroci (IASF Roma, Italy)
    • C. Ferrigno (ISDC, Switzerland)
    • M. Fullekrug(Univ. of Bath, United Kingdom)
    • F. La Franca (Univ. Roma3, Italy)
    • D. Galloway (Monash University, USA)
    • P. Gandhi (Southampton University, United Kingdom)
    • B. Gendre (ASDC, Italy)
    • S. Gezari (Johns Hopkins University, United States)
    • G. Giovannini (INAF-IRA Bologna, Italy)
    • M. Giroletti (INAF-IRA, Italy)
    • D. Goetz (CEA-Saclay, France)
    • E. Gogus  (Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey)
    • A. Goldwurm (APC, France)
    • C. Gouiffes (CEA-Saclay, France)
    • P. Grandi (INAF-IASF Bologna, Italy)
    • J. Greiner (MPE, Germany)
    • P. Groot (Radboud University, The Netherlands)
    • M. Guedel (Univ. of Vienna, Austria)
    • C. Guidorzi (University of Ferrara, Italy)
    • K. Hamuguchi (CRESST - NASA/GSFC, United States)
    • D. Hartmann (Clemson University, United States)
    • C. Haswell (Open University, United Kingdom)
    • A. Heger (Monash University, Australia)
    • W. Hermsen (SRON, The Netherlands)
    • M. Hernanz (IEEC-CSIC, Spain)
    • M. H. Finger (Universities Space Research Association, United States)
    • J. Homan (MIT, United States)
    • E. Koerding (Radboud Univ. Nijmegen,  The Netherlands)
    • S.C. Inam (University of Baskent, Turkey)
    • G. Israel(INAF-OAR, Italy)
    • K. Iwasawa (Univ. of Barcelona, Spain)
    • L. Izzo (ICRA, Italy)
    • M. Linares (Instituto de Astrofísica de canarias, Spain)
    • P. Jenke (Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, United States)
    • P. Jonker (SRON, The Netherlands)
    • J. José (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and IEEC, Spain)
    • M. Kalamkar (INAF-OAR, Italy)
    • E. Kalemci (Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey)
    • G. Kanbach (MPE, Germany)
    • V. Karas (Prague Astron. Institute, Czech Republic)
    • L. Keek (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
    • D. Klochkov (Tuebingen University, Germany)
    • S. Komossa (MPIFR, Germany)
    • C. Kouveliotou (George Washington University, United States)
    • A.F. Kowalski** (Goddard Space Flight Center, United States)
    • I. Kreykenbohm (ECAP, Germany)
    • L. Kuiper (SRON, The Netherlands)
    • D. Kunneriath (Prague Astron. Institute, Czech Republic)
    • F. Longo (University of Trieste, Italy)
    • T. Maccarone (Texas Tech University, United States)
    • S. Mahmoodifar (NASA/GSFC, USA)
    • C.M. Malone (Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States)
    • J. Malzac (IRAP, France)
    • V. Mangano (IASF Palermo, Italy)
    • A. Manousakis (Copernicus Astronomical Center, Poland)
    • M. Marelli (INAF-IASF Milano, Italy)
    • M. Marisaldi(IASF Bologna, Italy)
    • S. Markoff (Univ. of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
    • A. Markowitz (University of California, United States)
    • A. Marinucci (University of Rome 3, Italy)
    • N. Masetti (IASF Bologna, Italy)
    • I. McHardy (Uniersity of Southampton, United Kingdom)
    • M. Mehdipour (SRON, The Netherlands)
    • M. Mendez (Groningen University, The Netherlands)
    • S. Mereghetti (INAF-IASF Milano, Italy)
    • C. Miller (University of Maryland, United States)
    • J. M. Miller (Univ. of Michigan, United States)
    • R. Mignani (MSSL, United Kingdom)
    • S. Migliari (Univ. of Barcelona, Spain)
    • T. Mihara (RIKEN, Japan)
    • T. Mineo (INAF-IASF Palermo, Italy)
    • G. Miniutti (CSIC/INTA, Spain)
    • C. Motch (Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg, France)
    • S. Motta (Oxford Univ., UK)
    • M. Mouchet (Univ. Paris Diderot, France)
    • J. Neilsen (MIT, United States)
    • I. Negueruela (Univ. of Alicante, Spain)
    • T. Neubert (DTU, Denmark)
    • A. J. Norton (Open University, UK)
    • A. Nucita (University of Salento, Italy)
    • P. O' Brien (University of Leicester, United Kingdom)
    • M. Orienti (INAF-IRA Bologna, Italy)
    • M. Orio (INAF-OA Torino, Italy)
    • M. Orlandini (IASF Bologna, Italy)
    • J. Osborne (University of Leicester, UK)
    • R. Osten (Space Telescope Science Institute, United States)
    • F.B.S. Paerels (Columbia University, United States)
    • S. Paltani (ISDC, Switzerland)
    • M. Paolillo (Univ. Federico II, Italy)
    • I. Papadakis (University of Crete, Greece)
    • Z. Paragi (JIVE, The Netherlands)
    • J. M. Paredes (Univ. of Barcelona, Spain)
    • B. Paul (Raman Research Institute, India)
    • A. Pellizzoni (INAF-OA Cagliari, Italy)
    • A. V. Penacchioni (Univ. La Sapienza, Italy)
    • U. Peretz (Technion Israel Instit. of Technology, Israel)
    • M. Perez-Torres (Inst. de Astrofísica de Andalucía - CSIC, Spain)
    • B.M. Peterson (Ohio State Univ., USA)
    • A. Possenti (INAF-OA Cagliari, Italy)
    • K. Postnov (Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Russia)
    • J. Poutanen (Turku University, Finalnd)
    • I. Prandoni (INAF-IRA, Italy)
    • G. Ramsay (Armagh Observatory, UK)
    • P. S. Ray (NRL, United States)
    • P. Reig (University of Crete, Greece)
    • R. Remillard (MIT, United States)
    • A. Riggio (INAF-OA Cagliari, Italy)
    • M. Ribo (Univ. of Barcelona, Spain)
    • J. Rodriguez (CEA Saclay, France)
    • P. Rodriguez-Gil (IAC, Spain)
    • P. Romano (IASF Palermo, Italy)
    • E. Rossi (University of Leiden, The Netherlands)
    • A. Rozanska (Copernicus Astronomical Center, Poland)
    • B. Rudak (Copernicus Astronomical Center, Poland)
    • D. M. Russell (NYUAD, United Arab Emirates)
    • F. Ryde (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)
    • T. Sakamoto (Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan)
    • G. Sala (Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain)
    • R. Salvaterra (IASF Milano, Italy)
    • A. Salvetti (INAF-IASF Milan, Italy)
    • T. Savolainen (MPIFR, Germany)
    • S. Scaringi (Max Planck Inst. for Extraterrestrial Physics, Germany)
    • H. Schatz (Michigan State University, United States)
    • A. D. Schwope (Leibniz-Institut fuer Astrophysik Potsdam, Germany)
    • M. Serino (RIKEN, Japan)
    • N. Shakura (Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Russia)
    • A. Shearer (National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland)
    • S. Shore (Univ. of Pisa, Italy)
    • A. Slowikowska (University of Zielona Gora, Poland)
    • D. M. Smith (University of California, United States)
    • M. Sobolewska (Copernicus Astronomical Center, Poland)
    • P. Soffitta (IASF Roma, Italy)
    • P. Soleri (Groningen University, The Netherlands)
    • A. Stamerra (IFSI Torino, Italy)
    • B. Stappers (Manchester University, United Kingdom)
    • R. Staubert (Tuebingen University, Germany)
    • G. Stratta (Univ. of Urbino, Italy)
    • T. Strohmayer (Goddard Space Flight Center, United States)
    • V. Suleimanov (Tuebingen University, Germany)
    • F. Tamburini (Univ. of Padova, Italy)
    • T. Tauris (Univ. of Bonn, Germany)
    • F. Tavecchio (INAF-OAB, Italy)
    • F.K. Thielemann (Univ. of Basel, Switzerland)
    • A. Tiengo (IUSS Pavia, Italy)
    • F. Tombesi (University of Maryland, United States)
    • J. Tomsick (Space Science Laboratory, Univ. of California, United States)
    • J. M. Torrejon (University of Alicante, Spain)
    • D. Torres (IEEC-CSIC, Spain)
    • E. Torresi (INAF-IASF Bologna, Italy)
    • A. Tramacere (ISDC, Switzerland)
    • I. Traulsen (AIP, Germany)
    • R. Turolla (University of Padova, Italy)
    • S. Turriziani (University of Tor Vergata, Italy)
    • P. Uttley (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
    • S. Vaughan (Leicester University, United Kingdom)
    • S. Vercellone (IASF Palermo, Italy)
    • F.H. Vincent (Copernicus Astronomical Center, Poland)
    • A. Watts (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
    • N. Webb (IRAP, France)
    • N. Weinberg (MIT, USA)
    • P. Wheatley (University of Warwick, United Kingdom)
    • R. Wijers (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
    • C. Wilson-Hodge (Marshall Space Flight Center, United States)
    • S.J. Wolk (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, United States)
    • K. Wood (NRL, United States)
    • S.E. Woosley (University of California at Santa Cruz, United States)
    • W. Yu (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, China)
    • L. Zampieri (INAF-OA Padova)
    • A. Zdziarski (Copernicus Astronomical Center, Poland)
    • A. Zech (LUTH Paris, France)
    • B. Zhang (University of Nevada, United States)
    • S. Zhang (IHEP Beijing, China)
    • M. Zingale (Stony Brook, United States)
  • AGNs
    • A. De Rosa** (INAF-IAPS, Italy)
    • S. Bianchi (Univ. Roma3, Italy)
    • B. Czerny (Copernicus Astronomical Center , Poland)
    • F. La Franca (Univ. Roma3, Italy)
    • M. Giroletti (INAF-IRA, Italy)
    • V. Karas (Prague Astron. Institute, Czech Republic)
    • D. Kunneriath (Prague Astron. Institute, Czech Republic)
    • I. McHardy (University of Southampton, United Kingdom)
    • A. Markowitz (University of California, United States)
    • A. Marinucci (University of Rome 3, Italy)
    • M. Mehdipour (SRON, The Netherlands)
    • G. Miniutti (CSIC/INTA, Spain)
    • S. Paltani (ISDC, Switzerland)
    • M. Paolillo (Univ. Federico II, Italy)
    • I. Papadakis (University of Crete, Greece)
    • M. Perez-Torres (Inst. de Astrofísica de Andalucía - CSIC, Spain)
    • B.M. Peterson (Ohio State Univ., USA)
    • A. Rozanska (Copernicus Astronomical Center, Poland)
    • M. Sobolewska (Copernicus Astronomical Center, Poland)
    • F. Tombesi (University of Maryland, United States)
    • P. Uttley (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
    • S. Vaughan (Leicester University, United Kingdom)
    • F.H. Vincent (Copernicus Astronomical Center, Poland)
    • A. Zdziarski (Copernicus Astronomical Center, Poland)
  • Accretion-Ejection, Jets
    • P. Casella** (INAF-OAR, Italy)
    • M. Begelman (Jila, United States)
    • T. Belloni (INAF-OAB, Italy)
    • S. Bhattacharyya (TIFR, India)
    • M. Coriat (IRAP, France)
    • M. Del Santo (INAF, Italy)
    • I. Donnarumma (INAF-IAPS, Italy)
    • R. Fender (Oxford Univ., UK)
    • P. Gandhi (Southampton University, United Kingdom)
    • J. Homan (MIT, United States)
    • P. Jonker (SRON, The Netherlands)
    • M. Kalamkar (INAF-OAR, Italy)
    • E. Kalemci (Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey)<
    • E. Koerding (Radboud Univ. Nijmegen,  The Netherlands)
    • T. Maccarone (Texas Tech University, United States)
    • J. Malzac (IRAP, France)
    • S. Markoff (Univ. of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
    • S. Migliari (Univ. of Barcelona, Spain)
    • J. M. Miller (Univ. of Michigan, United States)
    • S. Motta (Oxford Univ., UK)
    • J. Poutanen (Univ. of Turku, Finland)
    • R. Remillard (MIT, United States)
    • J. Rodriguez (CEA, France)
    • D. M. Russell (NYUAD, United Arab Emirates)
    • J. Tomsick (Space Science Laboratory, Univ. of California, United States)
    • P. Uttley (Univ. of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
    • A. Zdziarski (Copernicus Astronomical Center, Poland)
  • Gamma-ray bursts
    • L. Amati** (IASF Bologna, Italy)
    • A. Antonelli (INAF-OAR, Italy)
    • J. C. Atteia (IRAP, France)
    • J. Braga (INPE, Brazil)
    • N. Bucciantini (Arcetry Observatory, Italy)
    • A. Castro-Tirado (IAA, Spain)
    • V. D'Elia (ASDC, Italy)
    • M. De Pasquale (INAF-IASF Palermo, Italy)
    • E. del Monte (IASF Roma, Italy)
    • B. Gendre (ASDC, Italy)
    • D. Goetz (CEA-Saclay, France)
    • C. Guidorzi (University of Ferrara, Italy)
    • L. Izzo (ICRA, Italy)
    • C. Kouveliotou (George Washington University, United States)
    • F. Longo (University of Trieste, Italy)
    • V. Mangano (INAF-IASF Palermo, Italy)
    • P. O' Brien (University of Leicester, United Kingdom)
    • J. Osborne (Leicester University, United Kingdom)
    • A. V. Penacchioni (Univ. La Sapienza, Italy)
    • E. Rossi (University of Leiden, The Netherlands)
    • F. Ryde (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)
    • T. Sakamoto (Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan)
    • R. Salvaterra (IASF Milano, Italy)
    • P. Soffitta (IASF Roma, Italy)
    • G. Stratta (Univ. of Urbino, Italy)
    • R. Wijers (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
    • B. Zhang (University of Nevada, United States)
  • Blazars
    • I. Donnarumma** (IASF Roma, Italy)
    • I. Agudo (Inst. de Astrofisica de Andalucia-CSIC, Spain)
    • A. Costamante (Univ. Perugia, Italy)
    • T. Courvoisier (ISDC, Switzerland)
    • F. D'Ammando (INAF-IRA, Italy)
    • D.  Emmanoulopoulus (Southampton University, United Kingdom)
    • G. Giovannini (INAF-IRA Bologna, Italy)
    • M. Giroletti (INAF-IRA, Italy)
    • P. Grandi (INAF-IASF Bologna, Italy)
    • K. Iwasawa (Univ. of Barcelona, Spain)
    • A. Markowitz (University of California, United States)
    • M. Orienti (INAF-IRA Bologna, Italy)
    • L. Pacciani (IASF-INAF, Italy)
    • T. Savolainen (MPIFR, Germany)
    • A. Stamerra (IFSI Torino, Italy)
    • F. Tavecchio (INAF-OAB, Italy)
    • E. Torresi (INAF-IASF Bologna, Italy)
    • A. Tramacere (ISDC, Switzerland)
    • S. Turriziani (University of Tor Vergata, Italy)
    • S. Vercellone (IASF Palermo, Italy)
    • A. Zech (LUTH Paris, France)
  • TGFs
    • M. Marisaldi** (IASF Bologna, Italy)
    • S. Brandt (DTU, Denmark)
    • M.S. Briggs (University of Alabama, USA)
    • Budtz-Jørgensen (DTU, Denmark)
    • R. Campana (INAF-IASF Bologna, Italy)
    • S. Celestin (Univ. of Orleans, France)
    • M. Feroci (IASF Roma, Italy)
    • M. Fullekrug(Univ. of Bath, United Kingdom)
    • C. Haswell (Open University, United Kingdom)
    • T. Maccarone (Texas Tech University, United States)
    • T. Neubert (DTU, Denmark)
    • R. Osten (Space Telescope Science Institute, United States)
    • D. M. Smith (University of California, United States)
    • P. Wheatley (University of Warwick, United Kingdom)
    • J. Wilms* (ECAP, Germany)
  • Flaring Stars
    • S.A. Drake** (Goddard Space Flight Center, United States)
    • E. Behar (Technion Israel Instit. of Technology, Israel)
    • G. Doyle (Armagh Observatory, UK)
    • M. Guedel (Univ. of Vienna, Austria)
    • K. Hamuguchi (CRESST - NASA/GSFC, United States)
    • A.F. Kowalski (Goddard Space Flight Center, United States)
    • T. Maccarone (Texas Tech University, United States)
    • R. Osten (Space Telescope Science Institute, United States)
    • U. Peretz (Technion Israel Instit. of Technology, Israel)
    • S.J. Wolk (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, United States)
  • X-ray binaries
    • M. Orlandini** (IASF Bologna, Italy)
    • V. Doroshenko** (Tuebingen University, Germany)
    • A. Baykal (Middle East Technical University, Turkey)
    • P. Blay (Univ. of Valencia, Spain)
    • E. Bozzo* (ISDC, Switzerland)
    • F. Capitanio (INAF-IASF Roma, IT)
    • M. Chernyakova (Dublin City Univ., Ireland)
    • R. Cornelisse (Instituto de Astrofísica de canarias, Spain)
    • A. D'Aì (University of Palermo, Italy)
    • T. di Salvo (University of Palermo, Italy)
    • M. Durant (University of Toronto, Canada)
    • T. Enoto (Goddard Space Flight Center, United States)
    • C. Ferrigno (ISDC, Switzerland)
    • E. Gogus  (Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey)
    • A. Goldwurm (APC, France)
    • M. H. Finger (Universities Space Research Association, United States)
    • P. Jenke (Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, United States)
    • D. Klochkov (Tuebingen University, Germany)
    • I. Kreykenbohm (ECAP, Germany)
    • S.C. Inam (University of Baskent, Turkey)
    • J. M. Paredes (Univ. of Barcelona, Spain)
    • T. Tauris (Univ. of Bonn, Germany)
    • J. M. Torrejon (University of Alicante, Spain)
    • A. Manousakis (Copernicus Astronomical Center, Poland)
    • N. Masetti (IASF Bologna, Italy)
    • T. Mihara (RIKEN, Japan)
    • I. Negueruela (Univ. of Alicante, Spain)
    • J. Neilsen (MIT, United States)
    • B. Paul (Raman Research Institute, India)
    • K. Postnov (Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Russia)
    • P. Reig (University of Crete, Greece)
    • M. Ribo (Univ. of Barcelona, Spain)
    • A. Riggio (INAF-OA Cagliari, Italy)
    • J. Rodriguez (CEA Saclay, France)
    • P. Romano (IASF Palermo, Italy)
    • A. Santangelo* (Tuebingen University, Germany)
    • N. Shakura (Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Russia)
    • R. Staubert (Tuebingen University, Germany)
    • F.H. Vincent (Copernicus Astronomical Center, Poland)
    • J. Wilms* (ECAP, Germany)
    • C. Wilson-Hodge (Marshall Space Flight Center, United States)
  • X-ray Bursts
    • J.J.M. in't Zand*,** (SRON, The Netherlands)
    • D. Altamirano (Univ. of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
    • D.R. Ballantyne (Georgia Tech., USA)
    • S. Bhattacharyya (TIFR, India)
    • E. Brown (Michigan state University, USA)
    • Y. Cavecchi (Univ. of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
    • D. Chakrabarty (MIT, United States)
    • J. Chenevez (DTU, Denmark)
    • A. Cumming (McGill University, USA)
    • N. Degenaar (IoA, University of Cambridge, UK)
    • M. Falanga (ISSI, Switzerland)
    • D. Galloway (Monash University, USA)
    • A. Heger (Monash University, Australia)
    • P. Jenke (Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, United States)
    • J. José (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and IEEC, Spain)
    • L. Keek (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
    • M. Linares (Instituto de Astrofísica de canarias, Spain)
    • S. Mahmoodifar (NASA/GSFC, USA)
    • C.M. Malone (Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States)
    • M. Mendez (Groningen University, The Netherlands)
    • C. Miller (University of Maryland, United States)
    • F.B.S. Paerels (Columbia University, United States)
    • J. Poutanen (Turku University, Finalnd)
    • A. Rozanska (Copernicus Astronomical Center, Poland)
    • H. Schatz (Michigan State University, United States)
    • M. Serino (RIKEN, Japan)
    • T. Strohmayer (Goddard Space Flight Center, United States)
    • V. Suleimanov (Tuebingen University, Germany)
    • F.K. Thielemann (Univ. of Basel, Switzerland)
    • A. Watts (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
    • N. Weinberg (MIT, USA)
    • S.E. Woosley (University of California at Santa Cruz, United States)
    • W. Yu (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, China)
    • S. Zhang (IHEP Beijing, China)
    • M. Zingale (Stony Brook, United States)
  • Accreting White-Dwarfs/Novae
    • D. de Martino** (INAF-OA Capodimonte, Italy)
    • S. Balman (Middle East Technical University, Turkey)
    • F. Bernardini (NYUAD, United Arab Emirates)
    • A. Bianchini (Univ. of Padova, Italy)
    • M. Bode (Liverpool University, United Kingdom)
    • J.-M. Bonnet Bidaud (CEA Saclay, France)
    • M. Falanga (ISSI, Switzerland)
    • J. Greiner (MPE, Germany)
    • P. Groot (Radboud University, The Netherlands)
    • M. Hernanz (IEEC-CSIC, Spain)
    • J. José (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and IEEC, Spain)
    • G. Israel (INAF-OAR, Italy)
    • C. Motch (Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg, France)
    • M. Mouchet (APC, France)
    • A. J. Norton (Open University, UK)
    • A. Nucita (University of Salento, Italy)
    • M. Orio (INAF-OA Torino, Italy)
    • J. Osborne (University of Leicester, UK)
    • G. Ramsay (Armagh Observatory, UK)
    • P. Rodriguez-Gil (IAC, Spain)
    • G. Sala (Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain)
    • S. Scaringi (Max Planck Inst. for Extraterrestrial Physics, Germany)
    • S. Shore (Univ. of Pisa, Italy)
    • A. D. Schwope (Leibniz-Institut fuer Astrophysik Potsdam, Germany)
    • F. Tamburini (Univ. of Padova, Italy)
    • I. Traulsen (AIP, Germany)
  • Tidal Distruption Events
    • E. Rossi** (University of Leiden, The Netherlands)
    • R. Fender (Oxford Univ., UK)
    • S. Gezari (Johns Hopkins University, United States)
    • P. Jonker (SRON, The Netherlands)
    • S. Komossa (MPIFR, Germany)
    • Z. Paragi (JIVE, The Netherlands)
    • I. Prandoni (INAF-IRA, Italy)
    • L. Zampieri (INAF-OA Padova, Italy)
  • Isolated NSs/X-ray bright radio pulsars/PWNs
    • R. Mignani** (MSSL, United Kingdom)
    • F. Bocchino (University of Palermo, Italy)
    • N. Bucciantini (Arcetry Observatory, Italy)
    • M. Burgay (INAF-OA Cagliari, Italy)
    • G. Cusumano (INAF-IASF Palermo, Italy)
    • A. de Luca (INAF-IASF Milano, Italy)
    • P. Esposito (INAF-IASF Milano, Italy)
    • C. Gouiffes (CEA-Saclay, France)
    • W. Hermsen (SRON, The Netherlands)
    • G. Kanbach (MPE, Germany)
    • L. Kuiper (SRON, The Netherlands)
    • G. Israel (INAF-OA Rome, Italy)
    • M. Marelli (INAF-IASF Milano, Italy)
    • S. Mereghetti (INAF-IASF Milano, Italy)
    • T. Mineo (INAF-IASF Palermo, Italy)
    • C. Motch (Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg, France)
    • A. Pellizzoni (INAF-OA Cagliari, Italy)
    • A. Possenti (INAF-OA Cagliari, Italy)
    • P. S. Ray (NRL, United States)
    • N. Rea (IEEC-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain)
    • B. Rudak (Copernicus Astronomical Center, Poland)
    • A. Salvetti (INAF-IASF Milan, Italy)
    • A. Shearer (National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland)
    • A. Slowikowska (University of Zielona Gora, Poland)
    • T. Tauris (Univ. of Bonn, Germany)
    • A. Tiengo (IUSS Pavia, Italy)
    • R. Turolla (University of Padova, Italy)
    • N. Webb (IRAP, France)
  • Surveys/All-sky aspects/Alerts
    • J. Wilms*,** (ECAP, Germany)
    • R. Mignani (MSSL, United Kingdom)
    • R. Remillard (MIT, United States)
  • Multiwavelength Astrophysics
    • J. Wilms*,** (ECAP, Germany)
    • P. Casella (INAF-OAR, Italy)
    • R. Mignani (MSSL, United Kingdom)
    • D. Hartmann (Clemson University, United States)
    • P. Soleri (Groningen University, The Netherlands)
    • B. Stappers (Manchester University, United Kingdom)
    • D. Torres (IEEC-CSIC, Spain)
    • R. Wijers (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
    • K. Wood (NRL, United States)
* Coordination board
** Sub-group reference person