X-ray Flashes, Spinning Black Holes, and the Fastest-Moving Matter Headline Albuquerque Astrophysics Meeting

Press activities have been finalized for the Meeting of the High
Energy Astrophysics Division of the AAS, to be held from April 20-23,
2002, at the Albuquerque Convention Center, in Albuquerque, N.M. The
meeting is being held jointly with the American Physical Society
meeting.

Press activities begin on Sunday morning, April 21, with new
information about the origin of the most energetic particles in the
Universe. The complete media program includes new results on pulsars,
black holes, mysterious X-ray flashes, and spectacular images from
the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Reporters will also have the
opportunity to speak with Prof. Michael Turner regarding the findings
of the “Committee on Physics of the Universe” which was commissioned
by the National Academy of Sciences, following this report’s public
release.

Meeting registration for the media is free and can be arranged by
filling out the form at the bottom of this advisory and sending to
one of the press officers by phone, fax, email, or postal mail.
Please be advised that press releases from the meeting will NOT be
distributed via the AAS e-mail exploder. If you wish to receive the
electronic releases, and web/telephone information, you MUST register
using the form at the bottom of this advisory.

The Press Room, to be located in the Acoma Room in the Albuquerque
Convention Center, will open 7:30 a.m. MDT on Saturday, April 20. The
press kits, detailing the press conferences, press releases and the
related talks/posters, will be available in the Press Room from that
time on. The phone numbers in the Press Room will be 505-338-2513,
505-338-2514, 505-338-2515, and 505-338-2516. The Press room fax
number will be 505-338-2517.

Hotel reservations can be made though the meeting website at
http://www.aps.org/meet/APR02/hou.html
For inquiries only you can contact the Albuquerque Housing Bureau
at (505) 346-0522 or e-mail bertha@nmtravel.com.

For further information on this meeting, please visit the meeting
website at: http://www.aps.org/meet/APR02/index.html

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MEDIA REPLY FORM:

High Energy Astrophysics Division Meeting
Albuquerque, NM
April, 20-23  2002

Prof. Lynn Cominsky
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Sonoma State University
Rohnert Park, CA 94928

VOICE: 707-664-2655
FAX: 800-848-6369
lynnc@charmian.sonoma.edu

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