RUSGRAV-18

Академик Алексей Александрович Старобинский

18th RUSSIAN GRAVITATIONAL CONFERENCE –

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GRAVITATION, ASTROPHYSICS

AND COSMOLOGY

25-29 November 2024, Kazan, Russia

Dedicated to the memory of Alexei Starobinsky

1st ANNOUNCEMENT

Dear Colleague!

We are glad to inform you that 18th Russian Gravitational Conference – International Conference on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology (RUSGRAV-18) will be held on 25-29 November, 2024 in Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia.

Laguage: Russian, English

Format: Offline (personal participation); Online participation

Website: https://rusgrav.kpfu.ru

E-mail: rusgrav18@mail.ru

SECTIONS

A. Classical Gravity

А1 Exact solutions (G.A. Alexeev, A.P. Efremov, M.O. Katanaev)

А2 Black holes and wormholes (K.A. Bronnikov, D.V. Galtsov)

А3 Alternative theories of gravity (S.O. Alexeev, V.D. Ivaschuk, P.I. Pronin)

А4 Multidimensional theories of gravity (S.G. Rubin, A.A. Popov)

А5 Philosophic and methodological problems of gravity (Yu.S. Vladimirov)

B. Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology

B1 Observational astronomy (I.F. Bikmaev, K.A. Postnov)

B2 Gravitational lensing and black hole shadows (V.I. Dokuchaev, A.F. Zakharov)

B3 Gravitational wave astronomy (K.A. Postnov, V.P. Mitrofanov)

B4 Theoretical models in cosmology (S.V. Chervon, O.S. Sazhina, S.V. Sushkov, A.V. Yurov)

B5 Astroparticles, dark matter and dark energy (A.B. Balakin, A.D. Dolgov, D.S. Gorbunov)

B6 Ground-based gravity experiments (V.N. Rudenko, V.O. Gladyshev)

C. Quantum Aspects of Gravity

C1 Quantized fields in curved spacetime and Casimir effect (V.M. Mostepanenko, M. Bordag,

E.T. Akhmedov)

C2 Quantum gravity, strings and branes (A.O. Barvinsky, E.T. Musaev)

C3 Higher spin fields (I.L. Buchbinder)

C4 Dualities and holographic models (I.Ya. Aref'eva)

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Sushkov S.V. (Chairman, Kazan Federal University, Kazan)

Bronnikov K.A. (Co-chairman, Peoples' Friednship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia)

Vladimirov Yu.S. (Co-chairman, Moscow State University, Moscow)

Galtsov D.V. (Co-chairman, Moscow State University, Moscow)

Mostepanenko V.M. (Co-chairman, Pulkovo Observatory; Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg)

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Chairman: Prof. Dmitry Albertovich Tayursky, First Vice-Rector – Vice-Rector for Scientific Activities, KFU

Co-chairman: Prof. Sergey Vladimirovich Sushkov (sergey_sushkov@mail.ru)

Co-chairman: Prof. Yury Gennadievich Ignat'ev (yurii.ignatev.1947@yandex.ru)

Scientific Secretary: Dr.Vladimir Alexandrovich Popov (vladipopov@mail.ru)

Technical Secretary: Alsu Rinatovna Samigullina (alsu_sam@rambler.ru)