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Dear Colleagues, together with "pulsar friends" here in Arcetri and elsewhere we are beginning to organize a workshop to be held in the Elba Island, just off the coast of Tuscany, from June 15 to June 18 2009. The title is "Pulsars in their diversity" and the aim would be to discuss especially the extreme (ie, least explored) regions of the parameter space; the relevant parameters are P and P_dot, of course, but also the spectral energy distribution, pulse shape, age, binarity, etc. We foresee a very interactive workshop, with a balance between relatively long review talks and short presentations, and plenty of time for discussions and round tables. Topics to be addressed include: nulling pulsars and Rotating Radio Transients; Central Compact Objects in SNR; Soft Gamma Ray Repeaters and the like; optical and high energy emission (including Fermi and Cherenkov); magnetosphere; pulsar powered nebulae. The time window is three and a half days, starting in the morning of Monday June 15 and ending in the early afternoon of Thursday June 18, with Wednesday afternoon free (maybe for the beach!). This is the week after the AAS meeting, where hopefully Fermi results on pulsars will be announced. The venue will be the Conference Hall of Marciana Marina, a small (and lovely) village on the north coast of Elba. The Hall is sort of spartan but comfortable nonetheless. Last but not least, June 2009 will also coincide with the 70th birthday of Franco Pacini (no need to stress his liaison with pulsars...), with his becoming Emeritus, and with the heart of the International Year of Astronomy. The maximum number of attendees should be around 60-70, in order to keep the meeting agile, and also because of logistic limitations. Therefore attendance shall be by invitation only, and you are warmly invited to be at Elba with us. If you think you will be able to attend, please mark the dates on your calendar. In any case (i.e., both positive and negative) please answer to this email stating your intentions, so that we can keep track of the available slots. We are already working on the scientific program, and will keep informed all the confirmed invitees.
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