Euroconference - Rencontres de Moriond

"Energy Densities in the Universe"

Bulletin Nr 1

I. PLACE AND DATE

The XXth Moriond Workshop will be held in Les Arcs 1800, Savoie, France, from Saturday, January 22 to Saturday, January 29, 2000. It will be devoted to Energy Densities in the Universe . Les Arcs 1800 is a pleasant winter sports resort located in the French Alps, at 1800 m alt., about 118 km from Geneva and 16 km from Bourg-Saint-Maurice. The nearest railway station is Bourg-Saint-Maurice, trains (TGV) from Paris to Bourg-Saint-Maurice are quite convenient. The nearest international airport is Geneva.

Postal address of the meeting:
Rencontres de Moriond
Hotel Latitudes-Charmettoger - Les Arcs 1800
Village de Charmettoger
73700 Bourg Saint Maurice - France
Phone: 33 (0)4 79 07 49 79
Fax: 33 (0)4 79 07 49 87
Please begin your fax with: Attention to Rencontres de Moriond.

II. PURPOSE OF THE RENCONTRES

The purpose of the Rencontres de Moriond is to discuss recent findings and new ideas in elementary particle physics and other areas of fundamental physics in a pleasant, relaxed and intimate atmosphere. The meeting intends to promote fruitful collaboration between experimentalists and theorists and between various institutions by bringing together a small number of physicists in a beautiful and inspiring atmosphere.

III. SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATION

The Moriond Workshop on Energy Densities in the Universe is sponsored by the European Union through the " Training and Mobility of Researchers " program, the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), the US National Science Foundation (NSF), the " Institut de Physique Nucleaire et de Physique des Particules " (IN2P3) and the Atomic Energy Commission (CEA-DAPNIA).

1. Program:

2. Program Committee:

3. Contributions:

If you wish to make a contribution which fits in the framework of the program, please send a title and an abstract (before December 10) to the coordination office : moriond@lal.in2p3.fr

Typical contributions are of 15 minutes duration or less. However, we may not have enough time for everyone to give a talk and we apologize for this in advance.

IV. PRACTICAL ORGANIZATION

1. Workshop schedule

The workshop will begin on Saturday, January 22, at 18 h 00 and will end on Saturday, January 29, around 11 h. For the other days, working hours will be: 8 h 30 - 1lh 30 and 16 h 30 - 20 h 30.

2. Conference facilities

The following projection facilities will be available: a slide projector for 5 cm x 5 cm slides and an overhead projector for transparencies.

3. Copies of transparencies

Speakers are requested to bring a good photocopy of the transparencies of their talk. This copy will be kept for display. In order to make transparencies of the conference available on the web, speakers who have their talks in file format (Powerpoint, PDS, Postscript, HTML...) are invited to send them by email to : Jacques.Dumarchez@cern.ch

4. Proceedings

The proceedings will be published. Participants will receive a copy of the proceedings at no extra charge. Typing instructions for manuscripts will be distributed at the conference. Deadline for submitting the manuscript: April 2, 2000.

5. Registration fee

The registration fee (including a copy of the proceedings) is 1900 FF. Payment of the registration fee can be made:

• by personal checks in French Francs or in US Dollars (please add US $30 for bank fees) to the order of "Rencontres de Moriond" sent to the Moriond secretariat or on your arrival at the conference,
• by bank transfer (add 150 FF or US $30 for bank fees) to the following account:
  Banque de Savoie, Place de l'Hôtel de Ville, 73700 - Bourg Saint Maurice, France.
  ADREMOR, Bank Code 10 548, Branch No 00013, Account number 000 47135 153, Key 67
  In this case, the transfer should clearly indicate your name to identify the payment. The corresponding voucher must be handed to the Moriond Secretary at the conference site. It will take one month for our account to be credited, so please have the bank transfer made before December 15.
• Note that payment by credit card will not be possible. Please avoid cash payment if possible. If you have to change money please note that the exchange rate at Bourg Saint Maurice is less advantageous than in cities like Paris or Geneva.

6. Accommodation

The total cost - for meals and lodging - will amount to FF 3290 per adult (double occupancy)and FF 910 for children under 4-years old or FF 1400 for children from 4 to 13 years old.
Single rooms will be available with a supplement of FF 1050 and must be reserved before December 1, 1999.
Important notice: Hotel reservations are made for the whole duration of the workshop i.e. from Saturday, January 22 afternoon to Saturday, January 29 morning (lunch included before departure of the conference bus to Geneva). Please note that the total cost of the meeting will not be reduced even in case of partial attendance.
Cancellations of hotel reservation should be made before January 3, 2000. After this date, the hotel will charge us for the entire cost of accommodation and we will have to ask the participants who cancel their attendance after January 3, to pay for the total accommodation as listed above.

7. Funding

Please send your application before November 30,1999 to:
J. Trân Thanh Vân
Rencontres de Moriond
Université de Paris-Sud
LPTHE, Bat. 211
91405 Orsay Cedex, France
Fax: 33 (0)1 69 15 82 87
e-mail: moriond@lal.in2p3.fr

8. Travel

a) From Paris to Bourg-St-Maurice by train (TGV): These schedules are still preliminary. Please check them with your travel agency. Reservations are compulsory on the TGV. It is possible to make a reservation in Paris (no later than half an hour before departure).

January 22, 2000                            January 29, 2000
From Paris,        Arrival in               Return From        Arrival in Paris
Gare de Lyon       Bourg St Maurice         Bourg St Maurice   Gare de Lyon
8.45               14.06                    13.23              18.33
9.15               14.48                    14.29              19.45
11.09              16.24                    16.42              22.10
13.54              19.10                    17.16              22.33

From Bourg-St-Maurice train station to Les Arcs 1800 (Charmettoger):
Buses are available from Bourg-St-Maurice train station to Les Arcs 1800 at most train arrivals from Paris.(1 hour drive) Cost: FF 51 (luggage included). Please ask for a ticket "Les Arcs-Villard". The last one leaves at 19 h 45.
Taxis: approximate fare FF 250 (depending on the number of persons and pieces of luggage).

b) From Geneva Airport to Les Arcs 1800:
With Conference buses: departure from Geneva Airport on Saturday, January 22 at 13h30. Meeting point for the conference bus (a map will be enclosed in Bulletin Nr 2) - Fare: FF 220 one way. Please note that return Conference buses are scheduled to leave Les Arcs on Saturday, January 29 at 12 h 00 sharp (after lunch) and will reach Geneva airport and then CERN around 16 h 30, depending on the traffic.
With regular buses: there are also regular buses from the airport. Time-table not yet communicated. Duration of the drive: about 3 hours, change in Bourg-St-Maurice then take a local bus for Les Arcs 1800. Price: approx. FF 360 one way

c) By car
Les Arcs 1800 can be easily reached by car, by the A43 highway to Albertville, then by the N90 to Bourg-St-Maurice (via Možtiers), and then direction Les Arcs 1800 (16 km). If chains are necessary, the sooner you mount them, the better (in Bourg-St-Maurice). In Les Arcs, the temperature can easily go down to - 20 deg. C, so make sure you have sufficient antifreeze.
There are 2 "Hotel Latitudes" in Les Arcs. Be sure that you go to the Latitudes -Charmettoger, at the end of the resort Charmettoger.

9. Miscellaneous

a) The temperature in Les Arcs varies between - 20 and + 5 deg. C. The ground is often icy and it is important to bring suitable walking shoes and warm clothes.
b) An insurance policy, liability and personal accident coverage in Les Arcs has been subscribed to MAIF for the duration of the workshop (sickness is not covered by the insurance).
c) Ski and boot rental is available at the Hotel (special discount for Moriond participants)
d) Please note that your reply to the program committee member who sent you the invitation is not considered as a registration. Registration for your attendance to the workshop and hotel reservation will only be made on receipt of the registration form for which we will acknowledge receipt to each participant.
e) If you fly to Geneva airport and your luggage is missing on your arrival, when making your claim ask for your luggage to be forwarded to you to the Hotel Latitudes-Charmettoger in Les Arcs 1800 by taxi, as quite a few Moriond participants have had their suitcases "stuck" in Bourg-St-Maurice by bus companies.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Please return your registration form as soon as possible. If it is not received by December 1, 1999, we may not be able to get hotel reservation for you.