Program Sessions and Topics
(Preliminary)
- Session 1: Monday Morning: Physics of the Early Universe
- Session 2: Monday Afternoon: Observations Related to "Early Universe"
- Session 3: Tuesday Morning: High Z Universe
- Session 4: Tuesday Afternoon: The Local Universe (z about 1)
- Session 5: Wednesday Morning: Black Holes, Disks, and Jets
- Session 6: Wednesday Afternoon: Special Parallel Sessions
- Session 7: Thursday Morning: Compact Objects
- Session 8: Thursday Afternoon: Compact Objects
- Session 9: Friday Morning: High Energy Particles
- Session 10: Friday Afternoon: Visions of Future
View list of posters accepted to the Poster Sessions.
Items marked with an asterisk (*) are to be confirmed.
Session 1: Monday, December 13, Morning
Physics of the Early Universe
Topics: String Theory and Inflation
| Time | Speaker: Topic | PSN |
|---|---|---|
| 8:45 | Welcome | --- |
| 9:00 | Greene, B.: String Theory | 0001 |
| 9:45 | Dvali, G.: New Physics from Cosmic Acceleration | 0002 |
| 10:05 | Quinn, H.: CP Violation in Particle Physics and Cosmology | 0003 |
| 10:30 | Coffee Break | --- |
| 11:00 | L. Knox: Probing Inflation | 0004 |
| 11:30 | Kallosh, R.: Modular and Brane Inflation in String Theory | 0005 |
| 12:00 | Riotto, A.: The Effect of Inhomogeneities on the Expansion Rate of the Universe | 0006 |
| 12:30 | Break for lunch | --- |
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Session 2: Monday, December 13, Afternoon
Observations Related to "Early Universe"
Topics: WMAP, SDSS+2df; SDSS+WMAP
| Time | Speaker: Topic | PSN |
|---|---|---|
| 14:00 | Gunn, J.: The Sloan Digital Sky Survey at Four | 0007 |
| 14:35 | Page, L.: Recent Results from WMAP | 0008 |
| 15:10 | Frenk, C.: The 2dFGRS and Large Cosmological Simulations | 0009 |
| 15:30 | Coffee Break | --- |
| 16:00 | Tegmark, M.: SDSS, WMAP and the Early Universe | 0010 |
| 16:30 | Hernquist, L.: Studying Reionization Using Redshifted 21 cm Emission | 0011 |
| 17:00 | Bromm, V.: The First Stars and their Impact on Cosmology | 0012 |
| 17:30 | Late breaking news and/or Poster reviews | --- |
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Session 3: Tuesday, December 14, Morning
High Z Universe
Topics: Dawn of Stars, Galaxies, and Black Holes
| Time | Speaker: Topic | PSN |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 | Bunker, A.: Exploring High Redshift Universe: Galaxies at the end of the Dark Ages | 0013 |
| 9:30 | Ouchi, M.: The Origin of Clusters and Large-Scale Structures: Panoramic View of the High-z Universe | 0014 |
| 10:00 | Dickinson, M.: Observing Galaxy Evolution with the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey | 0015 |
| 10:30 | Coffee Break | --- |
| 11:00 | Fan, X.: Probing the End of Dark Ages with High-redshift Quasar | 0016 |
| 11:30 | Gebhardt, K.: The Role of Black Holes in Galaxy Formation | 0017 |
| 12:00 | Davis, M.: Constraining the Dark Energy with the DEEP2 Survey | 0018 |
| 12:30 | Break for lunch | --- |
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Session 4: Tuesday, December 14, Afternoon
The Local Universe (z about 1)
Topics: Supernovae and Dark Energy; Gravitational Lensing; Clusters
| Time | Speaker: Topic | PSN |
|---|---|---|
| 14:00 | Riess, A.: Kinematics and Dark Energy from Supernovae at z>1 | 0019 |
| 14:40 | Khokhlov, A.: Current Progress and Problems in Modeling Type Ia Supernovae | 0020 |
| 15:05 | Hasinger, G.: Cosmic X-Ray Background | 0021 |
| 15:30 | Coffee Break | --- |
| 16:00 | Fabian, A.: X-Ray Emission from Clusters of Galaxies: Latest Developments | 0022 |
| 16:30 | Refregier, A.: Cosmological Weak Lensing | 0023 |
| 17:00 | Carlstrom, J.: Cosmology with the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect | 0024 |
| 17:30 | Late breaking news and/or Poster reviews | --- |
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Session 5: Wednesday, December 15, Morning
Black Holes, Disks, and Jets
Topics: Observations and Theoretical Models
| Time | Speaker: Topic | PSN |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 | Genzel, R.: The Galactic Center Black Hole and the Central Star Cluster | 0025 |
| 9:30 | Fender, R.: Relativistic Jets from Evolving Accretion Discs | 0026 |
| 10:00 | Schwartz, D. A.: Chandra Observations of Relativistic AGN Jets | 0027 |
| 10:30 | Coffee Break | --- |
| 11:00 | Begelman, M.: Outflows from Black Hole Accretion | 0028 |
| 11:30 | Celotti, A.: AGN Jets and Their Connection with Accretion: A Phenomenological View | 0029 |
| 12:00 | Stone, J.: Numerical MHD Models of Accretion Flows | 0030 |
| 12:30 | Break for lunch | --- |
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Session 6: Wednesday, December 15, Afternoon
Special Parallel Sessions
Parallel sessions will be held in Building 200 (History Corner) located at the lower end of the Quad and facing the oval.
There will be concurrent sessions:
- Parallel A: GRBs (Piran)
- Parallel B: Black Holes (Chen, Wheeler)
- Parallel C: Gravitational Waves and Tests of General Relativity (Wagoner)
8:00 PM: Evening Public Lecture: A. Linde: The Origin and the Fate of the Universe. Kresge Auditorium.
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Session 7: Thursday, December 16, Morning
Compact Objects
Topics: GRBs, SGR/AXPs, and Magnetars
| Time | Speaker: Topic | PSN |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 | Ricker, G.: Gamma-Ray Bursts and X-Ray Flashes: New Insights from the HETE Mission | 0031 |
| 9:30 | Kumar, P.: The Enigmatic Gamma-Ray Bursts: A Mystery Being Solved | 0032 |
| 10:00 | MacFadyen, A.: Relativistic Explosions | 0033 |
| 10:30 | Coffee Break | --- |
| 11:00 | K. Hurley: Observational Properties of the Soft Gamma Repeaters | 0034 |
| 11:30 | Kaspi, V.: (Anomalous) X-Ray Pulsars | 0035 |
| 12:00 | Heyl, J.: Magnetars: Plasma and Vacuum | 0036 |
| 12:30 | Break for lunch | --- |
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Session 8: Thursday, December 16, Afternoon
Compact Objects
Topics: Neutron Stars and Binary Neutron Stars, GR Effects
| Time | Speaker: Topic | PSN |
|---|---|---|
| 14:00 | Manchester, R.: Millisecond Pulsars and Gravitation | 0037 |
| 14:40 | Kramer, M.: Testing GR with the Double Pulsar: Recent Results | 0038 |
| 15:00 | Damour, T.: Binary Pulsars and Strong-Field Tests of General Relativity | 0039 |
| 15:30 | Coffee Break | --- |
| 16:00 | Harding, A.: Pulsar Emission: Is It All Relative? | 0040 |
| 16:30 | Pavlov, G.: Thermal Radiation from Neutron Stars | 0041 |
| 17:00 | Lattimer, J.: Neutron Stars as a Probe of the Equation of State | 0042 |
| 17:30 | Late breaking news and/or Poster reviews | --- |
| Symposium Banquet | --- |
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Session 9: Friday, December 17, Morning
High Energy Particles
Topics: Particle Acceleration Cosmic Rays and UHECRs; Very High Energy Gamma-Rays; Dark Matter Detection; Neutrino Astrophysics
| Time | Speaker: Topic | PSN |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 | Aharonian, F.: Very High Energy Gamma Rays and Origin of Cosmic Rays | 0043 |
| 9:30 | Watson, A.: The Status of Theoretical and Observational Work on Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays | 0044 |
| 10:00 | Kirk, J.: Particle Acceleration in Relativistic Flows | 0045 |
| 10:30 | Coffee Break | --- |
| 11:00 | Baudis, L.: Underground Searches for Cold Relics of the Early Universe | 0046 |
| 11:30 | Piepke, A.: Neutrino Oscillation Experiments | 0047 |
| 12:00 | Murayama, H.: Neutrinos and the Cosmos | 0048 |
| 12:30 | Break for lunch | --- |
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Session 10: Friday, December 17, Afternoon
Visions of Future
| Time | Speaker: Topic | PSN |
|---|---|---|
| 14:00 | Kolb, R.: Theoretical View | 0049 |
| 15:00 | Kahn, S.: Experimental View | 0050 |
| Adjourn | --- |
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