Program Sessions and Topics
- 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.
Session 1: Monday, December 13, Morning
Physics of the Early Universe
Topics: String Theory and Inflation
View Presentations and Papers from Session 1
| 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
View Presentations and Papers from Session 2
| 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
View Presentations and Papers from Session 3
| 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
View Presentations and Papers from Session 4
| 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
View Presentations and Papers from Session 5
| 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
View Presentations and Papers from Session 6
Parallel sessions were held in Building 200 (History Corner) located at the lower end of the Quad and facing the oval.
There were 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
View Presentations and Papers from Session 7
| 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
View Presentations and Papers from Session 8
| 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
View Presentations and Papers from Session 9
| 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
View Presentations and Papers from Session 10
| Time | Speaker: Topic | PSN |
|---|---|---|
| 14:00 | Kolb, R.: Theoretical View | 0049 |
| 15:00 | Kahn, S.: Experimental View | 0050 |
| Adjourn | --- |
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