SSI 2005 Conference Program
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Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
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July 25 | July 26 | July 27 | July 28 | July 29 |
August 1 | August 2 | August 3 | August 4 | August 5 |
Monday, July 25 | ||
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Chairman | C. Prescott | |
9:00 - 10:00 AM | General Relativity Primer | S. Carroll |
10:00 - 10:30 AM | Refreshment Break | |
10:30 - 11:30 AM | General Relativity Primer | S. Carroll |
11:30 - 11:45 AM | Break | |
11:45 - 12:45 PM | General Relativity Primer | S. Carroll |
12:45 - 2:15 PM | Lunch | |
2:15 - 3:00 PM | Gravity Probe - B Instrument and Data Reduction | G. Keiser |
3:00 - 3:45 PM | Gravity Probe - B and General Relativity | J. Mester |
4:00 - 6:00 PM | Discussion Session | |
6:00 PM | Welcome Reception |
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Tuesday, July 26 | ||
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Chairman | J. Jaros | |
9:00 - 10:00 AM | Gravitational Radiation | A. Buonanno |
10:00 - 10:30 AM | Refreshment Break | |
10:30 - 11:30 AM | Gravity Wave Interferometers | G. Gonzalez |
11:30 - 11:45 AM | Break | |
11:45 - 12:45 PM | Gravity Wave Interferometers | G. Gonzalez |
12:45 - 2:15 PM | Lunch | |
2:15 - 3:00 PM | GR Test Using Laser and Radio Ranging Experiments | K. Nordtvedt |
3:00 - 3:45 PM | LISA | S. Larson |
4:00 - 6:00 PM | Discussion Session | |
6:00 PM | Dinner |
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Wednesday, July 27 | ||
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Chairman | T. Kamae | |
9:00 - 10:00 AM | Gravitational Radiation | A. Buonanno |
10:00 - 10:30 AM | Refreshment Break | |
10:30 - 11:30 AM | General Relativity Tests with Pulsars | I. Stairs |
11:30 - 11:45 AM | Break | |
11:45 - 12:45 PM | Polarization in CMBR | S. Church |
12:45 PM - 2:15 PM | Lunch | |
2:15 - 3:00 PM | Gravitational Wave Detection with Pulsars | D. Backer |
3:00 - 3:45 PM | Tests of Alternative Theories of Gravity | G. Esposito-Farese |
4:00 - 6:00 PM | SLAC Tour | |
6:00 PM | Social Hour |
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Thursday, July 28 | ||
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Chairman | C. Prescott | |
9:00 - 10:00 AM | Black Holes | S. Hughes |
10:00 - 10:30 AM | Refreshment Break | |
10:30 - 11:30 AM | Black Holes | S. Hughes |
11:30 - 11:45 AM | Break | |
11:45 - 12:45 PM | Neutron Stars | J. Lattimer |
12:45 - 2:15 PM | Lunch | |
2:15 - 3:00 PM | Role of Supermassive Black Holes in Structure Formation | T. Di Matteo |
3:00 - 3:45 PM | Gamma Ray Bursts seen by SWIFT | D. Burrows |
4:00 - 6:00 PM | Discussion Session | |
6:00 PM | Poster Session |
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Friday, July 29 | ||
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Chairman | J. Hewett | |
9:00 - 10:00 AM | Extreme Neutron Stars | C. Thompson |
10:00 - 10:30 AM | Refreshment Break | |
10:30 - 11:30 AM | Neutron Stars | J. Lattimer |
11:30 - 11:45 AM | Break | |
11:45 - 12:45 PM | Observations of Black Holes | A. Fabian |
12:45 - 2:15 PM | Lunch | |
2:15 - 3:00 PM | Black Holes in the Galactic Center | E. Quataert |
3:00 - 3:45 PM | GLAST-Large Area Telescope | E. do Couto e Silva |
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Monday, August 1 | ||
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Chairman | J. Jaros | |
9:00 - 10:00 AM | Unifying the Forces | K. Dienes |
10:00 - 10:30 AM | Refreshment Break | |
10:30 - 11:30 AM | Extra Dimensions | R. Sundrum |
11:30 - 11:45 AM | Break | |
11:45 - 12:45 PM | Proton Decay | CK Jung |
12:45 - 2:15 PM | Lunch | |
2:15 - 3:00 PM | Black Holes at Accelerators | B. Webber |
3:00 - 3:45 PM | Precision SUSY and the GUT Scale | G. Blair |
4:00 - 6:00 PM | Discussion Session | |
6:00 PM | Social Hour |
Tuesday, August 2 | ||
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Chairman | T. Kamae | |
9:00 - 10:00 AM | Unifying the Forces | K. Dienes |
10:00 - 10:30 AM | Refreshment Break | |
10:30 - 11:30 AM | Extra Dimensions | R. Sundrum |
11:30 - 11:45 AM | Break | |
11:45 - 12:45 PM | Extra Dimension Searches at Accelerators | T. Berry |
12:45 - 2:15 PM | Lunch | |
2:15 - 3:00 PM | Tests of Gravity at the Millimeter Scale and Below | J. Long |
3:00 - 3:45 PM | SUSY Searches at the Tevatron | M. Schmitt |
4:00 - 6:00 PM | Discussion Session | |
6:00 PM | Poster Session |
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Wednesday, August 3 | ||
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Chairman | J. Hewett | |
9:00 - 10:00 AM | String Cosmology | E. Silverstein |
10:00 - 10:30 AM | Refreshment Break | |
10:30 - 11:30 AM | Extra Dimensions | R. Sundrum |
11:30 - 11:45 AM | Break | |
11:45 - 12:45 PM | Probing Dark Matter Using Gravitational Lensing | P. Natarajan |
12:45 - 2:15 AM | Lunch | |
2:15 - 3:00 PM | News from SDSS | R. Scranton |
3:00 - 3:45 PM | Results from Auger | J. Beatty |
4:00 - 6:00 PM | SLAC Tour | |
6:00 - 8:30 PM | Soccer Game |
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Thursday, August 4 | ||
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Chairman | J. Jaros | |
9:00 - 10:00 AM | String Theory for Physicists | J. Lykken |
10:00 - 10:30 AM | Refreshment Break | |
10:30 - 11:30 AM | String Theory for Physicists | J. Lykken |
11:30 - 11:45 AM | Break | |
11:45 - 12:45 PM | Cosmological Constant | S. Kachru |
12:45 - 2:15 PM | Lunch | |
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM | Probing Dark Matter at Colliders | A. Birkedal |
3:00 - 3:45 PM | LSST | S. Kahn |
4:00 - 6:00 PM | Discussion Session | |
6:00 PM | Dinner |
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Friday, August 5 | ||
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Chairman | T. Kamae | |
9:00 - 10:00 AM | The Gravity of Dark Energy | R. Kolb |
10:00 - 10:30 AM | Refreshment Break | |
10:30 - 11:30 AM | String Theory for Physicists | J. Lykken |
11:30 - 11:45 AM | Break | |
11:45 - 12:45 PM | Beyond Einstein: Embarking on the Second Century of Relativity | R. Kolb |
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