XXVI SLAC Summer Institute on Particle PhysicsGravityFrom the Hubble Length to the Planck LengthSummer School Program |
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Click on the title of a lecture to access scanned transparencies and recorded audio/video for each talk. |
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9:00-10:00 |
Relativistic Gravity and Some Astrophysical Applications
R. Wagoner |
Gravitational Lenses (Weak and Strong) and Dark Matter
T. Tyson |
Sources of Gravitational Waves (and Their Signatures)
S. Finn |
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10:00-10:30 | COFFEE BREAK | ||||||
10:30-11:30 |
The Confrontation Between General Relativity and Experiment
C. Will |
Ground-Based
Detection of Gravitational Waves
P. Saulson |
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11:30-11:45 | COFFEE BREAK | ||||||
11:45-12:45 |
X-Ray Emission from Compact Sources
L. R. Cominsky |
Large-Scale Structure
A. Dekel |
Gravity at the Planck Length
J. Polchinski |
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12:45-2:00 | LUNCH | ||||||
2:00-4:00 | STUDY PERIOD/TOURS OF SLAC | DISCUSSION SESSION | STUDY PERIOD/TOURS OF SLAC | ||||
4:00-6:00 | DISCUSSION SESSIONS IN ORANGE ROOM | LICK OBS. TOUR | DISCUSSION SESSIONS IN ORANGE ROOM | ||||
6:00 p.m. | Social Hour Chinese Dinner Jazz Night | Social Hour | Social Hour BBQ Dinner Nadel's Quartet | Social Hour | Social Hour | Social Hour Mexican Fiesta Mariachi Band |
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