New Horizons in Astronomy

Schedule

Sunday, October 6

6:30 pm

Reception (Dinner and Drinks), Hula Hut

Monday, October 7 - Avaya Auditorium, POB 2.302 [map]

8:30 am

Coffee & Tea

9:00

Welcome :: Sarah Tuttle

9:30

The Cosmic Microwave Background: An Experimentalists's Guide to CMB Measurements and Prospects for the Future

Laura Newburgh, Dunlap Institute, University of Toronto

abstract

10:15

Coffee Break

10:45

Numerical Simulations of the Dark Universe

Raul Angulo, Centro de Estudios de Fisica del Cosmos de Aragon

abstract

11:30

Simulating Galaxy Structure within LCDM

Laura Sales, ITC, Harvard-Smithsonian CfA

abstract

12:15

1 minute poster summaries

12:30

Lunch/Mtgs/Breaks

2:15

The Structure of the Milky Way

Jo Bovy, Institute for Advanced Study

abstract

3:00

Coffee Break

3:30

The Formation of Massive Stars and Star Clusters in the Milky Way

Cara Battersby, University of Colorado, Boulder

abstract

4:15

Star Formation: Chemistry as a Probe of Embedded Protostars

Ruud Visser, University of Michigan

abstract


6:30 pm

Dinner w/ UT Speaker David Stuart, Hilton Garden Inn

Special Presentation

Astronomy and Cosmology among the Ancient Maya

abstract

Tuesday, October 8 - Avaya Auditorium, POB 2.302 [map]

8:30 am

Coffee & Tea

9:00

The Surprisingly Complex Lives of Massive Galaxies

Rachel Bezanson, University of Arizona

abstract

9:30

Black Hole Safari: Tracking Populations and Hunting Big Game

Nicholas McConnell, IfA, University of Hawaii

abstract

10:15

Coffee Break

10:45

The Progenitor Systems and Explosion Mechanisms of Supernovae

Dan Milisavljevic, Harvard-Smithsonian CfA

abstract

11:30

Reverberation Mapping: Masses and Distance and Size, Oh My!

Kelly Denney, Ohio State University

abstract

12:15

Lunch/Mtgs/Breaks

2:00

Magnetic Fields in Astrophysics: From Earth to the Intercluster Medium

Michael Pavel, University of Texas at Austin

abstract

2:45

More Than a Star, or How Does Solar Activity Impact The Heliosphere?

Kamen Kozarev, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO)

abstract

3:30

Coffee Break

4:00

In Search of Exomoons

David Kipping, Harvard-Smithsonian CfA

abstract

4:45

Planet Formation: Knowing the Progenitors and the Progeny

Kaitlin Kratter, University of Colorado, Boulder

abstract