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DC/MD/VA Astro Conference Program |
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Thursday, July 10th Galactic Astrophysics |
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9:00 - 9:45 |
Registration/Coffee |
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9:45: - 10:00 |
Welcome |
Kargaltsev/Herrera-Camu |
GWU/UMD |
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10:00 - 10:30 |
Eric |
Switzer |
GSFC |
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10:30 - 10:45 |
Kyle |
Helson |
BROWN |
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10:45 - 11:00 |
Jordan |
Guerra Aguilera |
CUA |
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11:00 - 11:15 |
New Light on Binarity with APOGEE: Trends with Primary Stellar Parameters and Abundances. |
Nicholas |
Troup |
UVA |
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11:15 - 11:45 |
Invited talk: Galactic gamma-ray and cosmic-ray astrophysics |
Jack |
Hewitt |
GSFC |
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11:45 - 12:00 |
The Dynamic X-ray Nebula Powered by the Pulsar B1259-63 |
Jeremy |
Hare |
GWU |
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12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch / Poster Session / Student career Q&A |
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13:00 - 13:30 |
Invited talk: The Diversity of Exoplanets: an Observer’s Perspective |
Joleen |
Carlberg |
DTM at CIS |
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13:30 - 13:45 |
The Visible Nulling Coronagraph for direct imaging of exoplanetary systems |
Brian |
Hicks |
GSFC |
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13:45 - 14:00 |
An Estimate of Mass Transfer on Tidally Locked Heated Super-Earths |
Prabal |
Saxena |
GMU |
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14:00 - 14:15 |
Exploring the diffuse interstellar bands with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey |
Ting-Wen |
Lan |
JHU |
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14:15 - 14:30 |
Jake |
Turner |
UVA |
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14:30 - 14:45 |
Observable Effects of Tidal Bulges on Rocky Exoplanets |
Alex |
Panka |
GMU |
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14:45 - 15:15 |
Coffee Break / Poster Session |
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15:15 - 15:45 |
Oleg |
Kargaltsev |
GWU |
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15:45 - 16:00 |
Noel |
Klingler |
GWU |
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16:00 - 16:30 |
Poster Session |
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16:30 - |
Happy Hour at Tonic (optional) |
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Friday, July 11th Extragalactic Astrophysics |
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9:00 - 9:40 |
Registration Coffee Poster setup |
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9:40 - 9:45 |
Opening remarks |
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9:45 - 10:00 |
Insuk |
Jang |
GMU |
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10:00 - 10:15 |
Study of a Population of Galaxies with High [3.4]-[4.6] colors |
Jessica |
O'Connor |
GMU |
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10:15 - 10:30 |
Star Formation Histories Across the Condor Galaxy, The Largest-Known Spiral |
Rafael |
Eufrasio |
GSFC/CUA |
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10:30 - 10:45 |
Derek |
Fertig |
GMU |
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10:45 - 11:00 |
Derek |
Brehm |
GWU/JHU |
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11:00 - 11:30 |
Invited talk: Quasar feedback and its effect on galaxy formation |
Nadia |
Zakamska |
JHU |
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11:30 - 11:45 |
A near-Eddington 400 solar mass black hole in the M82 galaxy |
Dheeraj |
Pasham |
UMD |
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11:45 - 12:00 |
Indirect Evidence for Escaping Lyman Continuum from Lyman Break Analog Galaxies |
Rachael |
Alexandroff |
JHU |
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12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch / Poster Session / Student career Q&A |
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13:00 - 13:15 |
Rodrigo |
Herrera-Camus |
UMD |
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13:15 - 13:30 |
Detection of a stochastic gravitational-wave background with binary pulsars |
Julian |
Munoz |
JHU |
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13:30 - 13:45 |
Robert |
Coyne |
GWU |
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13:45 - 14:00 |
HIGH-RESOLUTION RADIO CONTINUUM MEASUREMENTS OF THE NUCLEAR DISKS OF ARP 220 |
Loreto |
Barcos-Munoz |
UVA |
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14:00 - 14:15 |
Localizing the Gamma-Ray Emitting Zone in PKS1510 |
Amanda |
Dotson |
UMBC |
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14:15 - 14:45 |
Invited talk: The Current Mysteries in the Study of Gamma-ray Bursts |
Judith |
Racusin |
GSFC |
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14:45 - 15:00 |
GRB Suite: Visualization, animation, and sonification of Fermi LAT data |
Sylvia |
Zhu |
UMD/GSFC |
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15:00 - 15:30 |
Coffee Break / Poster Session |
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15:30 - 15:45 |
The Swift mission as high-z explorer: GRBs as probes of the early star-formation |
Antonino |
Cucchiara |
GSFC |
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15:45 - 16:00 |
Very High Energy Gamma Ray Bursts: Predictions for New and Current Ground Based Telescopes |
Ian |
Morgan |
SMCM/GSFC |
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16:00 - 16:15 |
A simple Synchrotron Radiation model for GRB Prompt Emission |
Ashwin |
Shenoy |
GWU |
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16:15 - 16:30 |
Closing remarks |
Kalvir |
Dhuga |
GWU |
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16:30 - |
Happy Hour at Tonic (optional) |
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Posters |
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Constraining System Parameters of Eclipsing X-ray Binaries with the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) |
Joel |
Coley |
UMBC |
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The Effect of Sulfur on Interstellar Extinction |
Dhanesh |
Krishnarao |
AU |
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The Effect of Metallicity on Molecular Gas and Star Formation in the Magellanic Clouds |
Katie |
Jameson |
UMD |
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Chandra and Suzaku observations of two galactic TeV sources |
Jeremy |
Hare |
GWU |
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Slitless Solar Spectroscopy |
John |
O'Neill |
CUA |
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Exoplanet detections at the George Mason University Observatory |
Tiffany |
Lewis |
GMU |
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Exoplanet detections at the George Mason University Observatory |
Joel |
Renaud |
GMU |
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Large-Scale Distribution of the Young Stellar Population in Perseus |
Lauren |
Bittle |
UVA |
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Diverse Galaxies: Clumpy Regions In The UV HUDF at 0.5<z<1.5 |
Emmaris |
Soto |
CUA |
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Exploring Evidence for Cosmic Ray Acceleration in Westerlund 1 |
Nora |
Shipp |
GSFC |
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X-ray and Ultraviolet Spectral Evolution of LMC X-3 During Normal and Anomalous Low States |
Trevor |
Torpin |
CUA |
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Constraining Cosmic Ray Origins Through Spectral Radio Breaks In Puppis A |
Zeeve |
Rogoszinski |
GSFC |
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