Monday, September 28, 2009
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Supernova Remnants I
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Morning Session Chair: Steve Reynolds (NCSU)
[40 min slots are 30 min Talk + 10 min Discussion/30 min slots are 20 min Talk + 10 min Discussion]
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8:50am |
Lars Bildsten
(KITP)
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Welcome [Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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9:00am |
Jacco Vink
(Univ. Utrecht)
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Observations of Particle Acceleration in SNRs [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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9:40am |
Stefan Funk
(Stanford)
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Fermi Results on SNRs [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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10:20am |
MORNING BREAK |
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11:00am |
Emma de Oña Wilhelmi
(MPIK)
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TeV Observations of Galactic Sources [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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11:30am |
Aya Bamba
(ISAS)
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Observations of SNRs and TeV Unidentified Sources with Suzaku [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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12:00pm |
Martin Laming
(Naval Research Lab)
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On the X-ray Continuum Variability of Cassiopeia A [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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12:15pm |
David Lomiashvili
(Purdue Univ.)
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Nonthermal Filaments in Cas A: Testing Plasma Turbulence [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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12:30pm |
LUNCH BREAK |
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Acceleration in Nonrelativistic Shocks
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Afternoon Session Chair: Don Ellison (NCSU)
[Talks are 20 min + 10 min Discussion]
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2:00pm |
Pasquale Blasi
(INAF)
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Progress and Problems with Supernovae as Sources of Cosmic Rays and
Implications for UHECRs [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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2:30pm |
Andrey Bykov
(Ioffe Tech.)
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Relativistic Particles, Magnetic Fluctuations and their Observational
Appearance in Astrophysical Shocks [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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3:00pm |
Masahiro Hoshino
(Univ. Tokyo)
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Particle Acceleration and Injection in Magnetosonic Shocks [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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3:30pm |
AFTERNOON BREAK |
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4:00pm |
Joe Giacalone
(Univ. Arizona)
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Particle Acceleration at Shocks: The Role of Turbulence, Magnetic Field and Shock Morphology [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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4:30pm |
Heinrich Völk
(MPIK)
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Theory and Field Amplification of SN 1006 [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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5:00pm |
Mikhail Malkov
(UCSD)
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Mechanisms of Instability Saturation in Astrophysical Shock Precursors [Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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5:30pm |
SHUTTLE TO BWSCI |
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
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Supernova Remnants II
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Morning Session Chair: John Raymond (Harvard, CfA)
[All Talks are 20 min + 10 min Discussion]
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9:00am |
Stephen Reynolds
(NCSU)
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Synchrotron X-rays from Shell Supernova Remnants: Spatial Structure [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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9:30am |
Dan Patnaude
(Harvard, CfA)
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The Effects of Diffusive Shock Acceleration on the Emitted Thermal X-ray Spectra in SNR Shocks [Slides][Podcast][Vid][Aud][Cam] |
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10:00am |
Parviz Ghavamian
(STScI)
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Temperature Equilibration in Collisionless Shocks: Constraints
from Optical and UV Observations[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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10:30am |
MORNING BREAK |
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Nonrelativistic Shocks
[Talks are 30 min + 10 min Discussion]
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11:00am |
Ed Stone
(Caltech)
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Termination Shock with Voyager [Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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11:40am |
Gary Zank
(CSPAR)
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Heliospheric Shocks [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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12:20pm |
LUNCH BREAK |
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Afternoon Session Chair: David Eichler (Ben Gurion Univ.)
[Talks are 20 min + 10 min Discussion]
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Gamma Ray Bursts
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2:00pm |
Neil Gehrels
(NASA/GSFC)
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Gamma-Ray Burst Discoveries with Swift [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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2:30pm |
Daniel Kocevski
(SLAC)
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Fermi Results on GRB [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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3:00pm |
Bing Zhang
(UNLV)
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Acceleration of Particles in GRB Shocks [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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3:30pm |
AFTERNOON BREAK |
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Acceleration in Relativistic Shocks
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4:00pm |
John Kirk
(MPIK)
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Radiative Signatures of Relativistic Shocks [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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4:30pm |
Lorenzo Sironi
(Princeton)
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PIC Simulations of Acceleration in Relativistic Shocks [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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5:00pm |
Matthew Baring
(Rice Univ.)
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Diffusive Particle Acceleration in Relativistic Shocks [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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5:30pm |
RECEPTION |
POSTER VIEWING |
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6:00pm |
SPECIAL EVENTS DINNER |
KITP Courtyard |
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8:00pm |
SHUTTLE TO BWSCI |
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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Where Do Magnetic Fields Come From? Part I
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Morning Session Chair: Luke Drury (DIAS)
[All Talks are 20 min + 10 min Discussion]
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9:00am |
Tony Bell
(Univ. Oxford)
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Cosmic Ray Acceleration and Magnetic Field Amplification [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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9:30am |
Andrey Vladimirov
(NCSU)
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Theoretical Models of Magnetic Field Amplification in Nonlinear Shock
Simulations [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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10:00am |
Mario Riquelme
(Princeton)
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Magnetic Field Amplification by Cosmic Rays Near Non-Relativistic Shocks [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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10:30am |
MORNING BREAK |
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11:00am |
Martin Pohl
(ISU)
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Galactic Sources of High-Energy Positrons [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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11:30am |
Roger Blandford
(Stanford)
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Cosmic Rays and Magnetic Fields [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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12:00pm |
Asaf Pe'er
(STScI)
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Photospheric Emission in GRBs [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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12:30pm |
LUNCH BREAK |
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2:00pm |
FREE AFTERNOON |
Shuttle available to BWSCI |
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Thursday, October 01, 2009
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Relativistic Jets
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Morning Session Chair: Jon Arons (UC Berkeley)
[Talks are 20 min + 10 min Discussion]
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9:00am |
Greg Madejski
(SLAC)
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Extragalactic Results from Fermi [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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9:30am |
Aneta Siemiginowska
(Harvard, CfA)
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Observational Studies of Large Scale X-ray Jets [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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10:00am |
Lukasz Stawarz
(SLAC)
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Particle Acceleration in Relativistic Jets [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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10:30am |
MORNING BREAK |
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Pulsars and their Winds
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11:00am |
Roger Romani
(Stanford)
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Fermi Results on Pulsars [Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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11:40am |
Kyle Watters
(Stanford)
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Magnetosphere Modeling and Pulsar Light Curves [Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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12:00pm |
Andrey Timokhin
(UC Berkeley)
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Pulsar Accelerators [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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12:30pm |
LUNCH BREAK |
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Afternoon Session Chair: John Kirk (MPI-K)
[Talks are 20 min + 10 min Discussion]
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2:00pm |
Patrick Slane
(Harvard, CfA)
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Observations of Pulsar Wind Nebulae [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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2:30pm |
Elena Amato
(Arcetri Obs.)
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Modeling of Pulsar Wind Nebulae [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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3:00pm |
Vladimir Zirakashvili
(IZMIRAN)
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Detailed Comparison of Hadronic and Electronic Models of Gamma-Ray
Origin in Supernova Remnant RX J1713.7-3946 [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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3:30pm |
AFTERNOON BREAK |
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Shock Physics and Instabilities I
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4:00pm |
Mikhail Medvedev
(Univ. Kansas)
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Physics and Observational Signatures of Sub-Larmor Scale Fields [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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4:30pm |
Guy Pelletier
(LAOG)
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Critical Transition to Fermi Acceleration in Relativistic Superluminal Shocks [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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5:00pm |
Antoine Bret
(UCLM)
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Plasma Instabilities in Relativistic Shocks [Slides][Podcast][Vid][Aud][Cam] |
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5:30pm |
RECEPTION |
POSTER VIEWING |
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6:00pm |
SPECIAL EVENTS DINNER |
KITP Courtyard |
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8:00pm |
SHUTTLE TO BWSCI |
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Friday, October 02, 2009
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Clusters of Galaxies
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Morning Session Chair: Tony Bell (Univ. of Oxford)
[Talks are 20 min + 10 min Discussion]
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9:00am |
Maxim Markevitch
(Harvard, CfA)
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Observations of Plasma Physics of Galaxy Clusters [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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9:30am |
Christoph Pfrommer
(CITA, Univ. Toronto)
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Particle Acceleration and Radiation from Galaxy Clusters [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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10:00am |
Henric Krawczynski
(WUSTL)
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TeV Observations of Extragalactic Sources [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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10:30am |
MORNING BREAK |
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Where Do Magnetic Fields Come From? Part II
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11:00am |
Ellen Zweibel
(Univ. Wisconsin)
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Amplication of Magnetic Fields by the Bell Instability in a Hot Plasma [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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11:30am |
Brian Reville
(MPIK)
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Magnetic Field Amplification and Particle Transport in Collisionless Shocks [Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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12:00pm |
Andrew MacFadyen
(NYU)
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Magnetic Field Amplification by Macroscopic Turbulence [Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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12:30pm |
LUNCH BREAK |
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Shock Physics and Instabilities II
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Afternoon Session Chair: Anatoly Spitkovsky (Princeton)
[Talks are 20 min + 10 min Discussion]
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2:00pm |
Tsunehiko Kato
(Osaka Univ.)
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Non-Relativistic Collisionless Shocks in Unmagnetized and Weakly
Magnetized Electron-Ion Plasma [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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2:30pm |
Åke Nordlund
(Niels Bohr Inst.)
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The Transition Structure of Relativistic Collisionless Electron-Ion Shocks [Slides][Podcast][Vid][Aud][Cam] |
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3:00pm |
Ken Nishikawa
(NASA, NSSTC)
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Simulation of Relativistic Shocks and Associated Radiation from
Turbulent Magnetic Fields [Slides][Podcast][Vid][Aud][Cam] |
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3:30pm |
Luke Drury
(DIAS)
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Where do we go from here? [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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3:45pm |
CONFERENCE END |
Shuttle Available to BWSCI. *Also available to SB Airport and SB Airbus (See Jocelyn to sign up.) |
ABSTRACTS/POSTER PRESENTATIONS
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Thomas Burkart
(Univ. Wuerzburg)
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The Influence of the Mass Ratio on the Filamentation Instability[Poster] |
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Gilles Ferrand
(CEA/Irfu/SAp)
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3D Simulations of Supernova Remnants Evolution with Particle Acceleration[Poster] |
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V.L. Galinsky and V.I. Shevchenko
(UCSD)
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Heavy Ion Acceleration at Quasi-Parallel Shocks [Poster] |
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Luis Gargaté
(Princeton)
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Hybrid Simulations of the Saturation Phase of the Non-Resonant Bell Instability[Poster] |
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Alex Ivascenko
(Univ. Wuerzburg)
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Semi-Analytical Model of Cosmic Ray Electron Transport[Poster] |
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Sanjay Kumar
(Indian Inst. of Tech.)
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Nonlinear Effects Associated with the Dispersive Alfvén Waves in Space Plasmas |
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Joana Martins
(IST)
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Radiation in Weibel/Current Filamentation Turbulence |
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Samuel Martins
(IST)
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Astrophysics with PIC Simulations: State-of-the-Art Tools and (some) Applications |
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Jaehong Park
(Univ. Rochester)
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Energy Transfer via Ion-Beam Driven Instabilities in Two-Temperature
Electron-Ion Plasmas |
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Anders Pinzke
(Stockholm Univ.)
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Gamma-Ray Emission from Clusters of Galaxies - Cosmic Rays versus Dark Matter |
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Ilan Roth
(UC Berkeley)
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Relativistic Solar Electrons -- Where and How Are They Formed?[Poster] |
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Klara Schure
(Utrecht Univ.)
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Particle Acceleration in Supernova Remnants |
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Felix Spanier
(Univ. Wuerzburg)
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Weak Turbulence Evolution in Jets |
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Thomas Stroman
(Iowa State Univ.)
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Kinetic Simulations of Turbulent Magnetic-Field Growth by Streaming Cosmic Rays[Poster] |
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Paul M. Sutter
(Univ. Illinois-Urbana)
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Galaxy Cluster Magnetic Fields from Active Galactic Nuclei[Poster] |
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Alexander Tchekhovskoy
(Harvard Univ.)
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Relativistic Magnetized Jets: Beyond the Progenitor Star[Poster] |
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Matthias Weidinger
(Univ. Wuerzburg)
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Particle Acceleration in a SSC Model[Poster] |
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