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ITP Conference on
Black Holes: Theory Confronts Reality
February 2-5, 1999
Scientific Organizing Committee:
R. ANTONUCCI, N. GEHRELS, S. M, KAHN, R. NARAYAN,
E.S. PHINNEY, D.O. RICHSTONE, J.H. SWANK, A.S. WILSON,
Coordinators: O. BLAES, R. BLANDFORD, D.M. EARDLEY, J.-P. LASOTA (Chairman)
Schedule
All events will be held in the ITP Main Seminar Room, Kohn Hall, University of California, Santa Barbara, unless otherwise indicated.
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| Time: | Speaker: | Title: |
| 7:30 am | Registration | ITP Lobby |
| 8:15 | David Gross J.-P. Lasota |
Welcome to the ITP Welcome to the conference |
| 8:30 | Steve Giddings UCSB |
Introduction to strings, supersymmetric strings and M-theory[Audio] |
| 9:30 | Andrew Fabian Cambridge Univ. |
Introduction to black hole observations [Audio] |
| 10:30 | Refreshment Break | ITP Courtyard |
| 11:00 | Mitchell Begelman Univ. Colorado-JILA |
Classical black holes in theoretical astrophysics[Audio] |
| 12:00 N | Lunch Break | ITP Courtyard |
| 1:30 pm | Gary Horowitz, UCSB | Quantum aspects of black holes[Audio] |
| 2:30 | Doug Richstone Univ. Michigan |
Black holes in non-active galactic nuclei [Audio] |
| 3:30 | Refreshment Break | ITP Courtyard |
| 4:00 | Robert Antonucci UCSB |
Black holes in active galactic nuclei [Audio] |
| 5:00 | Luis Ho Carnegie Obs.-Pasadena |
Black holes in "weak" active galactic nuclei [Audio] |
| 6:00 | Reception | ITP Courtyard |
| 6:30 | Buffet Dinner | ITP Courtyard |
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| 8:30 am | Phil Charles Oxford Univ. |
Black holes in X-ray transient systems[Audio] |
| 9:30 | Jean Swank NASA-GSFC |
Black holes in X-ray binaries, QPOs, neutron stars vs black holes[Audio] |
| 10:30 | Refreshment Break | ITP Courtyard |
| 11:00 | Mark Reid CfA |
Jets and black holes - observation[Audio] |
| 12:00 N | Sterl Phinney Caltech |
Jets and black holes - theory[Audio] |
| 1:00 p | Lunch Break | ITP Courtyard |
| 2:30 | Primary working groups: | |
| 1) How do we Measure the Hole Mass and Spin Unambiguously?[Audio] Co-Chairs: J. Krolik* (Johns Hopkins) & R. Remillard (MIT) (*replacing C. Norman) |
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| 2) How does the Mass Inflow and
Outflow vary with the Mass Supply Rate?[Audio] Co-Chairs: R. Mushotzky (NASA-GSFC) & R. Taam (Evanston) |
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| N. Murray | Evidence for (non-Jet) Outflows | |
| 3) How do we Measure the Physical Properties of Outer Disks?[Audio] Co-Chairs: R. Narayan (Harvard) & J. van Paradijs (Amsterdam/ Huntsville) |
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| 4) Does Spin Energy Power Jets
and Nonthermal Emission and, if so, How?[Audio] Co-Chairs: M. van Putten (MIT) & A. Wilson (Maryland) |
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| 4:00 | Refreshment Break | ITP Courtyard |
| 6:30 | End Session | |
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| 9:00 am | Reports of primary working groups, general discussion - viewgraphs to the web | |
| 10:30 | Refreshment Break | ITP Courtyard |
| 12:00 N | Lunch Break | ITP Courtyard |
| 1:30 pm | Secondary Working Groups: | |
| 1a) Is General Relativity Valid in
Strong Gravitational Fields?[Audio] Co-Chairs: C. Gwinn (UCSB) & B. Wagoner (Stanford) |
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| 2a) What are the Future Observations that
would Allow us to Observe Directly Relativistic Flows Around Black Holes?[Audio] Co-Chairs: S. Kahn (Columbia) & A. King (Leicester) |
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| 3a) What Hydro and
Magnetohydrodynamic Processes Drive Accretion onto Black Holes?[Audio] Co-Chairs: J. Frank (LSU-Baton Rouge) & C. Gammie (Urbana-Ch.) |
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| S. Colgate | Don't Be Afraid of Magnetic Fields | |
| 4a) Genesis and Evolution of Black-Hole Systems.[Audio] Co-Chairs: A. Loeb* (Harvard) & D. Merritt (Rutgers) (*replacing P. Madau) |
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| D. Merritt | Stellar Dynamical Mechanisms for the Genesis and Evolution of Black Hole Systems | |
| A. Loeb | Black Holes in Hierarchical Models of Galaxy Formation | |
| P. Bender | What Information May Gravitational Waves Carry About Early Galaxies? | |
| 4:30 | Refreshment Break | ITP Courtyard |
| 6:30 | Reception | ITP Courtyard |
| 7:00 | Barbeque Dinner | ITP Courtyard |
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| Time: | Speaker: | Title: |
| 9:00 am | Reports of secondary working groups, general discussion | |
| 10:30 | Refreshment Break | ITP Courtyard |
| 11:00 am | All Chairs | General Discussion[Audio] |
| 12:00 N | Lunch Break | ITP Courtyard |
| 1:30 pm | Revision of viewgraphs, informal dicussions | |
| 3:30 | Refreshment Break | ITP Courtyard |
| 5:00 | End Conference |