Monday, March 19, 2007
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Stellar Evolution and White Dwarfs
[Each Talk is 20 min + 10 min Discussion]
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Session 1: Isolated White Dwarfs
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Morning Session Chair: Sterl Phinney (Caltech)
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8:50am |
David Gross
(KITP Director)
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Welcome [Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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9:00am |
Kurtis Williams
(Univ. Texas)
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White Dwarf Initial-Final Mass Relation from Open Clusters [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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9:30am |
James Liebert
(Univ. of Arizona)
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New Results on White Dwarfs from Sloan [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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10:00am |
Authors
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Announcement of Posters[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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10:30am |
MORNING BREAK |
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Session 2: White Dwarfs in Binaries and Truncated Evolution
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11:00am |
Boris Gänsicke
(Univ. of Warwick)
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Populations of (Pre) Cataclysmic Variables [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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11:30am |
Tom Marsh
(Univ. of Warwick)
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Helium White Dwarfs in Binaries [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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12:00pm |
Ralf Napiwotzki
(Univ. Hertfordshire)
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The Known Double White Dwarfs and Merger Rates [Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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12:30pm |
LUNCH BREAK |
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Afternoon Session Chair: Rosanne Di Stefano (Harvard, CfA)
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Session 3: White Dwarf Binaries in Contact
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2:00pm |
Gijs Nelemans
(Radboud Univ.)
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Observational Implications for Common Envelope Evolution [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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2:30pm |
Sterl Phinney
(Caltech)
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Dynamical Stability at the onset of Mass Transfer [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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3:00pm |
Ron Webbink
(UIUC)
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Overview of Outcomes from White Dwarf Mergers [Slides][Podcast][Vid][Aud][Cam] |
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3:30pm |
AFTERNOON BREAK |
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Session 4: AM CVn Binaries: Helium Accretors
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4:00pm |
Christopher Deloye
(NWU)
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Overview on He Accreting WDs: AM CVn's [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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4:30pm |
Lars Bildsten
(KITP)
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Helium Shell Flashes and Faint Supernovae [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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5:00pm |
Bruno Leibundgut
(ESO)
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Are the Subluminous Ia's Sub Chandra? [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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6:00pm |
SPECIAL EVENTS DINNER |
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8:00pm |
SHUTTLE TO BWSCI |
*Time may vary depending on end of dinner. |
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Tuesday, March 20, 2007
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Accretion onto WDs, challenges..
[Each Talk is 20 min + 10 min Discussion]
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Session 1: Hydrogen Accretors: Unstable Burning
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Morning Session Chair: Joe Patterson (Columbia Univ.)
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9:00am |
Dean Townsley
(Univ. of Chicago)
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Broad Views of Hydrogen Ignitions in CVs [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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9:30am |
Paula Szkody
(Univ. Washington)
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Observed Properties of Accreting WDs in CVs [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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10:00am |
Sumner Starrfield
(Arizona State Univ.)
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Excavation or Accretion from Classical Novae [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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10:30am |
MORNING BREAK |
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Session 2: Population Numbers from Weak Explosions
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11:00am |
Allen Shafter
(San Diego)
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Accreting Populations Implied from Classical Novae in Nearby Galaxies [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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11:30am |
Marina Orio
(Univ. Wisconsin)
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A View of M31 in the X-rays [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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12:00pm |
Jennifer Sokoloski
(Columbia)
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Recurrent Novae, Symbiotics and RS Oph [Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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12:30pm |
LUNCH BREAK |
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Afternoon Session Chair: Jennifer Sokoloski (Columbia Univ.)
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Session 3: Reaching Core Ignitions
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1:30pm |
Falk Herwig
(Keele Univ.)
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Stellar Evolution Update for <8 Solar Mass Stars and Maximum Mass that makes a White Dwarf [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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2:00pm |
Edward van den Heuvel
(Univ. of Amsterdam)
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Binary Scenarios that may Achieve Core Ignitions [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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2:30pm |
Rosanne Di Stefano
(Harvard, CfA)
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Are there enough Supersoft Sources to make the Ia's? [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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3:00pm |
Izumi Hachisu
(Univ. Tokyo)
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Winds from Burning White Dwarfs [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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3:30pm |
AFTERNOON BREAK |
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Session 4: Ignition to Flames
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4:00pm |
Pierre Lesaffre
(ENS/LRA)
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From Ignitions to Early Convective Phases: Convective Urca [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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4:30pm |
Jonathan Dursi
(Univ. of Toronto)
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First Flames: Burning, Turbulence and Buoyancy [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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5:00pm |
Edward Brown
(Michigan State Univ.)
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22Ne and Metallicity Effects [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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5:45pm |
SHUTTLE TO BWSCI |
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Wednesday, March 21, 2007
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Day to Celebrate Ken Nomoto's 60th Birthday
[Each Talk is 30 min + 15 min Discussion]
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Morning Session Chair: Robert Kirshner (Harvard, CfA)
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9:00am |
Stan Woosley
(UC Santa Cruz)
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Global Overview of Core Collapse + GRB [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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9:45am |
Friedel Thielemann
(Univ. of Basel)
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From Accreting WDs to Explosion: The Story of W7 [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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10:30am |
MORNING BREAK |
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11:00am |
Wolfgang Hillebrandt
(MPA, Garching)
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Current Models for Ia's [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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11:45am |
Alex Filippenko
(UC Berkeley)
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Observational Confidence or Not ? [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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12:30pm |
LUNCH BREAK |
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Afternoon Session Chair: Craig Wheeler (Univ. Texas, Austin)
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2:00pm |
Jim Truran
(Univ. of Chicago)
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Nucleosynthesis from Ias, Metal Poor Stars .. [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
[Each Talk is 20 min + 10 min Discussion]
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2:45pm |
Paolo Mazzali
(Trieste Obs)
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Supernovae and GRBs [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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3:15pm |
AFTERNOON BREAK |
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3:45pm |
Philipp Podsiadlowski
(Univ. of Oxford)
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Electron-capture Supernovae and Accretion-induced Collapse
of ONeMg White Dwarfs [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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4:15pm |
Izumi Hachisu
(Univ. Tokyo)
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Ken Nomoto's Contributions to Japanese Science [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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4:30 |
Wolfgang Hillebrandt
(MPA, Garching)
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Introducing Ken Nomoto [Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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4:45 |
Ken'ichi Nomoto
(Univ. Tokyo)
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Short History of Supernova Research [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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5:25 |
Haruyo Nomoto
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The Tapestry of Science and the Life of Scientists[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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5:30 |
SPECIAL EVENTS DINNER |
Dinner Speaker: Bob Kirshner |
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8:30pm |
SHUTTLE TO BWSCI |
*Time may vary depending on end of dinner. |
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Thursday, March 22, 2007
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Core Ignitions in Near Chandra Mass WDs
[Each Talk is 20 min + 10 min Discussion]
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Morning Session Chair: Elaine Oran (Naval Research Lab)
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Session 1: Deflagrations to Detonations
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9:00am |
Fritz Röpke
(MPA, Garching)
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Simulating Type Ia Supernovae: The Deflagration Model and Beyond [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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9:30am |
Tomasz Plewa
(Univ. of Chicago)
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Thermonuclear Supernova: A Successful Failure [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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10:00am |
Vadim Gamezo
(Naval Research Lab)
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Mechanisms for Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition in Type Ia Supernovae and Terrestrial Systems. [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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10:30am |
MORNING BREAK |
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Session 2: Deflagrations to Detonations (continued)
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11:00am |
Don Lamb
(Univ. of Chicago)
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Gravitationally Confined Detonations [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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11:30am |
Daniel Kasen
(John Hopkins)
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Overview of Theoretical Understanding of Type Ia Light Curves [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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12:00pm |
Ken'ichi Nomoto
(Univ. Tokyo)
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Neutron-rich Nucleosynthesis in Type Ia's: Constraints from Near IR Nebular
Observations [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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12:30pm |
LUNCH BREAK |
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Afternoon Session Chair: Frank Timmes (LANL)
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Session 3: Spectral Insights
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2:00pm |
Paolo Mazzali
(Trieste Obs)
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Constraints on Ia SN from Spectral Modeling [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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2:30pm |
Craig Wheeler
(Univ. of Texas)
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Insights from Near IR Spectroscopy [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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3:00pm |
Carles Badenes
(Rutgers)
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What has been learned about Type Ia SN from their Remnants [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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3:30pm |
AFTERNOON BREAK |
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Session 4: Spectral Insights..
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4:00pm |
Andy Howell
(Univ. of Toronto)
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Is the Brightest Ia Sn really Super Chandra? [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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4:30pm |
David Branch
(Univ. of Oklahoma)
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Comparative Direct Analysis of Type Ia Supernova Spectra [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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5:00pm |
Tom Matheson
(NOAO/NGSC)
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Clues in Spectra for Luminosity Dependence [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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5:45pm |
WINE AND CHEESE RECEPTION |
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7:00pm |
SHUTTLE TO BWSCI |
*Time may vary depending on end of reception. |
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Friday, March 23, 2007
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The Diversity and Changes? with Age
[Each Talk is 20 min + 10 min Discussion]
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Session 1: New Insights
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Morning Session Chair: Dan Maoz (Tel Aviv Univ.)
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9:00am |
Doug Leonard
(San Diego)
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What Polarimetry has taught us. [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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9:30am |
Mark Phillips
(CTIO)
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The Peculiar SN 2005hk [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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10:00am |
Alicia Soderberg
(Caltech)
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Observations of Ia SN that provide Evidence for Circumstellar Interactions [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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10:30am |
Lars Bildsten
(KITP)
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Acknowledgements[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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10:30am |
MORNING BREAK |
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Session 2: Type Ia rates and Properties: Galaxy Dependences
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11:00am |
Weidong Li
(UC Berkeley)
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The Nearby SN Ia rate from the Lick Observatory Supernova Search [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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11:30am |
Saurabh Jha
(Stanford)
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The Low-redshift Supernova Ia Sample [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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12:00pm |
Chris Pritchet
(Univ. of Victoria)
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The Low Redshift Ia Rate as a Function of Galaxy Type [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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12:30pm |
LUNCH BREAK |
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Afternoon Session Chair: Avishay Gal-Yam (Caltech)
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Session 3: Cosmological Type Ia Results
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2:00pm |
Mark Sullivan
(Univ. of Toronto)
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SNLS Results on Cosmology [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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2:30pm |
Michael Wood-Vasey
(Harvard, CfA)
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ESSENCE Results: Similarity of SNeIa at Low and High Redshift [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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3:00pm |
Adam Riess
(STScI)
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Lessons Learned from SNe Ia at z>1 [Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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3:30pm |
AFTERNOON BREAK |
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Session 4: New Results
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4:00pm |
Peter Nugent
(LBNL)
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The Environments of High and Low Luminosity SNe Ia [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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4:30pm |
Rollin Thomas
(LBNL)
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New Results from the SNFactory [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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5:00pm |
Peter Garnavich
(Notre Dame)
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New Results from SDSS [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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5:45pm |
SHUTTLE TO BWSCI |
Shuttle also available to SB Airport and SB Airbus, Goleta location. |
ABSTRACTS/POSTER PRESENTATION
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Shimon Asida
(Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem)
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Verification of an Advection-Diffusion-Reaction Flame Model for Type Ia Supernova Simulations |
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Carles Badenes
(Rutgers)
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A Deep Chandra Observation of Kepler's Supernova Remnant: A Type Ia
Supernova with Circumstellar Interaction |
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Stéphane Blondin
(Harvard, CfA)
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Determining the Type, Redshift, and Phase of a Supernova Spectrum |
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Nancy Elias
(MPA, Garching)
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SN~2002cv: A Heavily Obscured Type Ia Event |
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Robert Fisher
(Univ. Chicago)
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Semi-Analytic Modelling of Nuclear Burning Bubbles and the
Implications for Physically Self-Consistent Initial Conditions
in Type Ia Supernova Simulations |
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Domingo García-Senz
(UPC, Barcelona)
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Multidimensional Modelling of Type Ia Supernovae Explosions |
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Nathan Hearn
(Univ. Chicago)
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Simulating White Dwarf Merger Scenarios for Type Ia Supernovae |
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Falk Herwig
(Keele Univ.)
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Multi-dimensional Simulations of Helium Shell Flash Convection |
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Yutaka Ihara
(Univ. Tokyo)
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Searching for a Companion Star of Tycho's Type Ia Supernova
with Optical Spectroscopic Observations |
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George Jordan
(Univ. Chicago)
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Three-Dimensional Simulations of the Deflagration Phase in the Gravitationally Confined Detonation Model of Type Ia Supernovae |
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Chiaki Kobayashi
(NAOJ)
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Type Ia Supernova Progenitors, Elemental Abundance Ratios, and Cosmic Supernova Rate History |
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Casey Meakin
(Univ. Chicago)
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Simulations of Detonations in the Context of the Gravitationally
Confined Detonation Model of Type Ia Supernovae |
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Tony Piro
(UC Berkeley)
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Type Ia Progenitor Rotation: Accretion and Simmering |
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Alexei Poludnenko
(Univ. Chicago)
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From Seconds to Days: Modeling of Post-Explosion Evolution of Type Ia Supernova Explosions |
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Steven Rodney
(Univ. Hawaii, IfA)
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Revisiting the SNIa Rate at z>1 |
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Ivo Seitenzahl
(Univ. Chicago)
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Detonation Criteria in the Gravitationally Confined Detonation Model of Type Ia Supernovae |
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Ken Shen
(UCSB)
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Thermally Stable Nuclear Burning on Accreting White Dwarfs |
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Stuart Sim
(MPA, Garching)
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Light curves for lop-sided SNe Ia |
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Vallery Stanishev
(Stockholm Univ.)
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ESC Observations of the Peculiar Type Ia Supernova 2005hk |
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Masaomi Tanaka
(Univ. Tokyo)
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One and Three-Dimensional Modeling of Pre-maximum Spectra of Type Ia SNe |
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Nozomu Tominaga
(Univ. Tokyo)
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Nucleosynthesis in Jet-induced Supernovae |
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Dean Townsley
(Univ. Chicago)
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Flame Evolution During the Deflagration Phase of Type Ia Supernovae |
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Ju Zhang
(Univ. Chicago)
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Low Mach Number Reactive Flow Solver For Modeling Core Convection in Type Ia Supernova Progenitors |
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Andrey Zhiglo
(Univ. Chicago)
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Numerical Flame Propagation |
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