Monday, October 9, 2006 |
| 8:30 |
Session #1: Introduction -- Session Chair: Steve Holt |
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- Virginia Trimble (invited): The Background of the Backgrounds
- Len Cowie (invited): Intro to Current Issues
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| 10:00 |
Coffee |
| 10:30 |
Session #2: Background Radiation from Galaxies I -- Session Chair: Guenther Hasinger |
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- AndreaMerloni (invited): AGN SED
- Richard Mushotzky (invited): X-Ray Background
- Rodger Thompson: Constraints on the NIR Background Excess from the NICMOS Observations in the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field
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| 12:30 |
Lunch |
| 2:00 |
Session#3: Background Radiation from Galaxies II-- Session Chair: Richard Mushotzky |
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- Mark Fardal: Of Diet Salpeter, Skinny Contours and Paunchy IMFs
- Priya Natarajan (invited): Black Hole Evolution
- Guenther Hasinger (invited): Evolution Driven by Galaxy Mergers
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| 4:00 |
Tea |
| 4:30 |
Session #4: The Highest Energies -- Session Chair: Ed Fomalont |
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- Julie McEnery (invited): Gamma-Ray Background
- Paolo Coppi (invited): TeV Gamma Rays and NIR Connection
- Eli Dwek: Probing the Supernova Neutrino Background with the EBL
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| 6:30 |
Evening Poster Session with refreshments |
Tuesday, October 10, 2006 |
| 8:30 |
Session #5: Background from the Milky Way and Beyond -- Session Chair: Stuart Vogel |
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- Harvey Moseley (invited): Zodiacal Light to the Hot Phase of the ISM
- David Schiminovich (invited): UV Background
- George Becker: The Evolution of the UV Background at 2<z<6 Measured with the Ly-alpha Forest in High Resolution QSO Spectra
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| 10:00 |
Coffee |
| 10:30 |
Session #6: Pop III Stars -- Session Chair: Michael Hauser |
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- Tom Abel (invited): Pop III Evolution
- Sasha Kashlinsky (invited): CIB and Signature of Early Stars
- Massimo Riccotti: Early Ionization by X-Rays
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| 12:30 |
Lunch |
| 2:00 |
Session #7: Farther Away I -- Session Chair: John Mather |
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- Xiaohui Fan (invited): Gunn-Peterson Effect
- Jean-Loup Puget (invited): IR/Spitzer Results
- Paul Shapiro: Observable Signatures of Cosmic Reionization and the End of the Dark Ages
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| 4:00 |
Tea |
| 4:30 |
Session #8: Farther Away II -- Session Chair: Jean-Loup Puget |
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- Amy Barger (invited): Sub-mm Background
- Ed Fomalont (invited): Radio Background
- Jonathan Pritchard: Radiation Backgrounds from the First Sources and the Redshifted 21-cm Signal
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| 6:30 |
Banquet (provided at conference site and included in registration fee) |
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- Malcolm Longair: Banquet Speaker
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Wednesday, October 11, 2006 |
| 8:45 |
Session #9: Prospects for Future Studies I -- Session Chair: Nicholas White |
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- John Mather (invited): IR
- Jackie Hewitt (invited): The 21cm Background: a Probe of Reionization and the Dark Ages
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| 10:00 |
Coffee |
| 10:30 |
Session #10: Prospects for Future Studies II -- Session Chair: Lee Mundy |
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- Tad Takahashi (invited): Gamma-Rays
- Tuck Stebbins (invited): Gravitational Radiation
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| 12:00 |
Lunch |
