Conference Poster
17th Annual October Astrophysics Conference in Maryland
Radiation Backgrounds from the First Stars,
Galaxies and Black Holes

October 9-11, 2006
College Park, Maryland
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday


Monday, October 9, 2006

     8:30 Session #1:  Introduction  -- Session Chair:  Steve Holt

  • Virginia Trimble (invited):  The Background of the Backgrounds
  • Len Cowie (invited):  Intro to Current Issues
   10:00
 Coffee
   10:30
 Session #2:  Background Radiation from Galaxies I -- Session Chair:  Guenther Hasinger

  • Andrea Merloni (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
   12:30
Lunch
     2:00
 Session #3:  Background Radiation from Galaxies II -- Session Chair:  Richard Mushotzky

  • Mark Fardal:  Of Diet Salpeter, Skinny Contours and Paunchy IMFs
  • Priya Natarajan (invited):  Black Hole Evolution
  • Guenther Hasinger (invited):  Evolution Driven by Galaxy Mergers
     4:00 Tea
     4:30
 Session #4:  The Highest Energies -- Session Chair:  Ed Fomalont

  • 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
     6:30        
Evening Poster Session  with refreshments
 
Tuesday
Wednesday

Tuesday, October 10, 2006
     8:30
 Session #5:  Background from the Milky Way and Beyond --  Session Chair:  Stuart Vogel

  • 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
    10:00
 Coffee
    10:30
 Session #6:  Pop III Stars -- Session Chair:  Michael Hauser

  • Tom Abel (invited):  Pop III Evolution
  • Sasha Kashlinsky (invited):  CIB and Signature of Early Stars
  • Massimo Riccotti:  Early Ionization by X-Rays
    12:30
 Lunch
      2:00
 Session #7:  Farther Away I -- Session Chair:  John Mather

  • 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
     4:00
 Tea
      4:30
 Session #8:  Farther Away II -- Session Chair:  Jean-Loup Puget

  • 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
      6:30 
Banquet (provided at conference site and included in registration fee)

  • Malcolm Longair:  Banquet Speaker
    
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

      8:45
 Session #9:  Prospects for Future Studies I -- Session Chair:  Nicholas White

  • John Mather (invited):  IR
  • Jackie Hewitt (invited):  The 21cm Background: a Probe of Reionization and the Dark Ages
    10:00
 Coffee
    10:30
 Session #10:  Prospects for Future Studies II -- Session Chair:  Lee Mundy

  • Tad Takahashi (invited):  Gamma-Rays
  • Tuck Stebbins (invited):  Gravitational Radiation
     12:00
 Lunch
 

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday


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