5th Annual October Astrophysics Conference in Maryland
Bulletin No. 2 August 10, 1994
5th Annual October Astrophysics Conference in Maryland
Dark Matter
October 10-12, 1994
College Park, Maryland
International
Advisory Committee:
M. Abramowicz (Goeteborg) Scientific
R. Blandford (Pasadena) Organizing Committee:
A. Dar (Haifa) C. Bennett (GSFC)
A. Dressler (Pasadena) L. Blitz (UMCP)
R. Giacconi (Muenchen) K. Gorski (USRA/GSFC)
G. Hasinger (Berlin) S. Holt (GSFC)
S. Holt (Greenbelt) D. Kazanas (GSFC)
F. Kerr (College Park) J. Mather (GSFC)
J. Peebles (Princeton) R. Mushotzky (GSFC)
R. McCray (Boulder) A. Szalay (JHU)
M. Rees (Cambridge, UK) V. Trimble (UMCP/UCI)
V. Rubin (Washington)
J. Silk (Berkeley)
R. Sunyaev (Moscow)
A. Szalay (Budapest)
Y. Tanaka (Tokyo)
S. Tremaine (Toronto)
I. Place and Date
The Conference will be held at the University Conference Center
(formerly the Center of Adult Education) at the University of
Maryland, College Park, MD. It will run for three days, Monday
through Wednesday, October 10-12, 1994.
II. Purpose of the Conference
This will be the fifth in a series of topical conferences that are
arranged each autumn by scientists at the Goddard Space Flight
Center and the University of Maryland. Each of the conferences is
devoted to a single topic in astrophysics research, and is
organized to elicit the free discussion of ideas. We anticipate
that this year's conference, entitled Dark Matter, will be as
successful as were the four previous conferences: After the First
Three Minutes, Testing the AGN Paradigm, Back to the Galaxy, and
The Evolution of X-Ray Binaries.
III. Scientific Organization
The conference will be devoted to the discussion of new data and
ideas associated with astrophysical evidence for Dark Matter on
all scales. It will be organized into sessions that are 2 to
2-1/2 hours in duration. A typical session will include two or
three formal invited talks (each about 30-minutes) and might also
include a few 5 to 10-minute oral contributions selected by the
session chair from the submitted poster abstracts. The chair will
encourage free discussion of the session topic (if the privilege
is not abused, any attendee might have one minute to present one
viewgraph as part of the discussions).
Short oral contributions are selected from abstracts that were
received prior to the August 1 deadline indicated in Bulletin #1.
Authors of papers selected for short presentations (AND ONLY THOSE
AUTHORS) will be informed before October 1 -- if you are not
contacted please do NOT call the conference organizers or the
session chairs.
Programme
Monday 10 October 1994
0800 Registration
0845 1. Introductory Overviews to Dark Matter S. Holt, chair
M. Rees The Dark Matter Problem
B. Paczynski Current Views
1030 Coffee
1100 2. Dark Matter and Fundamental Physics M. Turner, chair
F. Wilczek Dark Matter and Particle Physics
D. Kazanas Dark Matter or a New Theory of Gravity?
Short Contributions and discussion
1230 Lunch
1400 3. Dark Matter in the Milky Way J. Mather, chair
C. Alcock Gravitational Lensing and MACHOS
J. Liebert Brown Dwarfs as Dark Matter:
What the IMF Tells Us
L. Blitz Dark Matter in the Disk and Halo
Short Contributions and discussion
1600 Tea
1630 4. Dark Matter in External Galaxies M. Abramowicz, chair
C. Canizares Constraints on Dark Matter in Clusters
and Galaxies from the Comparison of
X-ray and Optical Isophotes
J. van Gorkom H I Observations
K. Makishima X-Ray (ASCA) Measurements of Elliptical
Galaxies
Short Contributions and discussion
1830 Wine and cheese and poster perusal (to 2200)
Tuesday 11 October 1994
0830 5. Dark Matter in Rich Clusters N. Bahcall, chair
T. Broadhurst Optical Evidence for Dark Matter in Rich
Clusters
R. Mushotzky ASCA Measurements of X-Rays from Rich
Clusters
Short Contributions and discussion
1000 Coffee
1030 6. Dark Matter in Groups of Galaxies R. Giacconi, chair
J. Huchra New Optical Data on Poor Clusters
J. Mulchaey X-ray Measurements of Groups of Galaxies
T. Ohashi ASCA Measurements of X-Rays from Poor
Clusters
Short Contributions and discussion
1230 Lunch
1400 7. Gravitational Lensing By Cluster-Scale Dark Matter
L. Krauss, chair
A. Tyson Dark Matter Mapping by Gravitational
Lens Tomography
C. Kochanek Gravitational Lensing Results
R. Narayan Interpretation of Gravitational Lens
Results
Short Contributions and discussion
1600 Tea
1630 8. Dark Matter on Large Scales A. Szalay, chair
M. Davis Dark Matter Inferred from Large Scale
Flows
M. Postman Cluster Streaming
K. Gorski The CMB/Dark Matter Connection
Short Contributions and discussion
1830 CONFERENCE BANQUET Featuring shadowy remarks from M. Turner
Wednesday 12 October 1994
0830 9. The Nature of Dark Matter E. Wright, chair
T. Bowles Neutrinos as Dark Matter
S. White Discriminators for the Nature of Dark
Matter
Short Contributions and discussion
1000 Coffee
1030 10. Dark Matter and the Universe V. Rubin, chair
W. Zurek Second Coming of Cold Dark Matter?
D. Spergel Heresies: Omega<1, Lambda>0, and
Topological Defects
V. Trimble Looking Backward, Darkly
Short Contributions and discussion
1230 Lunch
1330 11. Conference Summary S. Holt, chair
J. Silk Rapporteur
IV. Posters
Registrants are encouraged to utilize posters to communicate their
results. There will be ample room for poster display in the
informal area where coffee and tea are served each day, and light
refreshments will be provided on Monday evening for poster perusal
until 10 PM.
POSTER SPACE CANNOT BE GUARANTEED UNLESS THE ABSTRACT
IS RECEIVED WITH A COMPLETED REGISTRATION FORM (INCLUDING
REGISTRATION FEE) BEFORE SEPTEMBER 15, 1994.
V. Proceedings
As with the first four October conferences, the Proceedings from
this one will also be published by the American Institute of
Physics. Once again, the Proceedings will include all invited
talks, poster papers (not just abstracts), and other discussion
contributions that are submitted to the editors in either camera-
ready or electronically-transmitted formats.
DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS ARE INCLUED WITH THIS MAILING.
THEY MAY ALSO BE REQUESTED VIA E-MAIL FROM october@astro.umd.edu
OR VIA ANONYMOUS FTP IN THE FILE pub/october/style. ALL
MANUSCRIPTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE RECEIVED BY THE EDITORS BEFORE
DECEMBER 1, 1994.
STYLE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROCEEDINGS
GENERAL GUIDELINES
Each author is responsible for preparing a camera-ready copy of his or
her manuscript for direct offset reproduction. We strongly encourage all
authors to use, as a template, the TEX macro we have prepared for the
proceedings. It is available via anonymous FTP at:
ftp.astro.umd.edu
in the file:
pub/october/texmacro
All text and figures should fit within a rectangle 5.75 inches wide by
8.75 high (146 x 222 mm). Please keep in mind that the final hardback
book printed by the American Institute of Physics will be 6.75 x 9.5
inches in size. This means that the pages will be reduced by 15 per cent
in the printing process. The manuscript should be on good quality white
bond paper, using one side only.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
If you use our TEX macro, then all you have to do is simply overwrite
the template with your own text.
If you do not use our TEX macro, then please conform to the following
instructions:
Text should be typed single-spaced, at six lines per inch. For clarity,
an extra half-space should be allowed above and below lines containing
subscripts or superscripts. Due to the planned size of the final pages,
a desirable font is 12-point Roman. Each paragraph should start with a
5-space indentation and no blank lines should be left between
paragraphs.
The title of the paper should be placed within the tex margin of 5.75 x
8.75 inches, leaving the equivalent of one blank line above the title.
It should be capitalized, centered and emboldened, and may occupy one or
more single-spaced lines of text. Skipping one line, the authors' names
should be centered, with given names or initials preceding the last
name, but should not be capitalized nor emboldened. Authors with the
same addresses should be grouped together. The full postal address is
given on the line immediately following the authors' names. If
applicable, please skip another line before starting another set of
authors' names.
Section headings should be capitalized, centered but not emboldened,
with one blank line above and below. This includes the abstract which we
prefer to be about 200 hundred words or less. Subsequent section
headings should be numbered.
Equations that are compact may be fitted within the text, allowing the
half-line above and below as for superscripts and subscripts. Equations
appearing on a separate line should be centered and numbered, with one
line above and below.
References should be in the post-1990 ApJ style. Special type faces
(script, italic) are to be avoided expect for special emphasis.
Figures can be pasted into the text or placed at the end. In general,
paste jobs which are undetectable in a good photocopy will be
satisfactory. Figures may also be submitted as postscript files (see
below).
Page numbers should not be typed on the manuscript, but written at the
top center of each page in a light blue pencil (which will not be
reproduced by photocopying).
ALLOWED MANUSCRIPT LENGTH
Invited papers 10 pages
Poster papers (including oral contributions) 4 pages
Contributions to discussion periods 1 page
DEADLINE AND SUBMISSION
The author must send the finished manuscript in camera-ready form, with
figures incorporated, as soon as possible after the meeting, but no
later than 1 December 1994. Late submissions will not be accepted.
Please indicate the title and number of the session in which the
contribution appeared. This is particularly important for contributions
to discussion periods. Two methods of submitting manuscripts are
possible:
Electronically: If you use the TEX macro, and have figures in
postscript, simply email your contribution to:
bennett@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov or STARS::BENNETT
Please identify the title and number of the session in the title field
of the email.
By post: Please send the original manuscript, with three copies, to:
Susan Lehr
Astronomy Program
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-2421
U.S.A.
VI. Accommodations
College Park is close to the city of Washington, DC, but the
Baltimore-Washington International Airport is closer than National
Airport or Dulles Airport (although transportation can be arranged
>from any of the three). Transportation instructions are provided
with this mailing.
TRANSPORTION
>FROM BWI AIRPORT
If you would like to make use of the shuttle service, you should
go to "Ground Transportation" on the lower level of the airport
and notify them that you would like shuttle service to the
University Conference Center (UCC), the Holiday Inn or Quality Inn
in College Park, Maryland. They will issue you a ticket to that
destination (see schedule below for boarding times). NOTE: The
shuttle leaving the airport will only take you to the Greenbelt,
Maryland BWI Airport Connection where you will then board a second
shuttle directly to the UCC, the Holiday Inn or Quality Inn.
Shuttle service to or from BWI is $16.00 per person, one way. It
operates 7 days per week, with the schedule slightly different on
Saturday. Service begins at 7:10 AM (7:00 AM Saturday) ands runs
every 60 minutes (90 minutes on Saturday) until 11:10 PM (8:30 PM
on Saturday). If shuttle service is needed for your return to BWI
you must give the BWI Airport Connection 24 hours notice. For
more information, please contact them directly at (301) 441-2345.
>FROM DULLES AIRPORT
Shuttle service is no longer offered to points in Maryland. A
taxi from Dulles Airport to College Park will probably run upwards
of $70.00. A less expensive (but more complicated) alternative is
to take a Washington Flyer shuttle to the West Falls Church
Metrorail station (shuttles run every 30 minutes). Get on the
orange line; transfer to the red line at the "Metro Center" stop;
transfer to the green line at the "Fort Totten" stop, and exit at
the College Park station. It is a short taxi ride from there to
your hotel destination.
>FROM WASHINGTON NATIONAL
A taxi from the airport to College Park will run upwards of
$40.00. There is a Metrorail station at the airport. Get on the
blue line and transfer to the yellow line at the "Pentagon" stop.
Transfer from the yellow to the red line at the stop named
"Gallery Place/Chinatown" and follow directions above from the red
line to your hotel destination.
BY AUTOMOBILE
>From 495: Follow signs to College Park/U.S. 1 (exit 25A).
Proceed approximately 1 mile and exit right onto Rt. 193 (west).
Make a left onto Adelphi Road (3rd light) and an immediate left
(at light) onto Campus Drive. The entrance to the University
Conference Center is your very next left.
>From 295: follow signs to the Greenbelt Road/Rt. 193 exit. Take
193 (west) and follow directions above to the UCC (University
Conference Center).
PARKING
Parking will be available at the UCC Garage. Parking is free if
you are staying at the Center. Other attendees of the meeting
should identify themselves to the parking attendants as being with
the "Dark Matter" meeting to receive a complimentary parking pass.
LOCAL SHUTTLE BUSES
Public transportation to the university is not convenient, so that
shuttle buses will be operated between the College Park Holiday
Inn and Quality Inn and the site of the conference, the University
Conference Center on the campus of the University of Maryland.
Shuttle schedules will be available at all three locations; the
first shuttle bus will depart from the Holiday Inn at 7:30 AM on
Monday. Lunches will be provided at the conference, so that
private cars will not be necessary for full-time conference
participants. Parking will be available for those who prefer to
use private cars.
The local organizing committee has arranged for blocks of rooms to
be available for conference participants at the University
Conference Center (a full-service hotel), the Holiday Inn and the
Quality Inn. Following are phone numbers and daily rates (which
we believe, but cannot guarantee, to be current) for singles and
doubles at these hotels. Please contact the hotels directly for
reservations, and indicate that you are an attendee of the Dark
Matter astrophysics conference at the University Conference
Center.
HOTEL PHONE NUMBER SINGLE DOUBLE
University Conference Center (301) 985-7000 $ 69 $ 84
Holiday Inn (800) 872-5564 or (301) 345-6700 $ 63 $ 63
Quality Inn (301) 864-5820 $ 44 $ 49
VII. Registration
The Registration Fee for pre-registered (prior to September
15, 1994) attendees will be $200. The fee for late registrants
will be $240. There are no reduced rates for students (or
others). The registration fee includes lunches and light
refreshments throughout the conference (including an informal
reception on the evening of Monday October 10), a banquet on
Tuesday evening October 11, one copy of the Proceedings, and
souvenir T-shirt and book bag.
The enclosed registration form will be used for planning
purposes. Please include an ABSTRACT for any formal (poster)
contribution that you would like to make to the conference. The
administrative office is not equipped to handle credit cards, so
please plan to mail in your registration form with a check to
cover the registration fee.
For additional information, including arranging accommodations for
individuals with disabilities or special requirements:
E-mail: october@astro.umd.edu
Telephone: 301-405-1507 or 1512
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DARK MATTER
DEADLINE for Pre-Registration: September 15, 1994
Name (as preferred on nametag) __________________________________
Organizational affiliation _______________________________________
Mailing Address___________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
E-mail address____________________________________________________
Are you planning to exhibit a poster? yes ___ no ___
In which subject area would you prefer it to be posted? __________
(please use the session NUMBER(S) in the Programme)
Your check for the $200 pre-registration fee should be made
payable to:
University of Maryland
If you plan to attend the Conference, please send this form to:
October Conference
Astronomy Department
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Last updated on 15-sep-94 by PJT.
teuben@astro.umd.edu