Accretion Processes in X-Rays: From White Dwarfs to Quasars
July 13-15, 2010
Program
| 9:05-9:40 | John Hawley |
| Simulations of Accretion Flows | |
| 9:40-10:15 | Monika Moscibrodzka |
| Simulations of Low Luminosity Accretion Flows | |
| 10:15-10:35 | Monica Young |
| Quasar Accretion Processes via Optical and X-Ray Correlations |
10:35-11:00 - Coffee Break
| 11:00-11:35 | Laura Brenneman |
| X-Ray Spectral Signature of Accretion onto a Supermassive Black Hole | |
| 11:35-11:55 | Thomas Boller |
| The Relativistic Reflection Model Interpretation for NLS1 Soft X-Ray Lines (PPT) | |
| 11:55-12:15 | Kendrah Murphy |
| Modeling Compton Thick Obscuration in Accreting Supermassive Black Hole Systems |
12:15-2:15 - Lunch
| 2:15-2:50 | Daniel Proga |
| Simulations of Outflows | |
| 2:50-3:10 | Alexander Tchekhovskoy |
| Acceleration and Collimation of Relativistic Magnetized Jets | |
| 3:10-3:30 | Posters |
| Short Presentations |
3:30-4:00 Break/Posters
| 4:00-4:35 | George Chartas |
| X-Ray Signatures of Outflows in Quasars | |
| 4:35-4:55 | Stuart Sim |
| The Signatures of AGN Accretion Disk Winds in X-Ray Spectra | |
| 4:55-5:15 | Ryuichi Kurosawa |
| Large-Scale Radiation-Driven Outflows in Active Galactic Nuclei (Movie) | |
| 5:15-5:35 | Junfeng Wang |
| New Results from Chandra Imaging of Outflows in Seyfert Galaxies (PPT) | |
| 5:35-5:55 | Guido Risaliti |
| X-Ray Eclipses as Probes of the Inner Structure of AGNs |
| 9:00-9:35 | Barbara Ercolano |
| X-Ray Irradiated Protoplanetary Disks (Movie) | |
| 9:35-9:55 | Nancy Brickhouse |
| A New View of Accretion Shock Structure | |
| 9:55-10:15 | Joel Kastner |
| Double (X-Ray) Vision: the Close Binary, Accreting T Tauri System V4046 Sgr | |
| 10:15-10:35 | Steven Cranmer |
| Testing Models of Coronal Heating, X-Ray Emission, and Winds from T Tauri Stars |
10:15-11:00 - Break/Posters
| 11:00-11:35 | Chris Mauche |
| Accretion Processes in Magnetic CVs | |
| 11:35-12:10 | Peter Wheatley |
| Accretion Processes in Non-Magnetic CVs (PPT) | |
| 12:10-12:30 | Koji Mukai |
| Neither Thick Nor Thin?: The Role of τ in Accreting White Dwarf Binaries | |
| 12:30-12:50 | Manami Sasaki |
| Beam Patterns and Geometries of X-Ray Pulsars Obtained from their Pulse Profiles |
12:50-2:15 - Lunch
| 2:15-2:50 | Marina Romanova |
| Accretion onto Magnetized
Stars (Movie 1) (Movie 2) (Movie 3) (Movie 4)
(Movie 5) |
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| 2:50-3:10 | Akshay Kulkarni |
| Accretion through Instabilities and QPOs | |
| 3:10-3:30 | Gerardo Juan Manuel Luna |
| Hard X-Ray Emission from the Accretion Disk Boundary Layer in Symbiotic Binaries |
3:30-4:00 - Break/Posters
| 4:00-4:20 | Slavko Bogdanov |
| The Radio Millisecond Pulsar PSR J1023+0038: A Link to Low-Mass X-Ray Binaries | |
| 4:20-4:40 | Monika Balucinska-Church |
| The Physics of the Brightest Low Mass X-Ray Binaries and Jet Formation | |
| 4:40-5:00 | Norbert Schulz |
| Accretion Phenomena in Accreting Neutron Stars - From Atoll to Z-Sources | |
| 5:00-5:20 | Andreas Eckart |
| Signatures of Strong Gravity in the Polarized Infrared Emission of Sagittarius A |
5:30-7:30 - Reception on the Roof, Featuring Music by Kastner and Green
| 9:00-9:35 | Phil Uttley |
| Variability and the Implications for Accretion | |
| 9:35-9:55 | Jennifer Sokoloski |
| The Time Scales of Accretion-Disk Flickering | |
| 9:55-10:15 | Malgorzata Sobolewska |
| Spectral States of AGN. Clues from Galactic X-Ray Black Hole Binaries |
10:15-10:45 - Coffee
| 10:45-11:20 | Randall Smith |
| The Potential of Future X-Ray Missions (Movie) | |
| 11:20-11:40 | Gregory Sivakoff |
| A Treasure Trove of Transient X-Ray Binaries in Centaurus A (Movie 1) (Movie 2) (Movie 3) |
11:40-1:30 - Lunch
| 1:30-2:05 | Jeroen Homan |
| Observational Overview of States Transitions in X-Ray Binaries (Movie) | |
| 2:05-2:25 | Julien Malzac |
| The X-Ray Corona and Jet of Cygnus X-1 | |
| 2:25-2:45 | Michael Nowak |
| Cygnus X-1 as Simultaneously Observed by Every Flying X-Ray Satellite | |
| 2:45-3:05 | Anca Constantin |
| Empirical Links between XRB and AGN Accretion Processes |
3:05-3:30 - Coffee
| 3:30-4:00 | Omer Blaes |
| Summary | |
| 4:00-4:30 | John Raymond and Aneta Siemiginowska |
| General Discussion |
