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Plenary Talks
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Plenary Talks

 

1. 

Gary Bernstein (University of Pennsylvania)
December 10, 2005
Weak Gravitational Lensing [PDF format], [Abstract]

2. 

Roger Blandford (KIPAC, Stanford)
December 9, 2005
Particle Astrophysics - Progress and Prospects [PDF format], [Abstract]

3. 

Sean Carroll (University of Chicago)
December 11, 2005
Dark Energy, or Worse? [PDF format], [Abstract]

4. 

Sarah Church (Stanford University)
December 12, 2005
Future Prospect for CMB Measurements [PDF format], [Abstract]

5. 

Juan I. Collar (University of Chicago)
December 13, 2005
Dark Matter Detection [PDF format]

6. 

Janet Conrad (Columbia University)
December 11, 2005
Neutrino Experiments [PDF format]

7. 

Ed Copeland (University of Nottingham)
December 10, 2005
Cosmic superstrings [PDF format], [Abstract]

8. 

Julianne J. Dalcanton (University of Washington)
December 12, 2005
Galaxy Formation: The Big Picture [PDF format], [Abstract]

9. 

Xiaohui Fan (University of Arizona)
December 12, 2005
Reionization/ Dark Ages [PDF format]

10. 

Wendy L. Freedman (Carnegie Observatories)
December 9, 2005
Future of HO [PDF format]

11. 

Katherine Freese (University of Michigan)
December 9, 2005
A Dynamical Solution to the Cosmological Constant Problem [PDF format], [Abstract]

12. 

Josh Frieman (University of Chicago and Fermilab)
December 11, 2005
Shedding Light on Dark Energy [PDF format]

13. 

Michael D. Gladders (Carnegie Observatories)
December 12, 2005
Galaxy Clusters and Cosmology [PDF format]

14. 

Jacqueline N. Hewitt (MIT Kavli Institute)
December 13, 2005
21cm Observations of the Epoch of Reionization [PDF format], [Abstract]

15. 

Joerg R. Hoerandel (University of Karlsruhe)
December 11, 2005
From the Knee to the toes: the Challenge of Cosmic Ray Composition [PDF format], [Abstract]

16. 

Isobel Hook (University of Oxford)
December 11, 2005
Dark Energy from Supernova Surveys [PDF format], [Abstract]

17. 

Rocky Kolb (Chicago/Fermilab)
December 13, 2005
Summary of Symposium [PDF format]

18. 

Lawrence M. Krauss (Case Western Reserve University)
December 9, 2005
David Schramm's life and legacy [PDF format]

19. 

Don Q. Lamb (University of Chicago)
December 9, 2005
Solution to the Greatest Remaining Mystery About GRBs: The Nature of Short GRBs [PDF format]

20. 

Georg G. Raffelt (Max Planck Institute for Physics, Munich)
December 9, 2005
Neutrinos in Astrophysics and Cosmology [PDF format], [Abstract]

21. 

Lisa Randall (Harvard University)
December 10, 2005
Relaxing to Three Dimensions [PDF format], [Abstract]

22. 

Deirdre Shoemaker (Penn State)
December 10, 2005
Gravitational Waves [PDF format], [Abstract]

23. 

Gary Steigman (Ohio State University)
December 9, 2005
BBN: Successes and Challenges [PDF format], [Abstract]

24. 

David Wands (University of Portsmouth)
December 10, 2005
Inflation and the origin of structure [PDF format], [Abstract]

25. 

Alan Watson (University of Leeds)
December 9, 2005
Recent Studies of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays [PDF format], [Abstract]

26. 

Trevor C. Weekes (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA)
December 13, 2005
The TeV Gamma-ray Universe [PDF format], [Abstract]

27. 

David H. Weinberg (Ohio State University)
December 12, 2005
Interpreting Large Scale Structure [PDF format]

 
 

Parallel Talks

 

1. 

Kevork Abazajian (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
December 11, 2005: DM Theory/Experiment
Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter [PDF format], [Abstract]

2. 

Eun-Joo Ahn (University of Chicago)
December 12, 2005: Early Universe
Nonthermal instant leptogenesis [PDF format], [Abstract]

3. 

Denis Allard (University of Chicago)
December 10, 2005: High Energy Particles
UHE nuclei propagation and the interpretation of ankle [PDF format], [Abstract]

4. 

Edward A. Baltz (KIPAC)
December 11, 2005: DM Theory/Experiment
Measuring Dark Matter Properties at High-Energy Colliders [PDF format], [Abstract]

5. 

John Beacom (Ohio State University)
December 10, 2005: High Energy Particles
Revealing the supernova--gamma-ray burst connection with TeV neutrinos [PDF format], [Abstract]

6. 

Krzysztof Belczynski (New Mexico State University)
December 11, 2005: Gamma Ray Bursts
NS-NS versus BH-NS binaries as short GRB progenitors [PDF format], [Abstract]

7. 

David J. Boersma (UW Madison)
December 10, 2005: High Energy Particles
High Energy Neutrino Observatories at the South Pole [PDF format], [Abstract]

8. 

Greg Bryan (Columbia University)
December 12, 2005: Clusters and Galaxy Formation
The Formation of the First Stars [PDF format], [Abstract]

9. 

Daniel J. H. Chung (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
December 12, 2005: Early Universe
Towards a Unique Inflaton Candidate in MSSM [PDF format], [Abstract]

10. 

Hael Collins (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
December 12, 2005: Gravity/Branes/Strings
An effective theory of initial conditions in inflation [PDF format], [Abstract]

11. 

Daniel De Marco (Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware)
December 10, 2005: High Energy Particles
Combined analysis of the spectrum and anisotropies of UHECRs [PDF format], [Abstract]

12. 

Tiziana Di Matteo (Carnegie Mellon University)
December 12, 2005: Clusters and Galaxy Formation
The Role of Black Holes in Galaxy Evolution [PDF format]

13. 

Jason Dick (University of California Davis)
December 10, 2005: Dark Energy Experiment/Theory
Searching in the Light for Dark Energy Density Time-variation [PDF format], [Abstract]

14. 

Long H. Duong (University of Minnesota)
December 11, 2005: DM Theory/Experiment
Event Discrimination Using ZIP Detectors [PDF format], [Abstract]

15. 

Abe D. Falcone (Pennsylvania State University)
December 11, 2005: Gamma Ray Bursts
Recent Results from the Swift X-ray Telescope: Observations of Early Gamma Ray Burst Afterglows [PDF format], [Abstract]

16. 

Joseph W. Fowler (Princeton University)
December 11, 2005: CMB Theory/Experiment
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope Project [PDF format]

17. 

Derek B. Fox (Penn State University)
December 11, 2005: Gamma Ray Bursts
New Views of Compact Object Mergers via Short Gamma-Ray Bursts [PDF format], [Abstract]

18. 

Ghazal Geshnizjani (UW-Madison)
December 12, 2005: Gravity/Branes/Strings
Perturbations in a Regular Bouncing Universe [PDF format], [Abstract]

19. 

Nick Gnedin (Fermilab)
December 12, 2005: Clusters and Galaxy Formation
Modeling Cosmic Reionization [PDF format], [Abstract]

20. 

Christopher Gordon (University of Chicago)
December 10, 2005: Dark Energy Experiment/Theory
A Low Quadrupole from Inhomogenous Dark Energy [PDF format], [Abstract]

21. 

Anne M. Green (University of Nottingham)
December 11, 2005: DM Theory/Experiment
The first WIMPy halos [PDF format], [Abstract]

22. 

David W. Hogg (NYU)
December 12, 2005: Clusters and Galaxy Formation
Galaxy clusters and environments at redshift one-tenth [PDF format], [Abstract]

23. 

Dragan Huterer (KICP, University of Chicago)
December 11, 2005: CMB Theory/Experiment
Mysteries of the large-angle microwave sky [PDF format], [Abstract]

24. 

Peter O. Hyland (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
December 11, 2005: CMB Theory/Experiment
The Millimeter-wave Bolometric Interferometer [PDF format], [Abstract]

25. 

Karsten Jedamzik (LPTA-CNRS, University of Montpellier)
December 11, 2005: DM Theory/Experiment
Supersymmetric Dark Matter and the Cosmic Lithium Problems [PDF format], [Abstract]

26. 

Tina Kahniashvili (Kansas State University)
December 12, 2005: Early Universe
Effects of primordial helicity and detection possibilities [PDF format], [Abstract]

27. 

Manoj Kaplinghat (University of California, Irvine)
December 11, 2005: CMB Theory/Experiment
Early Reionization and Dark Matter Physics [PDF format], [Abstract]

28. 

Jason E. Koglin (Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory)
December 11, 2005: DM Theory/Experiment
Indirect Dark Matter Search with Antideuterons: Progress and Future Prospects of GAPS [PDF format], [Abstract]

29. 

Arthur Kosowsky (University of Pittsburgh)
December 11, 2005: CMB Theory/Experiment
Gravitational Waves and the Microwave Background [PDF format], [Abstract]

30. 

Marek P. Kowalski (LBNL)
December 10, 2005: Dark Energy Experiment/Theory
Decelerating and Dustfree: Targeting SNe in Very High Redshift Galaxy Clusters [PDF format], [Abstract]

31. 

Davide Lazzati (JILA - University of Colorado)
December 11, 2005: Gamma Ray Bursts
Gamma-Ray Bursts as standard candles [PDF format], [Abstract]

32. 

Eugene A. Lim (Yale University)
December 12, 2005: Early Universe
Gravity Waves from Preheating [PDF format], [Abstract]

33. 

Arthur Lue (University of Texas at San Antonio)
December 10, 2005: Dark Energy Experiment/Theory
Differentiating Dark Energy from Modified Gravity [PDF format], [Abstract]

34. 

Crystal Martin (UC Santa Barbara)
December 12, 2005: Clusters and Galaxy Formation
Cold Outflows from Ultraluminous Galaxies [PDF format], [Abstract]

35. 

John N. Matthews (University of Utah)
December 10, 2005: High Energy Particles
Recent Results from The High Resolution Fly's Eye (HiRes) [PDF format], [Abstract]

36. 

Andrew Mennim (University of Portsmouth)
December 12, 2005: Gravity/Branes/Strings
Resonant modes in brane-world inflation [PDF format], [Abstract]

37. 

Amber Miller (Columbia University)
December 11, 2005: CMB Theory/Experiment
Preliminary Results from the SZA [PDF format], [Abstract]

38. 

Richard O'Shaughnessy (Northwestern University)
December 11, 2005: Gamma Ray Bursts
Binary models for short gamma ray bursts [PDF format], [Abstract]

39. 

Hiranya V. Peiris (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics)
December 12, 2005: Early Universe
Parameter Estimation, Slow Roll and the Inflationary Potential [PDF format], [Abstract]

40. 

Michael Pluemacher (Max-Planck-Institute for Physics)
December 12, 2005: Early Universe
Leptogenesis [PDF format], [Abstract]

41. 

Marc Postman (Space Telescope Science Institute)
December 12, 2005: Clusters and Galaxy Formation
The Evolution of Galaxy Morphology [PDF format]

42. 

Dan Reichart (University of North Carolina)
December 11, 2005: Gamma Ray Bursts
Discovery and Identification of the Very High Redshift Afterglow of GRB 050904 and Future Prospects [PDF format], [Abstract]

43. 

Adam Riess (STSCI)
December 10, 2005: Dark Energy Experiment/Theory
Expansion History from Supernovae Near and Far [PDF format], [Abstract]

44. 

Gavin Rowell (Max Planck Institut fuer Kernphysik)
December 10, 2005: High Energy Particles
Recent H.E.S.S. Results in TeV Gamma-Ray Astronomy [PDF format], [Abstract]

45. 

Jose Santiago (Fermilab)
December 12, 2005: Gravity/Branes/Strings
Constraining Inverse Curvature Gravity with Supernovae [PDF format], [Abstract]

46. 

Ryan Scranton (University of Pittsburgh)
December 10, 2005: Dark Energy Experiment/Theory
Future ISW Constraints on Dark Energy Clustering [PDF format], [Abstract]

47. 

Geraldine Servant (CEA Saclay)
December 12, 2005: Early Universe
Gravitational Waves from First Order Phase Transitions [PDF format], [Abstract]

48. 

Alice Shapley (Princeton University)
December 12, 2005: Clusters and Galaxy Formation
Galaxies at z=2-3 [PDF format], [Abstract]

49. 

Erin Sheldon (New York University)
December 10, 2005: Large Scale Structure/Lensing
Calbration of Cluster Masses with Weak Lensing in the SDSS [PDF format], [Abstract]

50. 

Kris Sigurdson (Institute for Advanced Study)
December 11, 2005: DM Theory/Experiment
Probing the Dark Matter Particle Spectrum with the Dark Matter Power Spectrum [PDF format], [Abstract]

51. 

Alicia M. Soderberg (Caltech)
December 11, 2005: Gamma Ray Bursts
A Broadband Perspective on the GRB-SN Connection [PDF format], [Abstract]

52. 

Fumihiro Takayama (Cornell University)
December 12, 2005: Early Universe
superWIMP dark matter [PDF format], [Abstract]

53. 

David Tytler (UC San Diego)
December 11, 2005: CMB Theory/Experiment
The tension in Standard Big Bang Nucleosynthesis: [PDF format], [Abstract]

54. 

Benjamin D. Wandelt (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
December 11, 2005: CMB Theory/Experiment
The Largest Scale Perturbations in the Universe and The Physics of the Beginning [PDF format], [Abstract]

55. 

Hasan Yuksel (Ohio State University)
December 11, 2005: DM Theory/Experiment
Constraints on Galactic Positron Production Models [PDF format], [Abstract]

56. 

Bing Zhang (University of Nevada Las Vegas)
December 11, 2005: Gamma Ray Bursts
Gamma-ray burst early afterglows [PDF format], [Abstract]

57. 

Juande D. Zornoza (IFIC - UW-Madison)
December 10, 2005: High Energy Particles
Mediterranean Neutrino Telescopes [PDF format], [Abstract]

 
 

Symposium Materials

 
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