Organizing Chairs: Rachel Bean (Cornell University) & Lloyd Knox (UC Davis)

December 10, 2005 (Crystal ballroom A, West Tower)

Session 1	Chair: Rachel Bean (Cornell University)	Crystal ballroom A, West Tower
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM	Expansion History from Supernovae Near and Far [PDF format], [Abstract]	Adam Riess (STSCI)
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM	Decelerating and Dustfree: Targeting SNe in Very High Redshift Galaxy Clusters [PDF format], [Abstract]	Marek P. Kowalski (LBNL)
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM	Searching in the Light for Dark Energy Density Time-variation [PDF format], [Abstract]	Jason Dick (University of California Davis)
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM	Large scale structure induced fluctuations in supernova surveys [Abstract]	Lam Hui (Columbia University)
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM	Coffee Break/ Poster viewing
Session 2	Chair: Adam Riess (STSCI)	Crystal ballroom A, West Tower
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM	Gravitational-wave standard sirens [Abstract]	Daniel Holz (Los Alamos National Lab, University of Chicago)
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM	A Low Quadrupole from Inhomogenous Dark Energy [PDF format], [Abstract]	Christopher Gordon (University of Chicago)
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM	Future ISW Constraints on Dark Energy Clustering [PDF format], [Abstract]	Ryan Scranton (University of Pittsburgh)
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM	Differentiating Dark Energy from Modified Gravity [PDF format], [Abstract]	Arthur Lue (University of Texas at San Antonio)
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM	Superhorizon perturbations and cosmic acceleration [Abstract]	Christopher M. Hirata (Institute for Advanced Study)

1.		Cosmological Backreaction: the Mystery and the Myth [Abstract]	Niayesh Afshordi (ITC, Harvard University)
2.		Cluster finding in mm-wave SZ data: Challenges and non-idealities [Abstract]	Tom Crawford (University of Chicago, KICP)
3.		Effects of Inhomogeneities on Cosmic Expansion [Abstract]	James N. Fry (University of Florida)
4.		Likelihood Methods for Galaxy Cluster Surveys [Abstract]	Gilbert Holder (McGill University)
5.		Investigating dark energy experiments with principal components [Abstract]	Levon Pogosian (Department of Physics, Syracuse University)
6.		Generalizing the Generalized Chaplygin Gas [Abstract]	Anjan A. Sen (Dept. Of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University)
7.		An Anthrocentric Universe? [Abstract]	Albert Stebbins (Fermilab)

Organizing Chairs: Bhuvnesh Jain (University of Pennsylvania) & Risa Wechsler (KICP, University of Chicago)

December 10, 2005 (Crystal ballroom B, West Tower)

Session 1	Chair: Bhuvnesh Jain (University of Pennsylvania)	Crystal ballroom B, West Tower
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM	Density profiles of galaxy clusters using strong + weak lensing [Abstract]	Neal Dalal (CITA)
2:15 PM - 2:35 PM	Cluster Strong Lensing	Joseph F. Hennawi (UC Berkeley)
2:35 PM - 2:50 PM	Lensing Signatures of CDM Substructures [Abstract]	Eduardo Rozo (University of Chicago)
2:50 PM - 3:05 PM	Lensing Without Shear: the Power of Cosmic Magnification [Abstract]	Pengjie Zhang (Shanghai Observatory)
3:05 PM - 3:45 PM	Coffee Break/ Poster viewing
Session 2	Chair: Risa Wechsler (KICP, University of Chicago)	Crystal ballroom B, West Tower
3:45 PM - 4:05 PM	A STEP towards high precision cosmology from weak gravitational lensing [Abstract]	Catherine E. Heymans (UBC)
4:05 PM - 4:25 PM	Calbration of Cluster Masses with Weak Lensing in the SDSS [PDF format], [Abstract]	Erin Sheldon (New York University)
4:25 PM - 4:45 PM	Breaking the Degeneracies between Cosmology and Galaxy Bias [Abstract]	Zheng Zheng (Institute for Advanced Study)
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM	The Clustering of Photometric Luminous Red Galaxies and their cosmological implications [Abstract]	Nikhil Padmanabhan (Princeton University)

1.		The Projected Radial Distribution of Galactic Satellites [Abstract]	Jacqueline Chen (University of Chicago, KICP)
2.		Quantifying the Large-Scale Structure of the Universe [Abstract]	Joerg M. Colberg (Carnegie-Mellon University)
3.		Modeling Luminosity-Dependent Clustering from z~5 to the Present	Charlie Conroy (University of Chicago)
4.		Planning Weak Lensing Surveys	Bhuvnesh Jain (University of Pennsylvania)
5.		Large Scale Reionization [Abstract]	Katharina Kohler (University of Colorado and Fermi Lab)
6.		Effect of Photo-z on Baryon Oscillations [Abstract]	Zhaoming Ma (University of Chicago)
7.		Method of Estimating Weak Lens Shear to 1% Accuracy [Abstract]	Reiko Nakajima (University of Pennsylvania)
8.		Constraining cosmological parameters with the galaxy power spectrum and bispectrum [Abstract]	Emiliano Sefusatti (Fermilab)
9.		N-body simulations of alternate gravity models [Abstract]	Hans F. Stabenau (University of Pennsylvania)
10.		Cosmology with Galaxy Correlations from Photometric Redshift Surveys [Abstract]	Hu Zhan (University of California at Davis)

Organizing Chairs: Teresa Montaruli (University of Wisconsin - Madison) & Martin Lemoine (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris)

December 10, 2005 (Crystal ballroom C, West Tower)

Session 1	Chair: Teresa Montaruli (University of Wisconsin - Madison)	Crystal ballroom C, West Tower
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM	Recent H.E.S.S. Results in TeV Gamma-Ray Astronomy [PDF format], [Abstract]	Gavin Rowell (Max Planck Institut fuer Kernphysik)
2:20 PM - 2:40 PM	Recent Results from The High Resolution Fly's Eye (HiRes) [PDF format], [Abstract]	John N. Matthews (University of Utah)
2:40 PM - 3:00 PM	Combined analysis of the spectrum and anisotropies of UHECRs [PDF format], [Abstract]	Daniel De Marco (Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware)
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM	Coffee Break/ Poster viewing
Session 2	Chair: Teresa Montaruli (University of Wisconsin - Madison)	Crystal ballroom C, West Tower
3:45 PM - 4:05 PM	UHE nuclei propagation and the interpretation of ankle [PDF format], [Abstract]	Denis Allard (University of Chicago)
4:05 PM - 4:25 PM	High Energy Neutrino Observatories at the South Pole [PDF format], [Abstract]	David J. Boersma (UW Madison)
4:25 PM - 4:45 PM	Mediterranean Neutrino Telescopes [PDF format], [Abstract]	Juande D. Zornoza (IFIC - UW-Madison)
4:45 PM - 5:05 PM	Revealing the supernova--gamma-ray burst connection with TeV neutrinos [PDF format], [Abstract]	John Beacom (Ohio State University)

1.		Precision Measurements of the Composition of Galactic Cosmic Rays [Abstract]	Jojo Boyle (University of Chicago, EFI/KICP)
2.		Cosmogenic neutrinos from ultra high energy cosmic rays [Abstract]	Nicolas G. Busca (University of Chicago)
3.		Probing Exotic Physics With Ultra-High Energy Neutrinos [Abstract]	Dan Hooper (FNAL)
4.		Cosmic Accretion Shocks: Energetics, Evolution and Effect of Environment [Abstract]	Vasiliki Pavlidou (KICP, University of Chicago)
5.		Constraining Structure Formation Cosmic Rays [Abstract]	Tijana Prodanovic (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
6.		The First Scientific Results from the Pierre Auger Observatory [Abstract]	Tokonatsu Yamamoto (Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago)

Organizing Chairs: Geraldine Servant (CEA Saclay) & Michael Dragowsky (Case Western Reserve University)

December 11, 2005 (Crystal ballroom A, West Tower)

Session 1	Chair: Geraldine Servant (CEA Saclay)	Crystal ballroom A, West Tower
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM	Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter [PDF format], [Abstract]	Kevork Abazajian (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM	Measuring Dark Matter Properties at High-Energy Colliders [PDF format], [Abstract]	Edward A. Baltz (KIPAC)
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM	Supersymmetric Dark Matter and the Cosmic Lithium Problems [PDF format], [Abstract]	Karsten Jedamzik (LPTA-CNRS, University of Montpellier)
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM	Probing the Dark Matter Particle Spectrum with the Dark Matter Power Spectrum [PDF format], [Abstract]	Kris Sigurdson (Institute for Advanced Study)
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM	Constraints on Galactic Positron Production Models [PDF format], [Abstract]	Hasan Yuksel (Ohio State University)
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM	Coffee Break/ Poster viewing
Session 2	Chair: Michael Dragowsky (Case Western Reserve University)	Crystal ballroom A, West Tower
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM	The first WIMPy halos [PDF format], [Abstract]	Anne M. Green (University of Nottingham)
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM	Event Discrimination Using ZIP Detectors [PDF format], [Abstract]	Long H. Duong (University of Minnesota)
4:30 PM - 4:50 PM	Results from the Axion Dark-Matter Experiment (ADMX) [Abstract]	Darin Kinion (LLNL)
4:50 PM - 5:05 PM	Indirect Dark Matter Search with Antideuterons: Progress and Future Prospects of GAPS [PDF format], [Abstract]	Jason E. Koglin (Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory)

1.		Gamma ray background from dark matter annihilation in spikes [Abstract]	Eun-Joo Ahn (University of Chicago)
2.		Clustering of Primordial Black Holes [Abstract]	James R. Chisholm (University of Florida)
3.		Dark Matter at 10-45 cm2 [Abstract]	Jeffrey P. Filippini (UC Berkeley)
4.		Long-Wavelength Modes of Cosmological Scalar Fields [Abstract]	Marcin Jankiewicz (Vanderbilt University)
5.		Three-point correlation function from cosmological simulations [Abstract]	Felipe A. Marin Perucci (University of Chicago)
6.		The SuperCDMS dark matter search [Abstract]	Reuben W. Ogburn (Stanford University)

Organizing Chairs: Suzanne Staggs (Princeton University) & Andrew Jaffe (Imperial College)

December 11, 2005 (Crystal ballroom B, West Tower)

Session 1	Chair: Lloyd Knox (UC Davis)	Crystal ballroom B, West Tower
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM	Early Reionization and Dark Matter Physics [PDF format], [Abstract]	Manoj Kaplinghat (University of California, Irvine)
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM	The Largest Scale Perturbations in the Universe and The Physics of the Beginning [PDF format], [Abstract]	Benjamin D. Wandelt (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM	Gravitational Waves and the Microwave Background [PDF format], [Abstract]	Arthur Kosowsky (University of Pittsburgh)
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM	Mysteries of the large-angle microwave sky [PDF format], [Abstract]	Dragan Huterer (KICP, University of Chicago)
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM	Coffee Break/ Poster viewing
Session 2	Chair: Benjamin Wandelt (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)	Crystal ballroom B, West Tower
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM	The Atacama Cosmology Telescope Project [PDF format]	Joseph W. Fowler (Princeton University)
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM	Preliminary Results from the SZA [PDF format], [Abstract]	Amber Miller (Columbia University)
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM	The Millimeter-wave Bolometric Interferometer [PDF format], [Abstract]	Peter O. Hyland (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM	The tension in Standard Big Bang Nucleosynthesis: [PDF format], [Abstract]	David Tytler (UC San Diego)

1.		In Search of B-modes: Deconvolution Map-Making for CMB Polarization Observations [Abstract]	Charmaine Armitage (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
2.		A Characterization of Faint Radio Point Sources at Centimeter Wavelengths [Abstract]	Kim Coble (Chicago State University)
3.		Fast, Accurate and Robust Power Spectrum Computation [Abstract]	Chad Fendt (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)
4.		Limits on Defects Formation in Hybrid Inflationary Models with Three Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Proble (WMAP) Observations [Abstract]	Aurelien A. Fraisse (Princeton University)
5.		Magnetic Field Generation by the Cosmological Recombination [Abstract]	Kiyotomo Ichiki (National Astronomical Observatory, JAPAN / KICP)
6.		Parameterizing the Power Spectrum: Beyond the Truncated Taylor Expansion [Abstract]	Kenji Kadota (Fermilab)
7.		Hot and Cold Spot Tests for non-Gaussianity in the WMAP CMB Data [Abstract]	David L. Larson (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Organizing Chairs: Rosalba Perna (University of Colorado) & Edo Berger (Carnegie Observatories)

December 11, 2005 (Crystal ballroom C, West Tower)

Session 1	Chair: Rosalba Perna (University of Colorado)	Crystal ballroom C, West Tower
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM	NS-NS versus BH-NS binaries as short GRB progenitors [PDF format], [Abstract]	Krzysztof Belczynski (New Mexico State University)
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM	Binary models for short gamma ray bursts [PDF format], [Abstract]	Richard O'Shaughnessy (Northwestern University)
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM	Gamma-Ray Bursts as standard candles [PDF format], [Abstract]	Davide Lazzati (JILA - University of Colorado)
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM	Gamma-ray burst early afterglows [PDF format], [Abstract]	Bing Zhang (University of Nevada Las Vegas)
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM	Coffee Break/ Poster viewing
Session 2	Chair: Edo Berger (Carnegie Observatories)	Crystal ballroom C, West Tower
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM	Recent Results from the Swift X-ray Telescope: Observations of Early Gamma Ray Burst Afterglows [PDF format], [Abstract]	Abe D. Falcone (Pennsylvania State University)
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM	Discovery and Identification of the Very High Redshift Afterglow of GRB 050904 and Future Prospects [PDF format], [Abstract]	Dan Reichart (University of North Carolina)
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM	New Views of Compact Object Mergers via Short Gamma-Ray Bursts [PDF format], [Abstract]	Derek B. Fox (Penn State University)
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM	A Broadband Perspective on the GRB-SN Connection [PDF format], [Abstract]	Alicia M. Soderberg (Caltech)
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM	Studying the ISM of Young Galaxies Hosting Gamma-Ray Bursts [Abstract]	Ryan J. Foley (UC Berkeley)

1.		Neutrinos from Thick Gamma-ray Burst Accretion Disks [Abstract]	Christian Y. Cardall (Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
2.		Probing Massive Star Formation with MeV Neutrinos and Gamma Rays [Abstract]	Louie Strigari (UC Irvine)

Organizing Chairs: Richard Easther (Yale University) & Ruth Gregory (University of Durham)

December 12, 2005 (Crystal ballroom A, West Tower)

Session 1	Chair: Richard Easther (Yale University)	Crystal ballroom A, West Tower
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM	An effective theory of initial conditions in inflation [PDF format], [Abstract]	Hael Collins (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
2:20 PM - 2:40 PM	Heavy cosmic strings [Abstract]	Arttu Rajantie (Imperial College London)
2:40 PM - 3:00 PM	String Pair Production in a Time-Dependent Gravitational Field [Abstract]	Daniel H. Wesley (Princeton University)
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM	Coffee Break/ Poster viewing
Session 2	Chair: Ruth Gregory (University of Durham)	Crystal ballroom A, West Tower
3:45 PM - 4:05 PM	Constraining Inverse Curvature Gravity with Supernovae [PDF format], [Abstract]	Jose Santiago (Fermilab)
4:05 PM - 4:25 PM	Resonant modes in brane-world inflation [PDF format], [Abstract]	Andrew Mennim (University of Portsmouth)
4:25 PM - 4:45 PM	Perturbations in a Regular Bouncing Universe [PDF format], [Abstract]	Ghazal Geshnizjani (UW-Madison)
4:45 PM - 5:05 PM	Enhanced gravitational scattering from large extra dimensions [Abstract]	Federico Piazza (ICG Portsmouth UK)

1.		Evolution of Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and Dark Radiation in Brane-World Cosmology [Abstract]	Grant J. Mathews (University of Notre Dame)
2.		Short and Long Distance Effects in Cosmology and Dark Energy [Abstract]	Emil Mottola (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
3.		Friedman's equations and the apparent horizon (from wood to marble). [Abstract]	Antonio J. Segui (Universidad de Zaragoza)
4.		Direct detection of the inflationary gravitational-wave background [Abstract]	Tristan L. Smith (Caltech)

Organizing Chairs: Hsiao-Wen Chen (University of Chicago) & Fabio Governato (UW-INAF)

December 12, 2005 (Crystal ballroom B, West Tower)

Session 1	Chair: Hsiao-Wen Chen (University of Chicago)	Crystal ballroom B, West Tower
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM	The Role of Black Holes in Galaxy Evolution [PDF format]	Tiziana Di Matteo (Carnegie Mellon University)
2:20 PM - 2:40 PM	Galaxy clusters and environments at redshift one-tenth [PDF format], [Abstract]	David W. Hogg (NYU)
2:40 PM - 3:00 PM	Galaxies at z=2-3 [PDF format], [Abstract]	Alice Shapley (Princeton University)
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM	Coffee Break/ Poster viewing
Session 2	Chair: Fabio Governato (UW-INAF)	Crystal ballroom B, West Tower
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM	Cold Outflows from Ultraluminous Galaxies [PDF format], [Abstract]	Crystal Martin (UC Santa Barbara)
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM	The Evolution of Galaxy Morphology [PDF format]	Marc Postman (Space Telescope Science Institute)
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM	Central and Satellite Galaxies in Groups and Clusters [Abstract]	Asantha Cooray (UC Irvine)
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM	Modeling Cosmic Reionization [PDF format], [Abstract]	Nick Gnedin (Fermilab)
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM	The Formation of the First Stars [PDF format], [Abstract]	Greg Bryan (Columbia University)

1.		Cluster ellipticities: influence of mean density and mass fluctuation amplitude [Abstract]	Shirley Ho (Princeton University)
2.		Testing models of supermassive black hole formation with gravity wave experiments [Abstract]	Savvas M. Koushiappas (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
3.		Formation of Supermassive Black Holes [Abstract]	Robyn Levine (University of Colorado & Fermilab)
4.		Ellipsoidal Collapse and Dark Halo Shapes [Abstract]	Graziano Rossi (University of Pennsylvania)
5.		Measuring the Effect of Baryons on the Non-Linear Power Spectrum [Abstract]	Douglas H. Rudd (University of Chicago)
6.		Ly-alpha radiative transfer in cosmological simulations [Abstract]	Argyro (Iro) Tasitsiomi (U Chicago/ Princeton U)
7.		Environmental Depedence of Halo Concentration and Occupation	Risa Wechsler (KICP, University of Chicago)

Organizing Chairs: Karsten Jedamzik (LPTA-CNRS, University of Montpellier) & John Beacom (Ohio State University)

December 12, 2005 (Crystal ballroom C, West Tower)

Session 1	Chair: Karsten Jedamzik (LPTA-CNRS, University of Montpellier)	Crystal ballroom C, West Tower
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM	Nonthermal instant leptogenesis [PDF format], [Abstract]	Eun-Joo Ahn (University of Chicago)
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM	Probing the early universe with gravitational waves [Abstract]	Latham A. Boyle (Princeton University)
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM	Towards a Unique Inflaton Candidate in MSSM [PDF format], [Abstract]	Daniel J. H. Chung (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM	Effects of primordial helicity and detection possibilities [PDF format], [Abstract]	Tina Kahniashvili (Kansas State University)
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM	Coffee Break/ Poster viewing
Session 2	Chair: John Beacom (Ohio State University)	Crystal ballroom C, West Tower
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM	Gravity Waves from Preheating [PDF format], [Abstract]	Eugene A. Lim (Yale University)
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM	Parameter Estimation, Slow Roll and the Inflationary Potential [PDF format], [Abstract]	Hiranya V. Peiris (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics)
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM	Leptogenesis [PDF format], [Abstract]	Michael Pluemacher (Max-Planck-Institute for Physics)
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM	Gravitational Waves from First Order Phase Transitions [PDF format], [Abstract]	Geraldine Servant (CEA Saclay)
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM	superWIMP dark matter [PDF format], [Abstract]	Fumihiro Takayama (Cornell University)

1.		Variation of fundamental constants from Big Bang to atomic clocks [Abstract]	Victor Flambaum (Argonne National Lab.,University of New South Wales)
2.		Curvature Perturbations from Broken Symmetries [Abstract]	Alberto Vallinotto (University of Chicago)
3.		Reconstruction of Primordial Scalar Potential Using Temperature and Polarization Maps [Abstract]	Amit Pratap Yadav (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
4.		Density fluctuations of an effectively single field inflation in a multi-field configuration [Abstract]	Masahide Yamaguchi (Aoyama Gakuin University)

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