Session list

Session 1. HAD I: Exhibiting the History of Astronomy

Historical, Oral, Sunday, 1:00-5:30pm, Adler Planetarium

Greetings from the President of the Canadian Astronomical Society, Michael De Robertis, York U.

Monday, 8:15am, Grand Ballroom

Opening Address from the University of Chicago, Dean, Division of Physics Sciences, David Oxtoby

Monday, 8:20am, Grand Ballroom

Session 2. Beyond the Observatory: Reflections on the Centennial

Invited, Oral, Monday, 8:30-9:20am, Grand Ballroom

Session 3. Gamma Ray Bursts

Display, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 4. Evolution of Galaxies, Galaxy Surveys

Display, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 5. Star Formation in Dwarfs and Irregulars

Display, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 6. Interactions, Mergers and Starbursts

Display, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 7. Spirals and Ellipticals

Display, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 8. Space Instruments

Display, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 9. Ground Based Instrumentation

Display, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 10. HAD IV: Women, Alignments, Biography

Historical, Display, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 11. Cosmic Rays, Supernova and Light Element Production

Display, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 12. Extra Galactic Star Clusters: From Ancient Globulars to Young Star Clusters

Display, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 13. Atmospheres, Winds, Envelopes, Disks and Planetaries

Display, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Southeast Exhibit Hall

Session 14. Extra-Solar Planets

Display, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Southeast Exhibit Hall

Session 15. The Solar System

Display, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Southeast Exhibit Hall

Session 16. Solar Corona

Display, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Southeast Exhibit Hall

Session 17. Coronal Mass Ejections

Display, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Southeast Exhibit Hall

Session 18. Far IR/Submillimeter Interferometry in Space

Special, Oral, Monday, 10:00-11:30am, Grand Ballroom

Session 19. Galaxy Clusters and Large Scale Structure

Oral, Monday, 10:00-11:30am, International Ballroom North

Session 20. Jets, Disks and Dust in AGN

Oral, Monday, 10:00-11:30am, International Ballroom South

Session 21. Solar Interior

Oral, Monday, 10:00-11:30am, Continental Ballroom A

Session 22. Solar Flares

Oral, Monday, 10:00-11:30am, Continental Ballroom B

Session 23. Microflares and Coronal Heating

Oral, Monday, 10:00-11:30am, Continental Ballroom C

Session 24. SNRs and the Energetics of ISM

Oral, Monday, 10:00-11:30am, Waldorf

Session 25. HAD II: Celebrating Other Centennials

Historical, Oral, Monday, 10:00-11:30am, Marquette

Session 26. Recent Revolutions in Bayesian and Related Likelihood Techniques: Progress at the Boundaries of Astronomy and Statistics

Special, Oral, Monday, 10:00-11:30am, Astoria

Session 27. Russell Prize Lecture: How Does the Sun Shine?

Invited, Oral, Monday, 11:40am-12:30pm, Grand Ballroom

Session 28. Cosmic Rays, Supernova and Light Element Production

Special, Oral, Monday, 2:00-3:30pm, Grand Ballroom

Session 29. White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars and Pulsars

Oral, Monday, 2:00-3:30pm, International Ballroom North

Session 30. Cosmological Probes and Parameters

Oral, Monday, 2:00-3:30pm, International Ballroom South

Session 31. Magnetic Reconnection and Prominence Formation

Oral, Monday, 2:00-3:30pm, Continental Ballroom A

Session 32. Coronal Holes and Solar Wind

Oral, Monday, 2:00-3:30pm, Continental Ballroom B

Session 33. HAD III: Gender, Observatories, Planetariums

Historical, Oral, Monday, 2:00-3:30pm, Continental Ballroom C

Session 34. Imaging, Spectra and Variability of X-ray Emission in AGN

Oral, Monday, 2:00-3:30pm, Waldorf

Session 35. Star, Cluster, Galaxy Formation and Evolution

Oral, Monday, 2:00-3:30pm, Marquette

Session 36. Hale Prize Lecture: Why is the Sun Active?

Invited, Oral, Monday, 3:40-4:25pm, Grand Ballroom

Session 37. Inner Space/Outer Space

Invited, Oral, Monday, 4:35-5:20pm, Grand Ballroom

Session 38. Cancelled

Session 39. Results from the HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale

Topical, Oral, Tuesday, 8:30-10:00am, 10:45am-12:30pm, 2:30-4:00pm, International Ballroom South

Session 40. Extragalactic Star Clusters: From Ancient Globulars to Young Star Clusters

Topical, Oral, Tuesday, 8:30-10:00am, 10:45am-12:30pm, 2:30-4:00pm, 4:15-6:00pm, Continental Ballroom A

Session 41. Polyatomic Molecules in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium

Topical, Oral, Tuesday, 8:30-10:00am, 10:45am-12:30pm, Continental Ballroom B

Session 42. New Views of the Solar Interior

Solar, Oral, Tuesday, 8:30-10:00am, Continental Ballroom C

Session 43. My Most Memorable AAS Meeting

Topical, Display, Tuesday, 10:00am-7:00pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 44. Computation and Data Analysis

Display, Tuesday, 10:00am-7:00pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 45. Polyatomic Molecules in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium

Display, Tuesday, 10:00am-7:00pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 46. The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect: Latest Results and Future Prospects

Topical, Display, Tuesday, 10:00am-7:00pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 47. Between the Stars I: The ISM, Galactic and Extragalactic

Display, Tuesday, 10:00am-7:00pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 48. Black Holes Near and Far

Display, Tuesday, 10:00am-7:00pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 49. Observations of Nearby AGN (Seyferts and LINERs)

Display, Tuesday, 10:00am-7:00pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 50. High Angular Resolution Science with the NRAO Very Long Baseline Array

Display, Tuesday, 10:00am-7:00pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 51. Results from the HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale

Topical, Display, Tuesday, 10:00am-7:00pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 52. White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars and Pulsars

Display, Tuesday, 10:00am-7:00pm, Southeast Exhibit Hall

Session 53. Star Clusters Near and Far, Old and Young

Display, Tuesday, 10:00am-7:00pm, Southeast Exhibit Hall

Session 54. Solar Flares

Display, Tuesday, 10:00am-7:00pm, Southeast Exhibit Hall

Session 55. Active Region Formation and Evolution

Solar, Display, Tuesday, 10:00am-7:00pm, Southeast Exhibit Hall

Session 56. New Views of the Solar Interior

Solar, Display, Tuesday, 10:00am-7:00pm, Southeast Exhibit Hall

Session 57. A Centennial Celebration of the Life and Work of George Ellery Hale

Solar, Oral, Tuesday, 10:45am-12:30pm, Continental Ballroom C

Session 58. The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect: Latest Results and Future Prospects

Topical, Oral, Tuesday, 2:30-4:00pm, 4:15-6:00pm, Continental Ballroom B

Session 59. Active Region Formation and Evolution

Solar, Oral, Tuesday, 2:30-4:00pm, Continental Ballroom C

Session 60. My Most Memorable AAS Meeting

Topical, Oral, Tuesday, 4:15-6:00pm, International Ballroom South

Session 61. Strategic Plans for the Future of Solar Physics (SEC Roadmap and NAS Decadal Survey)

Solar, Oral, Tuesday, 4:15-6:00pm, Continental Ballroom C

Session 62. High Angular Resolution Science with the NRAO Very Long Baseline Array

Topical, Oral, Wednesday, 8:30-10:00am, 10:45am-12:30pm, 2:00-3:30pm, 3:45-5:30pm, International Ballroom South

Session 63. Evolution of Chemical Abundances over Cosmic Time

Topical, Oral, Wednesday, 8:30-10:00am, 10:45am-12:30pm, 2:00-3:30pm, 3:45-5:30pm, Continental Ballroom A

Session 64. Shells in the Global ISM

Topical, Oral, Wednesday, 8:30-10:00am, 10:45am-12:30pm, 2:00-3:30pm, Continental Ballroom B

Session 65. Advanced Solar Space Missions

Solar, Oral, Wednesday, 8:30-10:00am, 10:45am-12:30pm, Continental Ballroom C

Session 66. Mira Variable Stars

Display, Wednesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 67. Stellar Spectra

Display, Wednesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 68. The Young Ones 1: Star Formation, Disks and Jets

Display, Wednesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 69. The Young Ones 2: T-Tauri Stars, H-H Objects and Modeling

Display, Wednesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 70. Astronomy and Education

Display, Wednesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 71. Between the Stars II: The ISM, Galactic and Extragalactic

Display, Wednesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 72. Shells in the Global ISM

Display, Wednesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 73. AGN: Radio Galaxies, QSO's and Blazars

Display, Wednesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, Southeast Exhibit Hall

Session 74. Eta Carinae

Display, Wednesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, Southeast Exhibit Hall

Session 75. The Binary Star Community

Display, Wednesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, Southeast Exhibit Hall

Session 76. Advanced Solar Space Missions and Ground-based Instruments

Solar, Display, Wednesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, Southeast Exhibit Hall

Session 77. Here Comes the Sun

Solar, Display, Wednesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, Southeast Exhibit Hall

Session 78. TRACE and Coronal Heating

Solar, Display, Wednesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, Southeast Exhibit Hall

Session 79. The Sun Close Up: Results from the TRACE Mission

Solar, Oral, Wednesday, 2:00-3:30pm, Continental Ballroom C

Session 80. Here Comes the Sun: Plans for the Y2K Solar Maximum

Solar, Oral, Wednesday, 3:45-5:30pm, Continental Ballroom C

Session 81. The Highest Energy Cosmic Rays

Invited, Oral, Thursday, 8:30-9:20am, Grand Ballroom

Session 82. A Stellar and Variable Star Melange

Display, Thursday, 9:20am-4:00pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 83. Databases and Datamining

Display, Thursday, 9:20am-4:00pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 84. Studying the Anatomy of the Milky Way

Display, Thursday, 9:20am-4:00pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 85. Supernova Remnants and Planetary Nebulae

Display, Thursday, 9:20am-4:00pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 86. Supernovae and Cataclysmic Variables

Display, Thursday, 9:20am-4:00pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 87. QSO Absorption Line Systems

Display, Thursday, 9:20am-4:00pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 88. Large-Scale Structure Surveys

Display, Thursday, 9:20am-4:00pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 89. Clusters of Galaxies

Display, Thursday, 9:20am-4:00pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 90. Cosmology and Dark Matter

Display, Thursday, 9:20am-4:00pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 91. Next Generation Space Telescope

Display, Thursday, 9:20am-4:00pm, Southwest Exhibit Hall

Session 92. Solar Cycle

Display, Thursday, 9:20am-4:00pm, Southeast Exhibit Hall

Session 93. Quiet Photosphere, Chromosphere and Transition Region

Display, Thursday, 9:20am-4:00pm, Southeast Exhibit Hall

Session 94. Quiet Sun Magnetic Fields

Display, Thursday, 9:20am-4:00pm, Southeast Exhibit Hall

Session 95. The Future of the AAS (and of Astronomy)

Special, Oral, Thursday, 10:00-11:30am, Grand Ballroom

Session 96. NASA's Vision at the Start of a New Millennium

Invited, Oral, Thursday, 11:40am-12:30pm, Grand Ballroom

Session 97. Gamma Ray Bursts, SGRs and Black Holes

Oral, Thursday, 2:00-3:30pm, Grand Ballroom

Session 98. Next Generation Space Telescope Town Meeting

Special, Oral, Thursday, 2:00-3:30pm, International Ballroom North

Session 99. The ISM: Structure, Composition and Star Formation

Oral, Thursday, 2:00-3:30pm, International Ballroom South

Session 100. Quiet Corona and Differential Rotation

Oral, Thursday, 2:00-3:30pm, Continental Ballroom A

Session 101. Coronal Mass Ejections

Oral, Thursday, 2:00-3:30pm, Continental Ballroom B

Session 102. Training the Next Generation of Professionals: What's New for Majors and Graduate Students

Special, Oral, Thursday, 2:00-3:30pm, Continental Ballroom C

Session 103. Instrumentation, Simulation Databases and Astronomical Organizations

Oral, Thursday, 2:00-3:30pm, Waldorf

Session 104. Stellar Atmospheres and Variability

Oral, Thursday, 2:00-3:30pm, Marquette