Session list

AAS 200th meeting, Albuquerque, NM, June 2002
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Welcoming Address 
Brian Foster, Provost, University of New Mexico
Monday, 8:00-8:15am, Ballroom C

Governor's Proclamation 
Larry Winter, Governor's Science Advisor
Monday, 8:15-8:30am, Ballroom C

Session 1. New Results on the Highest Energy Cosmic Rays
Invited, Monday, 8:30-9:20am, Ballroom C

Session 2. Coronal Plasmas
Display, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 3. Solar Magnetic Fields
Display, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 4. Helioseismology and the Solar Interior
Display, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 5. AGN and Quasars
Display, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 6. Cosmology, The Early Universe
Display, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 7. Variable Stars and Relatives
Display, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 8. Binary Stars
Display, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 9. Open Clusters and Their Constituents
Display, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 10. Globular Star Clusters
Display, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 11. Nearby Stars and Low Mass Dwarfs
Display, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 12. Planets and Comets
Display, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 13. Astronomy Education
Display, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 14. Supernovae
Display, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 15. SNRs and PNe
Display, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 16. Atmospheric Heating and Dynamics I
Oral, Monday, 10:00-11:30am, Ballroom C

Session 17. AGN, QSOs and Active Galaxies
Oral, Monday, 10:00-11:30am, Ballroom A

Session 18. Research and Education: NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships (AAPF) Program
Special Session Oral, Monday, 10:00-11:30am, Ballroom B

Session 19. Instrumentation from Space Observations
Oral, Monday, 10:00-11:30am, Ruidoso/Pecos

Session 20. Pre-eruptive Magnetic Structures
Oral, Monday, 10:00-11:30am, San Miguel

Session 21. Very High Energy Gamma-ray and Neutrino Astronomy
Special Session Oral, Monday, 10:00-11:30am, Mesilla

Session 22. Extra Galactic Magnetic Fields: Their Origin and Manifestation through Structure of Quasars, Radio Lobes and within Clusters
Special Session Oral, Monday, 10:00-11:30am, La Cienega

Session 23. Public Policy
Invited, Monday, 11:40am-12:30pm, Ballroom C

Session 24. HST - ACS Early Results and Galaxy Clusters
Oral, Monday, 2:00-3:30pm, Ballroom C

Session 25. Gamma Rays, GRB Afterglows
Oral, Monday, 2:00-3:30pm, Ballroom A

Session 26. Quo Vadis Astronomy Education
Special Session Oral, Monday, 2:00-3:30pm, Ballroom B

Session 27. Properties and Evolution of Galaxies
Oral, Monday, 2:00-3:30pm, Ruidoso/Pecos

Session 28. Living with A Star
Oral, Monday, 2:00-3:30pm, San Miguel

Session 29. Eruptive Flares/CMEs
Oral, Monday, 2:00-3:30pm, Mesilla

Session 30. Mining the Sky in Real Time
Special Session Oral, Monday, 2:00-3:30pm, La Cienega

Session 31. Magnetic Fields in the Solar System
Invited, Monday, 3:40-5:10pm, Ballroom C

Session 32. Core-Collapse of Massive Stars: Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts
Topical Session Oral, Tuesday, 8:30-10:00am, 10:45am-12:30pm, 2:00-3:30pm, 3:45-5:30pm, Ballroom C

Session 33. Gaseous Galaxy Halos and Edges of Disk Galaxies
Topical Session Oral, Tuesday, 8:30-10:00am, 10:45am-12:30pm, 2:00-3:30pm, 3:45-5:30pm, Ballroom A

Session 34. Understanding Solar Magnetism, the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope
SPD Topical Session Oral, Tuesday, 8:30-10:00am, 10:45am-12:30pm, Ballroom B

Session 35. Supernova Remnants in Nearby Galaxies
Topical Session Oral, Tuesday, 8:30-10:00am, 10:45am-12:30pm, Ruidoso/Pecos

Session 36. The Magnetic Structure of CMEs
Display, Tuesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 37. CMEs and Prominences
Display, Tuesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 38. Solar Photosphere, Chromosphere and Transition Region
Display, Tuesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 39. Structure and Dynamics of Chromospheres
Display, Tuesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 40. Evolution of Galaxies, Galaxy Surveys, IGM
Display, Tuesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 41. Clusters of Galaxies, Large Scale Structure
Display, Tuesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 42. Gaseous Galaxy Halos and Galaxy Edges
Display, Tuesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 43. Galaxies
Display, Tuesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 44. The Milky Way: Center and Halo
Display, Tuesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 45. The New Radio Universe
Display, Tuesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 46. Astrophysics in the Local Group
Display, Tuesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 47. Telescopes and Education
Display, Tuesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 48. Public Outreach
Display, Tuesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 49. New Frontiers in Solar and Space Weather Radiophysics
SPD Topical Session Oral, Tuesday, 2:00-3:30pm, 3:45-5:30pm, Ballroom B

Session 50. Cosmological Models and Instrumentation from Low Temperature Physics
Topical Session Oral, Tuesday, 2:00-3:30pm, 3:45-5:30pm, Ruidoso/Pecos

Session 51. The New Radio Universe
Topical Session Oral, Wednesday, 8:30-10:00am, 10:45am-12:30pm, 2:30-4:00pm, 4:15-6:00pm, Ballroom C

Session 52. The Future of Extreme Ultraviolet Astronomy
Topical Session Oral, Wednesday, 8:30-10:00am, 10:45am-12:30pm, 2:30-4:00pm, 4:15-6:00pm, Morning in Ballroom A, Afternoon in Ballroom B

Session 53. Structure and Dynamics of Chromospheres
SPD Topical Session Oral, Wednesday, 8:30-10:00am, 10:45am-12:30pm, Ballroom B

Session 54. Angular Momentum Evolution of Young Stars
Topical Session Oral, Wednesday, 8:30-10:00am, 10:45am-12:30pm, Ruidoso/Pecos

Session 55. Solar Data Analysis and Calibration
Display, Wednesday, 10:00am-7:00pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 56. Solar Instrumentation
Display, Wednesday, 10:00am-7:00pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 57. Living with a Star
Display, Wednesday, 10:00am-7:00pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 58. Source Surveys, Catalogs, Database Techniques
Display, Wednesday, 10:00am-7:00pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 59. Computational Techniques and Data Handling
Display, Wednesday, 10:00am-7:00pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 60. Building a Virtual Observatory
Display, Wednesday, 10:00am-7:00pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 61. The Future of Extreme Ultraviolet Astronomy
Display, Wednesday, 10:00am-7:00pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 62. HST Instrumentation
Display, Wednesday, 10:00am-7:00pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 63. Future Airborne and Space Instruments
Display, Wednesday, 10:00am-7:00pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 64. New Developments in Ground Based Instrumentation
Display, Wednesday, 10:00am-7:00pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 65. The Magnetic Structure of CMEs
SPD Topical Session Oral, Wednesday, 2:30-4:00pm, 4:15-6:00pm, Ruidoso/Pecos

Session 66. Space Debris: Natural, Cosmic and Manmade
Topical Session Oral, Wednesday, 2:30-4:00pm, 4:15-6:00pm, San Miguel

Session 67. Hale Prize Lecture
Invited, Thursday, 8:30-9:20am, Ballroom C

Session 68. Flares
Display, Thursday, 9:20am-4:00pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 69. First Results from RHESSI
SPD Display, Thursday, 9:20am-4:00pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 70. Angular Momentum Evolution and Young Stars
Display, Thursday, 9:20am-4:00pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 71. Stellar Youth: Tomorrow's Degenerates
Display, Thursday, 9:20am-4:00pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 72. Degenerates
Display, Thursday, 9:20am-4:00pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 73. Interim Stellar Materials: Gas, Dust and Clouds
Display, Thursday, 9:20am-4:00pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 74. Stellar Atmospheres and Circumstellar Material
Display, Thursday, 9:20am-4:00pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 75. Novae and Cataclysmics
Display, Thursday, 9:20am-4:00pm, SW Exhibit Hall

Session 76. First Results from RHESSI
SPD Oral, Thursday, 10:00-11:30am, Ballroom C

Session 77. Large Scale Structure with the SDSS
Special Session Oral, Thursday, 10:00-11:30am, Ballroom A

Session 78. ISM, SNR, AGB and PNe
Oral, Thursday, 10:00-11:30am, Ballroom B

Session 79. Helioseismology and the Solar Interior
SPD Special Session Oral, Thursday, 10:00-11:30am, Ruidoso/Pecos

Session 80. Neutron Stars, Relativity, MHO
Oral, Thursday, 10:00-11:30am, San Miguel

Session 81. Astronomy Education and Public Outreach
Oral, Thursday, 10:00-11:30am, Mesilla

Session 82. Formation and Evolution of Solar System Bodies
Oral, Thursday, 10:00-11:30am, La Cienega

Session 83. Heineman Prize Lecture
Invited, Thursday, 11:40am-12:30pm, Ballroom C

Session 84. High Energy Processes in Normal Galaxies: A Multi-wavelength Look
Special Session Oral, Thursday, 2:00-3:30pm, Ballroom C

Session 85. Stars: Disks, Shells and Variability
Oral, Thursday, 2:00-3:30pm, Ballroom A

Session 86. Cosmology and IGM
Oral, Thursday, 2:00-3:30pm, Ballroom B

Session 87. Building a Virtual Observatory
Special Session Oral, Thursday, 2:00-3:30pm, Ruidoso/Pecos

Session 88. Atmospheric Heating and Dynamics II
Oral, Thursday, 2:00-3:30pm, San Miguel

Session 89. Solar Internal Structure and Dynamics
Oral, Thursday, 2:00-3:30pm, Mesilla

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