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Session 17. X-ray Binaries III

Poster, Sunday-Wednesday, March 23, 2003, Duration of Meeting

17.01 On the Nature of the Eclipsing Bright X-ray Source in the Circinus Galaxy Field
M.C. Weisskopf (Space Sciences Department, NASA/MSFC), K. Wu (MSSL, University College London), A.F. Tennant (Space Sciences Department, NASA/MSFC), D.A Swartz (USRA, MSFC)
17.02 RESCHEDULED, MOVED TO 46.00
 Discovery of the first kHz quasi-periodic oscillations from an accreting driven millisecond X-ray pulsar
R. Wijnands (University of St Andrews), M. van der Klis (University of Amsterdam), J. Homan (INAF-OAB), D. Chakrabarty (MIT), C.B. Markwardt (NASA/GSFC), E.H. Morgan (MIT)
17.03 RXTE Observations of Thermonuclear X-ray Bursts from GS 1826-238: the Clocked Burster is Winding Up
D. K. Galloway (MIT), E. Kuulkers (ESA-ESTEC), L. Bildsten (ITP, UCSB), D. Chakrabarty (MIT), A. Cumming (UCO/Lick Observatory and UC Santa Cruz)
17.04 Properties of Burst Oscillations, Periodic Oscillations, and Kilohertz QPOs in Millisecond Accretion-Powered Pulsars
F. K. Lamb (U. Illinois)
17.05 Constraints on Thermonuclear Bursts using the Harmonic Content of Millisecond Oscillations
M. Muno (MIT), F. Ozel (IAS), D. Chakrabarty (MIT)
17.06 Cessation of X-ray pulsation of GX 1+4 in a "low state"
W. Cui (Purdue University)
17.07 Future Goals for X-Ray Timing
P. Kaaret (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA)
17.08 Time-dependent 2-D Radiation-transport and Electron-dynamics Simulations of X-ray Binary Rapid Variability
M. Boettcher (Ohio University), E. P. Liang (Rice University)
17.09 Cygnus X-3: Multiwavelength monitoring during 1996-2002
D.C Hannikainen (University of Helsinki), M.L. McCollough (NSSTC/NASA, USA), O. Vilhu, L. Hjalmarsdotter, P. Muhli (University of Helsinki), G.G. Pooley (MRAO, UK), M.P. Rupen (NRAO, USA), S.A. Trushkin (SAO, Russia), P. Hakala (University of Helsinki)
17.10 Eclipse Observations of EXO 0748-676 and X1658-298 with RXTE
M. T. Wolff, P. S. Ray, K. S. Wood (Naval Research Laboratory), A. P. Smale (GSFC/USRA)
17.11 Constraints on Evolutionary Models of the Ultracompact Binary 4U~1820-30 from Type I X-Ray Bursts
A. Cumming (University of California, Santa Cruz)
17.12 A Diffusion Model Applied to Soft X-ray Transients and Other X-ray Sources
K. S. Wood, P. S. Ray, M. T. Wolff, M. N. Lovellette (NRL), L. Titarchuk (GMU), R. Bandyopadhyay (Oxford), E. Bloom, P. Saz Parkinson, D. Tournear, W. Focke, K. Reilly, B. Giebels (SLAC), J. Scargle (NASA-Ames)
17.13 Is there a `universal' break in LMXB X-ray LF of Early Type Galaxies?
D.-W Kim, G. Fabbiano (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA)
17.14 The Luminous X-ray Binary Population of Nearby Spiral Galaxies
R.E. Kilgard, A.H. Prestwich, A. Zezas (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), M.I. Krauss (M.I.T.), M.J. Ward. (University of Leicester)
17.15 Hollow Cone Accretion Columns and Light-bending Effects
D.A. Leahy (University of Calgary)
17.16 Optical/UV Spectroscopy of Ultracompact Low-Mass X-Ray Binaries
Z. Wang, D. Chakrabarty (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
17.17 X-ray Bursts in Neutron Star and Black Hole Binaries from USA Data: Detections and Upper Limits
D. Tournear, E. Raffauf, E. D. Bloom, W. Focke, B. Giebels, G. Godfrey, P. M. Saz Parkinson, K. T. Reilly, G. Shabad (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center), P. S. Ray, K. S. Wood, M. T. Wolff, R. M. Bandyopadhyay, G. Fritz, P. Hertz, M. P. Kowalski, M. N. Lovellette, D. J. Yentis (Naval Research Laboratory), J. D. Scargle (NASA Ames Research Center)
17.18 Unstable H/He Burning on Accreting Neutron Stars
F. Peng, E.F. Brown, F.X. Timmes, J.W. Truran (University of Chicago)
17.19 Chandra reveals faint X-ray sources in M15
D.C. Hannikainen (University of Helsinki, Finland), P.A. Charles (University of Southampton, UK), L. van Zyl (Keele University, UK)
17.20 4U1755-33 in Quiescence
L. Angelini (USRA/GSFC/NASA), N.E. White (GSFC/NASA)
17.21 Accretion-EJection Instability: new results on QPOs
P. Varniere (Rochester University), M. Muno (MIT), M. Tagger (Service d'Astrophysique CEA/Saclay)
17.22 Separating Binary Stars and Supernova Remnants at Three Sigma
K.K. Dyer (NRAO Socorro)
17.23 Long-term X-ray variability of Cir X-1
P. M. Saz Parkinson, D. M. Tournear, E. D. Bloom, W. B. Focke, K. T. Reilly (SLAC, Stanford University), K. S. Wood, P. S. Ray, M. T. Wolff (Naval Research Laboratory), J. D. Scargle (NASA/Ames Research Center)
17.24 Accretion Disk Dynamos and Coronal Heating
E.T. Vishniac (Johns Hopkins University)
17.25 The X-Ray Binaries in the Galactic Bulge
J. H. Swank (GSFC), C. B. Markwardt (GSFC/UMD)
17.26 Unusual Extended X-ray Emission Around Cygnus X-3
W.A. Heindl, J.A. Tomsick (UCSD/CASS), R. Wijnands (St. Andrews), D.M. Smith (UCB/SSL)
17.27 Comprehensive Picture of Quasi-periodic Oscillations in X-ray binaries
L. Titarchuk (Naval Research Laboratory and George Mason University/CEOSR), K. Wood (Naval Research Laboratory)
17.28 Monitoring the Cyclotron Line Energy of Hercules X-1
W. Coburn (SSL, UC Berkeley), W. A. Heindl (CASS, UC San Diego), R. Staubert, J. Wilms (IAA Tuebingen)
17.29 Spin Frequency Evolution of the Accreting Millisecond Pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658
E. H. Morgan, D. Chakrabarty (MIT), R. Wijnands (St. Andrews), M. van der Klis (Amsterdam), C. Markwardt (GSFC and Maryland)
17.30 Periodic Recurrent Outbursts from a 7.8s Pulsar in the SMC
R.H.D. Corbet (GSFC/USRA), W.R.T Edge (Southampton), S. Laycock (CfA), M.J. Coe (Southampton), C.B. Markwardt (GSFC/Maryland), F.E. Marshall (GSFC)
17.31 Nuclear hurricanes: multidimensional modeling of type I X-ray bursts.
A. Spitkovsky (UC Berkeley), G. Ushomirsky (MIT Lincoln Lab), Y. Levin (CITA)
17.32 Deep Crustal Heating, and a Lower Limit on the Number of Galactic X-ray Transients
E. F. Brown (University of Chicago), R. E. Rutledge (Caltech)
17.33 XTE J1739-302: a new kind of transient?
D. M. Smith (U. C. Berkeley), W. A. Heindl (U. C. San Diego), T. E. Harrison (New Mexico State University), J. H. Swank, C. B. Markwardt (NASA/Goddard)
17.34 Exploring the Role of Jets in X-ray Binaries
S. Markoff, M. Nowak (MIT, Center for Space Research), T. Maccarone (SISSA, Trieste)
17.35 High Resolution X-ray Spectra of Bursts from GS 1826-238
H.L. Marshall (MIT CSR), R.E. Rothschild, W.A. Heindl (UCSD CASS)
17.36 CXOU J013651.1+154547: An Extremely Variable ULX in M74
M.I. Krauss (MIT), R.E. Kilgard (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA, U. of Leicester), M.R. Garcia (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), T.P. Roberts (U. of Leicester), A.H. Prestwich (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA)
17.37 LATE PAPER:
RXTE measurements of thermonuclear burst proper ties as a function of accretion rate for 20+ burst sources
D. K. Galloway, D. Chakrabarty, M. P. Muno, J. Hartman (MIT)
17.38 LATE PAPER:
Discovery of 619 Hz Thermonuclear Burst Oscilla tions in the Low-Mass X-Ray Binary 4U 1608-52
J.M. Hartman, D. Chakrabarty, D.K. Galloway, M.P. Muno, P. Savov (MIT), M . Mendez (SRON), S. van Straaten, T. Di Salvo (Amsterdam)


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