Session List

8th HEAD Meeting, 8-11 September, 2004
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Invited talks: 25 mins + 5 mins Q&A (Marked with I in the Session Lists)
Solicited talks: 16 mins + 4 mins Q&A (Marked with S in the Session Lists)
Contributed talks: 10 mins + 2 mins Q&A
Exception: Beyond Einstein session

Morning sessions start 9:00am and 11:00am
Afternoon sessions start 2:00pm and 4:00pm
Poster sessions run 9:00am to 10:00pm. Posters must be removed by 10:00pm.


TUESDAY

Swift Workshop
In conjunction with the main science program, there will be a one-day Swift Workshop before the HEAD meeting. This is being organized by Neil Gehrels (NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center).

Reception/Registration
Social, Tuesday, 6:00-8:00pm, Queen Anne Parlor

WEDNESDAY

Opening Remarks
Welcome, Wednesday, 8:45-9:00am, Queen Anne Ballroom

Session 1. Galaxy Clusters and the Intergalactic Medium
Oral, Wednesday, 9:00-10:30am, Queen Anne Ballroom

Session 2. Galaxy Clusters and the Intergalactic Medium
Poster, Wednesday, 9:00am-10:00pm, La Nouvelle Orleans Room

Session 3. Surveys and the Cosmic X-ray Background
Poster, Wednesday, 9:00am-10:00pm, La Nouvelle Orleans Room

Session 4. Jets and Blazars
Poster, Wednesday, 9:00am-10:00pm, La Nouvelle Orleans Room

Session 5. Stars and the Sun
Poster, Wednesday, 9:00am-10:00pm, La Nouvelle Orleans Room

Session 6. Laboratory Astrophysics
Poster, Wednesday, 9:00am-10:00pm, La Nouvelle Orleans Room

Session 7. Gravitational Astrophysics
Poster, Wednesday, 9:00am-10:00pm, La Nouvelle Orleans Room

Session 8. Pulsars and Magnetars
Poster, Wednesday, 9:00am-10:00pm, La Nouvelle Orleans Room

Session 9. Jets and Blazars
Oral, Wednesday, 11:00am-12:30pm, Queen Anne Ballroom

Session 10. Stars and the Sun
Oral, Wednesday, 2:00-3:30pm, Queen Anne Ballroom

Session 11. Pulsars and Magnetars
Oral, Wednesday, 4:00-5:30pm, Queen Anne Ballroom

Session 12. Generation-X Workshop
Oral, Wednesday, 6:00-8:00pm, Queen Anne Ballroom

THURSDAY

Session 13. ``Beyond Einstein" Science
Oral, Thursday, 9:00-10:21am, Queen Anne Ballroom

Session 14. Missions
Oral, Thursday, 10:21-10:41am, Queen Anne Ballroom

Presentation of Schramm Award
Thursday, 10:41-10:51am, Queen Anne Ballroom

Session 15. Black Holes Binaries and Intermediate Mass Black Holes
Poster, Thursday, 9:00am-10:00pm, La Nouvelle Orleans Room

Session 16. Missions, Instruments and Data Analysis
Poster, Thursday, 9:00am-10:00pm, La Nouvelle Orleans Room

Session 17. Neutron Stars and X-ray Binaries
Poster, Thursday, 9:00am-10:00pm, La Nouvelle Orleans Room

Session 18. Gamma-ray Bursts
Poster, Thursday, 9:00am-10:00pm, La Nouvelle Orleans Room

Session 19. Gravitational Astrophysics
Oral, Thursday, 11:15am-12:29pm, Queen Anne Ballroom

Session 20. Black Hole Binaries and Intermediate Mass Black Holes
Oral, Thursday, 2:00-3:38pm, Queen Anne Ballroom

Session 21. GLAST Workshop
Oral, Thursday, 4:00-6:00pm, Queen Anne Ballroom

Jazz Night
Social, Ticket Holders Only, Thursday, 8:00-11:00pm

FRIDAY

Session 22. Gamma-ray Bursts
Oral, Friday, 9:00-10:30am, Queen Anne Ballroom

Session 23. Neutrinos and Cosmic Rays
Poster, Friday, 9:00am-10:00pm, La Nouvelle Orleans Room

Session 24. Supernova Remnants and the Interstellar Medium
Poster, Friday, 9:00am-10:00pm, La Nouvelle Orleans Room

Session 25. X-ray Binaries and White Dwarfs
Poster, Friday, 9:00am-10:00pm, La Nouvelle Orleans Room

Session 26. AGN/Galactic Nuclei
Poster, Friday, 9:00am-10:00pm, La Nouvelle Orleans Room

Session 27. Education
Poster, Friday, 9:00am-10:00pm, La Nouvelle Orleans Room

Session 28. Supernova Remnants and the Interstellar Medium
Oral, Friday, 11:00am-12:30pm, Queen Anne Ballroom

Session 29. X-ray Binaries
Oral, Friday, 2:00-3:30pm, Queen Anne Ballroom

Session 30. VERITAS Workshop
Oral, Friday, 4:00-6:00pm, Queen Anne Ballroom

Session 31. Astrostatistics Workshop
Oral, Friday, 6:30-8:30pm, Queen Anne Ballroom

SATURDAY

Session 32. AGN/Galactic Nuclei
Oral, Saturday, 9:00-10:30am, Queen Anne Ballroom

Session 33. Neutron Stars and X-ray Binaries
Oral, Saturday, 11:00am-12:42pm, Queen Anne Ballroom

Session 34. Neutrinos and Cosmic Rays
Oral, Saturday, 2:00pm-3:26pm, Queen Anne Ballroom

Session 35. Surveys and the Cosmic X-ray Background
Oral, Saturday, 4:00-5:38pm, Queen Anne Ballroom


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