Session 73. Distances, the CMB and the Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect

Oral, Tuesday, January 11, 2005, 10:00-11:30am, Golden Ballroom

73.01 Improved Maser Distance to NGC 4258

E. M. L. Humphreys, L. J. Greenhill, M. J. Reid, A. L. Argon, J. M. Moran (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA)

73.02 HST/ACS Observations of Cepheid Variables in NGC 4258

L.M. Macri (NOAO), D. Bersier (STScI), L.J. Greenhill, M.J. Reid, K.Z. Stanek (CfA)

73.03 New Distance Estimates for NGC4258 - Ramifications for the Extragalactic Distance Scale and Cosmology

L. J. Greenhill, A. L. Argon (CfA), D. Bersier (STScI), E. M. L. Humphreys (CfA), L. M. Macri (NOAO), J. M. Moran, M. J. Reid, K. Z. Stanek (CfA)

73.04D Determining Accurate Distances to Nearby Galaxies

A.Z. Bonanos, K.Z. Stanek (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA)

73.05D Impact of Systematic Errors on Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect Surveys

M. R. Francis (Rutgers University), R. Bean (Princeton University), A. Kosowsky (Rutgers University)

73.06 CMB polarization observations with the Cosmic Background Imager

T. J. Pearson (Caltech), CBI Collaboration

73.07 Implications of the CBI Polarization Spectrum

J. L. Sievers (CITA), CBI Collaboration