Session 78. Seeing the Universe in a New (Sodium) Light: Early Science Results from Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics

Poster, Tuesday, January 10, 2006, 9:20am-6:30pm, Exhibit Hall

78.01 The Hunt for Supernova Progenitors: A New Windew Opened with Keck LGS

A. Gal-Yam, D. B. Fox, S. R. Kulkarni, K. Matthews, D. C. Leonard, D. J. Sand, D.-S. Moon, S. B. Cenko, A. M. Soderberg (Caltech)

78.02 Probing Collimated Jets and Dusty Waists in Dying Stars with Keck LGSAO

R. Sahai (JPL, Caltech), D. Le Mignant (W.M Keck Observatory), C. Sanchez Contreras (Caltech), M. Stute (JPL, Caltech), M. Morris (UCLA)

78.03 Detection & Dynamics of Magnetars, Microquasars and Millisecond Pulsars

P. B. Cameron, S. R. Kulkarni (Caltech)

78.04 Morphologies of Galaxies with Old Stellar Populations at High Redshifts

A. Stockton, E. McGrath (IfA, Univ. of Hawaii), G. Canalizo (Univ. Calif. at Riverside)

78.05 LGS Polarimetry and Integral Field Spectroscopy of Herbig Ae/Be Stars

M.D. Perrin, J.R. Graham, P. Kalas (UC Berkeley)

78.06 Infrared Imaging and Polarimetry of the Crab Nebula and Pulsar using Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics

J. R. Graham, M. D Perrin (UC Berkeley), C. E. Max (UC Santa Cruz)

78.07 Observations of quasar hosts with the Lick Observatory Sodium LGS AO system

E. L. Gates (UCO/Lick Observatory), M. Lacy (Spitzer Science Center), S. E. Ridgway (NOAO), W. H. de Vries (LLNL)

78.08 Laser Guide Star Observations of Super Star Clusters in NGC 1569 and AO PSF Estimation in Crowded Fields

C. D. Sheehy, N. McCrady, J. R. Graham (UC Berkeley)

78.09 OSIRIS Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics Observations at Keck Observatory

S. A. Wright, J. E. Larkin, M. Barczys (UCLA), C. Iserlohe, A. Krabbe (Inst. of Physics, Univ. of Cologne), M. McElwain, J. Weiss (UCLA)

78.10 Spatially Resolved Kinematics of z~2 Galaxies with Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics and Integral Field Spectroscopy

D. K. Erb (CfA), D. R. Law, C. C. Steidel (Caltech)

78.11 Probing Internal Dynamics of two SMGs with OSIRIS

K. Menendez-Delmestre, A. W. Blain, S. C. Chapman (California Institute of Technology), A. M. Swinbank, I. Smail (Institute of Computational Cosmology, University of Durham, UK), R. J. Ivison (Astronomy Technology Center, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh; Institute of Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, UK), D. M. Alexander (Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, UK)

78.12 Observing L and T Dwarfs with Keck LGS AO

C. R. Gelino, S. R. Kulkarni (Caltech)

78.13 Infrared Colors of Sgr A* From HKLM Adaptive Optics Observations

S. D. Hornstein, A. M. Ghez (UCLA), K. Matthews (Caltech), J. R. Lu, M. Rafelski, M. Morris, E. E. Becklin (UCLA), D. Thompson (Caltech)

78.14 M31 Globular Clusters and Galaxy Formation

M. D. Gregg, A. M. Karick (U.C. Davis/LLNL)