Program

• Tuesday, July 10
• I. The Discovery of Sco X-1 and the Dawn of Extrasolar X-ray Astronomy
• Chair: Harvey Tananbaum
• 9:00-9:15
• Paul Green and Harvey Tananbaum
• Welcome
• 9:15-9:50
• Riccardo Giacconi
• Considerations on Method (1959-2012)
• 9:50-10:25
• Ken Pounds
• Observations of X-ray Binaries with Skylark and Ariel 5
• 10:15-11:00
• Fred Seward
• Rocket Observations of Sco X-1 and Other X-ray Sources 1965-1969
• 11:00-11:30 Coffee and Poster Viewing
• 11:30-12:00 Poster Microtalks
• II. Neutron Star Equation of State
• Chair: Paul Gorenstein
• 12:00-12:15
• Nathalie Degenaar
• Probing Fundamental Physics with Transiently Accreting Neutron Stars (Related Movie)
• 12:15-12:30
• Manuel Linares
• Thermonuclear Bursts from Slowly and Rapidly Accreting Neutron Stars
• 12:30-12:45
• Michael Zamfir
• Distance Independent Constraints on Mass and Radius from Type I X-ray Bursts
• 12:45-1:00
• Sebastien Guillot
• Measurement of the Radius of Neutron Stars
• 1:00-2:15 Lunch
• III. Jets (1)
• Chair: Natalie Webb
• 2:15-2:45
• James Miller-Jones
• Black Hole Accretion and Jet Ejection
• 2:45-3:15
• Sera Markoff
• Constraining the Role and Power of Jets in Black Hole Binaries
• 3:15-3:30
• David Cseh
• Jet Ejection Events from the Intermediate Mass Black Hole ESO243-49 HLX-1
• 3:30-3:45
• David Russell
• Constraints on X-ray Polarization of Synchrotron Jets from Stellar-Mass BHs
• 3:45-4:30 Coffee and Poster Viewing
• IV. Jets (2) and Individual Sources
• Chair: Rob Hynes
• 4:30-4:45
• Farid Rahoui
• An Optical/Infrared Spectroscopic View of the Cygnus X-1 and GX 339-4 Jets
• 4:45-5:00
• Paul Sell
• Integral Field Spectroscopy and Chandra Observations of the Cygnus X-1 Shell
• 5:00-5:15
• Angelo Varlotta
• Multi-wavelength Obseravtions of Cygnus X-3
• 5:15-5:30
• Petri Savolainen
• Results from Observing Campaigns on Cygnus X-3 During 2010-2011
• Wednesday, July 11
• V. X-ray Spectroscopy and States
• Chair: Julia Lee
• 9:00-9:30
• Joey Neilsen
• -->New Results on Massive Winds and X-ray States in Black Hole X-ray Binaries
• 9:30-9:45
• Jeroen Homan
• A New Ranking Scheme for Neutron-Star Low-Mass X-ray Binaries
• 9:45-10:00
• Oliwia Madej
• Reflection in Carbon-Oxygen Dominated Accretion Discs of UCXB
• 10:00-10:15
• Michael Nowak
• Chandra-HETG Observations of LMC X-1
• 10:15-10:30
• Norbert S. Schulz
• Collisional Ionization in the X-Ray Spectrum of the Ultra-compact Binary 4U 162
• 10:30-11:00 Coffee and Poster Viewing
• VI. Populations and ULXs (1)
• Chair: Jules Halpern
• 11:00-11:30
• Jeanette Gladstone
• Observational Review of ULXs
• 11:30-12:00
• G. Fabbiano
• Extragalactic XRB Populations
• 12:00-12:15
• Zhongli Zhang
• Low-Mass X-ray Binaries in Elliptical Galaxies
• 12:15-12:30
• Stefano Mineo
• HMXBs in Star-Forming Galaxies
• 12:30-1:45 Lunch
• VII. Populations and ULXs (2), Theory (1)
• Chair: Andrea Prestwich
• 1:45-2:00
• Marat Gilfanov
• X-ray Binaries in External Galaxies
• 2:00-2:15
• Floyd Jackson
• The Brightest X-ray Point Sources in M82
• 2:15-2:30
• Marianne Heida
• Discovering the Nature of Bright ULXs with Optical Spectroscopy
• 2:30-2:45
• Tana Joseph
• The X-ray Point Source Population of NGC 4472
• 2:45-3:00
• Tassos Fragos
• X-ray Binary Evolution Across Cosmic Time
• 3:00-3:45 Coffee and Poster Viewing
• VIII. Theory (2) and Individual Sources
• Chair: Charles Bailyn
• 3:45-4:00
• Michael Tremmel
• Modeling the Redshift Evolution of the Normal Galaxy X-ray Luminosity Function
• 4:00-4:30
• Will Farr
• Mass Measurements of Black Holes in X-Ray Transients: is there a Mass Gap?
• 4:30-4:45
• Akos Bogdan
• The Formation Scenarios of Low-Mass X-ray Binaries
• 4:45-5:00
• Tsing Wai Wong
• Understanding Compact Object Formation and Natal Kicks
• 5:00-5:15
• Diego Altamirano
• IGR J17091-3624: the Little Sister of the Enigmatic Black Hole GRS 1915+105
• 5:30-7:00 Reception with Music and Cash Bar
• Thursday, July 12
• IX. Theory (3) and Individual Sources
• Chair: Mike Nowak
• 9:00-9:30
• Ken Oshuga
• Overview of Recent Advances in Accretion Disk Theory
• 9:30-9:45
• Michal Bursa
• BHXRB Accretion Disks: Spectra Too Soft?
• 9:45-10:00
• Michele M. Montgomery
• SPH Simulation of Naturally Tilted DIsks in Close Binary Systems
• 10:00-10:15
• Ben Tofflemire
• X-ray Grating Observations of Recurrent Nova T Pyx
• 10:15-10:30
• Sven Wilbert
• Chandra Follow-Up Analysis on HESS J1841-055
• 10:30-11:15 Coffee and Poster Viewing
• X. Variability and Individual Sources
• Chair: Peter Jonker
• 11:15-11:45
• Poshak Gandhi
• Optical/IR - X-ray Variability in X-ray Binaries
• 11:45-12:00
• Paul A. Mason
• High Speed Optical Photometry of LMXBs and CVs
• 12:00-12:15
• Ricardo Heras
• The Birth-Ultrafast-Magnetic-Field-Decay Model Applied to Isolated MSPs
• 12:15-12:30
• Maithili Kalamkar
• X-ray Variability Studies of the BHC SWIFT J1753.5 - 012 in Soft Band
• 12:30 Poster Removal, Bag Lunch Provided