Supernova and Gamma-Ray Burst Remnants(Conference)

Coordinators: Roger Chevalier, Una Hwang, Martin Laming

February 6, 2006 - February 10, 2006



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Monday, February 06, 2006

Morning Session Chair: Chris Fryer

8:50am Martin Einhorn
(KITP Deputy Director)
Welcome
9:00am Shrinivas Kulkarni
(Caltech)
GRB Observations and the SN Connection
9:40am John P. Hughes
(Rutgers)
Review of X-Ray Observations of Core Collapse SNRs
10:20am MORNING BREAK
10:50am Daniel Proga
(UNLV)
Making a GRB Jet [abstract]
11:30am Weiqun Zhang
(KIPAC/SLAC)
GRB Jet Propagation Inside a Star [abstract]
12:10pm Jonathan Granot
(KIPAC/SLAC)
GRB Jet Propagation Outside the Progenitor [abstract]
12:50pm LUNCH BREAK

Afternoon Session Chair: Paolo Mazzali

2:20pm Lifan Wang
(LBNL)
Polarization Observations of Core Collapse Supernovae
3:00pm Robert Fesen
(Dartmouth)
High-Velocity Jets in Core-Collapse SNRs [abstract]
3:40pm AFTERNOON BREAK
4:10pm James Reeves
(GSFC)
Evidence for Lines in GRB Afterglows, and Prospects [abstract]
4:50pm Masao Sako
(KIPAC/SLAC)
Discrete X-ray Spectral Features in Gamma-ray Burst Afterglows [abstract]
5:30pm SHUTTLE TO BWSCI

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Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Morning Session Chair: Thierry Foglizzo

9:00am John Blondin
(North Carolina)
The Instability of Standing Accretion Shocks [abstract]
9:40am Thomas Janka
(MPA, Garching)
Asymmetric Supernovae [abstract]
10:20am MORNING BREAK
10:50am Roger Romani
(Stanford)
Pulsar Kicks and Spins [abstract]
11:30am Aimee Hungerford
(LANL)
Nucleosynthesis in Asymmetric SNe [abstract]
12:10pm Martin Laming
(NRL)
Jets and Asymmetries in the Cas A SNR [abstract]
12:50pm LUNCH BREAK

Afternoon Session Chair: Elena Pian

2:20pm David Burrows
(Penn State)
Recent Swift Results on GRB Afterglows [abstract]
3:00pm Alicia Soderberg
(Caltech)
Recent Radio Results on GRB Afterglows [abstract]
3:40pm AFTERNOON BREAK
4:10pm Vikram Dwarkadas
(Univ. of Chicago)
SNe and GRB Evolution in the Winds of Massive Stars
[Oral Contribution] [abstract]
4:35pm Stefan Immler
(GSFC/NASA/USRA)
X-Ray Emission from Supernovae in the SWIFT, Chandra and XMM-Newton Era [Oral Contribution] [abstract]
5:00pm Manfred Pakull
(France)
ULX Bubbles: Energetic Hypernova Remnants or Jet Inflated Nebulae ?
[Oral Contribution] [abstract]
5:20pm Schuyler D. Van Dyk
(Caltech)
Identifying the Progenitors of Core-Collapse Supernovae
[Oral Contribution] [abstract]
5:30pm WINE AND CHEESE RECEPTION
6:00pm SPECIAL EVENTS DINNER
8:00pm SHUTTLE TO BWSCI

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Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Morning Session Chair: Dick McCray

9:00am Kurt Weiler
(NRL)
Observations of Radio SNe [abstract]
9:40am Roger Chevalier
(UVA)
Mass Loss Environment of Long GRBs and Core Collapse SNe [abstract]
10:20am MORNING BREAK
10:50am Pawan Kumar
(Univ. Texas)
GRB Environment Deduced from Afterglow Emission [abstract]
11:30am Claes Fransson
(Stockholm Obs.)
Interstellar Influences on Long GRB and Core Collapse SN Remnants
12:10pm Ken'ichi Nomoto
(Tokyo)
The Unique Type Ib Supernova 2005bf and Aspherical Explosions [abstract]
12:30pm Norbert Langer
(Utrecht Univ.)
Evolution of the Circumstellar Medium around a Gamma-Ray Burst Progenitor
12:50pm LUNCH BREAK
2:30pm AFTERNOON FREE Shuttle Available to BWSCI

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Thursday, February 09, 2006

Morning Session Chair: Peter Mészáros

9:00am Felix Aharonian
(MPI, Heidelberg)
Very High Energy Emissions from SNRs [abstract]
9:40am Charles Dermer
(NRL)
Very High Energy Emission from GRBs [abstract]
10:20am MORNING BREAK
10:50am John Kirk
(MPI, Heidelberg)
Particle Acceleration in Relativistic Shocks [abstract]
11:30am Mikhail Medvedev
(Univ. Kansas)
Physics of Collisionless Shocks in SN and GRBs: Weibel Instability [abstract]
12:10pm Matthew Baring
(Rice Univ.)
Electron Heating and Acceleration in Gamma-Ray Bursts [abstract]
12:50pm LUNCH BREAK

Afternoon Session Chair: Bob Bingham

2:20pm Parviz Ghavamian
(JHU)
Using Optical and UV Spectra of Young Supernova Remnants to Study the Physics of Collisionless Shocks [abstract]
3:00pm Sandra Chapman
(Univ. of Warwick)
Kinetic Simulations of SNR Shocks- Prospects for Particle Acceleration [abstract]
3:40pm AFTERNOON BREAK
4:10pm Jacco Vink
(SRON)
X-Ray Synchrotron Emission and Magnetic Fields in SNRs [abstract]
4:50pm Donald Ellison
(North Carolina)
Physics of Shocks with Strong Cosmic Ray Acceleration [abstract]
5:30pm WINE AND CHEESE RECEPTION
6:00pm SPECIAL EVENTS DINNER
8:00pm SHUTTLE TO BWSCI

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Friday, February 10, 2006

Morning Session Chair: Una Hwang

9:00am Adam Burrows
(Univ. of Arizona)
Recent Theoretical Results on Core-Collapse SNe [abstract]
9:40am Patrick Young
(LANL)
The Progenitor of Cas A [abstract]
10:20am MORNING BREAK
10:50am Carlos Badenes
(Rutgers)
How to Build a Time Machine: Interfacing Hydrodynamics, Ionization Calculations and X-ray Spectral Codes for Supernova Remnants [abstract]
11:30am Jessica Warren
(Rutgers)
A Principal Component Analysis Technique Applied to Cas A [abstract]
12:10pm Tracey Delaney
(Harvard-Smithsonian CfA)
Spectacular Results from Recent Spitzer Observations of Cassiopeia A [abstract]
12:50pm LUNCH BREAK

Afternoon Session Chair: Una Hwang

2:20pm Cara Rakowski
(Harvard-Smithsonian CfA)
X-ray Observations of Electron Heating at SNR Shocks [abstract]
3:00pm Glenn Allen
(MIT)
Arcsecond-Scale Spectroscopy of Cas A and the Implications for Cosmic-Ray Acceleration [abstract]
3:40pm CONFERENCE END
4:00pm SHUTTLE TO BWSCI

*Talks for Invited Speakers are 40 minutes which will be 25 mins Talk + 15 min Discussion.

ABSTRACTS/POSTER PRESENTATIONS

M. Bagchi, J. Staff, R. Oyed, S. Ray, M. Dey, J. Dey
(India)
Explanation of GRB and Early Afterglows as Quark-Nova Phenomenon [abstract]
Arnon Dar
(Israel)
The SN-GRB-Cosmic Ray Connection [abstract]
Lazendic, Dewey, Schulz, & Canizares HETGS Observation of SNR Cas A: Looking at the trees in the forest [abstract]
Poonam Chandra
(India)
Chandra Observation of a Type IIN Supernova 1995N [abstract]
Ko Nakamura
(Tokyo)
[abstract]
Yana Tikhomirova
(Moscow)
New Soft BATSE GRBs and Spectra of X-Ray Rich Bursts [abstract]
Mastichiadis & Kazanas
(Greece & NASA/GSFC)
The Supercritical Pile Model for GRBs [abstract]
Ennis, Rudnick, Reach, Smith, Rho, DeLaney, Kozasa & Gomez Spitzer IRAC Observations of Cassiopeia A [abstract]
Modjaz, Kirshner, Hicken, Challis, Wood-Vasey & Matheson Optical Observations of Type Ib and Ic Supernovae [abstract]
Pannuti, Schlegel & Lacey A Chandra Search for X-ray Counterparts to Supernova Remnants in Nearby Galaxies [abstract]
Plucinsky, Gaetz, Edgar, Sasaki Large Ejecta Fragments in Evolved SNRs [abstract]
Stockdale, Kaster, Kelley, Panagia, Sramek, Van Dyk, Weiler, & Williams Recent Type II Radio Supernovae [abstract]
Tamagawa, Tashiro, Urata, Abe, Onda, Usui, Azuma, Kuwahara Ultra Wide-Field Telescope WIDGET for Observing GRBs and SNe [abstract]
Tashiro and the Suzaku HXD-II team Suzaku Wideband All-sky Monitor Observations of GRB Prompt Emissions [abstract]
Urata, Huang, Ip, Hu, Qiu, Kuo, Tamagawa, Tashiro, Onda, EAFON team A common feature of long GRB early afterglow [abstract]
A-J van Marle, N Langer, S-C Yoon, G Garcia-Segura Evolution of the Circumstellar Medium around a Gamma-Ray Burst Progenitor [abstract]
K. Maeda, et al. An Asymmetric Hypernova (SN 2003jd) Viewed Off-Axis, and a Link to Gamma-Ray Bursts [abstract]
A. Meszaros, Z. Bagoly, L.G. Balazs, I. Horvath Redshifts of the Gamma-Ray Bursts and the Star Formation Rate [abstract]
Z. Bagoly, A. Meszaros, L.G. Balazs, I. Horvath, S. Klose, S. Larsson, P. Meszaros, F. Ryde, G. Tusn A Statistical Study of the Redshifts of Long Gamma-Ray Bursts [abstract]
P. Veres, I. Horvath, A. Meszaros, Z. Bagoly, L.G. Balazs, F. Ryde, G. Tusnady Determining Number of Parameters to Describe GRB Spectra Using BATSE MER Data [abstract]
A. Vladimirov & D. Ellison Models of Non-linear Amplification of Magnetic Field in SNR Shocks [abstract]
Peter Hoeflich
(Univ. Texas)
X- and gamma-ray Burst Signatures of Thermonuclear Supernovae [abstract]
Ken-ichi Nishikawa
(NSSTC)
Particle Acceleration in Jets [abstract]
Bingham, Mendoca, H-T Wang Photon Energy Upshift by Gravitational Waves a Possible Source of X-ray Bursts [abstract]
K. Torii, K. Hasuike, H. Tsunemi The Automated Response Telescope for Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows [abstract]
M.A. Malkov, P.H. Diamond, R.Z. Sagdeev CR radiation spectra in SNR shocks near molecular clouds and other ISM environments: The case of SNR RX J1713.7-3946 [abstract]
P.H. Diamond and M.A. Malkov
(UCSD)
Particle Acceleration and Magnetic Field Generation in SNR Shocks [abstract]
R Bingham, L.O.Silva, J T Mendonca, P.K.Shukla, A Serbeto High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics [abstract]
B J Kellett, R Bingham, P Bryans, M Torney, H Summers, V Shapiro, DS Spicer A Plasma Mechanism explaining the Asymmetric X-ray Emission from the Supernova [abstract]

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