Applications Of Gravitational Lensing (Conference): Unique Insights Into Galaxy Formation And EvolutionCoordinators: Leon Koopmans, Chung-Pei Ma, Ben Moore, Peter Schneider, Tommaso TreuOctober 3, 2006 - October 6, 2006 |
Tuesday, October 03, 2006 |
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Morning Session Chair: Magda Arnaboldi
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Opening Session |
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| 8:45am | David Gross (UCSB, KITP Director) |
Welcome |
| 9:00am | Paul Schechter (MIT) |
Galaxies: What do we know and how do we know it? [45 min Talk + 15 min Q's/Discussion] |
The Outer Regions of DM Haloes |
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| 10:00am | Julio Navarro (Univ. Victoria) |
Galaxy Dark-Matter Halos: Their Formation, Structure and Evolution [30 min Talk + 10 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 10:40am | MORNING BREAK | |
| 11:10am | James Bullock (UC Irvine) |
The Outer Haloes and Their Tracers (X-ray/satellites) [17 min Talk + 8 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 11:35am | Priya Natarajan (Yale Univ.) |
Galaxy-Galaxy Lensing Constraints on Mass Profiles [17 min Talk + 8 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 12:00pm | POSTER SESSION/DISCUSSION | |
| 12:30pm | LUNCH BREAK | |
Afternoon Session Chair: Konrad Kuijken |
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The Inner Cusps of DM Haloes |
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| 1:55pm | Jürg Diemand (UC Sta Cruz) |
Convergence and Scatter of DM Density Profiles [17 min Talk + 8 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 2:20pm | Oleg Gnedin (Ohio State) |
Inner Regions of Galaxies and the Effects of Baryons [17 min Talk + 8 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 2:45pm | Robert Swaters (Univ. Maryland) |
DM Cusps in Galaxies from Rotation Curves [17 min Talk + 8 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 3:10pm | David Rusin (Univ. of Penn) |
Constraints on the Inner Region of Galaxies from Strong Lensing [17 min Talk + 8 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 3:35pm | AFTERNOON BREAK | |
| 4:05pm | Dennis Zaritsky (Univ. of Arizona) |
Constraints on Clusters & Cluster-Galaxies from their Baryonic Content [17 min Talk + 8 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 4:30pm | David Sand (Univ. of Arizona) |
Constraints on the Inner Region of Clusters from Strong Lensing [17 min Talk + 8 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 5:00pm | POSTER SESSION/DISCUSSION | |
| 5:45pm | SHUTTLE TO BWSCI | |
| 6:00pm | WINE AND CHEESE RECEPTION | At the Best Western South Coast Inn (no return shuttle to KITP) |
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Wednesday, October 04, 2006 |
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Morning Session Chair: Steve Myers |
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CDM Substructure |
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| 9:00am | Ben Moore (Univ. of Zurich) |
The Formation of CDM Substructure [30 min Talk + 10 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 9:40am | Andrey Kravtsov (Univ. of Chicago) |
The Evolution & Destruction of CDM Substructure [17 min Talk + 8 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 10:05am | Douglas Clowe (Univ. Arizona) |
A Direct Emperical Proof of the Existence of Dark Matter [17 min Talk + 8 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 10:30am | MORNING BREAK | |
| 11:00am | Christopher Kochanek (Ohio State) |
CDM Substructure and its Evidence from Strong Lensing [30 min Talk + 10 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 11:40am | Maruša Bradac (Stanford) |
Comparing Simulations with Observations [17 min Talk + 8 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 12:05pm | Raja Guhathakurta (UC Sta Cruz) |
Substructure in the Local Group [17 min Talk + 8 min Q/Discussion] |
| 12:30pm | LUNCH BREAK | |
Afternoon Session Chair: Crystal Martin |
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Relating Supermassive Black Holes, Stars and DM Halos |
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| 2:00pm | Chung-Pei Ma (UC Berkeley) |
Stars, Dark Matter, and SMBHs in Elliptical Galaxies [30 min Talk + 10 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 2:40pm | Darren Croton (UC Berkeley) |
Interplay between Stars, Dark matter and SMBHs [17 min Talk + 8 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 3:05pm | Tommaso Treu (UCSB) |
Galaxy Scaling Laws under the Gravitational Microscope [17 min Talk + 8 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 3:30pm | AFTERNOON BREAK | |
| 4:00pm | Joachim Wambsganss (Heidelberg Univ.) |
Microlensing and Compact objects in Galaxies [30 min Talk + 10 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 4:40pm | Milos Milosavljevic (Caltech) |
SMBH in the Centers of Galaxies [17 min Talk + 8 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 5:15pm | WINE AND BEER | KITP Courtyard |
| 6:00pm | SPECIAL EVENTS DINNER | KITP Courtyard |
| 8:00pm | SHUTTLE TO BWSCI | *time is flexible |
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Thursday, October 05, 2006 |
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Morning Session Chair: Ortwin Gerhard |
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Synergy: Gravitational Lensing and Other Methods to Measure Mass |
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| 9:00am | Giuseppe Bertin (Univ. Milano) |
Constraints from Stellar Dynamics & X-rays on Galaxies [30 min Talk + 10 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 9:40am | Leon Koopmans (Kapteyn Institute) |
Joint Lensing and Stellar Dynamics of Galaxies [17 min Talk + 8 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 10:05am | Stacy McGaugh (Univ. Maryland) |
Balance of Dark and Luminous Mass in Rotating Galaxies [17 min Talk + 8 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 10:30am | MORNING BREAK | |
| 11:00am | Jean-Paul Kneib (OAMP France) |
Lensing, Dynamics and X-rays of Clusters of Galaxies [17 min Talk + 8 min Q's/Discussion] |
Gravitational Telescopes: High-z & Faint Sources |
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| 11:25am | Roser Pello (Obs. Midi-Pyrenees) |
Galaxies Surveys at the EoR with Gravitational Telescopes [30 min Talk + 10 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 12:05pm | Siang Peng Oh (UCSB) |
What we want to find out about the sources of reionization. [30 min Talk + 10 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 12:45pm | LUNCH BREAK | |
Afternoon Session Chair: Genevieve Soucail |
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| 2:15pm | Massimo Stiavelli (STScI, MD) |
Detecting first light: ultra-deep surveys with gravitational telescopes and the JWST. [17 min Talk + 8 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 2:40pm | Michael Rauch (Carnegie Obs.) |
Galaxy Formation and the High-z IGM [17 min Talk + 8 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 3:05pm | Andrew Blain (Caltech) |
Multi-wavelength Properties & Kinematics of Lensed Galaxies [17 min Talk + 8 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 3:30pm | AFTERNOON BREAK | |
Lensing, LSS and Cosmology |
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| 4:00pm | Charles Keeton (Rutgers) |
Cosmology with Strong Lensing [17 min Talk + 8 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 4:25pm | Bhuvnesh Jain (Univ. of Penn) |
Cosmology with Weak Lensing [17 min Talk + 8 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 5:00pm | RECEPTION | KITP Courtyard |
| 6:30pm | SHUTTLE TO BWSCI | *time is flexible |
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Friday, October 06, 2006 |
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Morning Session Chair: Lori Lubin |
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| 9:00am | Neal Jackson (Univ. Manchester) |
Hubble Constant from Lensing and Other Methods [17 min Talk + 8 min Q's/Discussion] |
Strong Lens Surveys |
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| 9:25am | Ann Zabludoff (Univ. of Arizona) |
Galaxy Groups and Lensing [17 min Talk + 8 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 9:50am | Christopher Fassnacht (UC Davis) |
Lens Galaxies and their Enviroment [17 min Talk + 8 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 10:15am | MORNING BREAK | |
| 10:45am | Dan Maoz (Tel Aviv Univ.) |
Lens Surveys & Statistics [17 min Talk + 8 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 11:10am | Adam Bolton (Harvard, CfA) |
Spectroscopically Selected Lenses [17 min Talk + 8 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 11:35am | Philip Marshall (Stanford/UCSB) |
Future Searches for Lenses [17 min Talk + 8 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 12:00pm | LUNCH BREAK | |
Afternoon Session Chair: Matthias Steinmetz |
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Future Outlook |
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| 1:30pm | Richard Ellis (Caltech) |
Observational Studies of Galaxies [20 min Talk + 10 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 2:00pm | Rosemary Wyse (John Hopkins) |
Galaxy Structure [20 min Talk + 10 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 2:30pm | AFTERNOON BREAK | |
| 3:00pm | Piero Madau (UC Sta Cruz) |
Reionization and Substructure [20 min Talk + 10 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 3:30pm | Tony Tyson (UC Davis) |
Instrumentation [20 min Talk + 10 min Q's/Discussion] |
| 4:00pm | Peter Schneider (Univ. of Bonn) |
Conference Summary and Future Outlook |
| 5:00pm | SHUTTLE TO BWSCI | Shuttle available to SB Airport and SB Airbus also. *time is flexible |
ABSTRACTS/POSTER PRESENTATIONS |
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| Eric Agol (Univ. Washington) |
Death of a Cosmic String Lens Candidate [abstract] | |
| Matt Auger (UC Davis) |
The Gravitational Lens -- Galaxy Group Connection [abstract] | |
| Edward Boyce (Univ. of Manchester) |
The Extragalactic Lens VLBI Imaging Survey (ELVIS): Searching for Central Images | |
| Virginie Chantry (Univ. de Liège) |
Deconvolution of HST images of the Cloverleaf gravitational lens: Detection of the lensing galaxy and an incomplete Einstein ring. [abstract] | |
| Jaqueline Chen (Univ. of Chicago) |
Astrometric Perturbations in Strong Lenses from CDM Substructure [abstract] | |
| Julie Comerford (UC Berkeley) |
Density Profiles and Concentrations of Strong Lensing Clusters [abstract] | |
| Barun Dhar (Univ. of Minn.) |
Non-Parametric Mass Reconstruction of the Lens SDSS1004 [abstract] | |
| Sudeep Das (Princeton) |
A New Analytic Model for Lensing Convergence [abstract] | |
| Benjamin Dobke (Univ. of Cambridge) |
Halo Density Profiles from Lensing Time Delays and Tidal Interactions of Lens Galaxies [abstract] | |
| Alex Eigenbrod & Frédéric Courbin (EPFL SB IPEP LASTRO) |
Integral Field Spectroscopy of the Lensing Galaxy in the Einstein Cross [abstract] | |
| Árdís Elíasdóttir (Niels Bohr Inst.) |
Extinction Curves of Lensing Galaxies [abstract] | |
| Aleksi Halkola (Ludwig Max. Univ.) |
Extensions of Galaxy Haloes in Abell 1689 using Strong Galaxy-Galaxy Lensing [abstract] | |
| Stefan Hilbert (MPI für Astrophysik) |
Ray Tracing through the Millennium Simulation [abstract] | |
| Eric Jullo (ESO, Chile) |
Lenstool and Cosmological Parameters [abstract] | |
| Alina Kiessling (Swinburne Univ.) |
Shapes of Dark Matter Halos from Weak Lensing [abstract] | |
| Marie Lemoine-Busserolle (Univ. of Oxford) |
3D Kinematics of High-Z Galaxies as seen through the Gravitational Telescope [abstract] | |
| Eran Ofek (Caltech) |
SDSS1004 and beyond [abstract] | |
| Masamune Oguri (Stanford) |
The SDSS Quasar Lens Search [abstract] | |
| Johan Richard (Caltech) |
Strong Lensing by massive clusters at z~0.2 - 0.5 [abstract] | |
| Eduardo Rozo (Ohio State Univ.) |
The Impact of Baryonic Cooling on Giant Arc Abundances [abstract] | |
| Marina Shmakova (Stanford, SLAC) |
2-nd Order Gravitational Lensing in UDF [abstract] | |
| Christel Vuissoz (EPFL) |
New Results of the COSMOGRAIL Project [abstract] | |
| Olaf Wucknitz (JIVE, NL) |
How can B0218+357 be isothermal? [abstract] | |
| Lukasz Wyrzykowski (Inst. of Astronomy, Cambridge) |
Preliminary results from OGLE-II microlensing survey towards the Large Magellanic Cloud - indication of low optical depth. [abstract] | |
| HongSheng Zhao (SUPA) |
Bullet cluster and MOND/TeVeS [abstract] | |
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