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Saturday, Apr 27, 2024

  • Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main) 09:00AM Teachers' Conference: Supermassive Black Holes and their Destructive Tidal Forces(Conference)

    • Lars Bildsten (KITP) Welcome
    • Kate Alexander (Univ. of Arizona/Steward Observatory) Introduction
    • Eric Coughlin (Syracuse) Physics relevant to black holes
  • Gurley Courtyard 10:25AM Teachers' Conference: Supermassive Black Holes and their Destructive Tidal Forces(Conference)

    • MORNING BREAK
  • Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main) 10:55AM Teachers' Conference: Supermassive Black Holes and their Destructive Tidal Forces(Conference)

    • Brenna Mockler (Carnegie Observatories) Models of Tidal Disruption Events
  • Gurley Courtyard 12:00PM Teachers' Conference: Supermassive Black Holes and their Destructive Tidal Forces(Conference)

    • LUNCH BREAK
  • Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main) 01:30PM Teachers' Conference: Supermassive Black Holes and their Destructive Tidal Forces(Conference)

    • Kausik Das (UMES) Unraveling Misconceptions in Physics: From Friction Fundamentals to the role of Quantum Mechanics in Gecko Adhesion
    • Decker French (UIUC) Discovering TDEs with visible light
  • Gurley Courtyard 03:00PM Teachers' Conference: Supermassive Black Holes and their Destructive Tidal Forces(Conference)

    • AFTERNOON BREAK
  • Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main) 03:30PM Teachers' Conference: Supermassive Black Holes and their Destructive Tidal Forces(Conference)

    • Adelle Goodwin (Curtin Univ.) Black holes as messy eaters: radio observations of jets and outflows launched by accreting black holes
  • Gurley Courtyard 04:30PM Teachers' Conference: Supermassive Black Holes and their Destructive Tidal Forces(Conference)

    • CONFERENCE END, SHUTTLE TO BWSCI, SB Airport, and SB Airbus, Goleta location. Sign up at the registration desk during a break.