NASA/MSFC

CHANDRANASA
 

Cosmology with X-ray and Sunyaev-Zeldovich
Effect Observations of Galaxy Clusters


HUNTSVILLE, AL - SEPT. 19 - 22, 2011

 
 
FINAL PROGRAM

SUNDAY, SEPT. 18

6:30-9:00pm

WELCOME RECEPTION AND REGISTRATION

 

MONDAY, SEPT. 19

SESSION I: STATUS OF OBSERVATIONS

8:45-9:00am

Welcome:  J. Horack, V.P. of Research, University of Alabama in Huntsville

Chair: Hans Böhringer

9:10-9:50am

Sunyaev, R

TBD

10:00-10:30am

Carlstrom, John

Update from the South Pole Telescope

10:30-11:00am

BREAK

Chair: David Chuss

11:00-11:20am

Umetsu, Keiichi

AMiBA Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect and Multiwavelength Study of Galaxy Clusters

11:20-11:50am

Melin, Jean-Baptiste

Review of Planck Results on Clusters

11:50am-12:20pm

Marriage, Tobias

ACT Results from the Observation of Galaxy Clusters

12:20-1:30pm

LUNCH BREAK

Chair: Bradford Benson

1:30-2:00pm

Basu, Kaustuv

Joint SZ and X-Ray Analysis of APEX-SZ Clusters

2:00-2:20pm

Marrone, Dan

CARMA-SZ: Filling in the Details of the Cluster SZ Signal

2:20-2:40pm

Mason, Brian

High Angular Resolution Studies of the SZE with the GBT

2:40-3:00pm

POSTER PRESENTATION #1

3:00-3:30pm

BREAK

SESSION 2: FUTURE MISSIONS

Chair: Tobias Marriage

3:30-4:00pm

Böhringer, Hans

Cluster Cosmology and Outlook to the eROSITA Survey

4:00-4:20pm

Wechsler, Risa

Cosmology with the Dark Energy Survey

4:20-4:40pm

Golwala, Sunil

Galaxy Cluster Cosmology with CCAT

4:40-5:00pm

Murray, Stephen

X-Ray Surveys with the Wide Field X-Ray Telescope (WFXT) Mission (TBC)

5:00-5:20pm

McMahon, Jeff

Multi-Chroic Detectors for Next-Generation CMB Experiments

6:00-7:30pm

SPECIAL POSTER SESSION & RECEPTION

6:30-7:00pm

Trimble, Virginia

Zeldovich, Clusters, and Cosmology: A Prehistory

 

TUESDAY, SEPT. 20

SESSION 3: SCALING RELATIONS AND  MASS MEASUREMENTS

Chair: Laurie Shaw

8:50 -9:20am

Borgani, Stefano

Numerical Simulations to Calibrate Clusters as Cosmological Tools

9:20-9:40am

Giles, Paul

The X-Ray Properties of Weak-Lensing Selected Galaxy Clusters

9:40-10:10am

Donahue, Megan

On X-Ray and Optical Cluster Surveys

10:10-10:30am

POSTER PRESENTATION #2

10:30-11:00am

BREAK

Chair: Virginia Trimble

11:00-11:30am

Kravtsov, Andrey

Evolution of Baryons in Galaxy Clusters

11:30-11:50am

Rasia, Elena

X-Ray Scaling Relation of Galaxy Cluster

11:50am-12:20pm

Hoekstra, Henk

Mass Measurements from Weak Lensing Observations of Clusters

12:20-1:30pm

LUNCH BREAK

Chair: Stefano Borgani

1:30-2:00pm

Pratt, Gabriel

X-Ray Properties of Planck Clusters

2:00-2:30pm

Bartlett, James

Optical Scaling Relations with Planck Clusters

2:30-2:50pm

Rozo, Eduardo

The SZ-Signal of maxBCG Clusters

2:50-3:10pm

Czakon, Nicole

The Bolocam SZ Program: Model-Independent Cluster Profiles and Y-M Scaling Relations

3:10-3:30pm

POSTER PRESENTATION #3

3:30-4:00pm

BREAK

Chair: Maxim Markevitch

4:00-4:20pm

Sifon, Cristobal

Dynamic Masses and Scaling Relations of ACT SZE-selected Galaxy Clusters

4:20-4:40pm

Plagge, Tom

Probing the Outskirts of Clusters with the SPT

4:40-5:00pm

Rines, Ken

Comparing X-ray and SZ Mass Proxies to Virial Masses from the Hectospec Cluster Survey

5:00-5:20pm

Gralla, Megan

SZ Observations of Strong Lensing Galaxy Clusters

6:00-9:30pm

DINNER AT U.S. SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER

 

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21

SESSION 4: COSMOLOGY WITH SZX CLUSTERS

Chair: Erik Reese

8:45-9:15am

Bahcall, Neta

Cluster Cosmology: Achievements and Future Challenges

9:15-9:45am

Mantz, Adam

Measurements of Cosmic Expansion and the Growth of Structure using X-Ray Clusters

9:45-10:05am

Miller, Christopher

The XMM Cluster Survey: Optical Analysis Methodology and the First Data Release

10:05-10:25am

Whitbourn, Joseph

A Discrepancy Betweeen Planck and WMAP SZ Decrements?

10:25-10:45am

Benson, Bradford

Cosmological Constraints from the SPT Cluster Survey

10:45-11:10am

BREAK

Chair: Sunil Golwala

11:10-11:30am

Oguri, Masamune

Halo Profiles from Lensing Observations of Clusters

11:30-11:50am

Fedeli, Cosimo

Constraints on Primordial Non-Gaussianity from Cluster Correlation Function

11:50am-12:10pm

Komatsu, Eiichiro

Clusters Detected by WMAP

12:10-1:30pm

LUNCH BREAK

Chair: Neta Bahcall

1:30-2:00pm

Shaw, Laurie

Tracing Ionized Gas In Groups and Clusters via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Power Spectrum

2:00-2:20pm

Menanteau, Felipe

The Exceptional Cluster ACT-CL J0102-4915 at z=0.87

2:20-2:40pm

Song, Jeeseon

Optical Counterparts to SPT Clusters - Redshift and other Properties

2:40-9:30pm

TOUR AND GROUP DINNER AT JACK DANIELS DISTILLERY, LYNCHBURG, TN

 

THURSDAY, SEPT. 22

SESSION 5: INTERNAL STRUCTURE AND CLUSTER PHYSICS

Chair: Brian Mason

9:00-9:30am

Markevitch, Maxim

Shocks and Non-Equilibrium Phenomena in Clusters

9:30-9:50am

Blanton, Elizabeth

AGN Feedback and Impact on ICM Properties

9:50-10:10am

Ettori, Stefano

Where the Wild Baryons are: The Outskirts of Galaxy Clusters

10:10-10:40am

Nagai, Daisuke

Cosmic Melting Pots in the Virialization Region of Galaxy Clusters: New Crossroads of Cosmology and Astrophysics

10:40-11:10am

BREAK

Chair: Henk Hoekstra

11:10-11:30am

Mak, Suet Ying

Measuring Cosmic Bulk Flow with kSZ Effect by WMAP and Planck

11:30-11:50am

Wik, Dan

Clumping in Cluster Outskirts: Measuring their Statistical Signature with XMM-Newton

11:50am-12:10pm

Lau, Erwin

Modelling Gas Clumping in the Outskirts of LCDM Clusters

12:10-1:30pm

LUNCH BREAK

Chair: Andrey Kravtsov

1:30-1:50pm

Erickson, Brandon

Influence of Projection in Cluster Cosmology Studies

1:50-2:10pm

Rossetti, Mariachiara

Back and Forth from Cool Core to Non-Cool Core Clues from X-Rays and Radio Halos

2:10-3:20pm

PANEL DISCUSSION

3:20-4:00pm

BREAK

 
 


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