Program
- July 12-14, 2011
- Tuesday, July 12
- Morning - General Overview
- 8:45-9:00 Opening Remarks
- I. Cluster Structure Since 2000, What Has Chandra Seen and How Has it Changed Our Views?
- 9:00-9:30
- Chandra's Clear View of the Structure of Clusters (PPT)
- 9:30-9:45
- A Shock Model for the the Outburst from the Supermassive Black Hole in M87 (Keynote)
- 9:45-10:00
- Sloshing, Shocks and Bubbles in the Cool Core Cluster Abell 2052
- 10:00-10:30 Poster Microtalks
- 10:30-11:00 Break and Poster Viewing
- II. Cluster and Group Physics - Gas Dynamics, Transport Properties, Outstanding Questions
- 11:00-11:30
- X-ray Surface Brightness Fluctuations and ICM Physics
- 11:30-11:45
- Turbulence Measurements in Two Giant Elliptical Galaxies
- 11:45-12:00
- Velocity Field of the Optical Nebula at the Center of the Perseus Cluster
- 12:00-12:15
- Discovery of Gas Bulk Motion in the Galaxy Cluster Abell 2256 with Suzaku (PPT)
- 12:15-12:30
- Revealing the ICM Transport Properties with a Deep Chandra Observation of A2146
- 12:30-2:00 Lunch and Poster Viewing
- Afternoon - AGN Feedback
- III. Observational Overview to AGN Feedback
- 2:00-2:30
- AGN Feedback and Cluster Environment
- 2:30-2:45
- AGN Feedback in Galaxy Groups: A Combined X-ray/Low-Frequency Radio View (PPT)
- 2:45-3:00
- The Role of Shock Heating in AGN Feedback
- 3:00-3:15
- AGN feedback is Mechanical? Evidence for Massive Outflows in Hydra A
- 3:15-3:30
- AGN Feedback in Highly-Luminous Clusters of Galaxies
- 3:30-345
- 3C186: A Luminous Quasar in the Center of a Strong Cooling Core Cluster at z>1
- 3:45-4:15 Break and Poster Viewing
- IV. Theory of Feedback/Numberical Simulations
- 4:15-4:45
- Cosmological Simulations of AGN Feedback in Groups and Clusters: Implementation, Results and Uncertainties
- 4:45-5:00
- Exploring the Cosmic Melting Pot in the Virialization Region of Galaxy Clusters (Keynote)
- 5:00-5:15
- Simulating the Cooling Flow of Cool-Core Clusters
- 5:15-5:30
- Using Cluster Gas Fractions to Estimate Total BH Mechanical Feedback Energy
- 5:30-5:45
- AGN and their Environments
- Wednesday, July 13
- Morning - Evolution of Groups and Clusters
- V. Observational Overview
- 9:00-9:30
- Substructures in Galaxy Clusters
- 9:30-9:45
- X-raying the Mach Cones of Virgo Cluster Spiral Galaxies
- 9:45-10:00
- Sloshing Gas In a Flux Limited Sample of Chandra Clusters
- 10:00-10:15
- Supermassive Black Hole Activity in Field and Cluster Early-Type Galaxies
- 10:15-10:30
- Velocity Field in the ICM: Observational Signatures and Constraints
- 10:30-11:00 Break and Poster Viewing
- VI. Simulations
- 11:00-11:30
- Magnetic Fields, Turbulence and Cosmic Rays in Galaxy Clusters
- 11:30-11:45
- Evidence for the Origin of Radio Halos: X-ray Structure and Bulk Motions in Simulated Galaxy Clusters
- 11:45-12:00
- Evolution of Rising Magnetic Cavities and UHECR Acceleration
- 12:00-12:15
- The Physics of Gas Sloshing in Clusters of Galaxies
- 12:30-2:00 Lunch and Poster Viewing
- Afternoon - Masses, Baryons and Metals
- VII. Masses, Baryons and Metals (Part 1)
- 2:00-2:30
- Baryons in the Outskirts of the Nearest Brightest Galaxy Clusters (Keynote)
- 2:30-2:45
- Cold Fronts in Groups and Clusters and their Dynamical State in the Optical
- 2:45-3:00
- Substructure in Galaxy Clusters Identification through Six Morphology Parameters
- 3:00-3:15
- Probing the Outskirts of Cluster with Chandra, Suzaku and XMM (Keynote)
- 3:15-3:30
- Advantages at Multi-Wavelengths: A Pre-Processed Galaxy Group within a Cluster (PPT)
- 3:30-4:00 Break and Poster Viewing
- VIII. Masses, Baryons and Metals (Part 2)
- 4:00-4:30
- Galaxy, Group and Cluster Mass Profiles from Small Scales out to the Virial Radius
- 4:30-5:00
- Planck SZ Selected Cluster Samples Compared with X-ray Selected Samples
- 5:00-5:15
- The Curious Case of NGC4342, an Optically Faint but Gas-Rich Early-Type Galaxy
- 5:15-5:30
- Tracing the Gas to the Virial Radius (R100) in a Galaxy Group
- 5:30 Reception with Music and Cash Bar
- Thursday, July 14
- Morning
- IX. Multiphase Gas in Clusters and Groups
- 9:00-9:30
- The Cold Gas in Cluster Cores - So Much Progress in the Chandra Era!
- 9:30-9:45
- The Origins and Ionization Mechanisms of Warm Filaments in Cool Core Clusters
- 9:45-10:00
- All Mixed Up -- Relations Between Cluster Thermal and Non-Thermal Plasmas
- 10:00-10:15
- X-shaped Radio Galaxies as Probes of Radio-Mode AGN Feedback
- 10:15-10:30
- Radio Signatures of Ram Pressure Sweeping in Low Galaxy Density Environs
- 10:30-11:00 Break and Poster Viewing
- X. Conference Summary/Panel Discussion
- 11:00-12:30
- 12:30-1:30 Bag Lunch and Poster Removal
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