Afternoon Session I (Nick White, Chair)

Revealing Relativity: Galactic Black Holes in the Con-X Era

Presented by: Jon M. Miller
Presentation: PowerPoint PDF

X-ray Spectroscopy of Cataclysmic Variables from Chandra HETG to Astro-E2 XRS

Presented by: Koji Mukai
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Discovery of the "Compton Shoulder" in the Iron Line from GX301-2

Presented by: Shin Watanabe
Presentation: PowerPoint PDF

Modelling and laboratory experiments photoionized plasmas

Presented by: Masao Sako

A Monte Carlo Treatment of Radiation Transfer in Black Hole Accretion Disks

Presented by: Christopher Mauche
Presentation: PowerPoint PDF

Recombination Rate Coefficients and Line Emissivity

Presented by: Mingfeng Gu
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Afternoon Session II (Jay Bookbinder, Chair)

Probing the Physics of Stellar Coronae with High Resolution X-ray Spectroscopy

Presented by: Nancy Brickhouse

The Hot Corona of YY Mensae

Presented by: Marc Audard
Presentation: Open Office PowerPoint
PDF

Why High Spectral Resolution is Needed for the Con-X Mission

Presented by: Jeff Linsky
Presentation: PDF

High-Resolution Spectroscopy of OB Stars: Using Emission Line Profiles to Constrain Wind Kinematics, Geometry, and Opacity

Presented by: David Cohen
Presentation: PowerPoint PDF

Determination of the X-ray Temperature Distribution of Young, Hot Stars

Presented by: Patrick Wojdowski
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Tuesday, May 6

Morning Session I (Kim Weaver, Chair)

Open problems with the modelling of collisional plasmas

Presented by: Randall Smith
Presentation: PowerPoint PDF

Soft X-rays, White Light Emission and Densities in Stellar Flares with XMM-Newton

Presented by: Urmila Mitra-Kraev
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High Resolution Spectroscopy of AGNs and GRBs

Presented by: Martin Elvis
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High Resolution Spectroscopy of Supernova Remnants with Chandra, XMM-Newton and Constellation-X

Presented by: Kathy Flanagan
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SNR E0102: Measured Velocities and Geometric Musings

Presented by: Dan Dewey
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Morning Session II (Rich Kelley, Chair)

Spatial/spectral studies of SNRS with CCDs

Presented by: Jack Hughes
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How Did Cassiopeia A Explode?

Presented by: Martin Laming
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Observation of the shrapnel D near the Vela SNR

Presented by: Hiroshi Tsunemi
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Afternoon Session I (Frits Paerels, Chair)

Photospheric spectroscopy of neutron stars

Presented by: George Pavlov
Presentation: PowerPoint PDF

Cyclotron Lines in the Soft X-ray Spectrum of an Isolated Neutron Star

Presented by: Giovanni Bignami

Evolution of Neutron Star Atmospheres during X-ray Bursts

Presented by: Herman Marshall

X-ray Structure in Galaxy Clusters

Presented by: Brian McNamara

The cluster soft excess pheonomenon and its cosmological implications

Presented by: Richard Lieu
Presentation: PowerPoint PDF

Morning Session I (Claud Canizares, Chair)

ICM Velocity Tomography of Galaxy Clusters

Presented by: Renato Dupke
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The cooling flow problem

Presented by: Andy Fabian
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Chandra ACIS-S Observation of the Cooling Flow Cluster Abell 262

Presented by: Liz Blanton
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Starburst galaxies

Presented by: Dave Strickland
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Enhancement of alpha-elements in star bursts: the case of M82

Presented by: Piero Ranalli
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X-raying the Interstellar Medium with Chandra

Presented by: Norbert Schulz

Wednesday, May 7

Morning Session I (Joel Bregman, Chair)