The First Informal Zwicky SN Workshop, Pasadena 2004
SN 2003ja in NGC 846, as imaged by the robotic Palomar 60"
Image credit: B. Cenko and the robotic P60 team
MOTIVATION: Several astronomers at Caltech and Carnegie are currently
interested in supernovae: as cosmic explosions, as the death of massive
stars, nucleosynthesis, and as cosmic yardsticks. Observers at Carnegie
are mounting a major campaign using C40,
C100
and Magellan. The
venerable
P48
telescope is being pressed again onto SN science but with CCDs -- the
Quest project.
The newly roboticized
P60
is being dedicated to transient astronomy research.
Swift,
a hard X-ray MIDEX, is expected
to launch in June 2004. Swift may identify many examples of the much
sought after nearby supernovae with high energy emission (SN 1998bw/GRB
980425) and argued to be engine driven explosions (as opposed to
hydrodynamic explosions). Finally,
NUSTAR, a SMEX mission with gamma
ray nucleosynthesis as one of its three main goals, has just entered
Phase A studies (PI, Fiona Harrison).
Given the disparate interests but common objects of interest we are
organizing a meeting to bring astronomers at Carnegie & Caltech
together.
Organizers:
Dr. Avishay Gal-Yam, Postdoctoral Scholar, avishay@astro.caltech.edu
Dr. Derek Fox, Postdoctoral Fellow, derekfox@astro.caltech.edu
Date and
location: Saturday, January 17, 2004, Carnegie Auditorium,
OCIW, 813 Santa Barbara St', Pasadena.
PROGRAM:
FIRST SESSION (Chair: A. Gal-Yam)
09:00 Welcome (S. Kulkarni & W. Freedman) Presentation (PPT)
09:10 Overview of the Carnegie SN program (W. Freedman, OCIW) Presentation (PPT)
09:40 Lick Observatory Supernova Search (W. Li, UCB) Presentation (PPT)
10:10 Coffee Break
SECOND SESSION (Chair: M. Phillips, OCIW)
10:40 SN Factory (M. Wood-Vasey, LBL) Presentation (PDF)
11:10 NUSTAR -- A Hard X-ray/Nuclear Line SMEX (F. Harrison, Caltech) Presentation (PPT)
11:30 The Newly Roboticized P60 (D. Fox, Caltech) Presentation (PDF)
11:50 Super-LOTIS (H. Park, LLNL) Presentation (PPT)
12:10 Lunch
THIRD SESSION (Chair: E. Berger, Caltech)
13:40 The QUEST Supernova Program (C. Baltay, Yale) Presentation (PPT)
14:10 ESSENCE and the CfA SN program (R. Kirshner, CfA) Presentation (PPT)
14:40 NIR Diagnostics for SNe (M. Phillips, OCIW) Presentation (PPT)
15:10 Where Next with SN Cosmology ? (R. Ellis, Caltech) Presentation (PPT)
15:40 Break (Lemonade)
FOURTH SESSION (Chair: D. Frail)
16:10 Search for Engine-Driven SNe (A. Soderberg, Caltech) Presentation (PPT)
16:40 Beyond Mere Collapses: The Collapsar Model (A. MacFadyen, Caltech) Presentation (PPT)
17:00 Pan-STARRS (P. Price, IfA) Presentation (PPT) (PDF)
17:20 Real-Time Optical Transient Detection with RAPTOR (W.T. Vestrand, LANL) Presentation (PPT)
17:40 Open Discussion (A. Gal-Yam, D. Fox & W. Freedman)
18:10 Closing of Meeting
Wine & Cheese
Logistics: Parking will be available at the OCIW
parking lot. We will be attempting to supply wireless web access; if
you wish to have a backup option available, you may email
dhcp@ociw.edu to register your ethernet card "MAC" address in advance,
and you will then be able to plug directly into the Carnegie network
(for the day).
Proceedings: No proceedings. We would like to collect .ppt files
at the meeting website (with the permission of the speakers).
Registration: No formal registration, and no fees. But we do need
to know the number of people attending this meeting, in order
to choose the location and prepare refreshments, etc. So:
if you think you plan to arrive YOU MUST SEND AN EMAIL ASAP
to avishay@astro.caltech.edu
People that arrive without prior notice may find themselves without
a chair.
Constructed: January 2004, by Avishay Gal-Yam, E-Mail: avishay@astro.caltech.edu
Last update : 02/03/2004 19:55:51
