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Physics of the Cosmos Program Analysis Group (PhysPAG) Meetings
Fourth Meeting: PhysPAG Meeting 2012
August 14-16, 2012
Holiday Inn Capitol
550 C Street SW
Washington, D.C.
List of registered participants
Announcing the fourth PhysPAG meeting in Washington, D.C. The PhysPAG Executive Committee is the Science Organizing Committee for this meeting (see pcos.gsfc.nasa.gov/physpag/ for more information) and encourages the entire PCOS community to attend. Webcasting will be available for those unable to attend in person.
Final Program for the PhysPAG Meeting 2012 [PDF]
PhysPAG Meeting Logistics: Map of area, including food & coffee! [PDF]
Presentations for the PhysPAG Meeting 2012.
WebEx/Telecon Information for PhysPAG Meeting
Current planned agenda topics include:
- Public presentation/discussion of the reports of PCOS Gravitational Wave and X-ray Studies
- Gravitational-Wave Mission Concept Study Final Report [3.7 MB, PDF]
- X-ray Mission Concepts Study Project Report [13 MB, PDF]
- Discussion of PCOS-related ESA missions, including activity on Euclid
- Dark Energy measurements from space (Organizer: Jason Rhodes, jason.d.rhodes AT jpl.nasa.gov)
- Meetings of all four Study Analysis Groups:
- Inflation Probe SAG (Chair: Shaul Hanany, hanany AT physics.umn.edu)
- X-ray SAG (Chair: Jay Bookbinder, jbookbinder AT cfa.harvard.edu)
- Gravitational Wave SAG (Chair: Guido Mueller, mueller AT phys.ufl.edu)
- Gamma Ray SAG (Chair: Elizabeth Hays, elizabeth.a.hays AT nasa.gov)
BREAKOUT AGENDAS FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15TH
- Dark Energy from Space Agenda
- IPSAG Agenda
- GWSAG Agenda
- XRSAG Agenda
- GammaSAG: White Paper Work Session – See Description Here
Registration Information
Location and Lodging
For general questions regarding the meeting, please contact PhysPAG chair Steve Ritz (ritz AT scipp.ucsc.edu) or PCOS Chief Scientist Ann Hornschemeier Ann.Hornschemeier AT nasa.gov)
Program News
01 May 2013
XRSAG Meeting, April 2013, Monterey, CA, Presentations posted. » Details
03 Apr 2013
PCOS/PhysPAG Town Halls: April 9 at HEAD, April 16 at APS. » Details
03 Apr 2013
Upcoming XRSAG Meeting: Friday, April 12th @ HEAD. » Details
01 Mar 2013
New Astrophysics Roadmap to be developed by a task force of the NASA Advisory Council's Astrophysics Subcommittee during 2013. » Details