Physics of the Cosmos
Exploring fundamental questions regarding the physical forces of the universe

Physics of the Cosmos Program Analysis Group
Events: Meetings

233rd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society

Seattle, Washington
6 – 10 January 2019


PCOS Related Activities at the AAS

Saturday, 5 January 2019

Sessions
Time Session Location
9:00 AM – 6:00 PM The AAS Chandra/CIAO Workshop (Day 1) Room 204

Sunday, 6 January 2019

Sessions
Time Session Location
9:00 AM – 6:00 PM The AAS Chandra/CIAO Workshop (Day 2) Room 204
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CANCELLED Joint PAG (Program Analysis Group) Meeting with Paul Hertz, Director of NASA's Astrophysics Division Room: 4C-3

Monday, 7 January 2019

Sessions
Time Session Location
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM 141. Beyond Photons: Astronomy in the Multi-messenger Era Posters, Exhibit Hall 4AB
142. Cosmology and Astrophysics with Next Generation Cosmic Microwave Background Experiments
149. NANOGrav
150. Planetary Nebulae and SNRs
151. Relativistic Astrophysics, Gravitational Lenses, & Waves
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM 102. The Landscape of Next-Generation Gravitational Wave Observatories Room 6A
112. Black Holes I Room 612
116. AGN Black Holes I: A New Hope Room 616 / 617
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Dannie Heineman Prize: The Dawn of Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics: Vicky Kalogera (Northwestern University) Room 6E
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM 120. CANCELLED NASA Town Hall Room 6E
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM 125. Cosmology and Astrophysics with Next Generation Cosmic Microwave Background Experiments Room 606
133. Pulsars in Binaries Room 615
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM 153. White Dwarfs, Pulsars, Neutron Stars Posters, Exhibit Hall 4AB
157. Space Mission Instrumentation I
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM 174. Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) Town Hall Room 6B
7:00 PM – 8:45 PM NASA's TESS Mission-Early Science from Exoplanets, Time Domain Astronomy and Astrophysics Room 201


Tuesday, 8 January 2019

Sessions
Time Session Location
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM 242. AGN, QSO, Blazars I Posters, Exhibit Hall 4AB
243. AGN, QSO, Blazars II
248. Gamma Ray Bursts
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM 210. Gravitational Lenses, Waves, Relativisitic Astrophysics, & GRBs II Room 609
215. NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF) Astrophysics Fellows Forum Room 615
216. HEAD I: Chandra at 20 Room 616 / 617
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM 221. NSF Town Hall Room 6B
1:00 PM – 4:30 PM MeV Astronomy: Unlocking the Multi-Messenger Universe Room 205
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM 224. New Results from the Dark Energy Survey Room 6C
236. HEAD II: Fermi at 10 Room 616 / 617
237. Space Mission Instrumentation III Room 618 – 620
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM RAS Gold Medal Lecturer Prize: Ripples from the Dark Side of the Universe: Sir James Hough (University of Glasgow, Scotland)Room 6E
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM HEAD Bruno Rossi Prize: Cosmic Rumbles and Fireworks from Merging Neutron Stars: Colleen Wilson-Hodge (NASA/MSFC)Room 6E
7:30 PM – 8:30 PM 272. CANCELLED James Webb Space Telescope Town Hall Room 6C

Wednesday, 9 January 2019

Sessions
Time Session Location
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM The Energetic Universe in Focus: Twenty Years of Science with the Chandra X-ray Observatory: Ryan Hickox (Dartmouth College) Room 6E
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM 349. Cosmology Posters
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM 313. Surveys & Large Programs Room 614
314. Oral Binaries and Their Properties Room 615
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM 324. AAS Public Policy Town Hall: Astronomer Advice for the President's Advisors: A Listening Session with the National Space Council Users' Advisory Group Room 6E
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM 331. Gravitational Lenses, Waves, Relativisitic Astrophysics, & GRBs III Room 616
338. Cosmology: Galaxy/Structure Evolution
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM 345. Plenary Prize Lecture: Henry Norris Russell Lecture: The Limits of Cosmology, Joseph Silk (Johns Hopkins University, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris and Oxford University) Room 6E
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM 369. Black Holes Posters, Exhibit Hall 4AB
383. Cosmology
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM 384.Implementing the Next Decadal Survey: Status Report of Astro2020 from the Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics at the National Academy of Sciences Room 6B

Thursday, 10 January 2019

Sessions
Time Session Location
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM 456. Black Holes & Supernovae: Late Posters Posters, Exhibit Hall 4AB
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM NASA PhysPAG Gravitational Wave SIG Room 310
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM 409. Large Scale Structure and Cosmology I Room 609
414. Accreting BlackHoles & WDs, and Their Environments Room 615
415. Cosmology: Galaxy/Structure Evolution II Room 616
418. Variable Stars and Their Remnants in Surveys Room 619
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM NASA PhysPAG Room 4C-3
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM 444. A NICER Exploration of Neutron Stars and Black Holes Posters, Exhibit Hall 4AB
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM NASA PhysPAG Gamma-Ray SIG Room 310
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM 425. Computational Astrophysics Room 606
426. A NICER Exploration of Neutron Stars and Black Holes Room 607
428. Large Scale Structure and Cosmology II Room 609
434. Seyferts and LINERs Room 616
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM NASA PhysPAG X-ray SIG Room 310
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