Virtually Anywhere
11 – 15 January 2021
All times given are Eastern Standard Time (EST).
Video recordings of each session courtesy of the American Astronomical Society.
Friday, 8 January 2021
1:00 – 3:00 PM
| Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Update on NASA Astrophysics, Q&A [PDF] | Dr. Paul Hertz, Astrophysics Division Director |
| NASA Astrophysics Technology Needs: Plans for Factoring in the Decadal Survey's Recommendations [PDF] | Bruce T. Pham, PCOS / COR Chief Technologist, NASA GSFC; and Nick Siegler, ExEP Chief Technologist, JPL |
Monday, 11 January 2021
12:00 Noon
Chair: Grant Tremblay
| Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|
| PCOS Overview [PDF] | Brian Williams, GSFC (15 + 5 mins) |
| PhysPAG Overview [PDF] | Graça Rocha, JPL/Caltech (15 + 5 mins) |
| X-ray Highlights [PDF] | Ryan Hickox, Dartmouth College (15 + 5 mins) |
| Looking forward to LISA: Binary Supermassive Black Holes [PDF] | Krysta Lynne Smith, SMU (15 + 5 mins) |
| Discussion (10 mins) | |
Monday, 11 January 2021
6:50 PM
| Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Introduction [PDF] | Organizers (5 mins) |
| Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Space Science: The Sustainable Picture [PDF] | Dara Norman, NOIRLab (15+5 mins) |
| NASA Astrophysics at an HBCU: University of the Virgin Islands [PDF] | David Morris, UVI (15+5 mins) |
| Space Science at MSIs: A Student's Perspective [PDF] | Tenley Hutchinson-Smith, UCSC/Spelman College (15+5 mins) |
| Panel discussion (25 mins) |
Tuesday, 12 January 2021
12:00 Noon
Chair: Marcos Santander
| Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Invited: Multimessenger Astrophysics at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center [PDF] | Rita Sambruna (NASA GSFC) (30 min talk) |
| Gamma-rays and Gravitational Waves [PDF] | Michelle Hui (NASA MSFC) (15 min talk) |
| Gamma-rays and Neutron Star Mergers [PDF] | Imre Bartos (University of Florida) (15 min talk) |
| Future Gamma-ray Missions for MMA: BurstCube, AMEGO-X, and AMEGO [PDF] | Judy Racusin (NASA GSFC) (15 min talk) |
| AstroPix: Investigating the Potential of Silicon Pixel Sensors in the Future of Gamma-ray Astrophysics [PDF] | Isabella Brewer (University of Maryland) (15 min talk) |
Wednesday, 13 January 2021
12:00 Noon
Chair: Kevin Huffenberger
| Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|
| IPSIG Overview [PDF] | Graça Rocha, JPL/Caltech (15 + 5 mins) |
| PICO Overview [PDF] | Shaul Hanany, University of Minnesota (15 + 5 mins) |
| CMB-S4 Overview [PDF] | Julian Borrill, LBL (15 + 5 mins) |
| Complementarity of Space and Ground-Based Experiments [PDF] | Charles Lawrence, JPL (15 + 5 mins) | Discussion (10 mins) |
Wednesday, 13 January 2021
6:50 P.M.
Chair: Grant Tremblay
| Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Introduction [PDF] | |
| Science with Ongoing Explorer Missions | |
| Gehrels / Swift [PDF] | Jamie Kennea, Penn State (20 mins) |
| The NuSTAR mission and Science Highlights from 2020 [PDF] | Kristin Madsen, CRESST and X-ray Astrophysics Laboratory, GSFC (20 mins) |
| NICER | Erin Kara, MIT (20 mins) |
| Status of Upcoming Explorer Missions | |
| IXPE | Martin Weisskopf, MSFC (10 mins) |
| Status Report on the X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) [PDF] | Brian Williams, GSFC (10 mins) |
Thursday, 14 January 2021
12:00 Noon
Chair: Jillian Bellovary
| Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|
| LIGO O3 Results Summary [PDF] | Evan Goetz (15 mins, 5 questions) |
| NANOGRAV Results Summary [PDF] | |
| LISA Overview of Science and Programmatics [PDF] | Ira Thorpe (15 mins, 5 questions) |
| BlackHoles@Home [PDF] | Zach Etienne (15 mins, 5 questions) |
Thursday, 14 January 2021
4:10 P.M.
| Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Overview of Cosmic Structure SIG | James Rhoads, NASA / GSFC (15 mins) |
| The Interplay between Space- and Ground-Based Baryon Acoustic Oscillation Studies [PDF] | Donghui Jeong, Penn State Univ. (15 mins) |
| The ODIN Survey: Hunting for the Largest Cosmic Structures in the Distant Universe [PDF] | Kyoungsoo Lee, Purdue University (15 mins) |
| Cosmological Simulations of Galaxy Formation: A Multi-Scale Effort [PDF] | Jorge Moreno Soto, Pomona College (15 mins) |
| Discussion (30 mins) | |