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

Physics of the Cosmos Program Analysis Group
Events: Meetings

237th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society

Virtually Anywhere
11 – 15 January 2021


PhysCOS-Related Activities at the January 2021 AAS

Monday, 11 January 2021

Schedule
Time Event
11:00 AM – 11:50 AM 101 Kavli Foundation Plenary Lectureship: The North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves, Paul Demorest (NRAO)
12:00 Noon – 1:30 PM Oral, Special Sessions (SS), and Division Meeting
106 (SS) HEAD I: Dissertation Prize Talks
108 (SS) Understanding Extragalactic Jets: Simulations and Observations
109 AGN and Quasars 1
119 Evolved and Variable Stars
NASA PCOS PhysPAG
MeV Astronomy: Unlocking the Multi-Messenger Universe
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM Exhibitor Webinar: Chandra: Chandra Source Catalog: Multiband Counterparts and SDSS-V Spectroscopic Followup
1:40 PM – 2:40 PM 121 NSF Town Hall
3:10 PM – 4:00 PM Plenary: 122 From Galaxies to Faces: Recognizing the Implications of Artificial Intelligence in Astronomy and Society, Brian Nord (FermiLab)
4:10 PM – 5:40 PM iPosters
125 GW and MMA. Strong/Weak Gravitational Lensing, Relativistic Astrophysics
126 AGN and Quasars
130 Neutron Stars
132 Space-based Instrumentation
135 Gamma-Ray Bursts
136 Massive Stars in Colliding Wind Binaries
138 AGN and Quasars 1
145 Gamma Ray Bursts
146 Gravitational Waves and Multi-messenger Astronomy
151 Space-based Instrumentation
152 Models and Simulations in High-Energy Regimes
6:50 PM – 8:20 PM Enhancing Participation of Minority Serving Institutions in NASA Space Science

Tuesday, 12 January 2021

Schedule
Time Event
12:00 Noon – 1:30 PM Oral, Special Sessions (SS), Splinter Meetings, and Division Meeting
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM203 (SS) Supermassive Black Holes and Jets in Galaxies, Near and Far
204 (SS) Massive Stars in Colliding Wind Binaries
206 (SS) HEAD II: The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory: From Gamma-ray Bursts to Multi-messenger Astrophysics
209 AGN and Quasars 2
NASA CR / GR / GW SIG
1:40 PM – 2:40 PM 220 NASA Town Hall
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Exhibitor Webinar: NASA Science: SOFIA: Science from the Stratosphere
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Exhibitor Webinar: NASA Science: Dual-Anonymous Peer Review at NASA
4:10 PM – 5:40 PM 226 AGN 1
228 Quasars
233 Gamma Ray Bursts
235 Galaxies
238 Quasars
6:50 PM – 8:20 PM 243 HEAD Business Meeting

Wednesday, 13 January 2021

Schedule
Time Event
12:00 Noon – 1:30 PM Oral, Special Sessions (SS) Splinter Meetings, and Division Meeting
304 (SS) The Next Decade Of Nanohertz Gravitational-wave Astrophysics with Pulsar-Timing Arrays
308 AGN and Quasars 3
309 Supernovae 1
315 The Promise of New Technology for High Energy Astrophysics
Fermi Guest Investigator Opportunities
NASA Research and Analysis Program Town Hall
NASA Inflation Probe SIG
1:40 PM – 2:40 PM 319 STScI Town Hall
320 NRAO Town Hall
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM The Exciting Dawn—and bright future—of Gravitational-Wave Astronomy
3:10 PM – 4:00 PM 321 Plenary: Distinguishing Black Hole Binary Formation Channels With Eccentricity Measurements and Other New Gravity Wave Probes, Lisa Randall (Harvard Univ.)
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Exhibitor Webinar: NSF: Grant Programs within NSF's Division of Astronomical Sciences I: General research and education programs.
4:10 Noon – 5:40 PM iPoster Sessions, Special Sessions (SS) and Interactive Exhibit Hall
331 AGN 1
337 AGN and Quasars 2
338 Compact Object Binaries
340 X-ray Pulsars and Black Holes
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM US Archival Science with Euclid
6:50 PM – 8:20 PM NASA X-Ray SIG

Thursday, 14 January 2021

Schedule
Time Event
11:00 AM – 11:50 AM 400 Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) Gold Medal in Astronomy: A Schematic Model for Black Hole Growth and Galaxy Quenching, Sandra Moore Faber (UC Santa Cruz)
12:00 Noon – 1:30 PM Oral, Special Sessions (SS), and Splinter Meetings
403 (SS) What to Expect Under a Biden-Harris Administration
404 Black Holes; Spin and Accretion
408 AGN and Quasars 4
409 Supernovae 2
411 Large Scale Structure Surveys 1
NASA Gravitational Wave SIG
12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Exhibitor Webinar: NSF: Astronomy and Astrophysics Grants Program II: Instrumentation and infrastructure programs
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Exhibitor Webinar: NASA Science: The Once & Future Great Observatories
4:10 PM – 5:40 PM Oral and Special Sessions (SS) and Interactive Exhibit Hall
426 AGN 2
427 Black Holes
Cosmological Gravitational Waves, Etc
435 X-ray and Gamma-ray Observatories
436 HMXBs and Superorbital Modulation
439 Relativistic Astrophysics
440 Multi-messenger Signatures of Binary Mergers
4:10 PM – 5:40 PM Splinter Meetings
NASA Cosmic Structure SIG

Friday, 15 January 2021

Schedule
Time Event
11:00 AM – 11:50 AM 500 Plenary: The Role of Magnetic Fields: Galactic Science from HAWC+/SOFIA, David Chuss (Villanova Univ.)
12:00 Noon – 1:30 PM Oral and Special Sessions (SS)
504 AGN and Host Galaxies
507 Planetary Nebulae, Supernova Remnants
508 AGN and Quasars 5
509 Supernovae 3
517 Novas and Flares
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Exhibitor Webinar: Fermi: A Walk Through Fermi Science
4:10 PM – 5:20 PM iPoster Sessions, and Interactive Exhibit Hall
522 Supernovae
524 Black Holes
532 AGN 2
538 AGN and Quasars 3
539 Black Holes and Accretion
551 Supernovae
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