Wednesday, 19 March 2025

Physics of the Cosmos Mini-Symposium

Location: Anaheim Marriott, Grand Ballroom Salon K

Time	Topic	Speaker	Presentation
3:45pm – 4:00pm	What's New in the Physics of the Cosmos Program	Brian Humensky (NASA)	[PDF]
4:00pm – 4:15pm	Physics of the Cosmos Program Analysis Group	David Pooley (Trinity University)	[PDF]
4:15pm – 4:33pm	An Update on FIG SAG Findings: Gamma-Ray Science Priorities in Coming Decades	Tiffany Lewis (MTU)	[PDF]
4:33pm – 4:51pm	Cosmic Ray and Neutrino Science Interest Group and the Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations	Stephanie Wissel (Penn State)	[PDF]
4:51pm – 5:09pm	LISA Science: a Brief Status Update	Emanuele Berti (JHU)	[PDF]
5:09pm – 5:27pm	New Insights into High Energy Particle Acceleration in Blazar Jets from the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer	Michela Negro (LSU) on behalf of Steven Ehlert (MSFC)	[PDF]

How You Can Get Involved

• Join a Science Interest Group
• NASA Postdoctoral Program
• NASA Internships

PhysCOS-Related Activities at APS

Monday, 17 March 2025

Time	Event
10:45a – 12:33p	APR-B03 Searches for Dark Matter APR-B08 Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Doctoral Dissertation Award in Astrophysics APR-B19 Ultra High-Energy Cosmic Rays APR-B20 Pulsar Timing Array and LISA APR-B22 Pulsars and Neutron Star Properties
1:30p – 3:18p	APR-C01 AI in Gravitational Wave Science APR-C22 Multimessenger Searches
3:45p – 5:33p	APR-D08 Decoding Heavy Elements in the Heavens and on Earth APR-D20 Cosmology and Dark Matter with Gravitational Waves APR-D22 Astrophysical Simulations from Supernovae to the Cosmos
5:35p – 6:35p	APR-E01 Public Lecture: The Mystery of Dark Matter in the Universe

Tuesday, 18 March 2025

Time	Event
8:30a – 10:18a	APR-G07 The First Ten years of Gravitational Wave Observations APR-G19 Galaxies from the Early Universe to Today
10:45a – 12:33p	APR-H01 Small NASA Missions APR-H07 The 4th Observing Run of the LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA Gravitational Wave Network APR-H14 Mini-Symposium: Time Domain Astrophysics and Nuclear Physics APR-H20 Gravitational Wave Sources and Populations I APR-H21 Dark Matter Astrophysics APR-H22 Solar, Supernova, and Galactic Neutrinos
1:30p – 3:18p	APR-J07 Twenty Years of Binary Black Hole Simulations APR-J08 Time Domain and Multimessenger Astrophysics APR-J20 Gravitational Wave Sources and Populations II APR-J21 Astrophysical Instruments and Missions
3:45p – 5:33p	APR-L07 Isaacson Award Session APR-L08 LISA Science and Prospects APR-L21 Gamma Ray Observations and Analysis APR-L22 Tracing our Chemical Origins with the R-Process Alliance
5:45p – 7:30p	APR-MB01 DGRAV Business Meeting
6:00p – 8:00p	APR-MB02 DAP Business Meeting

Wednesday, 19 March 2025

Time	Event
8:30a – 10:18a	APR-N01 Kavli Foundation Special Symposium – Exploring the Cosmos
10:45a – 12:33p	[DGRTAV] APR-P07 The Next 10+ Years of Gravitational Wave Observations [DAP] APR-P08 Exploring the Expanding Universe with the Dark Energy Survey [DAP] APR-P21 Cosmic Microwave Background Measurements and Analysis [DAP] APR-P22 Multimessenger Mergers
1:30p – 3:18p	[DGRAV] APR-R07 Beyond the Standard Model with Gravitational Wave Observations [DAP] APR-R08 Latest Results from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument [DAP] APR-R20 Next Generation Gravitational-Wave Observatories [DAP] APR-R21 Dark Matter and Cosmology [DAP] APR-R22 Supernovae, Magnetars, and Exotic Accreting Systems
3:45p – 5:33p	DAP] APR-S08 Bethe Prize Session [DAP, DGRAV] APR-S19 Mini-Symposium: Physics of the Cosmos [DAP] APR-S21 Cosmology and the Hubble Tension

Thursday, 20 March 2025

Time	Event
10:45a – 12:33p	[DAP] APR-V08 Chandra X-ray Observatory: 25 years of Scientific Achievements [DAP] APR-V21 Ultra High-Energy Neutrinos: Sources and Detection [DAP] APR-V22 BH-BH, BH-NS, and NS-NS Mergers
1:30p – 3:18p	[DAP] APR-W22 Black Hole Astrophysics