Saturday, 14 April 2018

Physics of the Cosmos Mini-Symposium

Room: B230 – 231
Chair: Graça Rocha (JPL)

Topic	Speaker	Presentation
PCOS / PhysPAG Overview	Terri Brandt	[PDF]
Multi-Messenger Astrophysics Science Analysis Group Overview (Invited)	John Conklin	[PDF]
HQ + PCOS Activities	Rita Sambruna / Terri Brandt	[PDF]
X-ray Chirp of SMBH Binaries Detected with LISA (Short)	Zoltan Haiman	[PDF]
LISA Status Report (Short)	Kelly Holley-Bockelmann	[PDF]
Athena Status Report (Short)	Andy Ptak (Remote)	[PDF]

Gravitational Wave SIG Minisymposium

Room: A226
Co-chairs: Kelly Holley-Bockelmann (Vanderbilt University), Nicolas Yunes (Montana State University)

Topic	Speaker	Presentation
Free-fall Performance for the LISA Gravitational Wave Observatory: New Results from LISA Pathfinder (Invited)	Peter Wass	[PDF]
Quick-fire NLST Updates (Short)	Kelly Holley-Bockelman	[PDF]
What Will LISA Reveal About Theoretical Physics? (Short)	Nico Yunes	[PDF]
What Will LISA Reveal About Black Hole Astrophysics? (Short)	Emanuele Berti	[PDF]
The GW View of X-ray Binaries (Short)	Tom Maccarone	[PDF]

Tuesday, 17 April 2018

Cosmic Ray SIG Mini-Symposium

Room: B232 – 233
Chair: Jim Beatty (Ohio State University)

Topic	Speaker	Presentation
Recent Observations of Galactic Cosmic Rays from Voyagers 1 and 2 (Invited)	Alan Cummings
ISS-CREAM and BACCUS (Short)	Eun-Suk Seo	[PDF]
Neutrinos and UHECR Cosmic Rays with EUSO_SPB2 and POEMMA (Short)	Lawrence Wiencke	[PDF]

Gamma Ray SIG Mini-Symposium

Room: B230 – 231
Chair: Sylvain Guiriec (George Washington University)

Topic	Speaker	Presentation
Presentation		[PDF]
GAMERA: A Gamma-Ray Telescope for the Gravitational Wave Astrophysics Era (Invited)	Matthew Kerr
Further Talks and Business TBA

Inflation Probe SIG Mini-Symposium

Room: B232 – 233
Chair: Kevin Huffenberger (Florida State University)

Topic	Speaker	Presentation
Update on Inflation Probe Concepts (Invited)	Shaul Hanany
Spectral Distortions and Inflation (Short)	Alan Kogut	[PDF]
Thoughts on Systematic Errors for a CMB Polarization Space Mission (Short)	Brendan Crill	[PDF]
Complementarity of Sub-Orbital and Orbital Missions (Short)	Bill Jones	[PDF]
Further Talks and Business TBA

Tentative Date

Fifth Meeting of the L3 Study Team

The NASA L3 study activity will undergo a transition pending the ESA L3 mission announcement; however, regardless of this transition, open meetings will continue

PCOS-Related Activities at the APS

Saturday, 14 April 2018

Time	Event	Room
10:45 AM – 12:33 PM	B15: Physics of the Cosmos Minisymposium	B230 – 231
10:45 AM – 12:33 PM	B16: Gravitational Waves: Data Analysis Techniques and Parameter Estimation – I	B232 – 233
10:45 AM – 12:33 PM	B17: Galactic Sources and Cosmic–ray Accelerators	B234 – 235
1:30 PM – 3:18 PM	C04: Recent LIGO/Virgo Results	A120 – 122
1:30 PM – 3:18 PM	C14: Gravitational Wave SIG Minisymposium	A226
1:30 PM – 3:18 PM	C15: Missions and Instruments	B230 – 231
3:30 PM – 5:18 PM	D04: Third Generation Gravitational Wave Detectors	A120 – 122
3:30 PM – 5:18 PM	D07: High Energy Particle Astrophysics	B131 – 132
3:30 PM – 5:18 PM	D13: Quantum Aspects of Gravitation – I	A224 – 225
3:30 PM – 5:18 PM	D15: Indirect Dark Matter Searches	B230 – 231
3:30 PM – 5:18 PM	D16: Optical Counterparts to Gravitational-Wave Events	B232 – 233

Sunday, 15 April 2018

Time	Event	Room
8:30 AM – 10:18 AM	G07: Fireball Emission from Binary Neutron Star Mergers	B131 – 132
8:30 AM– 10:18 AM	G13: Gravitational Waves: Source Modeling – I	A224 – 225
8:30 AM– 10:18 AM	G14: Gravitational Waves: Data Analysis Techniques and Parameter Estimation – II	A226
8:30 AM – 10:18 AM	G15: Medium Energy Cosmic Rays	B230 – 231
10:45 AM – 12:33 PM	H14: Gravitational Waves: Searches and Detected Signals	A226
10:45 AM – 12:33 PM	H15: Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays	B230 – 231
10:45 AM – 12:33 PM	H16: Future Science and Prospects in MeV Gamma-ray Astrophysics	B232 – 233
10:45 AM – 12:33 PM	H17: Electromagnetic Follow-Up of Gravitational-Wave Observations	B234 – 235
1:30 PM – 3:18 PM	J10: Minisymposium: Low Radioactivity Background Techniques in Underground Experiments – I	A216
3:30 PM – 5:18 PM	K04: Binary Merger Simulations	A120 – 122
3:30 PM – 5:18 PM	K17: Modeling Populations of Compact Gravitational-Wave Sources	B234 – 235
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM	L01: Poster Session II	Union Ballroom A

Monday, 16 April 2018

Time	Event	Room
10:45 AM – 12:33 PM	R04: Gravitational Wave Sources: Compact Binary Formation Scenarios	A120 – 122
1:30 PM – 3:18 PM	S13: Gravitational Waves: Source Modeling – II	A224 – 225
1:30 PM – 3:18 PM	S14: Gravitational Waves: Detectors and Instrumentation	A226
1:30 PM – 3:18 PM	S15: Early Universe	B230 – 231
1:30 PM – 3:18 PM	S17: Neutrinos, Gamma Rays, and Cosmic Rays, oh my!	B234 – 235
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM	T01: Poster Session III	Union Ballroom A
3:30 PM – 5:18 PM	U02: Gravitational Waves and Dark Matter Searches	A112 – 113
3:30 PM – 5:18 PM	U14: Tests of General Relativity and Gravitation	A226
3:30 PM – 5:18 PM	U15: Cosmic Microwave Background and More	B230 – 231
3:30 PM – 5:18 PM	U17: Ultra High-energy Neutrinos	B234 – 235

Tuesday, 17 April 2018

Time	Event	Room
8:30 AM – 10:18 AM	W01: Tuesday Plenary: Nobel Prize and APS Medal Winners	Union Ballroom BC
10:45 AM – 12:33 PM	X04: Unveiling Massive Black Holes	A120 – 122
10:45 AM – 12:33 PM	X16: Cosmic Ray SIG Minisymposium	B232 – 233
1:30 PM – 3:18 PM	Y04: Low-Frequency Gravitational Wave Astronomy	A120 – 122
1:30 PM – 3:18 PM	Y16: Gamma Ray SIG Minisymposium	B230 – 231
1:30 PM – 3:18 PM	Y16: Inflation Probe SIG Minisymposium	B232 – 233