Astrophysics: Gamma Rays, Supernovae, and Black Holes

Presentations

• All-Sky Imaging With Fermi's GBM in the Hard X-ray Regime

  ORAL

  Oct. 22, 2010, 1:30 PM – Oct. 22, 2010, 1:42 PM

  Authors

  • J. Rodi

    • Louisiana State University
    • Dept. of Physics \& Astronomy, Louisiana State University

  • G.L. Case

    • Dept. of Physics \& Astronomy, Louisiana State University

  • M.L. Cherry

    • Dept. of Physics \& Astronomy, Louisiana State University

  • C.A. Wilson-Hodge

    • NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

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• All-Sky Imaging of the Gamma-Ray Sky with BATSE

  ORAL

  Oct. 22, 2010, 1:42 PM – Oct. 22, 2010, 1:54 PM

  Authors

  • Y. Zhang

    • Dept. of Physics \& Astronomy, Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA 70803

  • G.L. Case

    • Dept. of Physics \& Astronomy, Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA 70803

  • M.L. Cherry

    • Dept. of Physics \& Astronomy, Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA 70803

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• Monitoring the $>100$ keV Gamma-Ray Sky Using GBM: The First Two Years

  ORAL

  Oct. 22, 2010, 1:54 PM – Oct. 22, 2010, 2:06 PM

  Authors

  • G.L. Case

    • Louisiana State University

  • A. Camero-Arranz

    • Fundacion Espa\~nola de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Spain

  • V. Chaplin

    • University of Alabama, Huntsville

  • M.L. Cherry

    • Louisiana State University

  • M.H. Finger

    • USRA

  • P. Jenke

    • NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center

  • J. Rodi

    • Louisiana State University
    • Dept. of Physics \& Astronomy, Louisiana State University

  • C.A. Wilson-Hodge

    • NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center

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• Ground-Based Observations of Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes

  ORAL

  Oct. 22, 2010, 2:06 PM – Oct. 22, 2010, 2:18 PM

  Authors

  • R.A. Ringuette

    • Dept. of Physics \& Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

  • N. Cannady

    • Dept. of Physics \& Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

  • G.L. Case

    • Dept. of Physics \& Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

  • M.L. Cherry

    • Dept. of Physics \& Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

  • D. Granger

    • Dept. of Physics \& Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

  • J. Isbert

    • Dept. of Physics \& Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

  • M. Stewart

    • Dept. of Physics \& Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

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• Accretion-Induced Collapse of White Dwarfs

  ORAL

  Oct. 22, 2010, 2:18 PM – Oct. 22, 2010, 2:30 PM

  Authors

  • Ernazar Abdikamalov

    • CCT LSU

  • Christian Ott

    • California Institute of Technology

  • Luciano Rezzolla

    • Albert Einstein Institute

  • Luc Dessart

    • Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille

  • Harald Dimmelmeier

  • Andreas Marek

    • Max Plank Institute for Astrophysics

  • Hans-Thomas Janka

    • Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics

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• Dust Formation in Core Collapse Supernovae

  ORAL

  Oct. 22, 2010, 2:30 PM – Oct. 22, 2010, 2:42 PM

  Authors

  • Jennifer Andrews

    • Louisiana State University

  • Geoffrey Clayton

    • Louisiana State University

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• General initial data for simulations of compact binary systems

  ORAL

  Oct. 22, 2010, 2:42 PM – Oct. 22, 2010, 2:54 PM

  Authors

  • Frank L\"offler

    • Louisiana State University

  • Roland Haas

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Tanja Bode

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Bruno Mundim

    • Rochester Institute of Technology

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• Non-axisymmetric Instabilities in Thick Self-Gravitating Tori Around Black Holes in Dynamical General Relativistic Framework

  ORAL

  Oct. 22, 2010, 2:54 PM – Oct. 22, 2010, 3:06 PM

  Authors

  • Oleg Korobkin

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University

  • Erik Schnetter

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University

  • Nikolaos Stergioulas

    • Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

  • Burkhard Zink

    • University of Tuebingen, Germany

  • Ernazar Abdikamalov

    • Center for Computation and Technology, Louisiana State University

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• Magnetized Equilibrium Accretion Tori around Kerr Black Holes in General Relativistic Magneto-hydrodynamic Simulations

  ORAL

  Oct. 22, 2010, 3:06 PM – Oct. 22, 2010, 3:18 PM

  Authors

  • Tyler Landis

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University

  • Peter Diener

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University
    • Louisiana State University

  • Erik Schnetter

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University

  • Burkhard Zink

    • Theoretische Astrophysik, Eberhard-Karls-Universit\"at T\"ubingen

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• Measuring the Distance to Low-Mass Star Forming Cores

  ORAL

  Oct. 22, 2010, 3:18 PM – Oct. 22, 2010, 3:30 PM

  Authors

  • Chadwick Young

    • Nicholls State University

  • Leah Garber

    • Nicholls State University

  • Tyler Bourke

    • Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

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