more final meeting arrangements

["Laming, John" <jlaming@ssd5.nrl.navy.mil>]

Dear All,

We look forward to seeing everyone on Thursday. I have one clarification to
add to the driving directions on the NRL website. For people driving from
points north along I-295 (the Baltimore-Washington Parkway), where this ends
and splits into two, do not, repeat not, take the right hand fork labeled
"Washington". Take the left hand fork labeled "Richmond, Alexandria". Taking
the "Washington" fork will put you on Route 50, New York Avenue, and into
the black hole of downtown DC, into which visitors to our group at NRL have
been known to disappear for hours. The "Richmond, Alexandria" exit puts you
onto Kenilworth Avenue, that eventually becomes I-295 again. Exit 1 takes
you to NRL.

Upon arrival everyone must park and go to building 72 to pick up a badge,
before driving into NRL. I will be meeting Jacco, Carles, and Martin there
around 9.00 - 9.15 am (if not before) since they will need to be escorted
into the lab.

Below is a tentative schedule, which will most likely change several times
more before the meeting. There has been some concern that with the data
going public immediately, we should be ready to work on them as soon as they
are available to avoid being scooped, and so have some idea of the first
papers pretty soon. So Thursday's agenda, following some introductory talks
to put everyone in the picture, is more biased towards "deliverables" (in
project-management-speak!). I hope that we will not feel so constrained on
Friday and can devote time to more open-ended discussions. We will go for
lunch to the NRL cafeteria, where a room should be reserved for us.

There is plenty of time available for anyone else who would like to give a
short talk, stake a claim to a piece of data analysis, etc, to do so. Just
let Una and/or Martin L know, either beforehand or during the meeting
itself.

Una and Martin

(John) Martin Laming
Naval Research Laboratory, Code 7674L
Washington DC 20375
tel: 202 767 4415
fax: 202 404 7997
cell: 240 893 5749
jlaming@ssd5.nrl.navy.mil



Tentative schedule
 
Thursday 10.00 am. Welcome by Martin
Brief Talks (10-15 mins each)
Una Hwang (X-ray obs.)
Tracey Delaney (dynamics)
Martin Laming/Carles Badenes (modelling)
Rob Fesen (optical obs.)
+anyone else?
 
12.00 Lunch
 
pm. Discussion of how to meet our basic proposal goals, get first 
papers out.

Data analysis issues? (maybe at the end of the day)

Likely Science Topics:
Fe/Si census/morphology
X-ray knot measurements, inside and outside of jet regions, find 
"x-ray" explosion center 
Dynamics measurements in jets 

Assign action items.

Go out for dinner in Alexandria?
 
Friday 9.00 (or 10.00?) am. Brief Talks (10-15 mins)
Parviz Ghavamian (e-i equilibration)
Jacco Vink (BeppoSAX/INTEGRAL observations, synchrotron em.)
Alexei Khokhlov? (jets)
+anyone else?
 
Lunch 12.00
 
Science Topics for Further Discussion:
Electron temperature, synchrotron emission at forward shock 
Hard X-rays from west limb contact discontinuity 
Electron temperature behind reverse shock 
Jets (where is the Fe? hydro models)
Inner shell 44Sc and 44Ca lines 
Compact object

Assign action items.

Finish about 5pm, if not before.