HEAD 2006 Meeting in San Francisco

The links to the online presentations will remain inactive until the beginning of the briefings.

All time given below are Pacific Standard Time.

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MUG SHOTS OF SUPERNOVAS REVEAL TWO KEY FINDINGS
12:30 PM Wednesday, October 4

Presenter: Stefan Immler, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center & USRA
Commentator: Eric Schlegel, University of Texas --- San Antonio

Press release

Movie
(credit: NASA/Swift/Immler)

Immler's presentation

(The presentations will be not linked until 12:30 PM Wednesday, October 4)

SWIFT BLACK HOLE CENSUS AND QUASAR JET DISCOVERIES
10:30 AM Thursday, October 5 

Presenter: Richard Mushotzky, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Presenter: Jack Tueller, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Presenter: Rita Sambruna, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Commentator: Meg Urry, Yale University

Press Release (BAT Black Hole census)

Press Release (Quasar Jet)

Mushotzky's presentation

Tueller's presentation

Sambruna's presentation

Movie for Sambrunas' presentation (QuickTime - 4.9 MB)
Movie for Sambrunas' presentation (Avi Format - 2.7 MB)

(The presentations will not be linked until 10:30 AM Thursday, October 5)

ON THE EDGE OF SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES
12:30 PM Thursday, October 5

Presenter: James Reeves,  Johns Hopkins University & NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Presenter: Andy Fabian, Cambridge University (UK)
Presenter: Xinyu Dai, Ohio State University
Moderator: Chris Reynolds, University of Maryland (College Park)

Press Release (Broad Iron Line)

Effects of a Black Hole on X-ray Emission (315 MB)
Effects of a Black Hole on X-ray Emission (2.6 MB)
 Effects of a Black Hole on X-ray Emission (Description)

Comparing Spinning and Non-spinning Black Holes (440 MB)
Comparing Spinning and Non-spinning Black Holes (4.2 MB)
Comparing Spinning and Non-spinning Black Holes (Description)

Reeves and Fabian's presentation
 
Press Release (Microlensing)

An optical image of the quasar RXJ1131-1231

  A mosaic of X-ray images of the quasar Q2237+0305

Magnification patterns of X-ray emission for the quasar RXJ1131-1231
Magnification patterns of X-ray emission for the quasar RXJ1131-1231(200dpi)
 Magnification patterns of optical emission  for the quasar RXJ1131-1231
 Magnification patterns of optical emission  for the quasar RXJ1131-1231(200dpi)

Description of all the images related to the microlensing PR

Dai's presentation

(The presentations will not be linked until 12:30 PM Thursday, October 5)

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imh@lheapop.gsfc.nasa.gov
     

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Created by Ilana Harrus, 09/23/06