Final Agenda (last updated 8 July 2018)
Monday, July 9:
8:30 – 9:00 am
Continental Breakfast provided! |
114 McAllister Bldg | Orientation to the Week (Palma & Brandt) |
9:00 – 10:30 am | Schwarzschild’s Remarkable Solution: The First True Indication of Black Holes (Brandt) | |
10:30 – 11:00 am | Break (break times are approximate and may vary) | |
11:00 am – 12:00 noon | NASA GSFC Anatomy of a Black Hole: Stellar Density Experiment (Palma, Goldsborough) | |
12:00 noon – 1:30 pm | Lunch on your own | |
1:30 – 2:15 pm | The HR Diagram for Stars (Palma, Goldsborough) | |
2:15 – 3:30 pm | Stellar Fates and Black-Hole Formation (Brandt) | |
3:30 – 4:00 pm | Break | |
4:00 – 4:45 pm | Chandra Stellar Evolution Activities (Palma, Goldsborough) | |
4:45 – 5:00 pm | Discussion and Daily Evaluation (Palma) | |
9:30 – 11:00 pm | 6th floor of Davey Lab | Rooftop Observing (weather dependent) (Palma) |
Tuesday, July 10:
9:00 – 10:30 am | 114 McAllister Bldg | Finding Black Holes in Our Galaxy (Brandt) |
10:30 – 11:00 am | Break (break times are approximate and may vary) | |
11:00 am – 12:00 noon | NASA GSFC Anatomy of a Black Hole: Model Activity (Palma, Goldsborough) | |
12:00 noon – 1:30 pm | Lunch on your own | |
1:30 – 3:00 pm | The Galactic Supermassive Black Hole and Active Galaxies (Brandt) | |
3:00 – 3:30 pm | Break | |
3:30 – 4:45 pm | Searching for Counterparts to Gravitational Wave Sources with Swift (Kennea) | |
4:45 – 5:00 pm | Discussion and Daily Evaluation (Palma) | |
9:30 – 11:00 pm | 6th floor of Davey Lab | Rooftop Observing (if necessary) (Palma) |
Wednesday, July 11:
9:00 – 10:30 am | 114 McAllister Bldg | Active Galaxies and Their Jets (Brandt) |
10:30 – 11:00 am | Break (break times are approximate and may vary) | |
11:00 am – 12:00 noon | Redshift, Distance, and Lookback Time Tutorials (Palma, Goldsborough) | |
12:00 noon – 1:30 pm | Lunch on your own | |
1:30 – 2:45 pm | Quasar Winds in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (Mariappan) | |
2:45 – 3:15 pm | Break | |
3:15 – 4:45 pm | Supermassive Black Holes in Hibernation (Brandt) | |
4:45 – 5:00 pm | Discussion and Daily Evaluation (Palma) | |
9:30 – 11:00 pm | 6th floor of Davey Lab | Rooftop Observing (if necessary) (Palma) |
Thursday, July 12:
9:00 – 10:30 am | 114 McAllister Bldg | Spinning Black Holes and the No-Hair Theorem (Brandt) |
10:30 – 11:00 am | Break (break times are approximate and may vary) | |
11:00 am – 12:00 noon | The Monsters of the Universe (Grier) | |
12:00 noon – 1:30 pm | Lunch on your own | |
1:30 – 3:00 pm | Black Hole Evaporation (Brandt) | |
3:00 – 3:30 pm | Break | |
3:30 – 4:45 pm | LHS GEMS Invisible Universe: How Much Energy Is That? (Palma, Goldsborough) | |
4:45 – 5:00 pm | Discussion and Daily Evaluation (Palma) | |
6:00 – 8:30 pm | Penn State Room of the Nittany Lion Inn | Banquet — followed by The History of Quasars (Schneider) |
Friday, July 13:
9:00 – 10:15 am | 114 McAllister Bldg | Singularities: Inside Black Holes (Brandt) |
10:15 – 10:30 am | Break | |
10:30 – 11:30 am | Additional classroom resources (Palma & Goldsborough) | |
11:45 am (approx) | adjournment |