Black Holes Agenda 2018

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