Breakout Sessions Day 1

Cosmology

Location TBD

Moderators: Dida Markovic / Johannes Ulf Lange

Start	Speaker	Abstract Number	Title
10:45 AM	Daniel Green	24	Transformative Cosmology with a CMB Probe
11:00 AM	W.L. Kimmy Wu	26	CMB lensing and cosmology: current status and future outlook
11:15 AM	Alan Kogut	19	CMB Spectral Distortions -- The New Frontier
11:30 AM	Srinivasan Raghunathan	20	A Next-Generation Full-Sky CMB Survey for Probing Fundamental Physics and Structure Formation with Secondary CMB Anisotropies
11:45 AM	Yun Wang	23	CHROMOS Cosmology: Transforming Our Understanding of the Universe
12:00 PM			Discussion
12:15 PM			Lunch
1:45 PM	Jack O. Burns	21	A Vision for Low Radio Frequency Astrophysics and Cosmology from the Far Side of the Moon: The Cosmic Dark Ages
2:00 PM	Nicholas Kern	25	Cosmology in the Cosmic Dark Ages
2:15 PM	Philip von Doetinchem	27	Low-energy Antinuclei Measurements
2:30 PM	Zorawar Wadiasingh	28	A future γ-ray Pulsar Timing Array and Other Revolutionary Science with Neutron Stars
2:45 PM	Tsuguo Aramaki	30	The GRAMS Project: MeV Gamma-ray Observations and Antinuclei-based Background-Free Dark Matter Searches with a LArTPC
3:00 PM			Discussion
3:15 PM			Afternoon Break
4:00 PM	John Callas	22	Fundamental Physics and Precision Measurements in Space
4:15 PM	Ralph Kraft	65	Wide-Field Soft X-ray Imaging Spectroscopy
4:30 PM	Naceur Gaaloul	85	AEDGE: Atomic Experiment for Dark Matter and Gravity Exploration in Space
4:45 PM

Compact Objects & Energetic Phenomena

Location TBD

Moderators: Michela Negro / Ryan Hickox

Start	Speaker	Abstract Number	Title
10:45 AM	Vivian U	44	Bridging the Gaps in Black Hole Demographics for the 2030s and Beyond
11:00 AM	Michael Koss	47	A Chandra Successor in the 2030s
11:15 AM	Erin K. S. Hicks	9	From Accretion to Feedback: AGN Science Priorities for Future NASA Missions
11:30 AM	Tiffany Lewis	16	Blazar Jets - Connecting Gamma-ray Polarization to Galactic Evolution
11:45 AM	Joseph Lazio	2	Imaging Supermassive Black Hole Binaries
12:00 PM			Discussion
1:45 PM	Javier Garcia	3	The Growth and Spin of Supermassive Black Holes with a Broad-Band X-ray Observatory
2:00 PM	Daniel Stern	4	Compact Objects and Energetic Phenomena with a Broad-Band X-ray Observatory
2:15 PM	Chien-Ting Chen	18	Resolving the Cosmic X-ray Background for Cosmic Accretion History with a Broad-band X-ray Observatory
2:30 PM	Walter Peter Maksym	74	An X-ray Extremely wide-field Spectroscopic Surveyor (XESS, or “chess”)
2:45 PM	Krista Lynne Smith	11	The X-ray Timing Science Analysis Group: Extreme and Fundamental TDAMM Science with DEUS-X
3:00 PM			Discussion
4:00 PM	TBD	147	CHRONOS: Chronometric High-precision Relativistic Observatory of Networked Optical-clocks in Space
4:15 PM	Daniele Vetrugno	117	Beyond LISA: A Space-Based Gravitational-Wave Program for the micro-Hz to deci-Hz Frontier
4:30 PM	John F. Krizmanic	80	The Probe Of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (POEMMA) Observatory
4:45 PM			Discussion

Exoplanets & Astrobiology

Location TBD

Moderators: Tiffany Kataria / Thomas Beatty

Start	Speaker	Abstract Number	Title
10:45 AM	Michael R. Meyer	81	Charactering Exoplanets with Nulling: Surveying Unseen Systems (CENSUS)
11:00 AM	Kevin Stevenson	31	Characterizing Nearby Non-Transiting Rocky Worlds in the Mid-Infrared
11:15 AM	Tom Greene	37	CHROMOS for Transiting Exoplanet Spectroscopy
11:30 AM	Klaus Pontoppidan	33	Building on JWST Observations of Exoplanets and Planet-forming Disks with Future Infrared High-resolution Spectroscopy
11:45 AM
12:00 PM			Discussion
1:45 PM	Brenda Matthews	32	Resolving Architectures of Planetary Systems: the Case for a Sub-arcsecond Far-infrared Interferometer in Space
2:00 PM	Meredith Ann MacGregor	34	Connecting Planet Formation from the Solar System to Exoplanet Systems
2:15 PM	Gregg Hallinan	38	The Magnetospheres of Terrestrial Exoplanets from the Lunar Farside
2:30 PM	Jake Turner	36	The Ongoing Hunt to Detect the Radio Emissions of Exoplanets Using the LOFAR and NenuFAR Low-frequency Telescopes
2:45 PM
3:00 PM			Discussion

Galaxies

Location TBD

Moderators: Claudia Scarlata / Susan Kassin

Start	Speaker	Abstract Number	Title
10:45 AM	Hans Moritz Günther	50	Dust in the Milky Way from the ISM to Star Formation
11:00 AM	John ZuHone	41	Elucidating the Nature of Feedback Mechanisms in Galaxies via Emission-Line Studies of the Warm and Hot Circumgalactic Medium
11:15 AM	Kathryn Plant	42	Probing the Galactic ISM Tomographically at Low Frequencies
11:30 AM	Scott Wolk	52	High Spatial Resolution X-ray Studies of Star Formation, Stellar Evolution, and Planets Studies
11:45 AM	Carlos J. Vargas	43	Ardua: Unveiling the Baryon Cycle from Stars to the Cosmic Web
12:00 PM			Discussion
1:45 PM	Joaquin Vieira	17	The Extragalactic Millimeter Sky with CMB Probe+: A Census of Cosmic Structure and Obscured Star Formation
2:00 PM	Margaret Meixner	51	Far-infrared Space Astronomy Science Gaps beyond 2030
2:15 PM	Brandon Hensley	40	Galactic Astrophysics with a Full-Sky CMB Polarization Survey
2:30 PM	Andreas Faisst	49	CHROMOS to Explore the Drivers of Large Scale Structure, Galaxy, and Black Hole Evolution
2:45 PM	Michelle Park	48	Non-Thermal Physics Drives Compact, Self-Regulated Galaxy Morphologies at Cosmic Dawn
3:00 PM			Discussion

Galaxies & Cosmic Rays

Location TBD

Moderators: Eric Mayotte / Kohta Murase

Start	Speaker	Abstract Number	Title
4:00 PM	Priyarshini Ghosh	45	From Iron to the Actinides and Isotopes in-Between: Ushering in the Next Era of Precision Ultra-Heavy Galactic Cosmic Ray Measurements
4:15 PM	Martijn Oei	46	Galactic Cosmic Ray Physics with the Ultra-long Wavelength Lunar Farside Observatory
4:30 PM	Paolo Coppi	53	MeV-GeV Gamma-Ray Observations: Constraining Cosmic Ray-Mediated Feedback and Star Formation Activity
4:45 PM			Discussion

Stars and Stellar Populations

Location TBD

Moderators: Jennifer Johnson / Derek Buzasi

Start	Speaker	Abstract Number	Title
10:45 AM	Paul Felix Goldsmith	39	Key science questions in star formation astrophysics addressed by the LunAr Submillimeter Survey Observatory (LASSO)
11:00 AM	Ivey Davis	54	Space Weather of Other Stars Below 15 MHz with the MegaWave Radio Surveyor
11:15 AM	Roberta Paladini	55	Star Formation: a Long-Standing Riddle that Asked to be Solved
11:30 AM	Abigail T. Crites	56	Line Intensity Mapping Capabilities of an All-sky mm/sub-mm Polarimetric Space Mission
11:45 AM			Discussion
12:00 PM			Discussion

Compact Objects & Energetic Phenomena

Location TBD

Moderators: Vivian U / Tanmoy Laskar / Sanch Borthakur

Start	Speaker	Abstract Number	Title
1:45 PM	Steven Edward Boggs	7	Origin of the Isotopes: The Case for a Next-Generation Nuclear Line Spectrometer
2:00 PM	Eric Burns	8	The Future of Gamma-Ray Burst Science
2:15 PM	Thomas J. Maccarone	1	Millimeter transients and variables
2:30 PM	Varoujan Gorjian	14	PanChromia: The EM Machine for TDAMM Science
2:45 PM	Leo Singer	178	Ad Astra Per Lunam: A Flagship TDAMM Observatory on the Lunar Surface
3:00 PM			Discussion
4:00 PM	Laura Brenneman	13	Finding and Characterizing High-Redshift Black Holes with Next-Generation X-ray Missions
4:15 PM	C. Megan Urry	84	Extragalactic Science with SPICE, the Space Interferometer for Cosmic Exploration
4:30 PM	Fabio Pacucci	15	What Lit Up the Universe? Completing the Picture of Cosmic Dawn with a Next-Generation X-ray Flagship
4:45 PM			Discussion

Sub-mm FIR

Location TBD

Moderators: Abby Crites / Johanna Nagy

Start	Speaker	Abstract Number	Title
1:30 PM	Lee Mundy	76	Far-Infrared Interferometer Mission Concept
1:42 PM	Lin Yi	59	Far-Infrared Heterodyne Interferometry as a Hosted Science Capability on Orbital Computing Swarms
1:54 PM	Anish Roshi	90	PHOENIX: A Photonics-Enabled Heterodyne Submillimeter/Far-Infrared Interferometer for Planet Formation, Star Formation, and Galaxy Evolution
2:06 PM	Kevin Fogarty	107	ICEpic: An integrated photonic architecture for interferometry in space
2:18 PM	Gary Melnick	83	Beyond Zodi Mid-Infrared Wide-Field Surveyor
2:30 PM	Johannes Hubmayr	105	Superconducting Focal Plane Technology for a CMB Probe of Inflation
2:42 PM			Discussion
3:00 PM			Afternoon Break
3:45 PM	Brendan Crill	111	Telescope Architectures for a CMB Probe+
3:57 PM	Christopher K. Walker	100	SALTUS: Single Aperture Large Telescope for Universe Studies
4:09 PM	Michael Johnson	99	Space-VLBI Frontier Observatory
4:21 PM	Asantha Cooray	92	CDIM-ASTRA: A Strategic Wide-Field Spectro-Imaging Mission for Cosmic Dawn and Reionization
4:33 PM	Eiichi Egami	102	Mid-Infrared Wide-Field Surveyor: Toward the Next Redshift Frontier
4:45 PM	Johannes G. Staguhn	112	Detector Technologies and Performance Requirements for Future Mid-Infrared Space Missions
4:57 PM			Discussion
5:15 PM			Short break to reconvene into plenary

X-ray & UV

Location TBD

Moderators: Brian Grefenstette / Steven Allen

Start	Speaker	Abstract Number	Title
1:30 PM	Hans Moritz Günther	132	X-ray Grating Spectroscopy as a Mission Enhancement
1:42 PM	Michael Hoenk	113	Delta-doped Sensors for X-ray to Ultraviolet Imaging and Spectroscopy
1:54 PM	Brandon Chalifoux	87	A Diffraction-Limited Milli-arcsecond X-ray Imager
2:06 PM	Drew Miles	115/118	Developments in X-ray Reflection Gratings/Developments in Blazed UV Diffraction Gratings
2:18 PM	Sven Herrmann	121	Fast, Low Noise SiSeRO Detectors for NUV-VIS-NIR and X-ray Applications
2:30 PM	Haeun Chung	89	Ardua: UV Instrument Technology and Design Trades for Wide-Field, Ultra-Low-Surface-Brightness Circumgalactic Medium Mapping
2:42 PM			Discussion
3:00 PM			Afternoon Break
3:45 PM	Kim Weaver	60	The Accretion Explorer Interferometer
3:57 PM	John ZuHone	123	From Simulations to Observations: the Necessity of End-to-End Simulations for Linking Science Objectives to Mission Requirements
4:09 PM	Simon Richard Bandler	78	De-risking the Next X-ray Flagship: A Dedicated Technology Development and Proto-Flight Strategy
4:21 PM	Kristin Madsen	104	Next Generation X-ray Optics
4:33 PM	Peter Cheimets	114	Novel Scaleable High Resolution X-ray Mirror System
4:45 PM	Zaven Arzoumanian	172	The Dynamic Extreme Universe in X-rays (DEUS-X) TDAMM Machine
4:57 PM			Discussion
5:15 PM			Short break to reconvene into plenary

Radio

Location TBD

Moderators: Judd Bowman / Gioia Rau

Start	Speaker	Abstract Number	Title
1:30 PM	Saptarshi Bandyopadhyay	57	Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (LCRT) on the Farside of the Moon
1:42 PM	Jake Turner	155	The Lunar Farside Technosignature and Transient Telescope (LFT3) Mission
1:54 PM	Marin Anderson	97	An Ultra-Long-Wavelength Observatory on the Lunar Farside
2:06 PM	Jack Burns	162	The FarView Low Frequency Radio Array on the Moon’s Far Side
2:18 PM	Joseph Lazio	70	The MegaWave Radio Surveyor
2:30 PM	Mary Knapp	122	Electromagnetic Vector Sensors: Better Antennas for Space-based Low Frequency Radio Interferometry
2:42 PM			Discussion
3:00 PM			Afternoon Break
3:45 PM	Ref Bari	98	T-REX: Time-Resolving Explorer
3:57 PM	Ruby Byrne	119	Capabilities Needed for the Next Generation of 21 cm Cosmology Measurements
4:09 PM	Daniel Jacobs	120	Roadmap to Readiness of Space-based Dark Ages 21cm Receivers
4:21 PM	Kathryn Plant	116	The Digital Signal Processing Trade Space for Space-based Radio Telescopes
4:33 PM			Discussion
4:45 PM
4:57 PM
5:15 PM			Short break to reconvene into plenary

Multi-Mission Capabilities

Location TBD

Moderators: Meredith MacGregor / Don Figer

Start	Speaker	Abstract Number	Title
1:30 PM	Garreth Ruane	91	Servicing Mission to Bring Second-Generation Coronagraph Instrumentation to the Habitable Worlds Observatory
1:42 PM	Rita Sambruna	61	AstroDOME: Standardized, Mass-produceable, Small Astrophysics missions
1:54 PM	Matthew Marcus	63	AstroDOME Engineering
2:06 PM	Weibo Chen	110	Low-Temperature Cryocooler Status Review
2:18 PM	Peter Shirron	108	Continuous Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator Systems for Future CMB Missions
2:30 PM	Stuart B. Shaklan	135	Starshade: A Broad-Band, High-Throughput Architecture for ExoEarth Discovery and Characterization
2:42 PM			Discussion
5:15 PM			Short break to reconvene into plenary

Multiple Aperture Concepts

Location TBD

Moderators: Eric Burns / Malgosia Sobolewska

Start	Speaker	Abstract Number	Title
3:45 PM	Curtis McCully	86	CIELO: LCO in Space
3:57 PM	Ahmad Sohani	94	LUSTER-net: LUnar-based Survey for Time-domain Exploration and Research network
4:09 PM	Varoujan Gorjian	14	PanChromia: The EM Machine for TDAMM Science
4:21 PM	Daniel Apai	103	Nautilus Space Observatory: Flagship Science with a Scalable, Modular, Rapidly Deployable Architecture
4:33 PM	Kenneth Carpenter	142	The Artemis-enabled Stellar Imager (AeSI)
4:45 PM	Dan Kocevski	179	The Hydra Constellation: A Proliferated Space Architecture for Time-Domain and Multi-Messenger Astrophysics
4:57 PM			Discussion
5:15 PM			Short break to reconvene into plenary

UV Optical IR

Location TBD

Moderators: Erika Hamden / Kevin France

Start	Speaker	Abstract Number	Title
1:30 PM	Ahmed Soliman	69	Hybrid space-ground Observatory for Earth-Like Exoplanets (HOEE)
1:42 PM	Gregory D. Wirth	79	CHROMOS (Cosmic Higher Resolution Origins Multi-Object Spectroscopy): Mission Implementation
1:54 PM	Edward Balaban	96	Fluidic Telescope (FLUTE): Transformative Science with Ultra-Large, Single-Aperture Space Observatories
2:06 PM	Kevin Karlyle Hardegree‑Ullman	165	Near-Infrared Transit Explorer (NITE)
2:18 PM	Avi Mandell	75	The MIRECLE Concept: Revealing the Properties of Non-Transiting Temperate Rocky Planets Orbiting the Nearest M-Stars
2:30 PM	Eduardo Bendek	95	ASPECT: Astrometry Space Probe for Exoplanet Characterization and True Masses
2:42 PM			Discussion
3:00 PM			Afternoon Break

Gamma Ray

Location TBD

Moderators: Steve Boggs / Sylvain Guiriec

Start	Speaker	Abstract Number	Title
1:30 PM	Elizabeth Hays	88	Future Large Gamma-ray Mission Concepts
1:42 PM	Tom Shutt	106	GammaTPC: a Transformative 0.1 MeV - 10 GeV Gamma Ray Instrument Concept
1:54 PM	Regina Caputo	66	Next-Generation Wide-field Gamma-Ray Observatories
2:06 PM	Richard Miller	73	Time-domain All-Sky Nuclear Gamma-ray Observatory (TANGO)
2:18 PM	Nicholas Cannady	77	LCRO: A Modular Cosmic-Ray and Gamma-Ray Observatory on the Lunar Surface
2:30 PM	Andreas Zoglauer	152	Closing the MeV Gap with ARCTIS and Hybrid Germanium Pixel Detectors
2:42 PM			Discussion
3:00 PM			Afternoon Break

Gravitational Waves & Fundamental Physics

Location TBD

Moderators: Tingting Liu / Simon Barke

Start	Speaker	Abstract Number	Title
3:45 PM	Thomas Eubanks	93	Fundamental Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology with the Interplanetary Laser Trilateration Network (ILTN)
3:57 PM	David Leibrandt	64	Asteroids for μHz Gravitational Wave Detection
4:09 PM	Jacob Slutsky	141	The Decihertz Interferometer Space Antenna
4:21 PM	Dhruva Ganapathy	124	Gravitational-Wave Astronomy with a Space-based Optical Clock Network
4:33 PM	Volker Quetschke	71	LILA Observatory: A Lunar-Surface Mid-Band Gravitational-Wave Observatory
4:45 PM	Slava Turyshev	67	TETRA: A Tetrahedral Heliocentric Field-Equations Observatory
4:57 PM			Discussion
5:15 PM			Short break to reconvene into plenary