Sunday, 16 November 2014 |
| 16:00 - 19:00 | | Registration |
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Monday November 17, 2014 |
| 7:30 | | Registration |
| 8:30 | Elachi | Welcome |
| 8:45 | Spergel | WFIRST-AFTA: A Powerful Tool for Astrophysics - Abstract |
| 9:20 | Frieman | WFIRST/AFTA Dark Energy Science - Abstract |
| 9:55 | Boss | WFIRST/AFTA Exoplanet Science - Abstract |
| 10:30 | | Coffee Break |
| 10:50 | Weisz | WFIRST/AFTA Milky Way & Local Group Science - Abstract |
| 11:25 | Abraham | WFIRST-AFTA Science Beyond the Local Group - Abstract |
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| 12:00 | | Lunch |
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| 13:30 | | Parallel Session 1: Science Topics Map
Dark Energy Parallel Session
Beyond the Local Group Parallel Session
Galactic and the Local Group Parallel Session
Exoplanets Parallel Session
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| 15:00 | | Coffee Break |
| 15:20 | | Parallel Session 1: Science Topics Map
Dark Energy Parallel Session
Beyond the Local Group Parallel Session
Galactic and the Local Group Parallel Session
Exoplanets Parallel Session
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| 16:50 | | Adjourn |
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Tuesday November 18, 2014 |
| 7:30 | | Registration |
| 8:30 | Hertz | The View from NASA |
| 8:50 | Spergel | Reports from Parallel Session 1: Dark Energy |
| 9:05 | Beichman | Reports from Parallel Session 1: Exopanets |
| 9:20 | Ferguson | Reports from Parallel Session 1: Beyond the Local Group |
| 9:35 | Majewski/Soderblom | Reports from Parallel Session 1: Milky Way and the Local Group |
| 9:50 | | Coffee Break |
| 10:10 | Jewitt | Solar System Science - Abstract |
| 10:45 | Kasliwal | Time Domain Science with WFIRST - Abstract |
| 11:20 | Rich | Exploring the Dynamics and Subpopulation of the Bulge Using WFIRST - Abstract |
| 11:35 | Hudson | Canadian Participation in WFIRST - Abstract |
| 11:50 | Wright | Wide-field InfraRed Surveys: WISE and NEOWISE-R - Abstract |
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| 12:05 | | Lunch |
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| 13:30 | | Parallel Session 2: Science Requirements vs Performance Map
Dark Energy Parallel Session
Beyond the Local Group Parallel Session
Galactic and the Local Group Parallel Session
Exoplanets Parallel Session
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| 15:00 | | Coffee Break |
| 15:20 | | Parallel Session 3: Science Preparation and Follow-up Facility Needs Map
Dark Energy Parallel Session
Beyond the Local Group Parallel Session
Galactic and the Local Group Parallel Session
Exoplanets Parallel Session
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| 16:50-19:00 | | Reception and Poster Session |
| 19:00 | | Adjourn |
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Wednesday November 19, 2014 |
| 8:30 | Pueyo, King, Rodney | Astronomy Landscape in Twenties - Abstract |
| 9:20 | Rottgering | Synergies with Euclid - Abstract |
| 9:55 | Strauss | Synergies between LSST and WFIRST - Abstract |
| 10:30 | | Coffee Break |
| 10:50 | Gilmore | Synergies with Gaia - Abstract |
| 11:25 | Rottgering | The Synergy of Combining the Radio and WFIRST Sky. - Abstract |
| 12:00 | Murphy | The Jansky Very Large Array Sky Survey (VLASS) - Abstract |
| 12:15 | Capak | Surveying the High Redshift Universe with Hyper-Suprime Cam, Spitzer, Euclid and WFIRST - Abstract |
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| 12:30 | | Lunch |
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| 14:00 | Gehrels/Lauer | Reports from Parallel Sessions 2 and 3: Dark Energy |
| 14:15 | Roberge | Reports from Parallel Sessions 2 and 3: Exopanets |
| 14:30 | Heckman | Reports from Parallel Sessions 2 and 3: Beyond the Local Group |
| 14:45 | Majewski/Soderblom | Reports from Parallel Sessions 2 and 3: Milky Way and the Local Group |
| 15:00 | Howard | High Precision Radial Velocity Observations To Support WFIRST - Abstract |
| 15:15 | Gould | Non-Microlensing Astrophysics with WFIRST Microlensing Data - Abstract |
| 15:30 | | Coffee Break |
| 15:50 | Malhotra | Cosmic Dawn with deep slitless spectroscopy from WFIRST-AFTA. - Abstract |
| 16:05 | Brammer | 3D-HST: A slitless spectroscopic survey of distant galaxies - Abstract |
| 16:20 | Rigby | Diagnostic Spectroscopy of Lensed Galaxies - Abstract |
| 16:35 | | Panel Discussion: Placement of Surveys |
| 17:20 | | Adjourn |
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Thursday November 20, 2014 |
| 8:30 | Gehrels | First WFIRST SDT Response to Discussions |
| 9:00 | Desai | Synergies with Archival All-Sky IR Surveys - Abstract |
| 9:15 | Heap | 20 Questions For The WFIRST-AFTA Archives - Abstract |
| 9:30 | Helou, Schneider, Yee, van der Marel, Dale | Panel Discussion: Community Research Support Needs
Download presentations: Helou - Dale - Schneider - van der Marel - Yee |
| 10:30 | | Coffee Break |
| 10:50 | Dressler | Closing Remarks |
| 11:20 | | Adjourn |
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Parallel Sessions |
Dark Energy Parallel Sessions |
International Ballroom Map |
Monday November 17, 2014 |
Session 1: Science |
| 13:30 | Jain | Dark Energy context including modified gravity: Beyond LambdaCDM - Abstract |
| 13:50 | Ho | Progress Report on the Dark Sector of the Universe - Abstract |
| 14:10 | Weinberg | Cosmic Acceleration: From Today to WFIRST - Abstract |
| 14:30 | Newman | Photometric Redshifts for WFIRST and LSST: Challenges and Synergies - Abstract |
| 14:45 | Schneider | On the joint forward-modeling of WFIRST-AFTA and LSST imaging - Abstract |
| 15:00 | | Coffee Break |
| 15:20 | Bean | Weak Lensing - Abstract |
| 15:40 | Kirshner | Type Ia Supernovae - Abstract |
| 16:00 | Padmanabhan | Dark Energy with Galaxy Surveys : Prospects and Challenges - Abstract |
| 16:20 | Krause | Combining Probes of Large-Scale Structure in the Precision Cosmology Era - Abstract |
| 16:35 | Dole | New z>2 clusters unveiled by Planck, Herschel & Spitzer - prospects for WFIRST & Euclid - Abstract |
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Tuesday November 18, 2014 |
Session 2: Science Requirements vs Performance |
| 13:30 | Hirata | WFIRST high latitude survey - Abstract |
| 13:50 | Scolnic | A Fully Realized Simulation of the WFIRST SN Survey - Abstract |
| 14:05 | Baltay | Supernova Survey with WFIRST-AFTA - Abstract |
| 14:25 | Foley | Supernovae and the IFU - Abstract |
| 14:40 | Eifler | Mitigation Strategies for WFIRST Weak Lensing Systematics - Abstract |
| 14:55 | | Coffee Break |
Session 3: Science Preparation and Follow-up Facility Needs |
| 15:20 | Takada | Dark Energy Interests in Japan: Subaru SuMIRe project - Abstract |
| 15:40 | Dawson | LSST - WFIRST Synergy: A New Domain of Blending Challenges - Abstract |
| 16:00 | Rettura | The search for the most distant clusters of galaxies with Spitzer: synergies with WFIRST. - Abstract |
| 16:15 | Prakash | New technique of Selecting Luminous Red Galaxies at High Redshifts combining Optical and Infrared photometry - Abstract |
| 16:30 | Eisenhardt | Searching for Massive Distant Galaxy Clusters with WISE - Abstract |
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Beyond the Local Group Parallel Sessions |
Pasadena I Room Map |
Monday November 17, 2014 |
Session 1: Science |
| 13:30 | Robertson | WFIRST/AFTA Surveys of the Epoch of Reionization - Abstract |
| 13:50 | Somerville | How high-resolution wide-field imaging can help us constrain the physics of galaxy formation - Abstract |
| 14:10 | Oesch | Probing the Dawn of Galaxies: Lessons from Ultra-Deep Observations with Hubble and Spitzer - Abstract |
| 14:25 | Mei | Galaxy Cluster Science with Future Wide-Field Infrared Surveys: What we can say from Hubble, Spitzer and ground-based IFU observations - Abstract |
| 14:40 | Appleton | Searching for the turbulence/shock dominated galaxies with WFIRST's GRISM at 1.8 < z < 2.0 - Abstract |
| 14:55 | | Coffee Break |
| 15:20 | Ferguson | WFIRST performance and Galaxy Science - Abstract |
| 15:40 | Kewley | The Contemporary Universe in the WFIRST Era - Abstract |
| 16:00 | Abramson | How Structure Speaks to Star Formation: New Insights on "Nurture" from WFIRST-AFTA - Abstract |
| 16:15 | Metzger | Discovering the Electromagnetic Counterparts of Binary Neutron Star Mergers with WFIRST - Abstract |
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Tuesday November 18, 2014 |
Session 2: Science Requirements vs Performance |
| 13:30 | Bouwens | First Light - Abstract |
| 13:50 | Hopkins | First Simulations of Black Hole Feeding with A Realistic ISM - Abstract |
| 14:10 | Fan | WFIRST Performance and AGN/SMBH Science - Abstract |
| 14:30 | Inoue | WISH: Wide-field Imaging Surveyor for High-redshift: Complementary mission with WFIRST - Abstract |
| 14:50 | | Coffee Break |
Session 3: Science Preparation and Follow-up Facility Needs |
| 15:20 | Stiavelli | WFIRST and JWST synergies in the study of First Light - Abstract |
| 15:40 | Greene | PFS and Galaxy Evolution - Abstract |
| 16:00 | Gladders | Strong Lensing - Abstract |
| 16:20 | Dale | Needs from other Facilities for Nearby Universe Science - Abstract |
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Galactic and the Local Group Parallel Sessions |
Monterey Room Map |
Monday November 17, 2014 |
Session 1: Science |
| 13:30 | Johnson | Exploring Galactic Bulge Stellar Populations with WFIRST - Abstract |
| 13:50 | Benjamin | The Other Half of the Milky Way - Abstract |
| 14:10 | Meixner | Infrared Surveys of the Magellanic Clouds: A WFIRST addition - Abstract |
| 14:30 | Kirkpatrick | A Continuation of WISE Brown Dwarf Science into the WFIRST-AFTA Era - Abstract |
| 14:45 | Schlaufman | An Infrared Search for the First Stars - Abstract |
| 15:00 | | Coffee Break |
| 15:20 | Simon | Constraints on Fundamental Astrophysics from WFIRST Observations of Milky Way Satellite Galaxies - Abstract |
| 15:40 | Indebetouw | Interstellar extinction law - Abstract |
| 16:00 | Kinemuchi | Variable stars as Galactic probes - Abstract |
| 16:20 | Beaton | A Test of Lambda-CDM: Probing the Stellar Age Distributions in Halos Across the Local Volume - Abstract |
| 16:35 | Schnittman | Detecting Compact Objects with Microlensing - Abstract |
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Tuesday November 18, 2014 |
Session 2: Science Requirements vs Performance |
| 13:30 | Van Der Marel | Local Group Proper Motion Science from Wide Field Surveys - Abstract |
| 13:50 | Street | What WFIRST can reveal from binary stars - Abstract |
| 14:10 | Zasowski | Dust in the Milky Way and Local Group - Abstract |
| 14:30 | Ardila | Searching for young stars, near and far - Abstract |
| 14:50 | Messineo | Unveiling massive stars in giant molecular clouds. - Abstract |
| 15:05 | | Coffee Break |
Session 3: Science Preparation and Follow-up Facility Needs |
| 15:20 | Stassun | TESS and Galactic Astronomy - Abstract |
| 15:40 | Bovy | Infrared Galactic Spectroscopy with APOGEE - Abstract |
| 16:00 | Dekany | The VVV Survey: charting the Milky Way's bulge and disk - Abstract |
| 16:20 | Grillmair | Exploring the Local Volume with WFIRST and LSST - Abstract |
| 16:35 | Dawson | LSST - WFIRST Synergy: A New Domain of Blending Challenges - Abstract |
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Exoplanets Parallel Sessions |
San Marino Room Map |
Monday November 17, 2014 |
Session 1: Science |
| 13:30 | Bowler | Ground and Space-Based Imaging of Exoplanets Before WFIRST - Abstract |
| 13:50 | Morley | Reflected Light from Giant Exoplanets - Abstract |
| 14:10 | Tamura | Exoplanet and Disk Imaging With Subaru - Abstract |
| 14:30 | Roberge | Scientific Opportunities with a Starshade Working With a 2.4 m Telescope at L2 - Abstract |
| 14:50 | Ebbets | Cosmic Origins Science enabled by the coronagraph instrument on NASA's WFIRST-AFTA mission - Abstract |
| 15:05 | | Coffee Break |
| 15:20 | Gaudi | Recent Microlensing Results from the Ground and from Space - Abstract |
| 15:40 | Levison | The Formation of Planets from the Direct Accretion of Pebbles - Abstract |
| 16:00 | Calchi Novati | Microlensing with Spitzer - Abstract |
| 16:20 | Penny | The planets at the extremes of microlensing's sensitivity - Abstract |
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Tuesday November 18, 2014 |
Session 2: Science Requirements vs Performance |
| 13:30 | Kasdin, Zimmerman | Opportunities and Challenges with Coronagraphy on WFIRST/AFTA - Abstract |
| 13:50 | McElwain | The Promise and the Challenges of Multiplex Spectroscopy for Exoplanet Science - Abstract |
| 14:10 | Poberezhskiy | WFIRST Coronagraph Technology Development: Recent Testbed Results and Plan to TRL5 - Abstract |
| 14:25 | Lisman | Mission, Telescope and Starshade Requirements for L2 Operation - Abstract |
| 14:40 | Glassman | Demonstration of Starshade Technologies - Abstract |
| 14:55 | | Coffee Break |
Session 3: Science Preparation and Follow-up Facility Needs |
| 15:20 | Shporer | Exoplanet synergies between WFIRST and Gaia - Abstract |
| 15:40 | Yee | Precursor Science for WFIRST's Microlensing Program - Abstract |
| 16:00 | Bennett | The Promise of High Precision Photometry and Astrometry for Microlensing from Space - Abstract |
| 16:15 | Bhattacharya | Developing the WFIRST Exoplanet Mass Measurement Method with HST Observations - Abstract |
| 16:30 | Henderson | K2 and Spitzer: Paving the way for microlensing with WFIRST - Abstract |
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