In celebration of Prof. Richard Mushotzky's 65th birthday, the Joint Space Science Institute (JSI), the UMd Department of Astronomy, and NASA-Goddard are hosting a three day scientific; meeting. Topics covered will include black holes, active galactic nuclei, the high-energy astrophysics of galaxies, galaxy clusters, and cosmology. The meeting will conclude with a discussion of high-energy astrophysics missions and a strategic discussion of future missions.
Confirmed invited speakers:
Len Cowie (Hawaii) Chris Done (Durham, UK) Andy Fabian (Cambridge, UK) Michael Koss (Hawaii) Michael Loewenstein (NASA/GSFC) Michael McDonald (MIT) Eric Miller (MIT) Kirpal Nandra (MPE) Andy Ptak (NASA/GSFC) Norbert Schartel (ESA) Tadayuki Takahashi (ISAS, Japan) Yoshihiro Ueda (Kyoto, Japan) Meg Urry (Yale) Lisa Winter (Colorado)
Scientific Organizing Committee:
Keith Arnaud (NASA/GSFC) Amy Barger (U-Wisconsin) Michael Lowenstein (NASA/GSFC) John Mulchaey (Carnegie Observatories; Chair of SOC) Kirpal Nandra (MPE) Chris Reynolds (U-Maryland) Meg Urry (Yale) Lisa Winter (U-Colorado)
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