HEAD 2002 Press Activities

  
http://charmian.sonoma.edu/head2002

This page has links to all pertinent information, releases, and images for the four press briefings to be presented at HEAD 2002. All releases are embargoed until presented at the HEAD meeting.
NOTE: The briefing sites below will not be linked until the embargo time and date.


Questions concerning the distribution of this information should be directed towards:

          Lynn Cominsky  lynnc@charmian.sonoma.edu
          HEAD press officer

          Ilana Harrus   imh@lheapop.gsfc.nasa.gov
          HEAD press officer

          Press Room: Acoma Room, Albuquerque Convention Center

          Press Room Phones: 505-338-2513, 2514, 2515, 2516

          Press Room Fax: 505-338-2517

Sunday, April 21st
Press Briefing
10:00 AM MDT

Sunday, April 21st
Press Briefing
3:00 PM MDT
Monday, April 22nd
Press Briefing
10:00 AM MDT		 Tuesday, April 23rd
Press Briefing
9:30 AM MDT
 
Printed Releases 		 

Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays -- The end of the mystery?
Sunday, April 21, 2002 10:00 AM MDT

          Commentator: Michael L. Cherry, Louisiana State University

          Retired Quasars Live on to Generate the Fastest, Most Energetic Cosmic Rays
          Presenter: Elihu Boldt, Goddard Space Flight Center

          The Observation of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays by AGASA
          Presenter: Masahiro Teshima, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo

Click here to view briefing materials

Report From the National Academy of Science Committee on the Physics of the Universe
Sunday, April 21, 2002 3:00 PM MDT         

          Quarks to the Cosmos: Study Committee on the Physics of the Universe (CPU)
          Presenter: Michael Turner, University of Chicago   Michael Turner's Power Point Presentation (right click to download)


Millisecond Pulsars
Monday, April 22, 2002 10:00 AM MDT

          Commentator: Deepto Chakrabarty, MIT

          Scientists Catch Speeding Neutron Star with "Radar Gun" Technique, Confirm Theory
          Presenter: Todd Strohmayer, Goddard Space Flight Center

          Breaking News: Discovery of a New Accreting Millisecond Pulsar
          Presenter: Craig Markwardt, University of Maryland and Goddard Space Flight Center

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X-Ray Flashes
Tuesday, April 23, 2002 9:30 AM MDT

          Commentator: Bing Zhang, Pennsylvania State University

          X-ray Flashes: A New Type of Cosmic Explosion
          Presenter: John Heise, Space Research Organization Netherlands

          Astronomer Link X-ray Flashes to Gamma-ray Bursts
          Presenter: Marc Kippen, National Space Science Technology Center

Click here to view briefing materials

Printed and Photo Releases:

         Energy Disappears High in Atmosphere, Scientists Say
         Demos Kazanas, Goddard Space Flight Center 

         When Worlds Collide: Chandra Observes Titanic Merger
         Jonathan McDowell, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

         Chandra/ACIS Observations of the 30 Doradus Star-Forming Complex
         Leisa Townsley, Penn State University    

          Scientists Find "Local" Black Holes Pumps Energy As It Spins
          Jon Miller, MIT

Created by Tim Graves, 4/6/99  

Modified for HEAD 2002 by Michelle Curtis, 04/20/02