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CURRICULUM VITAE NAME: Neil Gehrels CITIZENSHIP: United States DATE OF BIRTH: October 3, 1952 PRESENT POSITION: Chief, Astroparticle Physics Laboratory, NASA/GSFC College Park Professor of Astronomy, U. Maryland Adjunct Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Penn State RESEARCH AREAS: Time domain astronomy Gamma-ray burst & supernova observations Astroparticle physics Instrument development EDUCATION: 1982 Ph.D. Physics, Caltech 1976 B.S. (Honors) Physics, University of Arizona 1976 B.M. Music, University of Arizona PREVIOUS POSITIONS: 1995 Visiting Professor of Astronomy, U. Maryland 1981-83 NAS/NRC Research Associate, GSFC 1977-81 Graduate Research Assistant, Caltech 1976-77 Graduate Fellow, Caltech 1974 Summer Research Assistant, Max Planck Inst. 1973-76 Undergraduate Research Assistant, U. Arizona HONORS AND AWARDS: 2016, Distinguished Alumni Award 2016, Honorary Fellowship, Royal Astronomical Society 2012, Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science 2012, Alumnus of the Year, Honors College, University of Arizona 2012, Harrie Massey Award, COSPAR 2011, Rossi Prize, AAS, P. Michelson, W. Attwood & Fermi team 2011, election to International Academy of Astronautics 2010, election to National Academy of Sciences 2009, Maria & Eric Muhlmann Award, Astron Soc Pacific, Swift Team 2009, George W. Goddard Award, SPIE society 2009, Henry Draper Medal, National Academy of Sciences 2008, election to American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2007, Bruno Rossi Prize, AAS, N. Gehrels & Swift Team 2006, Popular Science, Best of What's New Award, Swift Team 2005, NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal 2005, GSFC John C. Lindsay Award 2000, Randolph Lovelace Award, American Astronautical Society 1993, Fellow, American Physical Society 1993, NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal 2 1992, Discover Magazine Award for Technological Innovation 1976, Caltech Graduate Fellowship 1975, Phi Beta Kappa LECTURESHIPS: 2014, Univ. Alabama Huntsville Distinguished Speaker, Sept 10-12 2013, John Bachall Lecture, Weizmann Institute, Feb 5-7 2012, Marker Lecture, Penn State U., Mar 21-22 2009, Marlar Lecture, Rice University, Apr 7-8 2009, George Darwin Lecture, Royal Astronomical Society, Oct 9 PROJECTS: Project Scientist, WFIRST (formerly JDEM), 2008 - Principal Investigator, Swift 1999 - Deputy Project Scientist, Fermi, 2000 - Mission Scientist, INTEGRAL, 1995- Project Scientist, CGRO, 1991-2001 CO-INVESTIGATOR: ZTF Consortium LIGO Scientific Collaboration LAT instrument on Fermi INFOCUS balloon payload WIND Transient Gamma-Ray Spectrometer (TGRS) GRIS balloon payload Galileo Heavy Ion Counter (HIC) COMMITTEES AND President, IAU Commission D.1 Gravitational Wave Astrophs, 2015- OFFICES: Member, NAS Space Studies Board Executive Committee, 2015- Member, IAU Women in Astronomy Committee, 2015- Member, Committee NASA Mission Extensions, NRC/NAS, 2015- Member, ZTF Community Science Advisory Committee, 2014- Member, NAS Space Studies Board, 2013- Chair, Astronomy Section, National Academy of Sciences, 2013- Co-Chair, WFIRST Science Definition Team, 2013-15 Member, Dean's Advisory Committee, MIT Kavli Institute, 2013- Chair, Max Planck (MPE) Science Board, 2013- Member, Science Council, CEA Saclay IRFU, 2013- Co-Chair, WFIRST-AFTA Science Definition Team, 2012-13 Member, US National Committee of the IAU, 2012- Member, Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy, 2012-15 Member, Committee on Astronomy and Public Policy, AAS, 2011- Chair, Commission E, COSPAR, 2006-2012 Chair, Division of Astrophysics, APS 2007-2008 Member, Science & Technology Committee, LANL & LLNL, 2010- Member, LIGO Program Advisory Committee, 2005 - 2009 Member, VERITAS External Scientific Advisory Com., 2005 - Member, Los Alamos Sensors External Review Com., 2008 Member, Naval Research Lab Focus Area Review Com., 2008 External Scientific Advisor, CESR Scientific Council, 2003 3 Member, CEA DAPNIA Scientific Review Committee, 2001, 2004 Secretary/Treas., Division of Astrophysics, APS, 1998-2001 Member, NASA, Structure & Evolution of Universe, 1995-2001 Chair, High Energy Astrophysics Division, AAS, 1996-97 Co-Chair, Gamma Ray Astronomy Program Working Group, 1995- Secretary/Treas., High Energy Astrophysics Division, AAS, 1991-93 Member, NASA High Energy Astrophysics Management Operations Working Group, 1991-1994 PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY American Astronomical Society MEMBERSHIPS: International Astronomical Union American Physical Society (Fellow) Astronomical Society of the Pacific American Geophysical Union American Association for the Advancement of Science (Fellow) 4 BOOKS: 10. 2016 Swift 10 Years of Discovery: A Novel Approach to Time Domain AstronomyU, ed. P. Caraveo, N. Gehrels and G. Tagliaferri, Journal of High Energy Astrophysics Special Issue (Elsevier), Volume 7. 9. 2013 7th Huntsville Gamma-Ray Burst Symposium, ed. by N. Gehrels, M. S. Briggs and V. Connaughton, eConf Electronic Conference Proceedings Archive, C1304143 8. 2011 Gamma-Ray Bursts 2010, ed. J. E. McEnery, J. L. Racusin, and N. Gehrels, AIP Conf. Proc. 1358 (AIP, New York) 7. 2009 Gamma-Ray Bursts; 6th Huntsville Symposium, ed. C. Meegan, N. Gehrels, and C. Kouveliotou, AIP Conf Proc. 1133 (AIP, New York) 6. 2006 Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Swift Era, ed. S. S. Holt, N. Gehrels, and J. A. Nousek, AIP Conf. Proc. 836 (AIP, New York) 5. 2001 Gamma 2001, ed. S. M. Ritz, N. Gehrels and C. R. Shrader, AIP Conf. Proc. 587 (AIP, New York). 4. 1994 Second Compton Symposium, ed. C. E. Fichtel, N. Gehrels, and J. Norris, AIP Conf. Proc. 304 (AIP, New York). 3. 1993 Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory, ed. M. Friedlander, N. Gehrels and D. Macomb, AIP Conf. Proc. 280 (AIP, New York). 2. 1991 Compton Observatory Science Workshop, ed. C. R. Shrader, N. Gehrels and B. Dennis, NASA Conference Publication 3137. 1. 1988 Nuclear Spectroscopy of Astrophysical Sources, ed. N. Gehrels and G. H. Share, AIP Conf. Proc. 170 (AIP, New York). 5 INVITED TALKS: 252. 2016 "Gamma Ray Bursts and the Birth of Black Holes", GSFC retirees, Mar 8 251. 2016 "The Brightest Stuff in the Sky", Washington Academy of Sciences, Mar 6 250. 2016 "WFIRST Mission Status", WFIRST Conference, Pasadena, Feb 29 249. 2016 "The WFIRST Mission", AAS Special Session, Jan 5 248 2015 "The WFIRST Mission", GSFC-JHU interaction day, Nov 18 247. 2015 "Adventures in Time Domain Astronomy", Howard U., Nov 17 246. 2015 "Adventures in Time Domain Astronomy", George Mason U., public talk, Nov 16 245 2015 "Adventure in Time Domain Astronomy", Phys - Astronomy colloquium, Clemson, Oct 22 244. 2015 "Time Domain Observations with Swift and Fermi", Swinburne-Caltech Workshop, Oct 5 243. 2015 "Gamma Ray Bursts", NASM Goddard Symposium, Sept 30 242. 2015 "Adventures in Astrophysics", MANIAC talk, GSFC, Sept 29 241. 2015 "The Transient High Energy Sky", 17th Lomonosov Conference, Moscow, Aug 23 240. 2015 "Multimessenger Observations & Opportunities for GRBs", IAU, Honolulu, Aug 7 239. 2015 "Explosions Throughout the Universe", Marcel Grossmann, plenary lecture, Rome, July 16 238. 2015 "HEAD Meeting Summary", HEAD conference, Chicago, July 1 237. 2015 "Future Prospects for Gamma-ray Missions", Huntsville seminar, June 5 236. 2015 "Adventures in Time Domain Astronomy", US Naval Observatory colloquium, May 22 235. 2015 "Multi-Messenger Astronomy", Workshop on the Future of LIGO, Washington DC, May 7 234. 2015 "JWST and WFIRST", ISSI-Beijing GRB conference, Beijing, April 17 233. 2015 "Adventures in Time Domain Astronomy", NYU astrophysics seminar, Mar 27 232. 2015 "The WFIRST Mission Status", Microlensing conf., Annapolis, Jan 19 231. 2015 "Gamma Ray Bursts & the Birth of Black Holes", AAS plenary undergrads, Seattle, Jan 5 6 230. 2014 "Swift Science and Future", Swift 10 Years conference, Rome, Dec 2 229. 2014 "First WFIRST SDT Response to Discussions", WFIRST conference, Pasadena, Nov 20 228. 2014 "Time Domain Astronomy with Swift & Fermi", Transient Workshop, Israel, Oct 22 227. 2014 "Time Domain Astronomy with Swift & Fermi", GMT Workshop, Washington, Oct 9 226. 2014 "Time Domain Astronomy with Swift", INTEGRAL Workshop Annapolis, Sept 15 225. 2014 "Collapsing Matter, Black Holes & GRBs", UAH public lecture, Sept 11 224. 2014 "Adventures in Time Domain Astronomy", UAH, Sept 10 223. 2014 "GRB Astronomy", 4th East Africa Astronomy Workshop, Rwanda, July 2 222. 2014 "GRB Prompt and Afterglow Observations", GRB Conference, Paris, June 6 221. 2014 "Overview of WFIRST Mission Capabilities", AAS, Boston, June 4 220. 2014 "WFIRST Mission and Relation to LISA", LISA Symposium, U. Florida, May 21 219, 2014 "GRBs and the Birth of Black Holes", NAOC Colloquium, Beijing, May 8 218. 2014 "All Sky Monitor Instruments & Science", Dynamic X-ray Universe, Beijing, May 6 217. 2014 "GRBs and the Birth of Black Holes", LPS-U. Maryland seminar, Feb 12 216. 2014 "Gamma Ray Bursts Observations by NASA's Swift Mission", Riderwood, Feb. 6 215. 2014 "GRB Central Engines", GRB-magnetar Thinkshop, Bormio, Italy, Jan 20 214. 2013 "GRB Discoveries with Swift", GRB conf., Kyoto, Nov 11 213. 2013 "Recent Results from Swift", Gamma-Ray Sky conf., U. Minnesota, Oct 10 212. 2013 "Space Gamma Ray Observations as Probes of Particle Acceleration", KIPAC@10, SLAC, Sept 4 211. 2013 "Future high-energy gamma-ray instruments", Relativistic Jets Conf., Sweden, Aug 13 210. 2013 "Gamma Ray Bursts and the Birth of Black Holes", U. Hawaii Astronomy Colloq, May 16 209. 2013 "Gamma Ray Bursts Discoveries with Swift", U. Illinois Astronomy Colloq, Apr 30 7 208. 2013 "Black Holes", Nashville public talks, Apr 17 207. 2013 "Time
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    Draft version October 15, 2017 Typeset using LATEX twocolumn style in AASTeX61 GRAVITATIONAL WAVES AND GAMMA-RAYS FROM A BINARY NEUTRON STAR MERGER: GW170817 AND GRB 170817A B. P. Abbott,1 R. Abbott,1 T. D. Abbott,2 F. Acernese,3, 4 K. Ackley,5, 6 C. Adams,7 T. Adams,8 P. Addesso,9 R. X. Adhikari,1 V. B. Adya,10 C. Affeldt,10 M. Afrough,11 B. Agarwal,12 M. Agathos,13 K. Agatsuma,14 N. Aggarwal,15 O. D. Aguiar,16 L. Aiello,17, 18 A. Ain,19 P. Ajith,20 B. Allen,10, 21, 22 G. Allen,12 A. Allocca,23, 24 M. A. Aloy,25 P. A. Altin,26 A. Amato,27 A. Ananyeva,1 S. B. Anderson,1 W. G. Anderson,21 S. V. Angelova,28 S. Antier,29 S. Appert,1 K. Arai,1 M. C. Araya,1 J. S. Areeda,30 N. Arnaud,29, 31 K. G. Arun,32 S. Ascenzi,33, 34 G. Ashton,10 M. Ast,35 S. M. Aston,7 P. Astone,36 D. V. Atallah,37 P. Aufmuth,22 C. Aulbert,10 K. AultONeal,38 C. Austin,2 A. Avila-Alvarez,30 S. Babak,39 P. Bacon,40 M. K. M. Bader,14 S. Bae,41 P. T. Baker,42 F. Baldaccini,43, 44 G. Ballardin,31 S. W. Ballmer,45 S. Banagiri,46 J. C. Barayoga,1 S. E. Barclay,47 B. C. Barish,1 D. Barker,48 K. Barkett,49 F. Barone,3, 4 B. Barr,47 L. Barsotti,15 M. Barsuglia,40 D. Barta,50 J.
  • List of Easy Double Stars for Winter and Spring  = Easy  = Not Too Difficult  = Difficult but Possible

    List of Easy Double Stars for Winter and Spring  = Easy  = Not Too Difficult  = Difficult but Possible

    List of Easy Double Stars for Winter and Spring = easy = not too difficult = difficult but possible 1. Sigma Cassiopeiae (STF 3049). 23 hr 59.0 min +55 deg 45 min This system is tight but very beautiful. Use a high magnification (150x or more). Primary: 5.2, yellow or white Seconary: 7.2 (3.0″), blue 2. Eta Cassiopeiae (Achird, STF 60). 00 hr 49.1 min +57 deg 49 min This is a multiple system with many stars, but I will restrict myself to the brightest one here. Primary: 3.5, yellow. Secondary: 7.4 (13.2″), purple or brown 3. 65 Piscium (STF 61). 00 hr 49.9 min +27 deg 43 min Primary: 6.3, yellow Secondary: 6.3 (4.1″), yellow 4. Psi-1 Piscium (STF 88). 01 hr 05.7 min +21 deg 28 min This double forms a T-shaped asterism with Psi-2, Psi-3 and Chi Piscium. Psi-1 is the uppermost of the four. Primary: 5.3, yellow or white Secondary: 5.5 (29.7), yellow or white 5. Zeta Piscium (STF 100). 01 hr 13.7 min +07 deg 35 min Primary: 5.2, white or yellow Secondary: 6.3, white or lilac (or blue) 6. Gamma Arietis (Mesarthim, STF 180). 01 hr 53.5 min +19 deg 18 min “The Ram’s Eyes” Primary: 4.5, white Secondary: 4.6 (7.5″), white 7. Lambda Arietis (H 5 12). 01 hr 57.9 min +23 deg 36 min Primary: 4.8, white or yellow Secondary: 6.7 (37.1″), silver-white or blue 8.