A A S MEETING PROGRAM 211TH MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY WITH THE HIGH ENERGY ASTROPHYSICS DIVISION (HEAD) AND THE HISTORICAL ASTRONOMY DIVISION (HAD) 7-11 JANUARY 2008 AUSTIN, TX All scientific session will be held at the: Austin Convention Center COUNCIL .......................... 2 500 East Cesar Chavez St. Austin, TX 78701 EXHIBITS ........................... 4 FURTHER IN GRATITUDE INFORMATION ............... 6 AAS Paper Sorters SCHEDULE ....................... 7 Rachel Akeson, David Bartlett, Elizabeth Barton, SUNDAY ........................17 Joan Centrella, Jun Cui, Susana Deustua, Tapasi Ghosh, Jennifer Grier, Joe Hahn, Hugh Harris, MONDAY .......................21 Chryssa Kouveliotou, John Martin, Kevin Marvel, Kristen Menou, Brian Patten, Robert Quimby, Chris Springob, Joe Tenn, Dirk Terrell, Dave TUESDAY .......................25 Thompson, Liese van Zee, and Amy Winebarger WEDNESDAY ................77 We would like to thank the THURSDAY ................. 143 following sponsors: FRIDAY ......................... 203 Elsevier Northrop Grumman SATURDAY .................. 241 Lockheed Martin The TABASGO Foundation AUTHOR INDEX ........ 242 AAS COUNCIL J. Craig Wheeler Univ. of Texas President (6/2006-6/2008) John P. Huchra Harvard-Smithsonian, President-Elect CfA (6/2007-6/2008) Paul Vanden Bout NRAO Vice-President (6/2005-6/2008) Robert W. O’Connell Univ. of Virginia Vice-President (6/2006-6/2009) Lee W. Hartman Univ. of Michigan Vice-President (6/2007-6/2010) John Graham CIW Secretary (6/2004-6/2010) OFFICERS Hervey (Peter) STScI Treasurer Stockman (6/2005-6/2008) Timothy F. Slater Univ. of Arizona Education Officer (6/2006-6/2009) Mike A’Hearn Univ. of Maryland Pub. Board Chair (6/2005-6/2008) Kevin Marvel AAS Executive Officer (6/2006-Present) Gary J. Ferland Univ. of Kentucky (6/2007-6/2008) Suzanne Hawley Univ. of Washington (6/2005-6/2008) James S. Ulvestad NRAO (6/2005-6/2008) Megan Donahue Michigan St. Univ. (6/2006-6/2009) Margaret M. Hanson Univ. of Cincinnati (6/2006-6/2009) Marc Postman STScI (6/2006-6/2009) COUNCILORS Chryssa Kouveliotou NASA’s MSFC (6/2007-6/2010) Felix J. Lockman NRAO (6/2007-6/2010) Nicholas B. Suntzeff Texas A&M Univ. (6/2007-6/2010) Stephen P. Maran AAS Press Officer (1/1985-Present) Lynn Cominsky Sonoma State Deputy Press PRESS OFFICERS Officer Larry Marschall Gettysburg College Deputy Press Officer 2 Annual Reviews The Definitive Resource for Relevant Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics AVAILABLE ONLINE AT HTTP: //ASTRO.ANNUALREVIEWS.ORG Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics ® Available Online and in Print Contents and Authors VOLUME 45, SEPTEMBER 2007 http://astro.annualreviews.org An Accidental Career, Geoffrey Burbidge EDITOR The Beginning of Modern Roger Blandford, Stanford Linear Accelerator Infrared Astronomy, ASSOCIATE EDITORS Frank J. Low, G.H. Rieke, R.D. Gehrz John Kormendy, University of T exas, Austin Infrared Detector Arrays for Astronomy, Ewine Dishoeck, Leiden Observatory G.H. Rieke Heating Hot Atmospheres with Active Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Galactic Nuclei, in publication since 1963, covers the significant B.R. 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Zurbuchen Astrophysics is ranked #1 by impact factor of Cold Dark Clouds: The Initial the 45 Astronomy and Astrophysics publications Conditions for Star Formation, assessed by the ISI ® Journal Citation Edwin A. Bergin, Mario Tafalla Reports (JCR ®). Statistical Properties of Exoplanets, Stéphane Udry, Nuno C. Santos Access this and all Annual Reviews series immediately via your institution at Relativistic X-Ray Lines from the Inner www.annualreviews.org Accretion Disks Around Black Holes, J.M. Miller ANNUAL REVIEWS Toward Understanding Massive A Nonprofit Scholarly Publisher Star Formation, Call: 800.523.8635 (Toll Free US/CAN) Call: 650.493.4400 (Worldwide) Hans Zinnecker, Harold W. Y orke Fax: 650.424.0910 Theory of Star Formation, Email: [email protected] Christopher F. McKee, Eve C. Ostriker Order online at www.annualreviews.org 3 EXHIBITS The following will be furnishing exhibits of displays at the meeting. Be sure to stop by their booths during exhibit hours: Tuesday, 9:20am-6:45pm; Wednesday-Thursday, 9:20am-2:00pm, 4:00pm-6:45pm; Friday, 9:20am-4:00pm. Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics Ansible Technologies, LTD. ApJ Editorial Office Apogee Instruments, Inc. Asahi Spectra Co. LTD. Associated Universities, Inc. Astrophysical Research Consortium AURA Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. Barr Associates, Inc Pearson Blackwell Publishing, LTD. Cambridge University Press CARMA Carnegie Observatories Computing in Science & Engineering (CiSE) Constellation - X Digitalis Education Solutions, Inc. e2v Eureka Scientific, Inc. European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere Galaxy Evolution Explorer Gemini Observatory GLAST Harvard Initiative in Innovative Computing HEASARC Historical Astronomy Division (HAD) IOP Publishing IRSA/NED/NStED James Webb Space Telescope Jet Propulsion Laboratory-PLANCK Johns Hopkins University JPL Navigator Program Konica Minolta Planetarium Co Lawrence Berkeley National Lab LISA Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company LSST Corporation 4 McDonald Observatory NAIC-Arecibo Observatory NASA Ames Research Center NASA Herschel Science Center NASA’s Science Mission Directorate National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) National Research Council National Science Foundation Northrop Grumman National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) Oxford University Press Princeton University Press Rayleigh Optical Corporation SIMBAD Smithsonian/ NASA ADS SOFIA Space Science Institute Spitzer Science Center STScI Submillimeter Array SWIFT TMT Observatory Corp University of Chicago Press U.S. Naval Observatory W.H. Freeman & Company WISE 5 FURTHER INFORMATION Speaker Ready Room Room 11 Monday: 3:00pm - 6:00pm Tuesday - Friday: 7:30am - 6:00pm Cyber Café Located in the lobby Tuesday - Thursday: 9:20am - 6:45pm Friday: 9:20am - 4:00pm The Cyber Café will open at the beginning of the morning coffee break and close after the evening poster sessions. In addition to computers, there will be open lines for laptops. There will also be areas throughout the convention center with wireless connectivity. 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Job Center Located in the Exhibit Hall Tuesday - Thursday: 9:00am - 5:00pm Friday: 9:20am - 12:00pm The AAS Job Center is designed to facilitate as many informal interviews as possible. It is our hope that successful formal interviews will be the next step for everyone. 6 Sunday, 6 January 2008 9:00am NASA Center for Astronomy Education Workshop, 9:00 - 5:00, Room 5C 12:00pm AstroZone: Austin, 12:00 - 4:00, Hilton Austin Salon H 1:00 2008 NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships, 1:00 - 7:00, Room 5B 3:00 Astronomy Center Workshop, 3:00 - 5:00, Room 9B Monday, 7 January 2008 9:00am 2008 NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships, 9:00am - 7:00pm, Room 5B NASA Center for Astronomy Education Workshop, 9:00am - 5:00pm, Room 5C Career Workshop, 9:00am - 4:00pm, Room 9B 10:00 Speaker Ready Room, 10:00am - 14:00pm, Room 13 SCH 1:00pm NASA’S Student Collaboration Workshop, 1:00pm - 6:00pm, Room 9C 3:00 Registration, 3:00pm - 8:00pm, Lobby S chedule ofEvents 5:00 Educator Reception, 5:00pm - 8:00pm, Hilton Austin Salon H ED 6:00 Undergraduate Orientation, 6:00pm - 7:00pm, Hilton Austin Room 400 UL 7:00 Opening Reception, 7:00pm - 10:00pm, Four Seasons Ballroom E 7 Schedule of Events Schedule of 8 Tuesday, 8 January 2008 7:30am Registration, 7:30am - 5:00pm, Lobby Speaker Ready Room, 7:30am - 6:00pm, Room 11 8:00 Opening Remarks, 8:00am - 8:20am, Ballroom D Cyber Café, 8:00am - 6:30am, Lobby 8:30 Invited Session 2: The Search for Extrasolar Earths, James Kasting, Pennsylvania State University, 8:30am - 9:20am, Ballroom D 9:20 Job Center, 9:20am - 5:00pm, Exhibit Hall