Still frame from
animation made by
Cosmovision, a group led
by Dr. Wolfgang Steffen
of the Instituto de Astronomia, UNAM, Ensenada, Mexico. To view the
animation, go to the BU blazar group's web page
on BL Lac .
Registration & abstract deadline: end of day, Friday, May 12
Location: Rooms 502
(food, breaks, posters) & 522 (talks) at 725 Commonwealth Ave.
(Door marked "College of Arts & Sciences") Directions
To register for the meeting and enter your
presentation and abstract, fill out NERQUAM 2017 form on Google forms by May 12: link
to form.
**If you have trouble with the form, send your name, affiliation, email address, whether you will give a talk or present a poster, a list of authors & affiliations, title, and abstract in an e-mail to Karen Williamson (kwilliam@bu.edu) .
Schedule:
PDF file of complete schedule, abstracts, & list of participants
9:00-9:30 Informal discussions
over breakfast munchies, coffee, tea, and juice in room 502; hanging of
posters on wall in room 502
Move to room 522 for talks
9:30-10:00 NERQUAM-related News
1. Martin Elvis (CfA): JPL interest in using Commercial Space to make missions less expensive
2. Herman Marshall (MIT): Imaging X-ray Polarization Explorer (IXPE): NASA’s next X-ray mission
3. Dan Schwartz (CfA): LYNX study status
4. Belinda Wilkes (CfA): Chandra Souce Catalog v. 2.0
5. Meg Urry (Yale U.): AAS activities and new policies
10:00-10:50
Scientific talks (contributed talks: 10
mins. + 2.5 mins. for questions, set-up)
10:50-11:10 Break + poster viewing, room 502
11:10-11:40 Invited talk: Marek Sikora, "On Jet Production Efficiency in AGNs"
11:40-12:30 Scientific
Talks
12:30-2:00
Lunch at area restaurants (list will be provided)
2:00-3:40 Scientific
Talks
3:40-4:00 Break + poster viewing, room 502
4:00-5:30 Scientific
Talks
5:30-6:30 Informal
discussions over beer, wine, soda, and munchies in room 502
To be included in e-mail announcements, visit the official long-term NERQUAM website and add yourself to the mailing list.
By car: From the far west: take I-90 (Mass Pike) east to exit 18 (left exit!) Stay to the right after the toll booths, then turn right at the 2nd stop light onto Storrow Drive. [Be careful - the entrance lane onto the road is short and cars on Storrow Drive are whipping around a curve there; use your side-view mirror to determine how to blend in with the traffic. They will generally allow you to squeeze in. Try not to stop completely, since it's hard to get up to speed again to blend in with the traffic.] Take the 2nd right exit (Kenmore Square). Bear right after the stop light (but do not turn sharply right) and then bear right again onto the main street (Commonwealth Ave.). There is a cash parking lot (N; link to map is above) after 2-3 blocks on the right (the 2nd public lot that you will see on the right). They'll charge $16 to park all day (sorry!). Then walk one more block down Comm. Ave. and enter the door marked "College of Arts & Sciences," 725 Commonwealth Ave. Go up half a flight of stairs and through double doors, turn left, and take an elevator there to the 5th floor. Go inside room 502 unless you arrive late during the talks, in which case walk all the way down the hall to the back entrance of room 522 (next to another elevator).
From the south or north: take I-93 into the city, following the signs for Storrow Drive. Stay in the middle lane if you can after you get above ground. Take the Kenmore Square exit using the middle lane. The ramp will hook to the right toward Kenmore Square. Bear right after the stop light (but do not turn sharply right) and then bear right again onto the main street (Commonwealth Ave.). There is a public parking lot (N; link to map is above) after 2-3 blocks on the right (the 2nd public lot that you will see on the right). They'll charge $16 to park all day (sorry!). Then walk one more block down Comm. Ave. and enter the door marked "College of Arts & Sciences," 725 Commonwealth Ave. Go up half a flight of stairs and through double doors, turn left, and take an elevator there to the 5th floor. Go inside room 502 unless you arrive late during the talks, in which case walk all the way down the hall to the back entrance of room 522 (next to another elevator).
By T: Take the Green B train to the Boston University East stop (2nd above-ground stop). Cross Comm. Ave. on the same side as you got off the train and then turn left and walk a short distance. Enter the door marked "College of Arts & Sciences," 725 Commonwealth Ave. Go up half a flight of stairs and through double doors, turn left, and take an elevator there to the 5th floor. Go inside room 502 unless you arrive late during the talks, in which case walk all the way down the hall to the back entrance of room 522 (next to another elevator).
