Tuesday, May 27 2003

Core Collapse Physics
Organizer: Adam Burrows, University of Arizona

Physics of Type II Supernovae
Progenitor Stars
Thought on Core Collapse Mechanisms
The Livermore Perspective
ORNL Simulations
Neutrino-Matter Interactions

Adam Burrows
Alex Heger
Todd Thompson
Jim Wilson
Bronson Messer
Charles Horowitz

Wednesday, May 28 2003

Reaction Rates in Nuclear Astrophysics
Organizer: Michael Wiescher
University of Notre Dame

Weak Interaction Rates
Exp. Results for GT Strengths
RIB Techniques for GT Strengths Experiments
Charged Particle Reaction Rates
The Statistical Model Approach
The Shell Model Approach

Gabriel Martinez-Pinedo
Dieter Frekers
Arthur Cole
Michael Wiescher
Friedrich-Karl Thielemann
Karlheinz Langanke

Thursday, May 29 2003

The r-Process
Organizer: Hendrik Schatz
NSCL, Michigan State University

Needs and Experiments
New Experimental Approaches
New Theoretical Approaches
Observations
Site: Neutrino Wind
Site: Neutrino Bubble
Site: NS Mergers
Chronometers

Hendrik Schatz
Ushasi Datta Pramanik
Karlheinz Langanke
John Cowan
Todd Thompson
Jim Wilson
Friedrich Karl Thielemann
Jim Truran

Friday, May 30 2003

The Equation of State
Organizer: Adam Burrows, University of Arizona

Open Discussion

JINA Opportunities
Organizer: Michael Wiescher
University of Notre Dame

Facilities and Results at ATLAS/ANL
Facilities and Results at ISAC/TRIUMF
Facilities and Results at NSCL/MSU
Opportunities with JINA

Karl Ernst Rehm
Alan Chen
Sam Austin
Michael Wiescher

Tuesday, June 3 2003

Type I Supernovae Models
Organizer: Stan Woosley
University of California Santa Cruz

Type Ia Supernovae - Overview
White Dwarf Explosion by GR Compression
Rayleigh-Taylor Instabilities
Metallicity dependence of Type Ia SNe
Peak luminosities
Observations of Type Ia SNe

Stan Woosley
Jim Wilson
Michael Zingale
 
Jim Truran
Nicholas Suntzeff

Wednesday, June 4 2003

Explosive Nucleosynthesis Scenarios
Organizer: Jim Truran, University of Chicago

Overview of Explosive Nucleosynthesis
Explosive Nucleosynthesis in Massive Stars
The ¹²C(a,g)¹⁶O Reaction Rate & Implications
The Triple Alpha Reaction
Critical Reaction Rates & Exp. Approaches

(Morning Session)
 

Jim Truran
Alex Heger
Stan Woosley
Sam Austin
Michael Wiescher

The Equation of State II
Organizer: Sanjav Reddy
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Open Discussion

(Afternoon Session)
 

Thursday, June 5 2003

Gamma Ray Bursts
Organizer: Andrew MacFadyen
California Institute of Technology

Gamma-Ray Bursts, Overview: Observations
Collapsars, Electrodynamics
GRB0329/SN203dh, X-Ray Flashes
Short GRBs

Andrews MaCFadyen
Stan Woosley
Jim Wilson

Type I X-Ray Bursts
Organizer: Stan Woosley
University of California Santa Cruz

Open Discussion