Joint Discussion JD06

Thursday 17 August 2006
Session I - Modeling Star Clusters
Chair Douglas Heggie
14:00-15:30Piet Hut (USA)
Direct N-body Simulations
John Fregeau (USA)
Monte Carlo Simulations
Panel discussion
C. Boily, G. Fahlman, J. Fregeau, P. Hut, J. Makino, R. Spurzem, E. Vesperini
Session II - Stellar and Binary Evolution in Clusters
Chair Onno Pols
16:00-17:30Francesca D'antona (Italy)
Binary Evolution
Natasha Ivanova (Canada)
Population Synthesis with Dynamics
Panel discussion
F. D'antona, N. Ivanova, S. Justham, A. Sills, E. van den Heuvel
Friday 18 August 2006 (AM)
Session III - Pulsars in Globular Clusters
Chair Ingrid Stairs
09:00-10:30Alessandro Corongiu (Italy)
Parkes Observations of Radio Pulsars in Clusters
Scott Ransom (USA)
GBT Observations of Radio Pulsars in Clusters
Panel discussion
M. Burgay, A. Corongiu, N. Ivanova, D. Pooley, S. Ransom, F. Verbunt
Session IV - X-Ray Sources in Galactic Clusters
Chair Frank Verbunt
11:00-12:30Craig Heinke (USA)
Chandra Observations of X-ray Sources in Clusters
Natalie Webb (France)
XMM-Newton Observations of X-ray Sources in Clusters
Panel discussion
C. Heinke, C. Knigge, D. Pooley, N. Webb
Friday 18 August 2006 {PM)
Session V - Extragalactic X-ray Sources in Clusters
Chair Craig Sarazin
14:00-15:30Pepi Fabbiano (USA)
Overview of X-ray Binary Observations in other Galaxies
Tom Maccarone (UK)
X-ray Source - Globular Cluster Association in Elliptical Galaxies
Panel discussion
G. Fabbiano, A. Kong, T. Maccarone, R. Soria, F. Verbunt, A. Zezas
Session VI - Massive Black Holes in Clusters
Chair Sungsoo Kim
16:00-17:30Karl Gebhardt (USA)
Observational Evidence for Massive Black Holes in Clusters
Holger Baumgardt (Germany)
N-body simulations of IMBH Formation
Panel discussion
H. Baumgardt, K. Gebhardt, C. Heinke, N. Ivanova, J. Makino, S. McMillan, R. Spurzem, A. Zezas

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