NCAM - North Carolina Astronomers' Meeting - Guilford Technical Community College

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North Carolina Astronomers' Meeting (NCAM)
Saturday, 1 October 2011

Note: This Page Summarizes the 2011 Edition of NCAM. Details about the 2012 Meeting Are Still Being Finalized. (Expected Date: 6 October 2012)

Featured Speaker 2012 - Saturday Morning: Francis Halzen, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Principal Investigator, IceCube

IceCube: Particle Astrophysics with High Energy Neutrinos

Abstract: Construction and commissioning of the IceCube kilometer cube neutrino detector and its low energy extension DeepCore have been completed. The instrument detects neutrinos over a wide energy range: from 10 GeV atmospheric neutrinos to 10¹⁰ GeV cosmogenic neutrinos. We will discuss initial results based on a subsample of the ~100,000 neutrino events recorded during construction. We will emphasize the first measurement of the high-energy atmospheric neutrino spectrum, the search for the still enigmatic sources of the Galactic and extragalactic cosmic rays and for the particle nature of dark matter.

Dr Halzen also gave a public lecture at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, 30 Sep 2011, in the auditorium of the Koury Hospitality Careers Building at GTCC.

Meeting Registration

As usual, there is no registration fee for the NCA meeting. We will have a sign-in table in the Koury Building.

We would like to get a reasonably accurate head count for the meeting, so that we can let the site committee know how much food/drink to order for break refreshments. Please let us know beforehand by registering through the Online Registration Form if you are planning on coming. Registrations for presentations should be completed by Monday, 26 September 2011. If you plan to come but NOT to present, we would still like for you to register beforehand - you can do this up until the 30th of September.

Directions and Maps To The Meeting
The meeting is held in the Koury Hospitality Careers Building on the Jamestown campus of GTCC.

Local Lodging There are plenty of hotels around the area, use this resource to find accommodations if you plan to stay overnight.

Abstract Submission - DEADLINE PASSED - If you would like to present an oral or display presentation at the NCA meeting, please fill out and submit the Online Registration Form by Monday, 26 September 2011. (You should also submit the form if you plan to attend without presenting.)

Forms are submitted to Tom English (336-334-4822, ext 50023).
You should receive confirmation of receipt within a day of submission - if not, call or e-mail to verify.

Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Section of the International Dark Sky Association
As in recent years, NCIDA chair Dan Caton has requested that the annual business meeting of the North Carolina section of the IDA be held in conjunction with NCAM. The tentative time for the meeting is 1:00 (during the lunch break). The meeting will include a review of recent efforts to help communities in the Piedmont Triad write lighting ordinances.

Saturday Lunch Options include a variety of nearby restaurants or an on-site pre-ordered box lunch from Jerusalem Market. Indicate your lunch preference on your registration form (coming soon!) and bring payment to the registration table the morning of the event. Orders MUST be verified and paid for before 10 a.m.

All sandwiches from Jerusalem Market are served on thin, lavash bread with chips, brine pickle, and olive on the side. Lettuce and tomato are added to all sandwiches.

Baba Ghanouj ($7 - Roasted eggplant dip with yogurt cucumber and garlic sauce).
Turkey ($8 - Oven roasted turkey breast with black pepper and provolone cheese.)
The Turk ($9 - Soujuk, a spicy, dried beef sausage, sliced thin with provolone cheese melted on top. Served with baba ghanouj and yogurt cucumber sauce on the sandwich.)