CASCA 2012 Submitted Abstracts

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Orla AaquistGrant MacEwan University FUndamenaTal Undergraduate Research in Alberta
Links:
http://academic.macewan.ca/futura/
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Mohammed AbdallahUniversity of Calgary In-eclipse spectral variations of Hercules X-1 during its long period intensity variation Abstract
Judi AgarUniversity of Western Ontario Comparisons of M31 Globular Clusters with and without X-ray sources Abstract
Ahmed AhmedThe University of Western Ontario The Temperature Structure of Be Star Disks in the Small Magellanic Cloud Abstract
Mike AlexandersenUniversity of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada Discovery of two additional Jovian irregulars Abstract
Arash BahramianUniversity of Alberta X-ray binary population in Globular Clusters and correlation with stellar encounter rate Abstract
Jeffrey BaileyUniversity of Western Ontario An analysis of the rapidly rotating Bp star HD 133880
Links:
http://arxiv.org/abs/1203.5277
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Nicole BaileyUniverisity of Western Ontario Two-Stage Fragmentation for Cluster Formation: Analytical Model and Observational Considerations Abstract
Nicholas BallCanadian Astronomy Data Centre Machine Learning on the Cloud: Building the World's First Science Analytics System Utilizing the Canadian Advanced Network For Astronomical Research
Links:
https://sites.google.com/site/nickballastronomer
http://canfar.phys.uvic.ca
http://www.skytreecorp.com
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Pierre BastienUniversit\'e de Montr\'eal SONS: Continuing the study of debris disks in the submillimetre Abstract
Sylvie F BeaulieuUniversity of Waterloo Herschel Final Year of Operations: HIFI Archive and Data Processing Abstract
Ido Ben-DayanCITA Backreaction on the luminosity-redshift relation \\ from gauge invariant light-cone averaging
Links:
http://arXiv.org/abs/arXiv:1202.1247
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Pierre BergeronUniversit\'e de Montr\'eal On the Origin of Helium-Line (DB) White Dwarf Stars Abstract
Gurtina BeslaColumbia Future Milky Way-M31-M33 Orbital Evolution, Merging, and Fate of the Sun Abstract
David BohlenderNRC A DAO 1.8-m Plaskett Telescope H$\alpha$ Survey of Rapidly-rotating A stars Abstract
Hannah Broekhoven-FieneUniversity of Victoria $\gamma$ Dor’s debris disk: a warm inner ring and a wide outer belt resolved with Herschel Abstract
Brendan CooperUniversity of Calgary The Disk-Halo Transition of the Outer Milky Way Abstract
Patrick CoteHIA/NRC CASTOR (The Cosmological Advanced Survey Telescope for Optical and ultraviolet Research): Mission Context and Scientific Capabilities Abstract
Stephanie CoteNRC Canadian Gemini Updates Abstract
Stephane CourteauQueen's University The Luminosity Profile and Structural Parameters of M31 Abstract
Dennis CrabtreeIYA Discover the Universe / \`(A) la D\'(e)couverte de l'Univers
Links:
http://DiscoverTheUniverse.ca
http://decouvertedelunivers.ca
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Dennis CrabtreeNRC The Productivity and Impact of 16 O/IR Telescopes for 2005-2009 Abstract
David CramptonNRC/HIA Carpe Lux. Beal's Lecture 2012 Abstract
David CramptonNRC/HIA ngCFHT: Transformational Wide Field Spectroscopy
Links:
http://orca.phys.uvic.ca/~pcote/ngcfht/The_Next_Generation_CFHT.html
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Mitchell CroleyUniversity of Western Ontario The M31 Abundance Gradient Abstract
Alexandre David-UrazRoyal Military College The magnetic fields (or lack thereof) in massive stars with discrete absorption components Abstract
Alexandre David-UrazRoyal Military College Using MOST to reveal the secrets of the mischievous Wolf-Rayet binary CV Ser Abstract
Gary DavisJoint Astronomy Centre SCUBA-2 on the JCMT: A New Facility for Canadian Astronomy Abstract
Daniel DevostCanada-France-Hawaii Telescope Implementation of the Decade 4 plan at CFHT: Science productivity, Remote Operations and Instrument development.
Links:
http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu
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Rene DoyonUniversite de Montreal SPIRou : A Next Generation Instrument for CFHT Abstract
Rene DoyonUniversite de Montreal The James Webb Space Telescope – Status Abstract
Laurent DrissenUniversité Laval SITELLE, a new instrument for the CFHT Abstract
Jean DupuisCanadian Space Agency About the Origin of the Metal Lines in the Ultraviolet Spectrum of the White Dwarf CD$-38^{\circ}10980$ Abstract
Louise EdwardsMount Allison University Close companions to Brightest Cluster Galaxies: Support for downsizing and minor mergers
Links:
http://www.mta.ca/~ledwards/
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Khaled ElshamoutyUniversity of Alberta, Canada Testing The Cas A Neutron Star Temperature Decline With Other Chandra Instruments Abstract
Megan EngelUniversity of Alberta A 2.15 HOUR ORBITAL PERIOD FOR THE LOW MASS X-RAY BINARY XB 1832-330 IN THE GLOBULAR CLUSTER NGC 6652
Links:
http://arxiv.org/abs/1201.4131
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Michel FichUniversity of Waterloo The JCMT Galactic Plane Survey Abstract
Mike FichUniversity of Waterloo CCAT: the next large submm observatory Abstract
Francois FinetInstitut d'Astrophysique et Géophyisque (AGO), Université de Liège (ULg) The 4m International Liquid Mirror Telescope project Abstract
Emmanuel FonsecaUBC Timing and Profile-Evolution Studies of the Relativistic Binary Pulsar PSR B1534+12 Abstract
Wesley FraserPlaskett Fellow, National Research Council Tidal Evolution of the Quaoar-Weywot System Abstract
Ronald GagneUBC Flux Return Measurement of Laser Guide Stars Abstract
Luigi GalloSaint Mary's University Astro-H: the mission, the science, and Canadian participation Abstract
Joern GeisbueschNRC DRAO ST observations of supernova 2011dh Abstract
Joern GeisbueschNRC Re-calibration of the CGPS 408 MHz data Abstract
Jeanette GladstoneUniversity of Alberta Searching for intermediate mass black holes: the current view of ESO 243-49 HLX-1 Abstract
Lisa GlassUniversity of Victoria Cores and Nuclei in Virgo Cluster Early-Type Galaxies Abstract
Frédéric GrandmontABB inc. Design Status of SITELLE, CFHT's Next Generation Imaging Spectrograph
Links:
http://www.abb.com/cawp/seitp202/5a76cbad2860b6b3c125794300350a7b.aspx
http://againsttheodds.hubpages.com/hub/Sitelle-Fourier-Transfrom-Spectrometer
http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/en/projects/
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Kaylie GreenUniversity of Calgary HI Spectrum and Distance of the Supernova Remnant G84.2-0.8 Abstract
R. Elizabeth GriffinDominion Astrophysical Observatory The DAO's Plate-Scanning Project
Links:
http://www.cadc.hia.nrc.gc.ca/dao/pa.html
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Stephen GwynCADC The Next Generation Virgo Survey data pipeline Abstract
Amir HajianCITA The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT): Summary of Results Abstract
Mark HalpernUniversity of British COlumbia The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Survey and the history of star formation in massive galaxies. Abstract
Craig HeinkeU. of Alberta An Intermediate-Mass Black Hole in M31's Globular Cluster G1?
Links:
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012AAS...21924701W
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Jim HesserBIYA Beyond the International Year of Astronomy: 2011-2012 Activities Abstract
Gary HinshawUBC CHIME: Measuring the onset of accelerated expansion
Links:
http://chime.phas.ubc.ca/
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Lindsay HolmesRoyal Military College of Canada Non-Parametric Fitting of Disk Galaxy Photometry for a Sub-set of CALIFA Galaxies Abstract
Annie HouMcMaster University The impact of group dynamics and substructure on galaxy evolution Abstract
Corey HowardMcMaster University Simulating Star Cluster Formation in Giant Molecular Clouds Abstract
John HutchingsNRC CASTOR (The Cosmological Advanced Survey Telescope for Optical and uv Research): A Flagship Mission in Canadian Space Astronomy Abstract
Ben JackelMcMaster University Magnetic Helicity Transport in a Shearing Box Simulation of an Accretion Disk Abstract
Gilles JoncasUniversit\'e Laval Hyperspectral view of bright planetary nebulae Abstract
Scott JonesWestern University Polarization Observations of Orion KL $ m H_{2}O$ $5_{32}-4_{41}$ 620.701 GHz maser emission with HIFI Abstract
JJ KavelaarsIoA, Cambridge, UK Results from the Herschel DEBRIS disk survey: the 61-Vir debris disk and implications for disks around stars harbouring "low-mass" planets.
Links:
http://debris.astrosci.ca/
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Ben KellerMcMaster University Star Formation Regulation in a Simulated Galactic Disk Abstract
Wolfgang KerzendorfUofT Hunting Type Ia donor stars in ancient remnants Abstract
Helen KirkHarvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Filamentary Flows in the Serpens South Protocluster Abstract
Mikhail KlassenMcMaster University Simulating Protostellar Evolution and Radiative Feedback in Stars and Clusters
Links:
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012MNRAS.421.2861K
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Lewis KneeJoint ALMA Observatory The Building Blocks of ALMA: Science Processing of the Array Elements Abstract
Nicholas KoningUniversity of Calgary Illumination effects on the apparent morphology of proto-planetary nebulae. Abstract
Mathew KostkaUniversity of Calgary Super-Luminous Supernovae in the Context of the Quark-Novae Abstract
Roland KothesDominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory A Pathfinder to the JCMT 12CO(3-2) Survey of the Cygnus X Region
Links:
http://arxiv.org/abs/1202.0832
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Philipp KronbergUniversity of Toronto First measurement of the electric current in a kpc-scale jet Abstract
Sun KwokUniversity of Hong Kong Mixed aromatic/aliphatic organic nanoparticles as carriers of unidentified infrared emission features
Links:
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v479/n7371/full/nature10542.html
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Nicholas LawUniversity of Toronto Astronomy in the Canadian High Arctic: New Exoplanet Surveys from 80 Degrees North Abstract
Denis LeahyUniversity of Calgary New views of Hercules X-1: a Decade of RXTE Observations Abstract
Denis LeahyUniversity of Calgary Radio observations of TeV and GeV emitting supernova remnants Abstract
Karen Lee-WaddellRoyal Military College of Canada / Queen’s University A Tidal Dwarf Galaxy in the Interacting Galaxy Group NGC 3166/9? Abstract
Kelly LepoUniversity of Toronto Ultra-soft sources as supernova type Ia progenitors Abstract
Wladimir LyraJPL/Caltech Formation and retention of planets in disks
Links:
http://www.astro.uu.se/~wlyra/
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT7mWkd1EBa0kPXqEmuwhhA?feature=mhee
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Yin-Zhe MaUniversity of British Columbia Cosmic bulk flow: myth and truth Abstract
Todd MackenzieUBC Disentangling a lensed group of galaxies at z=2.9 observed with SCUBA-2 Abstract
Erik MadsenDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia Timing the main-sequence-star binary pulsar J1740$-$3052 Abstract
Gibion MakiwaInstitute for Space Imaging Science, University of Lethbridge Dust emissivity of dense cores with Herschel SPIRE spectroscopy Abstract
Sarah MalekUniversity of Western Ontario The Unusual Circumstellar Environment of HR 4049 Abstract
Nadine MansetCFHT Reduction of CFHT/ESPaDOnS observations taken in Classical Mode (2005A - 2007B) Abstract
Aaron MaxwellMcMaster University Building the Stellar Halo Through Feedback in Dwarf Galaxies Abstract
Carolyn McCoeyUniversity of Waterloo Wet in the Middle Abstract
Alan McConnachieNRC Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics Science and requirements for the Next Generation of the CFHT Abstract
Abdul MrouéCITA Periastron Advance in Black-Hole Binaries Abstract
David NaylorISIS, Lethbridge The SPICA mission and the Safari instrument: an update Abstract
David NaylorInstitute for Space Imaging Science, University of Lethbridge Resolved kinematics of Galactic targets with Herschel SPIRE-FTS Abstract
Hilding NeilsonUniv. Bonn Cepheid Binary Synthesis: Just How Many Are There? Abstract
Wai-Hin Wayne NganUniversity of Toronto DIMM Seeing from the Eureka Ridge Laboratory on Ellesmere Island Abstract
Magdalen NormandeauUniversity of New Brunswick The "Profile of a Living Astrophysicist" Project: Learning about Working as an Astrophysicist Abstract
Shokoofeh NourbakhshUniversity of Western Ontario, Physics and Astronomy building Measuring turbulence in the intra-cluster medium Abstract
Amir OuyedUniversity of Calgary A Spallation Model for the Titanium-rich Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A Abstract
Parshati PatelUniversity of Western Ontario The H$\alpha$-UBV Signatures of Disk Growth and Dissipation in Classical Be Stars. Abstract
John PercyUniversity of Toronto, Astronomy \& Astrophysics Studies of the Variability of R Coronae Borealis (R CrB) Stars Abstract
Andy PonUniversity of Victoria Modeling the Orion-Eridanus Superbubble Abstract
Joseph PostmaUniversity of Calgary Characterization of the UltraViolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) Detector at the University of Calgary Abstract
Snezana ProdanCITA The Curious Case of LMXB 4U 1820-30: Resonant Trapping and Tidal Dissipation Rate of the White Dwarf Secondary
Links:
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...747....4P
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Teznie PughUniversity of Western Ontario The Third Signature of Granulation in Bright-Giant and Supergiant Stars Abstract
Jon RamseyInstitute for Theoretical Astrophysics, ZAH, University of Heidelberg Simulating magnetic outflows from young disks at both launching and observational length scales Abstract
Sujith RanasingheUniversity of Calgary HI Spectra of Supernova Remnants in the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey Abstract
Hoda RashediUniversity of Western Ontatio Relating diffuse interstellar band strengths to line of sight properties Abstract
Patrick RogersMcMaster University Forming Gas-Giants Through Gravitational Instability: 3D Radiation Hydrodynamics Simulations and the Hill Criterion Abstract
Erik RosolowskyUBC Okanagan Probing the Evolution of Molecular Clouds in M33 Abstract
Erik RosolowskyUBC Okanagan The SCUBA-2 Gould Belt Survey
Links:
http://www.jach.hawaii.edu/JCMT/surveys/GBS_Abstract.html
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Jason RoweNASA Ames/ SETI Institute Measuring the Atmospheric Properties of Extrasolar Planets Abstract
Samar Safi-HarbUniversity of Manitoba 3D Simulations of the Emission from Young Supernova Remnants including Particle Acceleration Abstract
David SchadeNational Research Council Canada Large Scale Computing and Storage: CANFAR and CADC Abstract
Maximilien SchirmMcMaster University Hot and Cold Molecular Gas in the Antennae as seen by Herschel Abstract
Alan ScottCOM DEV CASTOR (The Cosmological Advanced Survey Telescope for Optical and uv Research): Technical Design and Mission Operations Abstract
Cory ShankmanThe University of British Columbia A Divot in the Trans Neptunian Objects Scattering Disk Size Distribution Abstract
Utsab Raj ShresthaTribhuvan University Study of Saturn's Ring System Observed from National Observatory, Nepal. Abstract
Matthew ShultzQueen's University/Royal Military College of Canada The Tangled Magnetosphere of Landstreet's Star Abstract
Luc SimardNRC Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics The distribution of galaxy disk sizes and the influence of bulges Abstract
Gregory SivakoffUniversity of Alberta Caught in the Act: Disc-Jet Coupling in the 2009 Outburst of the Black Hole Candidate H1743-322
Links:
http://www.astro.virginia.edu/xrb_jets/
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Gregory SivakoffUniversity of Alberta Snapshots of the Universe: A Multi-Lingual Astronomy Art Book Abstract
William StaceyUniversity of Alberta The Unusual X-ray Sources of Globular Cluster NGC 6652 Abstract
Ingrid StairsUniversity of British Columbia A Millisecond Pulsar in a Triple System Abstract
Matthew StevensonCaltech The C-Band All Sky Survey
Links:
http://www.astro.caltech.edu/cbass/
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David StockUWO Extinction and PAH intensity variations in HII regions Abstract
Maryam TabeshianUniversity of Western Ontario Understanding the Role of Magnetized Turbulence in Molecular Clouds Abstract
Kianoosh TahaniUniversity of Calgary Orion-S star formation region, HIFI data Abstract
Joel TannerYale University Simulations of Stellar Surface Convection Abstract
Robert ThackerSaint Mary's University Skeletons in the AGN modelling cupboard Abstract
Samuel TisiUniversity of Waterloo Studying Intermediate Mass Stars with the Herschel Space Observatory Abstract
Pier-Emmanuel TremblayLSW, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg Improved View of Hydrogen-Rich Atmosphere White Dwarfs Abstract
Cameron Van EckUniversity of Calgary Connecting galactic magnetic fields to the interstellar medium: Looking for statistical correlations Abstract
Neven VulicUniversity of Western Ontario A Stacking Analysis of Star Clusters in M51: The Search for X-Ray Binaries Abstract
Gregg WadeRMC The giant magnetosphere of the massive Of?p star NGC 1624-2 Abstract
Rachel WardMcMaster University Analyzing Synthetic Observations of Star-forming Clumps in Molecular Clouds Abstract
Rachel WardMcMaster University William J. McCallion Planetarium: Astronomy Outreach in the Heart of Hamilton
Links:
http://www.physics.mcmaster.ca/planetarium
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Jeremy WebbMcMaster University The Tidal Radii of Globular Clusters With Eccentric Orbits Abstract
Anne-Marie WeijmansDunlap Institute for Astronomy \& Astrophysics Mapping Nearby Galaxies at APO: The MaNGA IFU Survey Abstract
Anne-Marie WeijmansDunlap Institute for Astronomy \& Astrophysics Summer at the Dunlap Institute
Links:
http://dunlap.utoronto.ca/education/undergraduates/
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Jon WillisUVic Distant clusters in the XMM Large Scale Structure survey Abstract
Rory WoodsMcMaster Univeristy Cold Flows and Reservoirs in Galaxy Formation Abstract