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American Astronomical Society
Seattle, WA (January 5 - 9, 2003)



The 201st Meeting of the American Astronomical Society was held at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle, WA. Exciting Chandra results were announced and many members from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics were able to attend.

CHANDRA RESULTS FROM THE AAS:

Milky Way Monster Stars in Cosmic Reality Show (06 January 03)


IMAGES FROM THE AAS
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1 thumbnail Two Types of Soft X-ray Spectra in Cataclysmic Variables
K. Mukai (NASA/GSFC and USRA), S.M. Kahn, A. Kinkhabwala, F. Paerels, J.R. Peterson (Columbia)
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2 thumbnail Buried Alive in the Coronal Graveyard
T.R. Ayres, A. Brown, G.M. Harper (CASA)
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3 thumbnail The Quiescent and Flaring Atmosphere of the dMe Flare Star EV Lacertae
R.A. Osten (NRAO), S.L. Hawley (Univ. of Washington), C.M. Johns-Krull (Rice University), A. Brown, T.R. Ayres (CASA, Univ. of Colorado), C. Ambruster (Villanova Univ.)
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4 thumbnail The Quiescent and Flaring Atmosphere of the dMe Flare Star EV Lacertae
R.A. Osten (NRAO), S.L. Hawley (Univ. of Washington), C.M. Johns-Krull (Rice University), A. Brown, T.R. Ayres (CASA, Univ. of Colorado), C. Ambruster (Villanova Univ.)
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5 thumbnail Quasar Parallax
M. Karovska, M. Elvis (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA)
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6 thumbnail Quasar Parallax
M. Karovska, M. Elvis (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA)
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7 thumbnail The Diffuse Emission in the Spiral NGC 6946
E. M. Schlegel (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), S. S. Holt (Olin College of Engineering), R. Petre (NASA/GSFC)
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8 thumbnail The Diffuse Emission in the Spiral NGC 6946
E. M. Schlegel (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), S. S. Holt (Olin College of Engineering), R. Petre (NASA/GSFC)
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9 thumbnail The Diffuse Emission in the Spiral NGC 6946
E. M. Schlegel (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), S. S. Holt (Olin College of Engineering), R. Petre (NASA/GSFC)
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10 thumbnail Diffuse X-ray Emission from NGC 3184 and its correlation with H-alpha structures.
N. Doane, W. T. Sanders, E. Wilcots (University of Wisconsin)
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11 thumbnail A Chandra Survey of Nearby Spiral Galaxies
R.E. Kilgard (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA/U Leicester), M.I. Krauss (MIT), A.H. Prestwich, P. Kaaret, M. Garcia, A. Zezas (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), M.J. Ward, T. Roberts (U Leicester)
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12 thumbnail A Chandra Survey of Nearby Spiral Galaxies
R.E. Kilgard (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA/U Leicester), M.I. Krauss (MIT), A.H. Prestwich, P. Kaaret, M. Garcia, A. Zezas (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), M.J. Ward, T. Roberts (U Leicester)
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13 thumbnail A Chandra Survey of Nearby Spiral Galaxies
R.E. Kilgard (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA/U Leicester), M.I. Krauss (MIT), A.H. Prestwich, P. Kaaret, M. Garcia, A. Zezas (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), M.J. Ward, T. Roberts (U Leicester)
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14 thumbnail A high spatial resolution X-ray and H$\alpha$ study of hot gas in the halos of star-forming disk galaxies -- testing feedback models
D.K. Strickland, T.M. Heckman, E.J.M. Colbert, C.G. Hoopes (JHU), K.A. Weaver (NASA/GSFC)
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15 thumbnail Fitting Chandra Spectra of Thermall Emitting Neutron Stars with the ATM Model
Michael D. Stage (MIT), Paul C. Joss (MIT), Jerzy Madej (Warsaw U.), Agata Rozanska (Copernicus Astron. Ctr.)
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16 thumbnail Four New X-ray Pulsars Discovered in the Magellenic Cloud with Chandra
Daryl Macomb (Boise State U.)
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17 thumbnail Four New X-ray Pulsars Discovered in the Magellenic Cloud with Chandra
Daryl Macomb (Boise State U.)
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18 thumbnail Spatial Variation of the X-ray Spectrum of the Crab Nebula
Koji Mori, David N. Burrows (Penn. State), J. Jeff Hester (Arizona State), and Hiroshi Tsunemi (Osaka, Japan)
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19 thumbnail Spatial Variation of the X-ray Spectrum of the Crab Nebula
Koji Mori, David N. Burrows (Penn. State), J. Jeff Hester (Arizona State), and Hiroshi Tsunemi (Osaka, Japan)
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20 thumbnail Probe the Outflow and Accretion Disk of Cyg X-1 in the High State with HETG/Chandra
Y.X. Feng, A.F. Tennant, and S.N. Zhang
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