Welcome to 

Extreme Astronomy @ the

Planetarium
A Cosmology Short Course for Planetarium Staff

• Why KICP and not CfCP
• Goals of this Course
• Your Mission….
• Schedule
• Logistics 
• Partners
Randall H. Landsberg 
Co­Course Director
Director Education & Outreach
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 KICP ?

• CfCP = NSF Physics Frontier Center (2001)
– Profound Advances + Education & Outreach
• What is dark energy?
• Did inflation happen and if so why?
• What do the highest energy particles tell us about the 
cosmos?
• KICP = Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics
– $7.5 Million Endowment from Kavli Foundation (2004)

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 Focus KICP Outreach
Signature Programs
 Museum  Public Interest & Excitement
Partnerships

Engaging Underrepresented 
Space Explorers Minorities in SMET

Teaching Teachers about 
(Cosmology) Short  Cosmology & Providing 
Courses  Tools

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 KICP Short Courses
1 Per Year Planned with Follow­Up

Goal of  This Course:
 To incorporate modern high energy astrophysics
into planetarium programming

• Framework for Understanding Modern High 
Energy Astrophysics
• Tools to Use @ Your Planetarium
• Visuals
• Movies
• Resources
• Seeds for  Future Collaboration
• KICP Visitors Program
• Future Short Courses
• Shows for the Public
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 Your Mission….
• Actively Participate in the Short Course
• Bring Modern Astrophysics Back to Your 
Home Inst.
• Provide Feedback
– During the Course
– Evaluation
– At GLPA follow­up session
• October 20 Wednesday (Noon­3pm)
– Keep us informed of your progress
– Follow Up Evaluation ~ 1yr

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 Course Schedule
FRIDAY: SEPTEMBER 24, 2004
8:00 AM Coffee and Welcome (Randy Landsberg) Galileo’s
8:30-10:00 AM Lecture: Overview (Simon Swordy) Cyber Space
10:00 AM Discussion & Coffee (Simon Swordy) Galileo’s
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Lecture: Black Holes, Neutron Stars, Pulsars, and
Much More: X-ray Astronomy Then and Now (Mel Ulmer) Cyber Space
12 PM Lunch Galileo’s
1:00-2:00 PM Demo - 3D Visualizations
(Doug Roberts & Mark SubbaRao) Black Hole Theater
2:00-3:00 PM Lecture: Gamma-Ray Astronomy from Space
(Carlo Graziani) Cyber Space
3:00-3:30 PM Discussion & Coffee (Carlo Graziani) Galileo’s
3:30-4:00 PM Tour Adler/Bookstore
4:00-5:30 PM Adler show/Tour & 3D (Doug Roberts & Mark SubbaRao)
5:30-6:30 PM Lecture: History of High-Energy Astronomy
(Dietrich Müller) Cyber Space
6:30-8:30 PM Dinner at the Adler Galileo’s
8:30 PM (optional) Adler Show Sonic Vision (optional)
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 Saturday
SATURDAY: SEPTEMBER 25, 2004
8:45 AM Coffee Question & Answer Session
9:00-10:30 AM Lecture: Ground Based Gamma-Ray Astronomy
(Scott Wakely) Cyber Space
10:30-11:30 AM Virtual Observatory Activity
(Mark SubbaRao) Cyber Space
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Break-out Sessions & box Lunch
(Classrooms A&B)
1:00-2:00 PM Lecture: Cosmic Ray & Neutrino Detection
(Angela Olinto) Cyber Space
2:00-2:30 PM Discussion & Coffee (Angela Olinto)
3:00-4:30 PM Cosmic Ray Experiments (Tom Jordan) Cyber Space
5:00 PM Dinner/Social in Chinatown
Lao Sze Chuan   2172 S. Archer Avenue
6:00 PM RedMoon Theater: "Sink, Sank, Sunk", Ping Tom
Memorial Park

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 Sunday (end 4pm)
SUNDAY: SEPTEMBER 26, 2004

9:00-10:00 AM Coffee & Lecture: Supernovae Remnants

(Jim Truran) Cyber Space
10:00-10:30 AM Discussion & Coffee (Jim Truran)
10:30-11:30 AM Lecture: Black Holes & Active Galaxies
(Doug Roberts) Cyber Space
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Lunch with Q&A (Doug Roberts)
Galileo’s
1:00-2:30 PM Lecture: High Energy Objects at Other Wavelengths
(Lucy Fortson) Cyber Space
2:30-4:00 PM Informal Q&A/Close-out & Coffee/snacks
(Simon Swordy, Lucy Fortson, Randy Landsberg) Galileo’s

October 20, 2004 Noon-3pm Follow Up Session @ GLP)

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 Logistics
• Location Adler (CyberSpace & Galileos)
• Lecture Slides will be provided 
NO Food In
– Hardcopy & CD/Web (latter)
• E­mail Access  CyberSpace
• Meals Provided
• Transportation Provided to/from 
Hotel/Adler/Socials
– See Bus Schedule
• Tiffany Miles – Key Contact
– Will coordinate travel to airport (Sign­up sheet)
– Travel Reimbursement
– Inform her of any deviations (e.g., driving self)
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 Thanks to 
All the Instructors
 
PARTNERS
• GLPA
Partner
• Adler Planetarium

Larry Ciupik
Gary Sampson
Bob Bonadurer
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