Fundamental Physics from Galaxy Clusters

Parallel Session: Scaling Relations




Session in Hornet's Nest, 8th Floor Wilson Hall

9:00 Mark Voit (Michigan State): "Evolution of Cluster Scaling Relations"

9:30 Alastair Sanderson (UIUC): "Cluster scaling relations in the local universe and at high z"

9:55 Daisuke Nagai (U. Chicago): "Scaling relations in cosmological cluster simulations"

10:15 Yen-Ting Lin (UIUC): "Fundamental properties of clusters: observational constrains on the halo occupation distribution"

Coffee Break

11:00 Eduardo Rozo (U. Chicago): "Constraints on the halo occupation distribution and cosmology from large optical cluster surveys"

11:20 Tim O'Hara (UIUC): "Scaling Relations and Substructure in Nearby Clusters"

11:40 Yago Ascasibar (CfA, Harvard): "Minor mergers and cold fronts in relaxed clusters of galaxies"