Overview
This is an invitational workshop with a limited number of participants designed for in-depth one-on-one scientific interactions. The workshop will concentrate on the theory of singularities with recent applications to magnification cross sections in gravitational lensing.
Petters Research Institute strongly encourages its foreign visitors to have a cultural and
nature-based experience while in Belize. This may include visiting
Garifuna, Mayan, and Mennonite communities, as well as
rain forest reserves, cayes, wildlife sanctuaries, Mayan temples, etc.
Lectures and Discussion Topics
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Saturday, March 20
On Dark Matter and Spiral and Elliptical Structures in Galaxies
(Bray, discussion leader)
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Sunday evening, March 21
On the Maximum Number of Images in Multiplane Lensing
(Teguia, discussion leader)
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Monday, March 22
Magnification Invariants (Aazami, discussion leader)
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Tuesday, March 23
A Complex Approach to Some Universal Magnification Invariants(Werner, discussion leader)
Educational Outreach Participants
- Dr. Nancy Adamson
- Dr. David Aguilar
- Ariet Casimiro
- Faye Castillo
- Karol Elis
- Dr. Logan Kuiper
- Biviana McDougal
- Juana Meza
- Betty Jean Tate
