2007 Science Workshop Final Scientific Programme

 

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XMM-Newton: The Next Decade

 

Monday, 04 June 2007

 

Registration / Introduction

09:00-10:00

Registration

Chair: Norbert Schartel

10:00-10:15

Schartel, Norbert: XMM-Newton: The Next Decade

10:15-10:45

Parmar, Arvind: XMM-Newton Status and extended Operations

Cosmology, Extragalactic Surveys & WHIM

10:45-11:15

Barcons, Xavier: The Search for the missing Baryons

11:15-11:45

Coffee Break

Chair: Jacqueline Bergeron

11:45-12:15

Comastri, Andrea: Extragalactic Surveys

12:15-12:40

Alexander, David: An XMM-Newton Survey of Infrared/Submillimetre Legacy Fields?

12:40-13:05

Brusa, Marcella: The XMM-Cosmos Survey: Results and Perspectives

13:05-13:30

Watson, Mike: Contiguous and Serendipitous Surveys with XMM-Newton

13:30-15:00

Lunch Break

15:00-15:15

Fiore, Fabrizio: The Census of highly obscured SMBH: X-ray Observations of extreme Spitzer AGNs

15:15-15:30

Carrera, Francisco J.: Beyond the Lockman Hole: Spectroscopy of the absorbed Universe

15:30-15:45

Romer, Kathy: Cosmology: Getting the Most out of XMM

15:45-16:00

Finoguenov, Alexis: Clusters in deep XMM Surveys

Clusters of Galaxies

Chair: Ulrich Briel

16:00-16:30

Boehringer, Hans: Statistical Properties of Galaxy Clusters

16:30-16:45

Smith, Randall: Deep RGS Observations of Clusters

16:45-17:15

Coffee Break

17:15-17:40

Matsushita, Kyoko: Suzaku Observations of Clusters of Galaxies

17:40-17:55

Lieu, Richard: XMM-Newton in the Era of observational Cosmology

17:55-18:10

Pratt, Gabriel: Representative Samples of Galaxy Clusters: recent Results & future Prospects

18:10-18:35

Pierre, Marguerite: The XMM-LSS Cluster Sample and its cosmological Applications

18:35-19:00

Bartlett, James: The Planck Cluster Survey

 

 

 

Tuesday, 05 June 2007

 

Active Galaxies

Chair: Laura Maraschi

09:00-09:30
Matt, Giorgio: Active Galaxies

09:30-09:55

Fabian, Andy: XMM and Broad Iron Lines

09:55-10:10

de la Calle Perez, Ignacio: Statistics of relativistic broadened Fe K Lines in AGN

10:10-10:35

Mushotzky, Richard: XMM and hard X-ray Surveys of AGN

10:35-11:00

Kaastra, Jelle: High Spectral Resolution Observations of AGN

11:00-11:40

Coffee Break

11:40-11:55

Arav, Nahum: AGN Outflows Role in Cosmological Structure Formation: the XMM angle

11:55-12:10

Guainazzi. Matteo: Obscured AGN in the Local Universe: XMM-Newton Legacy and Future

Galaxies and Galaxy Surveys

Chair: Richard Griffiths

12:10-12:40

Motch, Christian: Galactic X-ray Source Populations

12:40-13:05

Pietsch, Wolfgang: The X-ray Source Population of the Andromeda Galaxy M 31

13:05-13:30

Georgakakis, Antonis: Normal Galaxies outside the Local Universe

13:30-15:00

Lunch Break

15:00-15:40

Poster Presentation (1 min. each)

15:40-15:55

Haberl, Frank: On the Prospects of an SMC Survey with XMM-Newton

15:55-16:25

Warwick, Bob: Diffuse Galactic Emission

16:25-16:55

Coffee Break

SNRs and the Interstellar Medium

Chair: Mike Watson

16:55-17:25

Decourchelle, Anne: Supernova Remnants, Planetary Nebulae and Superbubbles: Prospects for new XMM-Newton Observations

17:25-17:40

Miceli, Marco: A High-resolution Survey of the physical and chemical Inhomogeneities in the Vela SNR

17:40-18:05

Koyama, Katsuji: Spectroscopic Study of the Galactic Center X-rays with Suzaku

18:05-18:30

Pühlhofer, Gerd: Using X-ray Observations to identify the Particle Acceleration Mechanisms in VHE SNRs and "dark" VHE Sources

Observing Strategies

18:30-18:45

Read, Andy: The XMM-Newton Slew Survey: Towards the Whole Sky

18:45-19:00

Page, Mathew: XMM-OM: Future Operations

 

21:00

Conference Dinner in Madrid: Restaurante Ferreiro

 

 

 

Wednesday, 06 June 2007

 

Compact Objects

Chair: Yasuo Tanaka

09:00-09:30

Caraveo, Patrizia: Neutron Stars as X-ray Emitters

09:30-09:55

Mereghetti, Sandro: XMM-Newton Results on Magnetars

09:55-10:20

Jonker, Peter: Constraining the Neutron Star Equation of State using XMM

10:20-10:50

Kaaret, Philip: Open Questions on Black Hole X-ray Binaries

10:50-11:05

Porquet, Delphine: Review of the XMM-Newton monitoring of the X-ray Activity of SgrA*

11:05-11:40

Coffee Break

11:40-11:55

Mauche, Chris: Hydrodynamic and Spectral Simulations of HMXB Winds

11:55-12:10

Fritz, Sonja: The Modified Timing Mode - Observing Bright Sources with XMM-Newton

Stars, Star forming Regions & the Solar System

Chair: Micela Giusi

12:10-12:40

Schmitt, Jürgen: XMM-Newton: The Next Deacde for Cool Stars

12:40-13:10

Montmerle, Thierry: Doing Physics in star-forming Regions with XMM

13:10-13:35

Sciortino, Salvatore: Results and Perspectives of Young Stellar Object long look Programs (related MPG movie)

13:35-15:00

Lunch Break

Chair: Didier Barret

15:00-15:25

Guedel, Manuel: X-ray Spectroscopy of Young Stars

15:25-15:40

Oskinova, Lidia: XMM-Newton probes massive-star Feedback in Young Massive Star Clusters

15:40-16:10

Rauw, Gregor: X-ray Spectroscopy of early-type Stars: the Present and the Future

16:10-16:25

Pollock, Andy: The Sustainability of Life in X-ray irradiated Planetary Atmospheres

Final speaker

16:25-16:55

McBreen, Brian: Summary Talk

16:55-17:25

Coffee Break