The X-ray Universe 2020

 

In light of the COVID-19 situation, it has been decided to cancel the symposium. We apologize for the inconvenience this cancellation may cause.

Those who already registered and paid will be contacted by the ESA Conference Bureau for a reimbursement. For any query about registration and reimbursement, please contact: ESAConferenceBureau@atpi.com

 

The X-ray Universe 2020

25-29 May 2020

European Space Technology Centre (ESTEC)
Noordwijk, The Netherlands
A conference organized by the XMM-Newton Science Operations Centre
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Rationale

The XMM-Newton Science Operations Centre is organising the 54 ESLAB conference, a major astrophysical symposium to take place 25 - 29 May 2020 at the European Space Agency's European Space Research and Technology Centre, ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

The symposium is the sixth meeting in the series "The X-ray Universe". The aim of the symposium is to have discussions on a broad range of topics in X-ray astrophysics. The meeting will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the launch of XMM-Newton. There will be a large range of presentations highlighting the outstanding results produced over the past two decades using XMM-Newton. In addition, the excellent results obtained with other currently active X-ray missions will also be presented as well as the scientific potential of future missions such as, for example, Athena.

Topics

Session topics will include, among others:

  • Stars, White Dwarfs, & Solar System
  • Exoplanets and their host stars
  • White Dwarf Binaries, Neutron Star and Black Hole Binaries, & ULXs
  • Supernovae, SNRs, Isolated Neutron Stars, & Diffuse Emission
  • Galaxies & Galactic Surveys
  • Active Galactic Nuclei
  • Groups of Galaxies, Clusters of Galaxies, & Superclusters
  • Cosmology & Extragalactic Deep Fields
  • Current & Future Missions