XMM-Newton Newsletter - 2016-01-29 - XMM-Newton
XMM-Newton-NEWS
Contents:
- Second Announcement: "XMM-Newton: The Next Decade"
- First Announcement: "High-resolution X-ray Spectroscopic Software and Tools"
XMM-Newton: The Next Decade
ESAC, Madrid, Spain, 9th - 11th May 2016
As announced in a previous issue of the XMM-Newton Newsletter
http://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/newsletter
the XMM-Newton Science Operations Centre of the European Space Agency is organising an astrophysical workshop
9th - 11th May 2016
European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC), Madrid, Spain
Registration and abstract submission for this workshop are open.
| Abstract submission deadline | Monday 29th February 2016 |
| Notification about accepted presentations | end March 2016 |
| Registration deadline | Thursday 14th April 2016 |
More information and links to the abstract submission and registration forms are available at the workshop website
http://xmmworkshop.esa.int/
Invited speakers
| Monique Arnaud | CEA, Saclay, France |
| Massimo Cappi | INAF/IASF-Bologna, Italy |
| Anne Decourchelle | CEA, Saclay, France |
| Jelle Kaastra | SRON, Utrecht, The Netherlands |
| Ian McHardy | University of Southampton, United Kingdom |
| Etienne Pointecouteau | IRAP, CNRS/University of Toulouse, France |
| Nanda Rea | IEEC, Spain / Un. of Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| Thomas Reiprich | AIfA, University of Bonn, Germany |
| Juergen Schmitt | Hamburger Sternwarte, Germany |
| Beate Stelzer | INAF/Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo, Italy |
Invited speakers
| David Alexander | University of Durham, United Kingdom |
| Alexey Boyarsky | University of Leiden, The Netherlands |
| William N. Brandt | Pennsylvania State University, USA |
| Graziella Branduardi-Raymont | MSSL/UCL, United Kingdom |
| Joel Bregman | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA |
| Eugene Churazov | MPI for Astrophysics, Garching, Germany |
| Andrea Comastri | INAF/Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, Italy |
| Jelle de Plaa | SRON, Utrecht, The Netherlands |
| Tim de Zeeuw | ESO, Garching, Germany |
| Dominique Eckert | University of Geneva, Switzerland |
| Andrew Fabian | University of Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| Frank Haberl | MPE, Garching, Germany |
| Werner Hofmann | MPIK, Heidelberg, Germany |
| Stefanie Komossa | MPI for Radioastronomy, Bonn, Germany |
| Xavier Luri | University of Barcelona, Spain |
| Roberto Maiolino | University of Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| Matt Middleton | University of Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| Raffaella Morganti | ASTRON, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands |
| Kirpal Nandra | MPE, Garching, Germany |
| Fabrizio Nicastro | INAF/Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Italy |
| Takaya Ohashi | Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan |
| Marguerite Pierre | CEA, Saclay, France |
| Peter Predehl | MPE, Garching, Germany |
| Gregor Rauw | University of Liege, Belgium |
| Guido Risaliti | University of Florence, Italy |
| Belinda Wilkes | Harvard-Smithsonian CfA, USA |
Accommodation
May is a busy season in Madrid and we recommend to make hotel bookings early. Block bookings for hotels in Madrid have been made. Details are given in the conference web page
http://xmmworkshop.esa.int/#accommodation
Contact
High-resolution X-ray Spectroscopic Software and Tools
ESAC, Madrid, Spain, 12th - 13th May 2016
Our knowledge about cosmic plasmas and astrophysical objects has considerably improved in the last fifteen years thanks to the X-ray grating spectrometers on board XMM-Newton and Chandra. A new big leap will occur with new calorimeter facilities, in 2016 with the launch of Astro-H and in the next decade with Athena.
This two-day workshop will concentrate on the software packages dedicated to high-resolution X-ray spectral fitting (e.g, ISIS, Sherpa, SPEX, XSPEC) and specific tools for X-ray plasma diagnostics for various physical conditions.
The workshop is addressed to both experts and non-experts of high-resolution spectral data analysis. It will contain formal presentations in the morning and practical interactive sessions in the afternoon with tutorials and Q&A sessions with tool and software developers.
Example spectra will be provided in the tutorials, but of course participants can bring their reduced spectra.
For more information see
http://delphineporquet.wix.com/x-raytools
Registration is open at
http://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/hi-res-workshop/registration"
Accommodation and shuttle bus transport will be organized in coordination with the preceding workshop "XMM-Newton: The Next Decade", see
http://xmmworkshop.esa.int/#accommodation