XMM-Newton-NEWS

Contents:

• Users' Group meeting #19: Invitation from the UG chair
• Workshop "Treasures Hidden in High-Energy Catalogues":
  Deadline for abstracts submission
• Announcement of Opportunity for European Participating Scientist Membership of the Science Team for XARM

Users' Group meeting #19: Invitation from the UG chair

The XMM-Newton Users' Group (UG) will be holding its yearly meeting this coming May 17^th and 18^th, at ESAC. As is usual the UG welcomes all comments and suggestions on any relevant aspect of XMM-Newton operations and future direction. You may send these either directly to me, or if you prefer to any member of the UG.

This may seem a case of 'deja vu', but once again we will soon be seeking a mission extension since this process recurs every two years. As always, a crucial element in our case will be evidence of very strong community support. We will have a discussion on how best to make our case for a mission extension during this UG meeting, so please give this important topic some consideration beforehand.

Martin Ward, UG-Chair

The agenda for UG meeting #19 and contact information of the UG chair and all the other UG members are available at

Workshop "Treasures Hidden in High-Energy Catalogues":
Deadline for abstracts submission

As announced in a previous issue of this Newsletter (#205), the workshop "Treasures Hidden in High-Energy Catalogues" will take place from 22^nd to 24^th May 2018 at IRAP, Toulouse, France.

This workshop offers the opportunity to get a full overview of the different catalogues proposed in the framework of ESA's XMM-Newton mission.

The workshop is free to attend but the capacity is limited to 90 people.

Deadline for abstracts submission is 31^st March 2018.

More information can be found at the workshop website

Announcement of Opportunity for European Participating Scientist Membership of the Science Team for XARM

The X-ray Astronomy Recovery Mission (XARM) is a JAXA mission with NASA and ESA participation, aiming at restoring the spectroscopic capabilities lost with the end of the Hitomi mission in March 2016. The key scientific objective of XARM is "Pioneering a new horizon of the Universe with unprecedented high resolution X-ray spectroscopy".

The purpose of this Announcement of Opportunity is to solicit proposals for membership of the XARM Science Team as Participating Scientists. This AO is open to scientists affiliated with institutes located in ESA Member States.

Due date for proposals is 6^th April 2018, 12:00 CEST.

Full details are given at

Yours sincerely,

XMM-Newton SOC