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XEUS - Physics of the Hot Evolving Universe: Meeting

XEUS - Physics of the Hot Evolving Universe: Meeting

Details on the XEUS workshop held at ESTEC on 5 & 6 March 2008. Click on PDF to download the relevant presentation.

Alternatively you can download all the presentations in the following zip files:

XEUS Day1.zip XEUS Day2.zip

Wednesday 5 March

Time

Type

Topic

Presentn.

10:00-10:15 M. Kessler
Opening Address
PDF
10:15-10:30 F. Favata
XEUS and Cosmic Vision
PDF
10:30-10:45 A. Parmar
XEUS Overview
PDF
10:45-11:15 Invited P. Gondoin
XEUS Mission Concept
PDF
11:15-11:45 Invited R. Willingale
Optics Technology Overview
PDF
11:45-12:15

Coffee

12:15-12:45 Invited H. Bohringer
Science Topic I - clusters & groups
PDF
12:45-13:00 Contrib. S. Molendi
Studyng galaxy clusters with XEUS
PDF
13:00-14:15 Lunch
14:15-14:45 Invited M. Collon
HPO Optics
PDF
14:45-15:00 Contrib. M. Page
A fresh look at XEUS optics (on behalf of the Smart X-ray optics consortium)
PDF
15:00-15:15 Contrib. G. Pareschi
Slumped Glass Optics
PDF
15:15-15:30 Contrib. M. Ghigo
Novel "cold" slumping glass technology for making the XEUS mirror optics
PDF
15:30-16:00 Coffee
16:00-16:15 Contrib. P. Freidrich
Development of Slumped Glass Mirror Segments for large Wolter Optics
PDF
16:15-16:45 Invited A. Fabian
Science Topic II - strong gravity
PDF
16:45-17:00 Contrib. M. Mendez
Extreme gravity in neutron stars with XEUS
PDF
17:00-17:15 Contrib. P. Laurent
The Simbol-X focal plane
PDF

Thursday 6 March

Time

Type

Topic

Presentn.

09:00-09:30 Invited P. de Korte
Cryogenic Instrument overview
PDF
09:30-09:45 Contrib. P. Verhoeve
STJ-based detectors for the cryogenic narrow field imaging spectrometer on XEUS
PDF
09:45-10:00 Contrib. R. Kelley
Progress on X-ray calorimeters for astrophysics
PDF
10:00-10:15 Contrib. L. Duband
SubKelvin Cooler for XEUS
PDF
10:15-10:45 Invited A. Comastri
Science Topic III - Early BHs
PDF
10:45-11:15 Coffee
11:15-11:45 Invited L. Struder
Non-cryogenic Instruments Review
PDF
11:45-12:00 Contrib. L. Gottardi
Transition-Edge-Sensor (TES) based X-ray imaging Spectrometer for XEUS
PDF
12:00-12:15 Contrib. M. Cappi
Probing variable iron emission and absorption lines in AGNs with XEUS
PDF
12:15-12:30 Contrib. E. Costa
Polarimetry with XEUS. Perspectives and capabilities
PDF
12:30-12:45 Contrib. C. Pigot
Silicon microcalorimeter arrays
PDF
12:45-13:00 Contrib. B. Stelzer
Stellar Coronae and star formation with XEUS
PDF
13:00-14:15

Lunch

14:15-14:45 Invited A. Decourchelle
Studying SNRs with XEUS
PDF
14:45-15:00 Contrib. Y. Uchiyama
Science Topic 4: Acceleration in SNR
PDF
15:00-15:15 Contrib. F. Fiore
Unveiling obscured accretion: catching AGN feedback in action
PDF
15:15-15:30 Contrib. M. Freyberg
XEUS mirror calibration issues at PANTER
PDF
15:30-16:00

Coffee

16:00-16:30 Invited H. Kunieda
XEUS Hard X-ray Imaging System and the Study of strongly absorbed massive black holes
PDF
16:30-16:45 Contrib. D. Barret
Strong gravity and dense matter with the XEUS High Time Resolution Spectrometer
PDF
16:45-17:00 D. Southwood
Workshop Summary

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30-Dec-2024 18:32 UT

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