Exploring the Hot Universe with IXO | September 17 – 19, 2008 | MPE

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

The IXO Observatory \| Chair: G. Hasinger \| 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
	Introductions [.pdf]	K. Nandra / Th. Boller
	The International X-ray Observatory IXO [.pdf]	A. Parmar
	NASA IXO status report [.pdf]	N. White
	JAXA IXO status report [.pdf]	T. Dotani
	Report from NASA MDL study [.pdf]	J. Bookbinder
	NASA IXO Mirror Technology Development [.pdf]	R. Petre
	Silicon Pore Optics [.pdf]	M. Bavdaz
IXO Instruments \| Chair: J. Bookbinder \| 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
	The IXO Wide Field Imager [.pdf]	J. Treis
	X-ray Imaging Micro-Calorimeter Spectrometer [.pdf]	P. de Korte
	X-ray Grating Spectrometer	K. Flanagan
	Hard X-Ray Imager and Telescope Options [.pdf]	T. Dotani
	X-ray Polarimeter for IXO [.pdf]	E. Costa
	A High Time Resolution Spectrometer (HTRS) [.pdf]	D. Barret
Black Holes and Matter Under Extreme Conditions \| Chair: Y. Ueda \| 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
	The first accreting black holes [.pdf]	R. Gilli
	Obscured AGN and galaxy evolution [.pdf]	F. Fiore
	Lifting the Veil of Distant Compton-thick AGNs [.pdf]	D. Alexander
	Obscured AGN, Near and Far [.pdf]	T. Yaqoob
Chair: M. Cappi \| 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
	Relativistic gravity , AGN [.pdf]	S. Vaughan
	Strong gravity with IXO [.pdf]	M. Mendez
	Extreme States of Matter: the neutron star EoS [.pdf]	F. Paerels
	AGN as scaled up black holes binaries [.pdf]	C. Done
	Pushing IXO to the extreme [.pdf]	P. Uttley

Galaxy Formation. Galaxy Clusters and Cosmic Feedback \| Chair: M. Arnaud \| 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
	Galaxy Clusters as Cosmological Probes [.pdf]	H. Boehringer
	Metals in the ICM [.pdf]	K. Matsushita
	Cosmic Feedback and Galaxy Formation [.pdf]	A. Fabian
	Velocity diagnostics in distant galaxy clusters with IXO [.pdf]	N. Ota
	The chemical evolution of clusters and galaxies [.pdf]	J. Kaastra
Chair: R. Mushotzky \| 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
	Evolution of the dark matter distribution on galaxy cluster scales [.pdf]	G. Pratt
	WHIM studies with IXO [.pdf]	T. Ohashi
	IXO Gratings and the Missing Baryons [.pdf]	F. Nicastro
	IXO and study of warm baryons [.pdf]	A. Finoguenov
	Strong lensing of background WHIM emissions [.pdf] [addendum]	R. Lieu
Life Cycles of Matter and Energy \| Chair: M. Garcia \| 2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
	X-ray emissions from normal stars and YSOs [.pdf]	B. Stelzer
	IXO Observations of SNRs [.pdf]	A. Bamba
	Cool star studies with IXO [.pdf]	M. Audard
	Using IXO to Probe the Nature of Pulsar Winds [.pdf]	P. Slane
	IXO observations of highly ionised absorbers in LMXBs [.pdf]	M. Diaz-Trigo
Chair: M.Watson \| 4:15 - 6:00 p.m.
	X-ray emissions from galaxies at high redshift with IXO [.pdf]	A. Hornschemeier
	Perspectives for studies of star forming galaxies [.pdf]	P. Ranalli
	The physics of extragalactic X-ray jets with the IXO [.pdf]	D. Worrall
	X-ray activity from SgrA* [.pdf]	D. Porquet
	IXO Background Calculations [.pdf]	R. Smith
	Polarimeter Science with IXO [.pdf]	G. Matt

Discussion: The way forward \| Chair: K. Nandra \| 9:00 - 11:30 a.m.
	Synergy of IXO with future mulitwavelength facilities [.pdf]	R. Smith for R. Mushotzky
	Future of the XEUS/Con-X working groups	(Discussion)
	Discussion: Cosmic Vision, Decadal survey and JAXA programmatics. Timetable and the way forward.	(Discussion)
	Summary talk G. Hasinger
Conference ends

	Plasma in AGNs [.pdf]	Th. Boller
	New Technologies for Future Space X-Ray Telescopes [.pdf]	R. Hudec et.at.
	Astronomical Xray Optics in the Czech Republic [.pdf]	R. Hudec et.al.

NASA/ESA/JAXA Project Reports \| 9:15 - 11:00 a.m
	Welcome/Orientation	H. Tananbaum/A. Hornschemeier
	View from NASA HQ [.pdf]	Michael Salamon (NASA HQ)
	NASA Report on IXO [.pdf]	Nick White (GSFC)
	ESA report on IXO [.pdf]	Arvind Parmar (ESA)
NASA Project Manager Review \| 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
	Project Overview [.pdf]	Jean Grady (GSFC)
	Observatory Systems - MDL Report [.pdf]	Gabe Karpati (GSFC)
Science Reports \| 1:30 - 2 p.m.
	Science Preparation for Decadal [.pdf]	Ann Hornschemeier (GSFC)
	Atomic Astrophysics Report [.pdf]	Nancy Brickhouse (SAO)
Science Theme 1: Black Holes (Chair: Mike Garcia) \| 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
	Testing GR, BH Spin [.pdf]	Chris Reynolds (UMD)
	Accretion Physics in Stellar Systems [.pdf] [ringmov.gif] [GROJ1655.mov]	Jon Miller (U Michigan)
	Census of Black Hole Accretion [.pdf]	Nancy Levenson (U Kentucky)
	The High-z Universe [.pdf]	Niel Brandt (PSU)
Optics (Chair: Jay Bookbinder) \| 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
	5 arcsec System Flow-down [.pdf]	Rob Petre (GSFC)
	NASA-IXO Optics Update [.pdf]	Will Zhang (GSFC)
	ESA-IXO Optics Update [.pdf]	Marcos Bavdaz (ESA)
Adjourn Day 1 (6:00 p.m.)

Science Theme 2 - Large Scale Structure (Chair: Ann Hornschemeier) \| 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
	Hot Baryons in Deep Potential Wells [.pdf]	Megan Donahue (Michigan State)
	Evolution of Large Scale Structure [.pdf]	Steve Allen (Stanford)
	Missing Baryons/WHIM [.pdf]	Michael Shull (U Colorado)
	AGN Feedback [.pdf]	Andy Fabian (Cambridge)
	Supernova/Stellar Feedback [.pdf]	David Strickland (JHU)
Instruments - NASA Reports (Chair: Harvey Tananbaum) \| 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
	XMS/Calorimeter Update [.pdf]	Richard Kelley (GSFC)
	XGS - CAT Grating [.pdf]	Ralf Heilmann (MIT)
	XGS - Off-plane Grating [.pdf]	Webster Cash (U Colorado)
Science Performance Reports (Chair: Jay Bookbinder) \| 2:00 - 3:15 p.m.
	Background [.pdf]	Randal Smith(GSFC & JHU)
	TOOs: Prospects and Capabilities [.pdf]	Mike Garcia (SAO)
Science Theme 3: Life Cycles of Matter (Chair: Randall Smith) \| 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.
	Production/Distribution of the Elements [.pdf]	Jack Hughes (Rutgers)
	MHD Physics in Stellar Environments [.pdf] [flare.mov] [yohkoh.mov]	Rachel Osten (UMD)
	Planetary Magnetospheres and Solar Wind Charge Exchange [.pdf]	Eric Feigelson (PSU)
	Extreme States of Matter in NS [.pdf]	Frits Paerels (Columbia U)
Adjourn Day 2 (6:00 p.m.)

Instruments - ESA Reports (Chair: Nick White) \| 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
	ESA WFI Report - + HXI and high time res [.pdf]	Strueder (HLL/MPE, G)
	ESA NFI Report [.pdf]	Piet de Korte(SRON, NL)
Science with IXO (10:00 - 10:25 a.m.)
	A Pitch to the Astronomical Community [.pdf]	Randall Smith (GSFC & JHU)
Concluding presentations and Wrap-up \| 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
	Conferences/Activities for 2009 [.pdf]	Mike Garcia (SAO)
	Future of Con-X and XEUS Science Teams (discussion)	Harvey Tananbaum & Paul Nandra
Adjourn (2:30 p.m.)