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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Morning Session (09:00-13:00)
| 09:00 - 09:10 | Introductions | K. Nandra / Th. Boller |
| 09:10 - 09:40 | The International X-ray Observatory IXO | A. Parmar |
| 09:40 - 09:55 |
NASA IXO status report (.pdf)
NASA IXO status report (.ppt) | N. White |
| 09:55 - 10:10 | JAXA IXO status report | T. Dotani |
| 10:10 - 10:30 | Report from NASA MDL study | J. Bookbinder |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | NASA IXO Mirror Technology Development | R. Petre |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Silicon Pore Optics | M. Bavdaz |
11:00 - 11:30 Tea/Coffee
| 11:30 - 11:45 | The IXO Wide Field Imager | J. Treis |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | X-ray Imaging Micro-Calorimeter Spectrometer | P. de Korte |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | X-ray Grating Spectrometer (missing) | K. Flanagan |
| 12:15 - 12:30 | Hard X-Ray Imager and Telescope Options | T. Dotani |
| 12:30 - 12:45 | X-ray Polarimeter for IXO | E. Costa |
| 12:45 - 13:00 | A High Time Resolution Spectrometer (HTRS) | D. Barret |
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
Afternoon Session (14:00 - 18:00)
| 14:00 - 14:30 | The first accreting black holes | R. Gilli |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Obscured AGN and galaxy evolution | F. Fiore |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | Lifting the Veil of Distant Compton-thick AGNs | D. Alexander |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | Obscured AGN, Near and Far | F. Yaqoob |
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
Chair: M. Cappi
| 16:00 - 16:30 |
Relativistic gravity , AGN (.ppt)
Relativistic gravity , AGN (.pdf) | S. Vaugham |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Strong gravity with IXO | M. Mendez |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | Extreme States of Matter: the neutron star EoS | F. Paerels |
| 17:30 - 17:45 | AGN as scaled up black holes binaries | C. Done |
| 17:45 - 18:00 | Pushing IXO to the extreme | P. Uttley |
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Morning Session (09:00-13:00)
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Galaxy Clusters as Cosmoligical Probes | H. Boehringer |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Metals in the ICM | K. Matsushita |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Cosmic Feedback and Galaxy Formation | A. Fabian |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Velocity diagnostics in distant galaxy clusters with IXO | N. Ota |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | The chemical evolution of clusters and galaxies | J. Kaastra |
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee
Chair: R. Mushotzky
| 11:30 - 11:45 | Evolution of the dark matter distribution on galaxy cluster scales | G. Pratt |
| 11:45 - 12:15 | WHIM studies with IXO | T. Ohashi |
| 12:15 - 12:30 | IXO Gratings and the Missing Baryons | F. Nicastro |
| 12:30 - 12:45 | IXO and study of warm baryons | A. Finoguenov |
| 12:45 - 13:00 |
Strong lensing of background WHIM emissions
Strong lensing of background WHIM emissions (addendum) | R. Lieu |
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
Afternoon Session (14:00 - 18:00)
| 14:00 - 14:30 |
X-ray emissions from normal stars and YSOs (.pptx)
X-ray emissions from normal stars and YSOs (.ppt) X-ray emissions from normal stars and YSOs (.pdf) | B. Stelzer |
| 14:30 - 15:00 |
IXO Observations of SNRs (.pptx)
IXO Observations of SNRs (.ppt) IXO Observations of SNRs (.pdf) | A. Bamba |
| 15:00 - 15:15 |
Cool star studies with IXO (.pptx)
Cool star studies with IXO (.ppt) Cool star studies with IXO (.pdf) | M. Audard |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | Using IXO to Probe the Nature of Pulsar Winds | P. Slane |
| 15:30 - 15:45 | IXO observations of highly ionised absorbers in LMXBs | M. Diaz-Trigo |
15:45 - 16:15 Coffee
Chair: M.Watson
| 16:15 - 16:35 | X-ray emissions from galaxies at high redshift with IXO | A. Hornschemeier |
| 16:35 - 16:50 | Perspectives for studies of star forming galaxies | P. Ranalli |
| 16:50 - 17:05 | The physics of extragalactic X-ray jets with the IXO | D. Worrall |
| 17:05 - 17:20 | X-ray activity from SgrA* | D. Porquet |
| 17:20 - 17:40 | IXO Background Calculations | R. Smith |
| 17:40 - 18:00 | Polarimeter Science with IXO | G. Matt |
18:00 Beer and Brezen Party at MPE
Friday September 19, 2008
Morning Session (09:00 - 12:00)
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Synergy of IXO with future mulitwavelength facilities | R. Mushotzky |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Discussion: Future of the XEUS/Con-X working groups | |
| 10:00 - 11:30 | Discussion: Cosmic Vision, Decadal survey and JAXA programmatics. Timetable and the way forward. | |
| 11:30 | Summary talk | G. Hasinger |
| 12:00 | Conference ends |
Posters
| 1 | Plasma in AGNs | Th. Boller |
| 2 | New Technologies for Future Space X-Ray Telescopes | R. Hudec et.at. |
| 3 | Astronomical Xray Optics in the Czech Republic | R. Hudec et.al. |
Update: 29-Sep-2008, J.Paul/Th.Boller