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Tests on a limited section of a stack of silicon pore optics have shown an improvement in the angular resolution up to 10 arcsec from the earlier 17 arcsec. Mandrels used to form the segmented glass mirror segments have been polished up to the 2 arcsec level, and the best mirror segments are now approaching the 5 arcsec level. The calorimeter team has manufactured the first sets of flight-sized «inner» arrays (32×32 pixel, 2 arcmin FOV) and measured 2.7 eV resolution on them. The team now is investigating several designs to populate the «outer» array which will bring the FOV up to 5×5 arcmin.
Nicholas E. White´s talk about IXO is available for download [.pdf], [.ppt], [movie]
Ann Hornschemeier´s talk about IXO is available for download [.pdf], [.ppt], [movie]
Sunday, 7 June 2009–Thursday, 11 June 2009, Pasadena, CA. The IXO Team is giving a requested presentation to the Astro2010 Program Prioritization Panel.
Joel Bregman´s science talk is available for download.
March 27 2009, 1:00-5:30 pm, Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg Center for Physics and Astronomy Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD.
The Astro 2010 Decadal Review has drawn enthusiastic participation from IXO supporters. We list here the 15 white papers most directly relevant to IXO science. Note that there are many more white papers submitted on high-energy astrophysics topics related to the IXO mission. These white papers represent contributions from hundreds of scientists from the United States, Europe, and Japan.
We will have our next big science team meeting July 3, 2009 in Otaru, Japan, hosted by our JAXA colleagues. This meeting follows the Suzaku conference in Otaru, Japan (June 29–July 2).
More than 200 astronomers convened in Boston, MA on January 28—29, 2009 at the IXO Team Meeting to discuss the IXO science and technology developments. Presentations by the Science Definition Team (SDT), the Instrument Working Group (IWG), the Telescope Working Group (IWG), and the ESA, JAXA, and NASA projects are posted to the web site.
More than 40 posters, covering science and technology for the IXO mission, were presented at the January 2009 AAS meeting in Long Beach, CA. These posters have now been posted to the web site.
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