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Facility Science Team (FST) Meeting | August 20 -22, 2008 | GSFC

Agenda

Attendees (photo)       photo identification | text id

Wednesday, August 20

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]
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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.)

Thursday, August 21

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]
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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.)

Friday, August 22

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.)