Facility Science Team (FST) Meeting | August 20 -22, 2008 | GSFC
Agenda
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Wednesday, August 20
| NASA/ESA/JAXA Project Reports | 9:15 - 11:00 a.m |
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Welcome/Orientation |
H. Tananbaum/A. Hornschemeier |
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View from NASA HQ
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Michael Salamon (NASA HQ) |
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NASA Report on IXO
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Nick White (GSFC) |
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ESA report on IXO
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Arvind Parmar (ESA) |
| NASA Project Manager Review | 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
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Project Overview
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Jean Grady (GSFC) |
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Observatory Systems - MDL Report
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Gabe Karpati (GSFC) |
| Science Reports | 1:30 - 2 p.m. |
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Science Preparation for Decadal
[.pdf] |
Ann Hornschemeier (GSFC) |
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Atomic Astrophysics Report
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Nancy Brickhouse (SAO) |
| Science Theme 1: Black Holes (Chair: Mike Garcia)
| 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. |
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Testing GR, BH Spin
[.pdf] |
Chris Reynolds (UMD) |
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Accretion Physics in Stellar Systems
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Jon Miller (U Michigan) |
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Census of Black Hole Accretion
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Nancy Levenson (U Kentucky) |
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The High-z Universe
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Niel Brandt (PSU) |
| Optics (Chair: Jay Bookbinder) | 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. |
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5 arcsec System Flow-down
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Rob Petre (GSFC) |
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NASA-IXO Optics Update
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Will Zhang (GSFC) |
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ESA-IXO Optics Update
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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. |
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Hot Baryons in Deep Potential Wells
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Megan Donahue (Michigan State) |
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Evolution of Large Scale Structure
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Steve Allen (Stanford) |
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Missing Baryons/WHIM
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Michael Shull (U Colorado) |
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AGN Feedback
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Andy Fabian (Cambridge) |
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Supernova/Stellar Feedback
[.pdf] |
David Strickland (JHU) |
| Instruments - NASA Reports
(Chair: Harvey Tananbaum) | 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. |
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XMS/Calorimeter Update
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Richard Kelley (GSFC) |
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XGS - CAT Grating
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Ralf Heilmann (MIT) |
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XGS - Off-plane Grating
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Webster Cash (U Colorado) |
| Science Performance Reports
(Chair: Jay Bookbinder) | 2:00 - 3:15 p.m. |
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Background
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Randal Smith(GSFC & JHU) |
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TOOs: Prospects and Capabilities
[.pdf] |
Mike Garcia (SAO) |
| Science Theme 3: Life Cycles of Matter
(Chair: Randall Smith) | 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. |
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Production/Distribution of the Elements
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Jack Hughes (Rutgers) |
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MHD Physics in Stellar Environments
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Rachel Osten (UMD) |
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Planetary Magnetospheres and Solar Wind Charge Exchange
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Eric Feigelson (PSU) |
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Extreme States of Matter in NS
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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. |
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ESA WFI Report - + HXI and high time res
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Strueder (HLL/MPE, G) |
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ESA NFI Report
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Piet de Korte(SRON, NL) |
| Science with IXO (10:00 - 10:25 a.m.) |
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A Pitch to the Astronomical Community
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Randall Smith (GSFC & JHU) |
| Concluding presentations and Wrap-up |
11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. |
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Conferences/Activities for 2009
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Mike Garcia (SAO) |
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Future of Con-X and XEUS Science Teams (discussion) |
Harvey Tananbaum & Paul Nandra |
| Adjourn (2:30 p.m.) |