GSFC XMM-NEWTON USERS GROUP
Please note that ESA also has a Users Group, which can have U.S. members. U.S. members of ESA's Users Group (but not GSFC's) can be reimbursed for official travel. Members are gently reminded to please contact the Project Scientist, Dr. Kim Weaver , prior to traveling.
Current members of the Users Group and their areas of expertise are below.
Chair
- Dr. Jimmy Irwin (University of Alabama) -- Galaxies/Clusters
Members
- Dr. Marc Gagne (West Chester University of Pennsylvania) -- Stars
- Dr. Massimiliano Galeazzi (University of Miami) -- CGM/ISM/Diffuse X-ray Background
- Dr. Jules Halpern (Columbia University) -- Neutron Stars/Magnetars/Pulsars
- Dr. Erin Kara (MIT) -- Tidal Disruption Events
- Dr. George King (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) -- Exoplanets
- Dr. Raffaella Margutti (University of California, Berkeley) -- GRBs, X-ray Transients, Supernovae
- Dr. Missagh Mehdipour (Space Telescope Institute) -- AGN
- Dr. Frederick Paerels (Columbia University) -- RGS
- Dr. Ming Sun (University of Alabama at Huntsville) -- Galaxy Groups, Clusters/Cosmology/Galaxy Formation and Evolution, Dark Matter
- Dr. Benjamin Williams (University of Washington) -- Galaxy Evolution and Stellar Evolution
Ex Officio Members
- Dr. Richard Mushotzky - ESA Mission Scientist (University of Maryland at College Park)
- Dr. Steve Snowden - XMM-Newton Project Scientist Emeritus (NASA/GSFC)
Minutes of meetings
- June 2001, Pasadena CA.
- January 2002, Washington DC
- March 2005, Greenbelt, MD
- May 2006, Greenbelt, MD
- April 2007, Greenbelt, MD
- May 2008, Greenbelt, MD
- May 2009, Telecon
If you have any questions concerning XMM-Newton send email to xmmhelp@athena.gsfc.nasa.gov
