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XMM-Newton 20th Anniversary Goddard Symposium

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Greenbelt, MD

October 21-22, 2019

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    INVITED SPEAKERS

    • France Cordova (NSF - keynote speaker)

    • Richard Griffiths (University of Hawaii)

    • Paul Hertz (NASA Headquarters)

    • Stefan Immler (NASA Headquarters)

    • Steve Kahn (SLAC)

    • Lynn Cominsky (Sonoma State University)

    • Gerard Kriss (STScI)

    • Kip Kuntz (Johns Hopkins University)

    • Richard Mushotzky (University of Maryland, College Park)

    • Frits Paerels (Columbia University)

    • Brendan Perry (NASA GSFC)

    • Craig Sarazin (University of Virginia)

    • Norbert Schartel (ESA)

    • Niel Brandt (Pennsylvania State University)

    • Laura Brenneman (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory)

    • Megan Donahue (Michigan State University)

    • Suvi Gezari (University of Maryland, College Park)

    • Eric Gotthelf (Columbia University)

    • Smita Mathur (Ohio State University)

    • Randall Smith (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory)

    • Martin Still (NASA Headquarters)

    • Brian Williams (NASA GSFC)

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    Monday October 21, 8:45 am – 4:30 pm; Building 8 auditorium

     

    8:00 am           Registration begins

    Breakfast and coffee/tea service provided

     

    8:45 am           Welcome and Opening Remarks from NASA Headquarters

     

    Session 1 [Chair – Stefan Immler]

     

    9:00 am           Norbert Schartel – 20th Launch Anniversary of XMM-Newton: Scientific Achievements and Future Perspectives

     

    9:25 am           Richard Mushotzky – 35 years of XMM Memories from Lyngby to Launch and Beyond

     

    10:00 am         Megan Donahue – Advancing Cluster Science with XMM-Newton

     

    10:35 am         Break – coffee/tea refresh

     

    Session 2 [Chair – Lynne Valencic]

     

    10:45 am         Suvi Gezari – XMM Follow-up of Tidal Disruption Events from the Zwicky Transient Facility

     

    11:20 am         Randall Smith – Measuring Dust Properties from High Energy X-ray Halos

     

    11:55 am         Martin Still – The Legacy of XMM-Newton Optical Monitor Guest Observer Support

     

    12:10 pm         Lunch provided in Building 8

     

    Session 3 [Chair – Kim Weaver]

     

    1:00 pm           Paul Hertz – Introduction and Remarks

     

    1:10 pm           France Cordova – XMM-Newton at 20: Looking Back, Looking Forward

     

    2:00 pm           Steve Kahn – The Origins of the XMM Reflection Grating Spectrometer

     

    2:50 pm           Break – snacks and sodas

     

    Session 4 [Chair – Craig Sarazin]

     

    3:05 pm           Niel Brandt – The XMM-SERVS Survey of the LSST Deep Drilling Fields

     

    3:40 pm           Lynn Cominsky – Stories of XMM Education and Public Outreach

     

    3:45 pm           XMM 20th Anniversary promotional video screening

    3:45 pm           XMM 20th Anniversary PhDs video

     

    3:55 pm           Brian Williams – Advancements in the Study of Supernova Remnants Enabled by XMM-Newton

     

    4:30 pm           Adjourn to GSFC Recreation Center

     

    4:45 pm - 6:30 pm: Happy Hour Event at the GSFC Recreation Center

     

     

    Tuesday October 22, 8:45 am – 3:30 pm, Building 34, W150

     

    8:00 am           Registration continues

     

    Session 5 [Chair – Richard Mushotzky]

     

    8:45 am           Richard Griffiths – The Early Days of XMM, and the Importance of the Science Working Team

     

    9:20 am           Craig Sarazin – Clusters of Galaxies:  Highlights from 20 Years of XMM-Newton

     

    9:55 am           Brendan Perry – Early XMM Guest Observer Facility Perspectives

     

    10:10 am         Smita Mathur – XMM Studies of the Hot Circumgalactic Medium of the Milky Way

     

    10:45 am         Break

     

    Session 6 [Chair – Kip Kuntz]

     

    11:00 am         Laura Brenneman – Two Decades of Measuring Supermassive Black Hole Spins with XMM-Newton

     

    11:35 am         Eric Gotthelf – 20 Years of Discovery and Monitoring of Pulsars with XMM-Newton

     

    12:10 pm         Lunch (on your own)

     

    Session 7 [Chair – Kim Weaver]

     

    1:15 pm           Frits Paerels – Solid State Astrophysics and the RGS

     

    1:50 pm           Jerry Kriss – X-ray and UV Monitoring Campaigns Reveal the Structure and Dynamics of AGN Outflows

     

    2:25 pm           Kip Kuntz – Another Man's Treasure: Solar Wind Charge Exchange and XMM-Newton

     

    3:00 pm           Conference wrap-up and reflections on past and future

     

     

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