X-ray School Program
The following is a preliminary program. Times of individual topics may change although all the lectures listed will be presented at some point during the week. The lectures on astronomical topics (clusters, AGN, etc.) will concentrate on data analysis issues typical to this topic and are not intended to be complete overviews of the field.
The lectures take place in Room 101 of Corcoran Hall ( 725 21 Street NW) at the George Washington University.
| Monday, August 6 | ||
| 8:45-9:00 | Welcoming remarks | |
| 9:00-9:55 | Introduction to X-ray astronomy (PPT, HTML, PDF) | Keith Arnaud |
| 10.00-10:45 | X-ray Optics (PDF) | Dan Schwartz |
| 10:45-11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00-11:45 | Supernova Remnants (PPT, HTML, PDF) | Una Hwang |
| 11:45-12:30 | Emission processes I (PPT, HTML, PDF) | Randall Smith |
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch Break | |
| 1:30-2:15 | PC and other detector techniques (PPT, HTML, PDF) | Keith Jahoda |
| 2:15-3:00 | Stars (PPT, HTML, PDF) | Rachel Osten |
| 3:00-3:15 | Tea Break | |
| 3:15-4:15 | Software, archive and other related issues (PPT, HTML, PDF) | Keith Arnaud |
| 4:15-6:00 | Set up machines. Helpful links | |
| Tuesday, August 7 | ||
| 9:00-9:45 | Emission processes II (PPT, HTML, PDF) | Randall Smith |
| 9:45-10:30 | CCD Detectors (PPT, HTML, PDF) | Catherine Grant |
| 10:30-10:45 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:45-11:30 | AGN (PDF) | Dan Schwartz |
| 11:30-12:15 | Statistics (PPT) | Aneta Siemiginowska |
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch Break | |
| 1:30-5:00 | Work on data analysis projects | |
| Wednesday, August 8 | ||
| 8:45-9:45 | Emission processes III (PPT, HTML, PDF) | Leonard Maximon/William Parke |
| 9:45-10:30 | GRBs and Swift (PPT, HTML, PDF) | Craig Markwardt |
| 10:30-10:45 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:45-11:30 | Local galaxies and the ISM (PPT, HTML, PDF) | Kip Kuntz |
| 11:30-12:15 | More on Software/Calibration | Lecturers as appropriate |
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch Break | |
| 1:30-5:00 | Work on data analysis projects | |
| Thursday, August 9 | ||
| 9:00-9:45 | Clusters (PPT, HTML, PDF) | Keith Arnaud |
| 9:45-10:30 | X-ray binaries (PPT, HTML, PDF) | Tim Kallman |
| 10:30-10:45 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:45-11:30 | Timing (PPT, HTML, PDF) | Tod Strohmayer |
| 11:30-12:15 | Surveys (PPT, HTML, PDF) | Ann Hornschemeier |
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch Break | |
| 1:30-5:00 | Work on data analysis projects | |
| Friday, August 10 | ||
| 9:00-12:30 | Finish projects | |
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch Break | |
| 1:30-5:00 | Project presentations | |