The 1st XRISM Data Analysis Workshop

The primary objective of this workshop is to prepare the astronomical community for the upcoming Cycle 1 General Observer Call for Proposals for XRISM. This workshop will consist of talks and hands-on sessions with experts from the XRISM team that will cover XRISM data analysis techniques and software, with the goal of maximizing the use of the unique high resolution spectroscopic and imaging data provided by XRISM.

General Information

Date: February 22 - 23, 2023

Location: University of Maryland, College Park
                Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center
                Dorothy D. & Nicholas Orem Alumni Hall
                7801 Alumni Drive, College Park, MD 20742

Online:A hybrid option will be available. Registration is still required to receive the link for hybrid attendance.

Parking: Riggs Alumni Center Guest Parking. Pay Parking is available in Stadium Drive Garage (SDG) just north of Riggs Alumni Center.

Logistics

Transit

The Washington, DC suburb of College Park, MD, is home to the University of Maryland. The area is most easily accessed by flying into one of the three airports in the region: Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), or Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD).

The area is also accessible via Amtrak, with the closest stops being BWI airport, New Carrollton, or Washington Union Station.

The University can be accessed via the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) metro system, with a stop at College Park on both the Green and Yellow lines. It is approximately a 30-35 minute walk to the Riggs Alumni Center from this station.

Accommodation

There is no dedicated block of rooms for this event, but there are a few hotels that serve the UMD Campus.

The College Park Marriott Hotel & Conference center is approximately a 12-minute walk to the workshop venue.

The Hotel at the University of Maryland is approximately a 17-minute walk across campus, but provides more food options nearby.

Agenda

February 22nd, Wednesday
Time [EST (UTC-5)]	Title	Speaker
8:00	Registration
9:00	Welcome message	Brian Williams
9:10	XRISM overview / Hitomi highlights / X-ray Mirror Assembly [video]	Rich Kelley
9:30	Resolve [video] / X-ray Mirror Assembly [video]	Scott Porter / Takayuki Hayashi
10:10	Xtend overview [video]	Hiromasa Suzuki
10:30	Coffee break
11:00	XRISM pre-pipeline/operations/ToO response, etc [video]	Hiromitsu Takahashi
11:30	XRISM pipeline tools/software [video]	Mike Loewenstein
12:10	Lunch
13:40	Introduction to HEASARC [video]	Tess Jaffe
14:00	Practical tutorial: Basic data processing tutorial [video]	Mike Loewenstein
15:30	Coffee break
16:00	Practical tutorial: Xslide [video]	Efrem Braun
17:00	Hands-on help
17:30	End
February 23rd, Thursday
Time	Title	Speaker
9:00	Use of XSpec for XRISM [video]	Keith Arnaud
9:30	Atomic Physics issues / diagnostics, uncertainties [video]	Ralf Ballhausen
10:00	Challenges and opportunities in fitting high-resolution spectra [video]	Anna Ogorzalek
10:20	Coffee break
10:50	Bright source mitigation [video]	Edmund Hodges-Kluck
11:10	Extended source analysis [video]	Francois Mernier
11:40	AO-1 policies and submission procedures [video]	Koji Mukai
12:10	Lunch
13:40	Practical tutorial: Using HEASim [video]	Mike Loewenstein
14:10	Practical tutorial: Using SimX [video]	Randall Smith
14:40	Hands-on help
15:00	Coffee break
15:30	Hands-on help
16:30	End

Covid-19 policy

The Covid-19 policy will be determined at a later date and will follow both CDC and University of Maryland guidance.

Contact/Question:Please send your questions using the HEASARC feedback form for XRISM.