34th COSPAR SCIENTIFIC ASSEMBLY

[Michael Arida <arida@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov>]

34th COSPAR SCIENTIFIC ASSEMBLY THE SECOND WORLD SPACE CONGRESS 
HOUSTON, TX, USA, 10-19 OCTOBER 2002

Session E1.3. The Next Generation of X-ray Observatories

Event Information

The Next Generation of X-ray Observatories event will provide an in 
depth review of future plans for new missions to come over the next 
25 years. The long term science drivers will be presented and set the 
technology challenges to be met by future missions. These science 
drivers include resolving the event horizon of black holes so as to 
directly observe the effects of strong field general relativity and 
observing the formation of the first objects in the universe at 
redshift 10 to 20. New technologies in X-ray optics and detectors to 
enable new science capabilities will be reviewed and future missions 
in various stages of planning discussed.

The web site for the COSPAR meeting is at:

http://www.copernicus.org/COSPAR/COSPAR.html

with information on the session E1.3 on the page

http://www.copernicus.org/COSPAR/houston2002/programme/SCE.program.htm

Session E1.3 runs from the afternoon of Oct 14 thru the morning of Oct 16.

The abstract deadline is May 1, 2002.

Organizing Committee

N.E. White (USA), R. Petre (USA), A. Parmar (The Netherlands), P.C. 
Agrawal (India), H. Tananbaum (USA), G. Hasinger (Germany), H. Inoue 
(Japan), M. Pavlinsky (Russia), M. Ward (United Kingdom), L. Piro 
(Italy)

Preliminary List of Solicited Speakers

A. Parmar (The Netherlands), H. Tananbaum (USA), G. Hasinger 
(Germany), H. Inoue (Japan), H. Kunieda (Japan), W. Cash (USA), M. 
Begelman (USA), R. Mushotzky (USA), R. Petre (USA), M. Turner (United 
Kingdom), O. Citterio (Italy), F. Harrison (USA), M. van der Klis 
(The Netherlands)




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