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GSFC XMM-Newton GOF Status Report #175: XMM-NEWTON NEWS #91

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Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 08:53:36 -0400
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              XMM-Newton Science Operations Centre at
               ESA's European Space Astronomy Centre,
 P.O. Box - Apdo. 78, 28691 Villanueva de la Canada, Madrid, Spain

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Contents:

  - Professor Martin Turner DSc, CBE
  - XMM-Newton AO-8 long term plan
  - XMM-Newton Users Group meeting #10: presentations available
  - Conference "X-ray Astronomy 2009: Present status, multiwavelength
    approach, and future perspectives": deadline for abstract submission
  - Conference Announcement: "Chandra's First Decade of Discovery"


Professor Martin Turner DSc, CBE
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It is with great regret that we have learned of the untimely death of
Professor Martin Turner DSc, CBE. Martin was a hugely influential figure
in the field of X-ray astronomy and is the EPIC Principal Investigator.

Please see:

http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/physics-and-astronomy/news/professor-martin-turner-dsc-cbe 



XMM-Newton AO-8 long-term plan
==============================

The scheduling of the eighth cycle of XMM-Newton observations, AO-8,
started in May 2009 and is expected to finish at the end of April 2010.
On May 13, the long-term scheduling plan for the AO-8 period has been
released at:

http://xmm.esac.esa.int/external/xmm_sched/advance_plan.shtml

Principal Investigators of pending XMM-Newton observations are encouraged
to check this plan, especially if scheduling constraints were granted
following the Time Allocation Committee recommendations. All observers
should be aware that, as flexibility is required in the scheduling
process, the long term plan only fills about 50% of the available
observing time, using some 50% of the approved observations.
Consequently about 50% of the approved observations do not appear in the
long term plan. The final observing plan is only available some two to
four weeks in advance of the start of an XMM-Newton revolution.
It is intended to follow the long term plan as closely as possible. The
XMM-Newton SOC nevertheless reserves the right to modify the plan at any
stage of the scheduling process, should this become necessary.


XMM-Newton Users Group meeting #10: presentations available
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The XMM-Newton Users Group met on the 6th and 7th of May 2009 at ESAC.
Please find the presentations of this meeting at:

http://xmm.esac.esa.int/external/xmm_user_support/usersgroup

Minutes of the meeting will be published on the same page and announced
via another XMM-Newton Newsletter.


Conference "X-ray Astronomy 2009: Present status, multiwavelength
approach, and future perspectives": deadline for abstract submission
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As announced in issue #86 of the XMM-Newton Newsletter, the conference
"X-ray Astronomy 2009: Present status, multiwavelength approach, and
future perspectives" will be held on 2009 September 7-11 in Bologna,
Italy.  

The meeting will highlight the contributions of XMM-Newton, Chandra
and Suzaku observatories over the last ten years and celebrate the
International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009). Major observational and
theoretical aspects of X-ray emission from a wide range of cosmic sources
will be addressed. Emphasis will be given to multiwavelength studies of
cosmic sources and associated synergies with major facilities at all
wavelengths, and on the perspectives for future high-energy astrophysics
missions.

Deadline for registration and abstract submission is May 15, 2009.

See the conference website for more information:

http://www.iasfbo.inaf.it/events/xray2009/index.php


Conference Announcement: "Chandra's First Decade of Discovery"
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The following science conference:

"Chandra's First Decade of Discovery"

will be held on September 22-25 2009 at the Seaport Hotel, Boston, US.

This will be the fifth symposium in a series highlighting unique imaging
and spectroscopic results from NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory. This
event will celebrate key science results from the first ten years of
operation of the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The focus will be on results
which have had the largest impact on Astrophysics, including: The Cosmic
Evolution of AGN, AGN outflows, evolutionary processes in clusters of
galaxies, source populations and diffuse emission from normal galaxies,
physical processes at the Galactic center, high spatial and spectral
studies of neutron star physics, supernova remnants and star forming
regions. Recent results from the XMM-Newton, Suzaku, Fermi, Swift,
INTEGRAL, RXTE and AGILE missions, as well as related theoretical
results will also be covered.

The day before the start of this conference, the Chandra Calibration
Review will take place at the same hotel.

More information is available at:

http://cxc.harvard.edu/symposium_2009/index.html

Deadline for abstract submission is July 10th 2009.



Yours sincerely,
XMM-Newton SOC

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