[vsnet-conference 4] (fwd) XEUS workshop at MPE - updated information

[Taichi Kato <tkato@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp>]

(fwd) XEUS workshop at MPE - updated information

Subject: XEUS workshop at MPE - updated information
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 15:29:27 +0100
From: Thomas Boller <bol@xray.mpe.mpg.de>

Dear Colleagues,

Please find below updated information regarding the international workshop


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          XEUS - studying the evolution of the hot Universe
        to be held at MPE Garching between March 11-13, 2002
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1) REGISTRATION

   Details and the on-line registration form can be found on our
   web-site at: http://wave.xray.mpe.mpg.de/conferences/xeus-workshop

   Applications for the presentation of papers at the meeting can be made
   with the registration form. All applicants should submit an ABSTRACT
   of their proposed paper.

   THE DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS IS FEBRUARY 1, 2002.


2) AIM OF THE WORKSHOP

   The aim of this workshop is to review and update the XEUS science case
   in the light of recent astrophysical results, in particular from XMM-Newton
   and Chandra and to involve the broader astrophysical community in the
   mission so widening the international support for XEUS. We plan to
   discuss a number of potentially exciting additions to the scientific
   capabilities of XEUS.


3) SCIENTIFIC TOPICS

*  The XEUS Science Case
   The first black holes - when and how did they form - how do they grow?
   Galaxy evolution and the role of black holes
   Search for proto-galaxies
   Relativistic signatures of matter under strong gravity
   Fe K line reverberation measurements
   Growth of X-ray halos as probes of the mass assembly history
   Gravitational Lensing
   Chemical evolution of the Universe
   Circumnuclear matter and its evolution
   The Intergalactic Medium
   GRB and the Early Universe

*  XEUS instruments
   The telescope   - design, scientific requirements, new developments
   The instruments - detector configuration, spatial and spectral parameters
   New proposals   - very fast timing mode; very large FOV, polarimetry, etc.


4) IMPORTANT DATES
   February  1         Deadline for Registrations
   February 15         Preliminary Scientific Program
   March 1              Final Circular
   March 1              Deadline for Hotel Reservations


5) SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE

   G. Hasinger (Chair), M. Arnaud, X. Barcons, R. Griffiths, H. Inoue,
   S. Kahn, K. Mason, M. Mendez, A. Parmar, L. Piro, L. Strueder,
   M. Turner, D. Willingale


For the LOC
Thomas Boller.

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