Sunday, 24 March 2013 ===================== 18:00-20:00: Welcome reception Monday, 25 March 2013 ===================== Session 0: Opening ------------------ 08:55-09:00: S.Sembay, "Welcome" Session I: Calibration status of operational missions. Chair: S.Sembay ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 09:00-09:15: M.Guainazzi: "Latest news on XMM-Newton operations and calibrations" 09:15-09:30: L.David: "Chandra Calibration Status" 09:30-09:45: M.Kimura: "Calibration Status of MAXI" 09:45-10:00: E.Miller: "Suzaku Operation and Calibration Status" 10:00-10:15: A.Beardmore: "Swift-XRT calibration status" 10:15-10:30: K.Forster: "Sneak preview on NuSTAR calibration and science highlights" 10:30-10:50: coffee/tea break Session II: Preparation status of future missions. Chair: H.Marshall -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10:50-11:20: N.Ota: "Status of ASTRO-H" "Astro-H Calibration Status and Plans" 11:20-11:50: V.Burwitz: "Status of the eROSITA Mission" M.Freyberg: "eROSITA: on the in-orbit calibration strategy and plan" 11:50-12:10: M.Watson: "ATHENA" 12:10-12:30: M.Kirsch: "XMM-Newton and INTEGRAL's additional future role as long term high-energy calibration facilities" 12:40-14:00: lunch break 14:00-14:50: F-J.Lu: "The current status of HXMT project" S.Zhang: "Overview of the HXMT calibration" Y.Chen: "Calibration of HXMT-LE" X.Li: "Data Analysis of HXMT calibration items and their accuracy" Y.-P. Chen: "Progress in building an X-ray facility for energy calibration of HXMT" 14:50-15:10: C.Cramer: "NIST Calibrations at X-ray and Ultraviolet Wavelengths" 15:10-15:30: J.Li: "High Energy Calibrations of DAMPER in China" 15:30-15:50: coffee break Session III: Working Groups I ----------------------------- 15:50-17:30: Clusters of Galaxies I: - G.Schellenberger: "Chandra - XMM Cross Calibration with the HIFLUGCS Cluster Sample" - J.Nevalainen: "Comparison of XMM-Newton, Chandra, Suzaku, ROSAT, Swift of a few clusters" - J.Nevalainen: "Cluster mass, temperature and pressure from X-rays and SZ as a possible calibrator" Tuesday, 26 March 2013 ====================== Session IV: Working Groups II (3 parallel sessions) -------------------------------------------------- 09:00-12:30: Clusters of Galaxies II: - J.Nevalainen: "Review of WG activities and action items" - Group work 09:00-12:30: Non-Thermal SNR I: - L.Natalucci: "Review of WG activities and action items" - Group work 09:00-12:30: Thermal SNR: - P.Plucinsky: "Review of WG activities and action items" - S.Sembay: "Trend analysis of EPIC-MOS 1ES0102 data" - E. Miller: "Using E0102 to update the Suzaku Contamination Model" - P. Plucinsky/J. Posson-Brown: "Verifying the Chandra Contamination Model with E0102" - Group work 12:30-14:00 lunch break Session V: Working Groups III (3 parallel sessions) --------------------------------------------------- 14:00-17:30: CCD: - C.Grant: "Review of WG activities and action items" - T.Gaetz: "Update on the Chandra ACIS Background" - E.Miller: "Update on the Suzaku background evolution" - M.Guainazzi: "The energy scale in EPIC-pn Timing Mode exposures" - A.Beardmore: "CCD charge traps: properties and how to deal with them" - All: "What to do when decaying radioactive sources produce insufficient data to keep up with the pace of calibration change?" - Group work 14:00-17:30: Effective area: - H.Marshall: "Review of WG activities and action items" - A.Read: "XMM-Newton EPIC cross-calibration" - Group work 14:00-17:30: High-resolution: - A.Pollock: "Review of WG activities and action items" - A.Foster: "New spectral features observable in Astro-H" - Group work 19:00-21:00: IACHEC banquet Wednesday, 27 March 2013 ======================== Session VI: Statistics. Chair: P.Plucinsky ------------------------------------------ 09:00-09:30: D.van Dyk: "Astrostatistics and pyBLocks" 09:30-10:10: Round table (Chair: A.Pollock) Session VII: Calibration above 10 keV. Chair: L.Natalucci -------------------------------------------------------- 10:10-10:40: K.Forster, K.Mardsen: "NuSTAR calibration and science highlights" 10:40-11:00: coffee/tea break 11:00-11:20: D.Walton: "The 3C273 cross-calibration campaign" 11:20-11:30: L.Natalucci & K.Mardsen: "Update on the high energy spectrum of G21.5-0.9" 11:30-11:50: E.Jourdain & P.Roques: "SPI/Integral "polarimetry mode" data analysis" 11:50-12:30: Round table (Chairs: K.Forster & L.Natalucci) 12:30-14:00: lunch break Session VIII: Working Groups IV (3 parallel sessions) ----------------------------------------------------- 14:00-17:30: Clusters of Galaxies III: - N.-J.Westergaard: "Preliminary NuSTAR results on the Bullet Cluster" - J.Nevalainen: "Feasibility of NuSTAR-XMM cross-calibration using clusters Coma, A1795 and A2029" - J.Nevalainen: "Cross-calibration of Suzaku XIS and XMM-Newton EPIC using clusters of galaxies" - E.Miller: "Suzaku contamination" - M.Guainazzi: "Refresher on the EPIC calibration status" - J.de Plaa: "XMM-Newton/RGS studies of galaxy clusters" - L.David: "Chandra/ACIS calibration status" - S.Snowden: "ROSAT PSPC calibration" 14:00-17:30: Non-thermal SNR II: - Group work 14:00-17:30: White Dwarfs and Isolated Neutron Stars: - V.Burwitz: "Review of WG activities and action items" - A.Pollock: "Variability or otherwise of RXJ1856-3754" - Group work 21:00-23:00: Round Table: "IACHEC WGs: where do we stand?" Thursday, 28 March 2013 ======================= Session IX: Working Group reports. Chair: M.Guainazzi ----------------------------------------------------- 09:00-09:20: C.Grant: CCDs 09:20-09:40: J.Nevalainen: Galaxy Clusters 09:40-10:10: H.Marshall: Effective area 10:10-10:30: A.Pollock: High-resolution 10:30-11:00: coffee/tea break 11:00-11:20: L.Natalucci: Non-thermal SNR 11:20-11:40: P.Plucinsky: Thermal SNRs 11:40-12:00: V.Burwitz: White Dwarfs and Isolated Neutron Stars 12:00-12:30: M.Guainazzi: Summary. And what about the grand-calibration scheme? 12:30-13:00: Final discussion 13:00: meeting closes