Science with XMM - The First XMM Workshop
Online Presentations of 'The First XMM Workshop', ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 30th September - 2nd October 1998
The conference programme is available here .
The list of participants is available here .
The list of SOC and LOC members
CONTENTS
The proceedings are split in two parts, comprising oral presentations
and poster sessions. In total, there were 4 oral and 10 poster sessions,
namely:
Part 1: Oral presentations Part 2: Poster sessions
Part 1: Oral presentations
Session 1: XMM Overview and Science Payload Invited talks
Welcome and introduction , B. Taylor XMM Mission Overview , F. Jansen The Scientific Performance of the XMM Flight Mirror Modules , B. Aschenbach The EPIC Instrument on XMM , M. Turner The Optical/UV Monitor Telescope on XMM , K. Mason The Reflection Grating Spectrometer onboard XMM , A. Brinkman et al.
Contributed talks
Analysis of Real Data Acquired using the RGS , A. Rasmussen et al.
Session 2: XMM Science Invited talks
Science with XMM: Overview and Comparisons with other Missions , R. Mushotzky Probing black holes , A. Fabian Studying circumnuclear matter in AGN with X-ray spectroscopy , G. Matt Galaxy studies , M. Ward Accreting binary systems , A. Parmar High Resolution Spectroscopy with XMM , F. Paerels et al. Stellar X-ray astronomy with XMM , J. Schmitt Supernova remnants , H. Tsunemi Seeking, Seeing and Studying Isolated Neutron Stars with XMM , D. Helfand Clusters of galaxies , M. Arnaud Deep Extragalactic X-ray surveys , O. Almaini XMM Serendipitous Survey and the SSC Follow-up Programme , M. Watson Prospects for understanding the X-ray background through hard X-ray surveys , G. Hasinger
Contributed talks
A Cutoff in the X-ray Fluctuation Power Density Spectrum of the Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 3516 , R. Edelson X-ray Observations of Nearby Spiral Galaxies , W. Pietsch Broad Iron Lines as a Probe of Accretion in Magnetic CVs , C. Hellier X-ray Spectroscopy Diagnostics with XMM: New Prospects for the Physics of Thermal, Optically Thin Plasmas , M. Güdel et al. The XMM GT Programme on Stellar Coronae: an Overview , R. Pallavicini X-rays and Regions of Star Formation: a Combined ROSAT/ISO Study of the Rho Oph Cloud , N. Grosso, T. Montmerle et al. SNRs in the LMC , J. Hughes Determination of the Iron Abundance of an Intracluster Medium with the Resonance Scattering Effect , K. Yamashita Distant Clusters in X-Rays , I. Gioia The BeppoSAX High Energy Large Area Survey (HELLAS) , F. Fiore et al. Mapping Cosmic Large Scale Structures with XMM , M. Pierre
Session 3: XMM Data Analysis and Archive Plans Invited talks
XMM data analysis: overview , F. Jansen XMM Pipeline Processing and science data products , J. Osborne XMM Interactive Analysis , H. Siddiqui XMM science archive , J. Clavel
Session 4: Proposing for XMM observations Invited talks
The XMM Observing Programme and Science Operations , F. Jansen Proposal documentation and planning tools , M. Dahlem XMM Instrument Modes and Operation , D. H. Lumb XMM proposal submission , M. Dahlem Closing Remarks , J. Bleeker
Part 2: Poster presentations
Session 5: XMM, other satellites & technical/theoretical papers
The Performance of the PN-EPIC Detector , M. Popp et al. Status of XMM Test Programme in CSL EUV and X-Ray Test Facility (Focal X) , J. Ph. Tock et al. The XMM GOF at Goddard Space Flight Center , S. Snowden The Data Product Screening System for XMM Products , Th. Boller Simulation of the EUX XMM MM Star Field from Actual Measurements , Y. Stockman et al. X-Ray Source Detection in EPIC Images using Wavelet Transforms , F. Damiani et al. XMM-EPIC EGSE Science Console Quick-Look Analysis and Data Archiving in the Ground Calibration , J. B. Stephen et al. An Efficiency Model for the Reflection Gratings on XMM's RGS , J. Cottam et al. The XMM/RGS Effective Area , C. de Vries et al. Event Pileup in AXAF's ACIS CCD Camera , B. R. McNamara A New X-Ray View of the Galaxy - Simulations with the HETGS , N. S. Schulz Observing the Extragalactic Universe with the HETG , M. W. Wise et al. High Resolution X-Ray Spectroscopy: Issues for Creating an Atomic Database for a Collisional Plasma Spectral Emission Code , R. K. Smith et al. Ionization Balance for Optically Thin Plasmas: Rate Coefficients for all Atoms and Ions of the Elements H to Ni and implication for the calculated X-ray spectrum , P. Mazzotta et al. Using high resolution solar X-ray spectra to benchmark the MEKAL spectral synthesis code , K. J. H. Phillips et al. The Point Spread Function of the Reflection Grating Spectrometer , J. Spodek et al.
Session 6: X-ray Surveys and Deep Fields
XMM Observations of AAT 2 Degree Fields , I. Georgantopoulos et al. Deep Surveys and Galaxies with the Aid of Simulations , A. Ptak & R. Griffiths ROSAT Catalogues from All-Sky Survey and Pointed Observations , W. Voges et al. Searching for Galaxy Clusters in the ROSAT All-Sky Survey: The ROSAT ESO Flux-Limited X-ray (REFLEX) Cluster Survey , H. Böhringer et al. An XMM EPIC Slew Survey: feasibility & science golas , L. R. Jones & D. Lumb A Deep X-Ray Spectroscopic Survey of the ESO Imaging Survey Fields , H. U. Norgaard-Nielsen & N. J. Westergaard Nature of Hard X-Ray Sources from Optical Identification of the ASCA Large Sky Survey , M. Akiyama et al.
Session 7: Clusters of Galaxies
Constraints on the Gas Fraction from the Observation of 36 High-luminousity Clusters of Galaxies , S. Ettori High Redshift Clusters and the Value of Omega , J. Bartlett Mass Determinations in the Distant Cluster of Galaxies Cl0024+17 , G. Soucail The CfA-ROSAT Survey of Distant Clusters of Galaxies , B. R. McNamara Constraints on Models of a Multiphase ICM , C. B. Peres X-Ray + Radio Analysis of Magnetic Fields in Clusters of Galaxies , T. E. Clarke & P. P. Kronberg X-Ray Observations of the Rich Galaxy Cluster CL 0939+4713 , S. Schindler Self-Similarity of X-Ray Profiles of Clusters of Galaxies , D. Neumann First Results from the Viper Sunyaev-Zeldovich Survey , K. Romer First Millimeter Detection of the X-Ray Cluster RXJ1347-1145 , E. Pointecouteau et al. Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect with Planck Surveyor , N. Aghanim & J.-L. Puget First Measurement of the submillimetre Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect , J. P. Bernard et al. Spatial Distribution of Galaxies in the Puppis Region behind the Milky Way , J.-L. Masnou & P. Chamaraux
Session 8: AGNs & QSOs
ASCA Observations of Radio-Loud AGNs , R. Sambruna et al. An XMM Survey of a Distance-Limited (D < 20 Mpc) Sample of Seyfert Galaxies , G. DiCocco Variability of the Broad Iron Line in Seyfert Galaxies , K. Iwasawa The Warm Absorber in Seyfert 1 Galaxies , D. Porquet et al. X-Ray Observations of High Redshift Quasars , J. Siebert Advantages of XMM in the Study of Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxies , Th. Boller et al. Spectroscopy of the BL Lac H1426+428 with the XMM RGS , I. Sakelliou et al. O VIII Recombination Features in AGN Spectra , R. S. Warwick & R. G. Griffiths Spinning Black Holes in AGN , Y. Dabrowski ROSAT HRI Obserations of the Nuclei of Nearby Galaxies , T. Roberts X-Ray Spectroscopy of a Large Sample of Quasars Observed with ASCA , J. Reeves A Study of Combined Capabilities of XMM and INTEGRAL in Observations of AGNs , D. I. Cremonesi & T. Courvoisier The Complex X-Ray Spectra of Active Galaxies with Warm Absorbers , S. Komossa Multiple Compton Reflections on Photoionized Clouds as a Model for Seyferts Fe Kalpha Line , A. Abrassart & A. M. Dumont The High Energy Resolution View of Ionized Abservers in AGN , F. Nicastro The Warm Absorber in a High Luminosity AGN: QSO MR 2251-17.8 , A. Orr & P. Barr
Session 9: Galaxies
Dwarf Galaxy Evolution: Hints from Diffuse X-Rays , D. J. Bomans Extended X-Ray Emission of Halo, Disk and Nucleus of the Face-on Spiral M83 , M. Ehle The X-Ray Source Associated with M32 , E. J. A. Meurs & Z. Zang
Session 10: Stars and Stellar Clusters
XMM - The Cool X-ray Satellite! , D. J. James et al. High energy in T Tauri Stars: the future is bright , V. M. Costa et al. The EUV Coronae of the Young Solar Analogs 47 Cas & EK Dra: An EUVE Spectroscopic and Timing Study of Coronal Heating , M. Audard et al. Coronal Element Abundances in the G8 V Star xi Boo A , J. M. Laming & J. J. Drake How Optically-thick is the Wind of Early Type Stars for Resonance Lines? , S. Kitamoto X-Ray Spectroscopy with XMM: A New Powerful Tool to Determine Fundamental Parameters of Early-type Stars , R. Mewe et al. Plasma Thermal Structure and Metallicity of Stellar Coronae Observed with XMM , A. Maggio et al. Coronal Lines in Bright X-Ray Sources in Globular Clusters: a Challenge for XMM , M. Guainazzi Prospective study of the coronae of G-K giants using XMM , Ph. Gondoin Coronae and accretion shocks in T Tauri Stars , A. I. Gomez de Castro et al.
Session 11: Accretion Systems; Binary Stars
Exploring Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables with XMM , D. De Martino et al. Squezeed Magnetosphere and Evolution of the Magnetic Field in LMXB , R. Iaria et al. XMM and Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables , C. H. James et al. An Observatory for Mapping Stellar Accretion Discs , M. Still et al. BeppoSAX Observation of the Black Hole Candidate Cyg X-1 , T. Di Salvo Emission features from X-ray irradiated atmospheres , H. W. Hartmann Accretion Disc in the Soft State of Cyg X-1 , M. Gierlinski X-Ray Binaries in the Large Magellanic Cloud , F. Haberl Accreting Magnetic White Dwarfs , M. Cropper Dipping in Low Mass X-Ray Binaries and Black Hole Binaries from ASCA, BeppoSAX and RXTE , M. Balucinska-Church & M. J. Church
Session 12: Pulsars and SNRs
Nonthermal Emission from SNR G347.5-0.5: Another Case of Cosmic Ray Acceleration? , P. Slane The Nature of the Shell Type SNR X-Ray Emission , F. Bocchino et al. Model of X-Ray Spectrum of Kepler's SNR , K. Kinugasa et al. XMM Observations of Pulsars: A Study of Thermal vs. Non-Thermal Emission , W. Becker & J. Trümper ASCA Observations of the Young Rotation-powered Pulsars PSR B1046-58 and PSR B1610-50 , M. Pivovaroff et al.
Session 13: Comets / Solar System
Dusty Comets as Possible X-Ray Multi-Mirror Mission Targets , S. Ibadov Solar Active Region: Heating and Dynamics , L. K. Harra-Murnion et al.
Session 14: Others
Dust-Scattered X-Rays in the XMM Era , S. Klose
Referencing this document:
References to this document should be made in the form
Author, I. 1998, in Proceedings of the First XMM Workshop on "Science
with XMM", held at Noordwijk, The Netherlands, M. Dahlem (ed.),
URL: http://xmm.esac.esa.int/external/xmm_science/workshops/1st_workshop/
Scientific Organising Committee (SOC)
Mike Watson University of Leicester, UK (chair) Monique Arnaud CEA/DSM/DAPNIA, Saclay, F Bernd Aschenbach MPE Garching, D Michael Dahlem ESA SSD, ESTEC, NL (local organiser) Fred Jansen ESA SSD, ESTEC, NL Dave Lumb ESA SSD, ESTEC, NL Keith Mason MSSL, UK Richard Mushotzky NASA-GSFC, USA Frits Paerels SRON, NL Roberto Pallavicini OAPA, Palermo, I
Local Organising Committee (LOC)
Fred Jansen, XMM Project Scientist Michael Dahlem
