The lectures on astronomical topics will concentrate on typical data analysis issues and are not intended to be complete overviews of the field. There will be time each afternoon to work on practical analysis programs, culminating in short presentations by attendees on Friday, 05 August.
The lectures and hands-on sessions will be held in Pratt Auditorium is marked as “P” in the Map of 60 Garden Street Buildings. Enter at the “Main Entrance” and go down one level to the auditorium.
Monday, 01 August 2011
| Time | Presentation |
|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast in Pratt Conference Room |
| 8:45-9:00 a.m. | Welcoming remarks |
| 9:00-9:50 a.m. | X-ray Emission processes - Vinay Kashyap |
| 9:50-10:50 a.m. | X-ray Optics - Dan Schwartz |
| 10:50-11:10 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 11:10-11:50 a.m. | CCD Detectors - Catherine Grant |
| 11:50 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | X-ray Data: Archives and Catalogs - Jonathan McDowell |
| 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Lunch Break |
| 1:30-2:15 p.m. | Introduction to X-ray analysis - Dave Huenemoerder |
| 2:15-3:00 p.m. | Active Galactic Nuclei: Low resolution spectroscopy - Andy Ptak |
| 3:00-3:20 p.m. | Tea Break |
| 3:20-4:20 p.m. | X-ray Software Packages: PDF or QuickTime - Mike Nowak |
| 4:20-6:00 p.m. | Software installation and begin analysis projects |
Tuesday, 02 August 2011
| Time | Presentation |
|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast in Pratt Conference Room |
| 9:00-10:00 a.m. | X-ray Astronomy - Historical Perspective - Martin Weisskopf |
| 10:00-10:45 a.m. | Stars: High-resolution X-ray spectroscopy - Dave Huenemoerder |
| 10:45-11:00 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-11:45 a.m. | Local galaxies and ISM: Diffuse X-ray emission - Kip Kuntz |
| 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Statistics - Aneta Siemiginowska |
| 12:30-1:45 p.m. | Lunch Break |
| 1:45-5:00 p.m. | Work on data analysis projects |
Wednesday, 03 August 2011
| Time | Presentation |
|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast in Pratt Conference Room |
| 9:00-9:45 a.m. | Extragalactic Surveys: Source Populations and their Evolution - Paul Green |
| 9:45-10:30 a.m. | X-ray binaries: X-ray variability and low resolution spectroscopy: PDF or QuickTime - Mike Nowak |
| 10:30-10:45 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 10:45-11:30 a.m. | X-ray Clusters: Spatial-Spectral modeling - Paul Nulsen |
| 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. | Galaxies: High resolution spatial imaging - Pepi Fabbiano |
| 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Lunch Break |
| 1:30-5:00 p.m. | Work on data analysis projects |
Thursday, 04 August 2011
| Time | Presentation |
|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast in Pratt Conference Room |
| 9:00-9:45 a.m. | SNR: X-ray narrow band imaging and spectroscopy - Pat Slane |
| 9:45-10:45 a.m. | X-ray Detectors: PC, Calorimeters, and new technologies - Herman Marshall | 10:45-11:10 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 11:10-5:00 p.m. |
Work on data analysis projects.
Break for lunch at any time Ice cream break in the afternoon |
Friday, 05 August 2011
| Time | Presentation |
|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast in Pratt Conference Room |
| 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. | Finish projects Break for lunch at any time |
| 2:00-5:00 p.m. | Presentations in the afternoon |
| 5.30 p.m. | Group Dinner |
The X-ray Astronomy School website at GSFC includes copies of the talks from previous years.