Hosted by the
Chandra X-ray Center
July 13-15, 2010
at the
DoubleTree Guest Suites
Boston, MA
400 Soldier's Field Road
Deadlines
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 Final deadline for contributed talk abstract submissionFriday, May 28, 2010 Final deadline for general registration and poster abstract submission
Abstract
Current X-ray observatories have revolutionized
the study of accretion in diverse astrophysical
settings. Chandra and XMM-Newton
gratings have enabled the detection of small
velocity shifts and weak but vitally important
lines, and the central engine in nearby accreting
sources has been revealed in new detail. It
is now possible to detect extremely faint sources,
enhancing our understanding of accretion power
throughout the universe and low-level accretion
within the Milky Way. Chandra has also
revealed unexpected parallels between accretion
onto pre-main sequence stars, white dwarfs,
neutron stars, stellar-mass and super-massive
black holes.
The goals of this meeting are: (1) to bring
together a broad scientific community interested
in probing accretion physics from the
X-ray perspective, (2) to leverage the rich accretion
phenomenology and diverse theoretical approaches
toward the understanding of accretion,
and (3) to look ahead to the next ten years with
Chandra, and future X-ray missions as well.
Confirmed Invited Speakers
- Laura Brenneman
- George Chartas
- Barbara Ercolano
- John Hawley
- Jeroen Homan
- Chris Mauche
- Monika Moscibrodzka
- Daniel Proga
- Marina Romanova
- Phil Uttley
- Peter Wheatley
Contact cxcworkshop "at" cfa.harvard.edu for more information.