STROBE-X Science Definition Workshop
The STROBE-X Science Definition Workshop will be held 18-20 September 2017 at Museum of Texas Tech University.
Agenda
| INTRODUCTION | ||
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 - 8:35 | Tom Maccarone | Welcoming remarks |
| 8:35 - 8:50 | Paul Ray | Mission proposal process overview |
| 8:50 - 9:05 | Colleen Wilson-Hodge | Hardware baseline and launch issues |
| STRONG GRAVITY | ||
| 9:05 - 9:30 | Javier Garcia-Martinez | Reflection modelling |
| 9:30 - 9:55 | Abdu Zoghbi | Reverberation Mapping in AGN |
| 9:55 - 10:20 | Ed Cackett | Reverberation Mapping in X-ray Binaries |
| 10:20 - 10:45 | Chris Fragile | Quasi-periodic oscillations and tests of strong gravity |
| 10:45-11:05 | COFFEE | |
| AGN | ||
| 11:05-11:30 | Jonelle Walsh | Reverberation Mapping & Black Hole Masses |
| 11:30-11:55 | Mislav Balokovic | Absorbed AGN |
| 11:55-12:20 | Mike Koss | AGN Surveys in the STROBE-X context |
| 12:20-2:00 | LUNCH | |
| ACCRETION/EJECTION PHYSICS | ||
| 2:00-2:25 | Sebastian Heinz | Jets from X-ray binaries |
| 2:25-2:50 | Steve Eikenberry | Rapid multiwavelength correlated variability |
| 2:50-3:15 | Joey Neilsen (remote) | Disk winds |
| 3:15-3:35 | COFFEE | |
| 3:35-4:00 | Marco Ajello | Blazars |
| 4:00-4:25 | Jack Steiner | Geometrically thin accretion disks |
| Poster pops | ||
| NUCLEAR PHYSICS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 8:30-8:55 | Hendrik Schatz | Key problems in nuclear astrophysics |
| 8:55-9:20 | Laurens Keek | Type I bursts |
| 9:20-9:45 | Tommy Nelson | Novae & CVs |
| 9:45-10:05 | COFFEE | |
| NORMAL AND ABNORMAL PHASES OF BINARY EVOLUTION | ||
| 10:05-10:30 | Alessandro Patruno | Binary evolution with STROBE-X |
| 10:30-10:55 | Matt Middleton (remote) | Ultraluminous X-ray Sources (remote) |
| 10:55-11:20 | Silas Laycock | Populations of High Mass X-ray Binaries |
| CLUSTER AND GROUP | ||
| 11:20-11:45 | Mike McDonald | General problems in diffuse emisison with STROBE-X |
| 11:45-12:10 | Esra Bulbul (remote) | Cluster abundance measurements |
| 12:10-2:00 | LUNCH | |
| NEUTRON STARS | ||
| 2:00-2:25 | David Kaplan | Pulsars |
| 2:25-2:50 | Zaven Arzoumanian | Neutron star equation of state |
| 2:50-3:15 | Craig Heinke | Cooling curves of neutron stars |
| 3:15-3:35 | COFFEE | |
| TRANSIENTS | ||
| 3:35-4:00 | Alessandra Corsi | STROBE-X and LIGO |
| 4:00-4:25 | Adam Goldstein | Gamma-ray bursts |
| 4:25-4:50 | Katie Auchettl (remote) | Tidal Disruptions |
Breakout sessions.
Location: Klein Room.
Topics: TBD.