X-ray Surveyor Science and Technology Definition Team Meetings

The first X-ray Surveyor Science and Technology Definition Team face-to-face meeting was held in Cambridge, MA on July 25th and 26th, 2016. Links to meeting presentations (pdf) are provided below.

26 July 2016

• 9:00-9:30 NASA HQ welcome and remarks on Decadal Studies Charter
  Paul Hertz
• 9:30-9:45 NASA Headquarters remarks
  Dan Evans
• 9:45-10:00 NASA Headquarters remarks
  Mooni Ahmed
• 10:00-10:30 Decadal Lessons Learned
  Keith Warfield

Presentations from WG Leaders

• 2:30-2:45 X-Rays in the Multi-Wavelength, Multi-Messenger Era
  R. Petre, R. Smith
• 2:45-3:00 First Accretion Light
  N. Brandt, P. Madau, D. Stern
• 3:00-3:15 Evolution of Structure and AGN Populations
  S. Allen, R. Hickox, T. Jeltema, D. Stern
• 3:15-3:30 Physics of Plasmas
  E. Quataert, A. Vikhlinin
• 4:00-4:15 Physics of High Density Matter, Compact Objects and Accretion
  F. Paerels, F. Ozel, C. Reynolds
• 4:15-4:30 Physics of Feedback
  M. Donahue, C. Reynolds
• 4:30-4:45 Stellar Lifecycles
  L. Lopez, R. Osten, A. Ptak, D. Pooley
• 4:45-5:00 Baryon Cycles in and out of Galaxies
  J. Bregman, J. Kollmeier

26 July 2016

• 9:00-10:30 X-ray Surveyor 2015 Concept Study at MSFC ACO
  A. Schnell
• 10:30-11:00 Athena Science
  P. Nandra, R. Smith
• 11:00-11:15 Past and Future: Chandra to Hitomi Lessons Learned
  D. Schwartz
• 11:15-11:30 Chandra Lessons Learned – industry partnerships
  J. Arenberg
• 11:30-12:00 Presentation from Optics WG Chair
  M. Pivovaroff
• 2:00-2:30 Presentation from Instrument WG Chair
  Mark Bautz
• 2:30-3:00 Path Forward: the Study Office (Schedule and Resources)
  J. Gaskin
• 3:30-4:00 Path Forward: for SWGs
  F. Ozel, A. Vikhlinin
• 4:00-4:30 Planning future F2F meetings, XRS science conference, and next stages of the study
  F. Ozel, J. Gaskin