PROGRAM “Half a Century of X-ray Astronomy”

17-21 September, 2012




MONDAY MORNING (INTRODUCTORY/INSTRUMENTATION)


Chairman N. White


9:30-9:40 Salutation by the Organizers

9:40-10:20 R. Giacconi Theoretical and Experimental preparations for the June 18,1962,

rocket flight that led to the discovery of Sco X-1

10:20-11:00 K. Pounds Reflections on the first days of X-ray Astronomy

11:00-11:30 COFFEE


11:30-11:55 F. Harrison (invited) The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array Science

Program

11:55-12:35 M. Elvis (review) End of the Golden Age for X-ray Astronomy: Technical and

Fiscal Challenges

12:35-13:00 P. Predehl/P. Nandra (invited) eROSITA

13:00-13:25 G. Pareschi (invited) X-ray optics after 50 years


13:25-16:00 LUNCH BREAK



MONDAY AFTERNOON (Parallel Sessions)


P1 Instrumentation

Chairman G. Pareschi


16:00-16:25 E. Bozzo (invited) LOFT - the Large Observatory For X-ray Timing

16:25-16:50 H. Marshall (invited) Soft X-ray Polarimetry

16:50-17:15 R. Willingale (invited) X-ray Astronomy Beyond Wolter Type I

17:15-17:40 T. Ohashi (invited) ASTRO-H


17:40-18:00 COFFEE


18:00-18:25 J. Braga (invited) The MIRAX Hard X-ray transient Mission

18:25-18:50 N. White (invited) The Advanced X-ray Spectroscopy and Imaging Observatory

(AXSIO)

18:50-19:10 G. Stewart (target) Astrosat

19:10-19:30 R. Griffiths (target) Instrumentation in X-ray astronomy: a retrospective & future

outlook








P2 AGN + SURVEYS

Chairman A. Comastri


16:00-16:25 M Krumpe (invited) AGN Clustering

16:25-16:40 A. Georgakakis Weighting the dark matter haloes of X-ray AGN: towards a physical description of the accretion history of the Universe

16:40-16:55 M. Plionis Xray-AGN Clustering, Bias & Accretion mode

16:55-17:10 A. Read The XMM-Newton Slew Survey - the Whole Sky View, the Rarest Events & the Deepest Ever 2-10 keVAll-SkySurvey

17:10-17:25 A. Corral AGN iron lines from X-ray surveys


17:30-18:00 COFFEE


18:00-18:15 O. Gonzalez-Martin X-ray variability of 104 active galactic nuclei. XMM-Newton power-spectrum density profiles

18:15-18:30 D. Harris Half a Century with M87

18:30-18:45 F. Marin Broad Fe lines in active galactic nuclei - reflection or absorption? Encouraging constraints from X-ray polarimetry

18:45-19:00 G. Migliori Young radio sources in the gamma-ray band

19:00-19:15 S. LaMassa The Space Density of X-ray Sources in SDSS Stripe 82

19:15-19:30 A. Scott Spectral Properties of type 1 AGN


TUESDAY MORNING (SURVEYS/AGN)

Chairman M. Elvis


09:00-09:40 Y. Ueda (review) Cosmological Evolution of Active Galactic Nuclei

09:40 -10:20 K. Nandra (review) AGN spectroscopy and physics

10:20-11:00 N. Cappelluti (review) AGN Clustering, results and prospects

11:00-11:30 COFFEE


11:30-12:10 A. King (review) AGN physics

12:10-12:30 K. Pounds (target) The complex velocity structure in the shocked outflow of

NGC 4051

12:30-12:45 G. Risaliti AGN structure and GR tests with X-ray occultations

12:45-13:10 F. Fiore (invited) Supermassive Black Hole seeds and AGN triggering mechanisms

13:10-13:35 K. Iwasawa (invited) Hard X-ray emission from luminous infrared galaxies


13:35 – 16:00 LUNCH BREAK



TUESDAY AFTERNOON (Parallel Sessions)


P1 AGN

Chairman K. Pounds


16:00-16:20 N. Schartel (target) Highlights of XMM-Newton observations of black holes

16:20-16:35 G. Miniutti Insights on the X-ray weak quasar phenomenon from XMM-Newton monitoring of PHL 1092

16:35-16:50 F. Civano CID-42, a candidate recoiling SMBH detected in the X-rays

16:50-17:05 M. Tatum The Global Implications of the Hard X-ray Excess in Type 1 AGN

17:05-17:20 X. Zhou A Comparison of Hard X-ray Photon Indices and Iron Emission Lines in X-ray Luminous Narrow- and Broad-line Seyfert 1 Galaxies

17:20-17:35 Y. Terashima A New Sample of Low-Mass AGNs Selected by X-ray Variability


17:35-18:00 COFFEE



18:00-18:20 J. Turner (target) The importance of Compton-thick absorption in type 1 AGN

18:20-18:40 M. Cappi (target) Ultra-fast outflows (aka UFOs) in AGNs and their relevance for feedback

18:40-18:55 C. Vignali Dust in z=1-2 infrared luminous galaxies and obscured quasars

18:55-19:10 L. Miller Direct detection of X-ray reverberation in nearby AGN

19:10-19:25 T. Boller 20 years of X-raying narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies: probing the extreme of Seyfert activity

19:25-19:40 C. Feruglio High resolution millimeter & X-ray view of NGC6240


P2 SURVEYS

Chairman Y. Ueda


16:00-16:20 M. Watson (target) The 3XMM Catalogue

16:20-16:35 M. Page X-ray and submillimetre observations of star-forming QSOs in the epoch of galaxy formation

16:35-16:50 M. Brusa AGN from COSMOS

16:50-17:05 P. Gandhi The high angular resolution view of local X-ray selected AGN in the mid-infrared

17:05-17:20 M. Brightman The evolution of obscured AGN

17:20-17:35 R. Gilli Quasars at z~6 and above: prospects for wide-and-deep X-ray surveys and results from current exploratory programs.


17:35-18:00 COFFEE


18:00-18:20 A. Comastri (target) Deep X-ray spectroscopy of obscured AGN in the ultra-deep XMM surveys of the Chandra Deep Field South (CDFS)

18:20-18:35 E. Treister The Cosmic History of Black Hole Growth from X-ray Stacking

18:35-18:50 F. Haardt Limits on the high redshift growth of massive black holes

18:50-19:05 M. Trichas The Chandra Multi-wavelength Project: Optical Spectroscopy and the Broadband Spectral Energy Distributions of X-ray selected AGNs

19:05-19:20 A. Akylas XRB synthesis models in the NuSTAR era

19:20-19:35 S. Mateos BUXS-WISE: a wealth of information on highly-luminous

heavily-absorbed AGN



WEDNESDAY MORNING (ACCRETION IN THE GALAXY)

Chairman J. Braga


09:00-09:40 M. Van der Klis (review) Strong gravity, dense matter - millisecond timing X-ray binaries

09:40-10:05 E. Gallo (invited) Observational constraints on the spin powering of jets

from black hole X-ray binaries

10:05-10:30 T. Belloni (target) High-frequency Quasi-Periodic Oscillations from Black

Hole Binaries: the RossiXTE Legacy

10:30-10: 50 R. Walter Neutron star masses from hydrodynamical effects in

obscured HMXB

10:50-11:05 L. Sidoli Tomography of the orbit of IGR J16479-4514, the SFXT

with the shortest orbital period


11:05-11:30 COFFEE


11:30-12:55 P. Uttley (Invited) Decoding X-ray variability

11:55-12:15 T. Munoz-Darias (target) A Close look to the outburst Evolution of Low Mass X-ray Binaries

12:15-12:35 L. Oskinova (target) Clumped donor winds in supergiant high-mass X-ray binaries

12:35-12:50 D. Altamirano Testing our knowledge of accretion disk physics with the BHC IGR J17091-3624

12:50-14:00 POSTER MARATHON Chairman A. Finoguenov





WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON : No sessions




THURSDAY MORNING (CLUSTERS)

Chairman C. Sarazin


09:00-09:40 S. Borgani (review) Simulations to calibrate clusters as cosmological tools

09:40-10:05 S. Kay (invited) Cluster Scaling Relations from the Millennium Gas Simulations

10:05-10:25 E. Rasia (target) X-ray concentration-mass relation: theory and observations

10:25-10:45 M. Meneghetti (target) Cluster mass profiles from lensing and X-ray observations

10:45-11:00 D. Eckert The gas distribution in galaxy cluster outer regions

11:00-11:30 COFFEE


11:30-12:10 S. Mathur (review) The warm hot intergalactic medium 

12:10-12:35 M. Pierre (invited) Large area cluster surveys with XMM

12:35-12:55 S. Ettori (target) Where the wild baryons are: the outskirts of galaxy clusters

12:55-13:15 R. Suhada (target) X-ray Followup Observation of SPT Selected Galaxy Clusters

13:15-13:30 E. Koulouridis X-ray AGN in Clusters in Galaxies


13:30 – 16:00 LUNCH BREAK



THURSDAY AFTERNOON (Parallel Sessions)


P1 CLUSTERS

Chairman S. Ettori


16:00-16:20 C. Sarazin (target) The Merger Shock in Abell 3667 and the Origin of the Radio

Relic

16:20-16:40 J. Santos (target) The prolific field of WARPJ1415: recent results from the deepest Chandra observation of a distant galaxy cluster

16:40-16:55 S. Randal Initial Results from a Very Deep Chandra Observation of the Galaxy Group NGC 5813

16:55-17:10 C. Ma AGN heating on cluster atmosphere over cosmic time

17:10-17:25 M. Ulmer Making A Splash In The Intracluster Medium: Clues To Extremely Active Galactic Nuclei Feed Back


17:30-18:00 COFFEE


18:00-18:20 N. Clerc (target) Cosmological interpretation of large X-ray cluster surveys with CR-HR diagrams

18:20-18:40 A. Finoguenov (target) COnstrain Dark Energy with X-ray (CODEX) clusters

18:40-19:00 A. Balaguera-Antolinez (target) The REFLEX II Galaxy Cluster sample: mock catalogues and clustering analysis

19:00-19:15 S. Ehlert Fueling X-ray AGN in the Most Massive Galaxy Clusters

19:15-19:30 E. Blanton AGN in Clusters of Galaxies: Feedback, Sloshing, and Lobe Bending





P2 ACCRETION IN THE GALAXY

Chairman T. Belloni


16:00-16:20 M. Armas-Padilla (target) The very faint X-ray binary black hole candidate Swift

J1357.2-0933: Swift/XRT and UVOT analysis of its 2011 outburst.

16:20-16:40 R. Voss (target) Xray luminosity functions of LMXBs

16:40-16:55 J. Poutanen Hot accretion in X-ray binaries: spectral evidence

16:55-17:10 J. Ness Effect of Viewing Angle on Super-Soft-Source X-Ray Spectra

17:10-17:30 D. Haggard (target) Multiwavelength Constraints on the Dynamical History of Omega Centauri


17:30-18:00 COFFEE

18:00-18:20 Poster reading

18:20-18:40 H. Negoro (target) 3 years all-sky X-ray observations with MAXI

18:40-18:55 S. Yamada Inhomogeneous coronae and a stable disk of Cyg X-1 revealed with Suzaku

18:55-19:10 E. Kalemci Complete Multiwavelength Evolution of Black Hole Transients During Outburst Decay: Conditions for Jet Formation



FRIDAY MORNING (GALAXIES/WHIM)

chairman M. Watson



09:00-09:40 P. Fabbiano (review) The X-ray Emission of Galaxies

09:40-10:05 A. Ptak (invited) X-ray Evolution in Galaxies

10:05-10:25 M. Gilfanov (target) X-ray binaries in external galaxies

10:25-11:05 T. Reiprich (review) Review of X-ray Cluster Astrophysics and Cosmology


11:05-11:30 COFFEE


11:30-11:50 E. Behar (target) X-Ray Absorption of High-Redshift Quasars

11:50-12:15 F. Nicastro (Invited) Instrumentation and new missions

12:15-12:35 R. Warwick (target) Thermal and non-thermal X-ray processes in the Galactic Centre

12:35-12:50 D. Kim X-ray Properties of Young Elliptical Galaxies

12:50-13:05 T. Fragos X-ray Binary Evolution Across Cosmic Time

13:05-13:20 M. Mapelli The missing link between ultra-luminous X-ray sources and metallicity

13:20-13:35 M. Sarzi The Hot-Gas Content of Early-Type Galaxies: Slow vs. Fast

Rotators


13:30-15:30 LUNCH BREAK




FRIDAY AFTERNOON (Parallel Sessions)


P1 GALAXIES

chairman M. Gilfanov


15:30-15:45 S. Farell Bridging the Gap Between Stellar Mass and Supermassive Black Holes

15:45-16:00 P. Ranalli Search and characterization of star-forming galaxies in X-ray surveys

16:00-16:15 M. Symeonidis The X-ray/Infrared correlation for star-forming galaxies at z~1

16:15-16:30 N. Yamasaki Hot interstellar medium in galaxies observed with Suzaku

16:30-16:45 P. Plucinsky An Archival X-ray Study of the Large Magellanic Cloud Supernova Remnant N132D

16:45-17:00 T. Woods New Limits on the Nature of Type Ia Supernova Progenitors


17:00-17:30 COFFEE


17:30-17:45 V. Antoniou The missing piece of the puzzle: Neutron stars accreting from supergiant companions

17:45-18:00 J. Masegosa High Resolution Spectroscopy of LINERs

18:00-18:15 Y. Yang Revealing the Nature of the Ultraluminous X-ray sources in

NGC4861

18:15-18:30 P. Tzanavaris Modeling X-ray Binaries in SINGS Galaxies




P2 AGN

Chairman F. Nicastro


15:30-15:45 P. Green/ M.Trichas X-ray Binary and Black Hole Connections from a Large

Chandra/SDSS Galaxy Sample

15:45-16:00 N. Brassington The Complex Diffuse Emission in Centaurus A

16:00-16:15 M. Mehdipour Ionised outflows and multi-wavelength variability of AGN

16:15-16:30 G. Lanzuisi HS 1700+6416: the first high redshift unlensed NAL-QSO showing variable high velocity outflows

16:30-16:45 M. Sobolevska Nuclear X-ray properties of the peculiar radio-loud hidden AGN 4C+29.30

16:45-17:00 M. Nielsen X-ray signatures of type-Ia supernova progenitors


17:00-17:30 COFFEE


17:30-17:45 K . Hiroi MAXI Extragalactic survey

17:45-18:00 J. Svoboda Active galaxy 4U 1344-60: did the relativistic iron line dissapear ?

18:00-18:15 E. Rovilos Deepest X-ray and far-infrared surveys find evidence for AGN-host

co-evolution



18:30-19:00 CONCLUDING REMARKS