Agenda for the meeting

 

Monday, October 30

 

 9.00- 9.45 ISSI open, informal meeting of participants, coffee, etc.

 9.45-10.00 Room 34, 3rd floor: Introduction by dr. Rudolf von Steiger, director of ISSI

10.00-10.30 Jelle Kaastra: Introduction to the project

 

Topic 1: The Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium

 

1a Observations of emission from the WHIM

 

10.30-11.00 Florence DurretPSPC, EUVE, BeppoSAX  (followed by 15 min discussion)

11.15-11.45 Jukka NevalainenXMM-Newton, Chandra

 

12.00-13.30 Lunch break

 

1b Observations of absorption from the WHIM

 

13.30-14.00 Philipp Richter – UV absorption

14.15-14.45 Frits Paerels – X-ray absorption

 

15.00-15.15 Tea break

 

Topic 2: Non-thermal X-ray emission in clusters

 

2a Observations of non-thermal X-ray emission in clusters

 

15.15-15.45 Yoel Rephaeli – RXTE, BeppoSAX, Integral

16.00-16.30 Jelle Kaastra – XMM-Newton, Chandra

16.45-17.30 Takaya Ohashi – Suzaku

 

Tuesday, October 31

 

2b Theory of non-thermal X-ray emission in clusters

 

 9.00- 9.30 Vahé Petrosian – primary and secondary particles

 

1c Future instruments and WHIM emission and absorption

 

 9.45-10.15 Jelle Kaastra/Frits Paerels (for Xavier Barcons) – future instruments

 

10.30-10.45 Coffee break

 

Topic 3: N-body and hydrodynamical simulations

 

10.45-11.15 Antonaldo Diaferio – N-body simulations, hydrodynamics etc.

11.30-12.00 Joop Schaye - N-body simulations, hydrodynamics etc.

 

12.15-13.30 Lunch break

 

13.30-14.00 Klaus Dolag – the role of magnetic fields

14.15-14.45 Andrei Bykov – shocks, magnetic fields, and global non-thermal components

 

15.00-15.15 Tea break

 

Topic 4: Chemical enrichment of clusters and the WHIM

 

15.15-15.45 Sabine Schindler – ram-pressure stripping and environmental effects

16.00-16.30 Norbert Werner – Observations with XMM-Newton

16.45-17.30 cancelled: Johan Bleeker – supernova remnants and chemical enrichment

 

Wednesday, November 1

 

 9.00-10.30 Formation of subteams 1

 

10.30-10.45 Coffee break

 

10.45-12.15 Formation of subteams 2

 

12.15-13.30 Lunch break

 

13.30-->    Subteams work (coordinated schedule)

 

Thursday, November 2

 

Full day    Subteams work

 

Friday, November 3

 

 9.00-12.15 Subteams report to full team; feedback

 

12.15-13.30 Lunch break

 

13.30-17.30 Subteams work