1st Meeting: 16-20 April 2018
Preliminary agenda
Monday 16 Apr: Initial presentations: “Soft” Protons and their impact on XMM science
| Time | Responsible | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Maurizio Falanga (ISSI) | Welcome |
| 09:15 | Fabio Gastaldello /Stein Haaland | Introduction |
| 09:30 | Fabio Gastaldello | X-ray sources and the impact of high background |
| … | Andrea Tiengo | Characterization of soft protons as the source of the “flaring” XMM background |
| … | Kip Kuntz | Soft Protons in the magnetosphere as seen by XMM – I |
| … | Simona Ghizzardi | Soft Protons in the magnetosphere as seen by XMM – II |
| rest of day | All | Discussion |
| 17:00 | (ISSI) | Reception and Icebreaker |
Tuesday 17 Apr: Initial presentations: The magnetosphere, acceleration mechanisms and the Cluster mission
| 09:00 | Lynn Kistler | Introduction to the magnetosphere (regions, dynamics, …) |
| … | Lynn Kistler / Elena Kronberg | Particle detectors (principle, characteristics caveats..) and the Cluster mission |
| … | Elena Kronberg | Acceleration mechanisms ((Betatron/Fermi, …). Radiation belts and their variation/dynamics |
Wednesday 18 Apr: Discussion and the The XMM-Cluster database
| 09:00 | Stein Haaland/Fabio Gastaldello | The XMM-Cluster database |
| … | All | Preliminary results / Discussion |
| 14:00 | All | Short excursion ? |
Thursday 19 Apr: Discussion – Publications
| 09:00 | All | Discussion – publications to present results |
Friday 20 Apr: Summary
| 09:00 | All | Summary and wrap up |