Physics of the Cosmos
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Physics of the Cosmos Program Analysis Group Architecting Studies

Workshop on X-ray Mission Architectural Concepts

Maritime Institute, Linthicum, Maryland
14 – 15 December 2011

Workshop Presentations

  • All presentations in a single archive zip file [ZIP, 408 MB]
  • X-ray Workshop Agenda [PDF]

Day 1, Wednesday, 14 December 2011

Morning
Topic Speaker
Background, Study Process, Workshop Objectives [PDF] R. Petre
IXO’s Science Objectives & the Decadal View of IXO Science [PDF] R. Smith
IXO Science with Planned Future Missions [PDF] C. Wilson-Hodge
EPE is a Large Area, SPECTROSCOPY (Timing) Mission [PDF] M. Garcia
SAHARA: Spectral Analysis with High Angular Resolution Astronomy [PDF] R. Mushotzky
The Concept for a Wide Field Imaging X-ray Astronomy Mission: The Chemical Evolution of the Universe [PDF] M. Ulmer
SuperMon and Black Hole Tracker [PDF] A. R. Rao

Afternoon
Topic Speaker
AEGIS: An Astrophysical Experiment for Grating & Imaging Spectroscopy [PDF] M. Bautz
WHIMEX: Doing High ResolutionX-ray Spectroscopy Right [PDF] W. Cash
Wide Field X-ray Telescope [PDF] S. Murray
REDUX: A Flexible Path for X-ray Astronomy [PDF] M. Elvis
The Advanced X-ray Timing Array (AXTAR) [PDF] P. Ray
BEST – Black Hole Evolution and Space Time [PDF] H. Krawczynski
The XENIA mission: Cosmic chemical evolution of baryons [PDF] D. Hartmann

Day 2, Thursday, 15 December 2011

Morning
Topic Speaker
ATHENA: The Advanced Telescope for High Energy Astrophysics [PDF] N. White
AXSIO [PDF] J. Bookbinder
SMART-X [PDF] A. Vikhlinin
Epoch of Reionization Energetic X-ray Survey EREXS [PDF] J. Grindlay
High Energy X-ray Probe [PDF] F. Harrison
Next Generation X-ray Optics: High-Resolution, Light-Weight, and Low-Cost [PDF] W. Zhang
Improving X-Ray Optics Through Differential Deposition [PDF] B. Ramsey
A Concept to Enable High Quality Imaging With 10x Chandra Area [PDF] M. Ulmer
Three Meter Diamond Turning Machine Enabling Technology for X-Ray Astronomy [PDF] J. Casstevens
Critical-Angle Transmission (CAT) Gratings for High Resolution, Large Area Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy [PDF] R. Heilmann
A Hard X-Ray Telescope for an X-ray Spectroscopy Mission, Extending the Bandwidth [PDF] P. Gorenstein
Off-Plane X-ray Grating Spectrometer Concept [PDF] R. McEntaffer

Afternoon
Topic Speaker
Soft X-ray X-ray Polarimetry [PDF] H. Marshall
Enabling Technologies for the High-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer of the Next NASA X-ray Astronomy Mission – Options, Status, and Roadmap [PDF] C. Kilbourne
ADR Options for Future X-Ray Missions [PDF] P. Shirron
Enabling Technologies for Active Pixel Sensors and Rapid Readout Electronics [PDF] D. Burrows
Precision-Deployable, Stable, Optical Benches for Cost-Effective Space Telescopes [PDF] R. Danner
Astro Boom Stem Drive Boom Deployment System [Video (WMV)] R. Danner
Deployable Optical Bench Demo [Video (WMV)] R. Danner
Space Communication Rates at Multi-Gbps(SCRAM) [PDF] T. McIntyre
Concepts for Study [PDF] J. Bregman

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