Physics of the Cosmos
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Events: Meetings

229th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society

Grapevine, Texas
3 – 7 January 2017


Athena Splinter Meeting: US Involvement in the ESA Athena/L2 Mission

Thursday, 5 January 2017
2:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Gaylord, Room: San Antonio 1
Chair: Mike Garcia

Agenda

Time Topic Speaker
NASA Report
2:00 PM NASA Actions and Plans re: Athena (10m+5 Q/A)[PDF] NASA Actions and Plans re: Athena (10m+5 Q/A) Garcia
Instrument Team Reports
2:15 PM Athena Status and X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) (15min + 5 Q/A) [PDF] Pajot
2:35 PM NASA contribution to X-IFU (15 min + 5 Q/A) [PDF] Bandler
2:55 PM NASA contribution to WFI (15min + 5 Q/A) [PDF] Burrows
3:15 PM Open Discussion, Starting with US Data Center Needs and S/W
Single slides: Donahue [PDF], Bregman [PDF], Ballantyne [PDF], Griffiths [PDF], Plucinsky [PDF], Ptak [PDF]
4:00 PM Adjourn
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