14th Workshop of International Astronomical Consortium for High Energy Calibration

Name: 14th Workshop of International Astronomical Consortium for High Energy Calibration
Start: 2019-05-19T15:00:00+09:00
End: 2019-05-23T20:00:00+09:00
Location: Shonan Village Center

May 19, 2019, 3:00 PM → May 23, 2019, 8:00 PM Asia/Tokyo

Shonan Village Center

1560-39 Kamiyamaguchi, Hayama, Miura-gun, Kanagawa 240-0198, Japan

Masahiro Tsujimoto (JAXA ISAS), Yukikatsu Terada (Saitama Univ.)

IACHEC14 LOC

iachec2019loc@heal.phy.saitama-u.ac.jp

+81-50-3362-3269

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Sun, May 19
- 3:00 PM
  
  Registration Lobby
  
  Lobby
- 6:30 PM
  
  Reception Cafeteria
  
  Cafeteria
Mon, May 20
- 7:30 AM
  
  Breakfast Cafeteria
  
  Cafeteria
- Session I: Calibration status of operational missions - part 1 Room 1&2
  
  Room 1&2
  
  Convener: Yukikatsu Terada (Saitama Univ.)
  - 1
    
    Welcome & logistics
    
    Speakers: Masahiro Tsujimoto (JAXA ISAS), Yukikatsu Terada (Saitama Univ.)
    
    welcome.pdf
  - 2
    
    MAXI GSC calibration for 10 years data
    
    Speaker: Mutsumi Sugizaki
    
    IACHEC2019_MaxiGscCal_sugizaki.pdf
  - 3
    
    NuSTAR status
    
    Speaker: Kristin Madsen (Caltech)
    
    IACHEC_KKM_2019.pdf
  - 4
    
    XMM-Newton calibration status update
    
    Speaker: Michael Smith (ORNL)
    
    IACHEC14_XMM_Cal_Updates_v2.pdf
  - 5
    
    In-orbit calibration status of Insight-HXMT
    
    Speaker: Xiaobo Li
    
    HXMTCalibrationStatus_20190520.pdf
  - 6
    
    SPI/Integral calibration status
    
    Speaker: Jean-Pierre Roques
    
    JPR.pdf
- 10:25 AM
  
  break
- Session I: Calibration status of operational missions - part 2 Room 1&2
  
  Room 1&2
  
  Convener: Kristin Madsen (Caltech)
  - 7
    
    Swift-XRT Calibration Update
    
    Speaker: Andrew Beardmore
    
    Beardmore_XRT.pdf
  - 8
    
    Current Status of NICER calibration
    
    Speaker: Kenji Hamaguchi
    
    NICER-IACHEC-2019.pdf
  - 9
    
    The Calibration Status of the Chandra X-ray Observatory
    
    Speaker: Jeremy Drake
    
    chandra_cal_summary.pdf
  - 10
    
    SXT calibration status & UV/X-ray spectroscopy with AstroSat
    
    Speaker: Gulab Dewangan
    
    GCDewangan_IACHEC_May20_updated.pdf
- 12:00 PM
  
  Lunch Cafeteria
  
  Cafeteria
- Session II: Calibration status of upcoming missions Room 1&2
  
  Room 1&2
  
  Convener: Guillaume Belanger (ESA, ESAC)
  - 11
    
    The Status of eROSITA on Spectr-RG and its Calibration Prior to Launch
    
    Speaker: Vadim Burwitz
    
    VB eROSITA Status_v06.pdf
  - 12
    
    Athena calibration plans
    
    Speaker: Matteo Guainazzi
    
    AthenaCalibrations_14thIACHEC_20190520.pdf
  - 13
    
    The Athena/X-IFU calibration plan
    
    Speaker: François Pajot
    
    2019_AthenaXIFU_Calibration_plan_Pajot.pdf
- 2:00 PM
  
  break
- Session III: XRISM Room 1&2
  
  Room 1&2
  
  Convener: Eric Miller
  - 14
    
    XRISM Science Operations Plan
    
    Speaker: Yukikatsu Terada (Saitama Univ.)
    
    20190520_23_XRISM_14thIACHEC_yterada.pdf
  - 15
    
    XRISM In-orbit calibration plan
    
    Speaker: Matteo Guainazzi
    
    XRISMICP_14thIACHEC_20190520.pdf
  - 16
    
    Calibration of the XRISM Resolve instrument
    
    Speaker: Maurice Leutenegger
    
    IACHEC2019_Resolve_calibration_v1.pdf
  - 17
    
    Transmittance calibration of the Dewar gate valve for XRISM Resolve
    
    Speaker: Takuya Midooka (University of Tokyo, ISAS/JAXA)
    
    midooka_IACHEC.pdf
  - 18
    
    Current development status and calibration plan of the X-ray CCDs onboard XRISM
    
    Speaker: Koji Mori (University of Miyazaki)
    
    2019-05-20_Xtend-IACHEC.pdf
  - 19
    
    Characterization and calibration of the front-end ASIC for the X-ray CCD camera aboard the XRISM satellite
    
    Speaker: Hikari Kashimura (Kanto Gakuin University)
    
    XRISM_Xtend_ASIC_Kashimura_20190517.pdf
- 4:00 PM
  
  break
- Working Groups I: 1: Detectors and Background part 1 (Detectors) Room 1&2
  
  Room 1&2
  
  Convener: Catherine Grant
  - 20
    
    ACIS Gain Challenges, Warm Focal Plane Temperatures, and Lorentzians
    
    Speaker: Nick Durham
    
    ndurham_ccd_wg1.pdf
  - 21
    
    Low energy response calibration and long term gain monitoring of the NuSTAR detectors
    
    Speaker: Hiromasa Miyasaka
    
    iachec_miyasaka_2019.pdf
  - 22
    
    Update on the status of the Chandra ACIS response
    
    Speaker: Terry Gaetz
    
    iachec2019_tgaetz_fi_gain_droop.pdf
  - 23
    
    A solution to the Si-K edge problem in the Suzaku XIS Response and Its Implication to XRISM Xtend
    
    Speaker: Kiyoshi Hayashida (Osaka University)
    
    20190520_hayasida_Siedge_IACHEC.pdf
    
    20190520_hayasida_Siedge_IACHEC.pptx
  - 24
    
    EPIC-pn long term CTI
    
    Speaker: Ivan Valtchanov
    
    EPIC-pn long term CTI.pdf
  - 25
    
    New clocking mode for X-ray CCD detector
    
    Speaker: Hiroshi Murakami
    
    IACHEC_clockmode_murakami.pdf
- Working Groups I: 2: Coordinated observations Room special
  
  Room special
  
  Convener: Herman Marshall
  - 26
    
    XMM-Newton / Chandra cross calibration with blazars
    
    Speaker: Michael Smith (ORNL)
    
    IACHEC14_XMM_Chandra_Blazars_v2.pdf
  - 27
    
    Swift-NuSTAR cross-calibration update
    
    Speaker: Kristin Madsen (Caltech)
    
    coordinated_obs_Madsen.pdf
  - 28
    
    XMM-Newton and NuSTAR cross-calibration studies
    
    Speaker: Felix Fuerst
    
    xmm_nustar_crosscal_v3.pdf
  - 29
    
    Swift Operations and Calibration
    
    Speaker: Jamie Kennea
    
    Kennea_IACHEC_Swift_XRT_2019.pdf
- 6:30 PM
  
  Dinner Cafeteria
  
  Cafeteria
- Others: Chair Session Room 4
  
  Room 4
Tue, May 21
- 7:30 AM
  
  Breakfast Cafeteria
  
  Cafeteria
- Working Groups II: 1: Contamination Room 1&2
  
  Room 1&2
  
  Convener: Eric Miller
  - 30
    
    Continued Monitoring of the Chandra ACIS Contamination
    
    Speaker: Herman Marshall
    
    ChandraContaminationUpdate.pdf
  - 31
    
    The Evolution of the ACIS Contamination Layer on the Chandra X-ray Observatory from 2010 to 2019
    
    Speaker: Paul Plucinsky
    
    contamination_plucinsky_2019.pdf
  - 32
    
    Measurement of X-ray, UV, optical transmission of Contamination Blocking Filter on board Hitomi SXI
    
    Speaker: Takayoshi Kohmura
    
    20190521_IACHEC_Hitomi_SXI_CBF_rev1.pptx
  - 33
    
    RGS fine structure & edges
    
    Speaker: Jelle Kaastra
    
    2019-iachec-rgscal-Presentation2.pptx
- Working Groups II: 2: Timing Room special
  
  Room special
  
  Convener: Yukikatsu Terada (Saitama Univ.)
  - 34
    
    Timing calibration of the Resolve microcalorimeter spectrometer on XRISM
    
    Speaker: Makoto Sawada
    
    msawada_resolvetimingcal_iachec2019.pdf
  - 35
    
    Timing calibration of NuSTAR
    
    Speaker: Matteo Bachetti
    
    Timing_with_NuSTAR_-_IACHEC.pdf
- Working Groups II: 2: Galaxy Clusters Room special
  
  Room special
- 10:40 AM
  
  break
- Working Groups III: 1: White Dwarfs Room 1&2
  
  Room 1&2
  
  Convener: Vadim Burwitz
  - 36
    
    INs and WDs Working Group
    
    Speaker: Vadim Burwitz
    
    VB_INs_and_WDs_v02.pdf
  - 37
    
    Universal detection of high-temperature emission in X-ray Isolated Neutron Stars
    
    Speaker: Tomokage Yoneyama (Osaka University)
    
    iachec2019_190520_yoneyamat.pptx
  - 38
    
    RX J1856.5-3754: Reaching consistency between Chandra LETG and XMM-Newton/EPIC-pn
    
    Speaker: Konrad Dennerl
    
    IACHEC2019_RXJ1856_KD.pptx
- Working Groups III: 2: Communication Room special
  
  Room special
  
  Convener: Guillaume Belanger (ESA, ESAC)
- 12:00 PM
  
  Lunch Cafeteria
  
  Cafeteria
- Session IV: Calibration Uncertainties in Modeling Room 1&2
  
  Room 1&2
  
  Convener: Adam Foster
  - 39
    
    Calibration uncertainties and thermal line models
    
    Speaker: Jelle Kaastra
    
    2019_iachec-kaastra.pdf
  - 40
    
    Cross-calibration Effects in Modeling X-ray Spectra from Accreting Sources
    
    Speaker: Javier Garcia
    
    2019_IACHEC_Garcia_talk.pdf
  - 41
    
    Calibration uncertainties on modeling: timing calibration
    
    Speaker: Yukikatsu Terada (Saitama Univ.)
    
    14th_IACHEC_TimingUncertainties_YTerada.pdf
  - 42
    
    Discussion
- 3:00 PM
  
  break
- Session V: Calibration Method and Future Technologies Room 1&2
  
  Room 1&2
  
  Convener: Paul Plucinsky
  - 43
    
    An empirical method for improving the XMM-Newton/EPIC-pn RMF and ARF
    
    Speaker: Konrad Dennerl
    
    IACHEC2019_EPICpnRMF_KD.pdf
    
    IACHEC2019_EPICpnRMF_KD.pptx
  - 44
    
    XMM-Newton CORRAREA Calibration Status
    
    Speaker: Christian Pommranz
    
    CORRAREA_Calibration_Status.pdf
  - 45
    
    Characterization of a BSI sCMOS as a soft X-ray detector
    
    Speaker: Wenxin Wang
    
    IACHEC_20190521_wang.pdf
  - 46
    
    Chandra X-ray Observatory Optical Axis, Aimpoint and Pointing Stability¶
    
    Speaker: Ping Zhao
    
    WGI_Zhao.pdf
- 4:40 PM
  
  break
- Discussion Forum I: Heritage Room 1&2
  
  Room 1&2
  
  Convener: Matteo Guainazzi
  - 47
    
    Update on the IACHEC Source Database
    
    Speaker: James Rodi
    
    iachec2019_isd_update_190520.pdf
  - 48
    
    Reusable cross-calibration workflows
    
    Speaker: Dr Volodymyr Savchenko (ISDC, Geneva)
    
    reusable_calibration_workflows.pdf
  - 49
    
    Heritage Working Group meeting
    
    Speaker: Matteo Guainazzi
    
    OpticsWG_14thIACHEC_20180521.pdf
- 6:00 PM
  
  Dinner Cafeteria
  
  Cafeteria
Wed, May 22
- 7:30 AM
  
  Breakfast Cafeteria
  
  Cafeteria
- Working Groups IV: 1: Thermal SNR Room special
  
  Room special
  
  Convener: Paul Plucinsky
  
  thermal_SNRs_report_2019_revised.pdf
  - 50
    
    The IACHEC Standard Models for 1E 0102.2-7219 and N132D
    
    Speaker: Paul Plucinsky
    
    Beardmore_CasA.pdf
    
    grefenstette_n132d.pptx
    
    miller_n132d_suzaku_2019.pdf
    
    thermal_SNRs_WG1_2019.pdf
  - 51
    
    Verification of the IACHEC model for the SNR 1E 0102.2-7219 with XMM-Newton/EPIC-pn
    
    Speaker: Konrad Dennerl
    
    IACHEC2019_1E0102_KD.pdf
    
    IACHEC2019_1E0102_KD.pptx
- Working Groups IV: 2: Calibration Uncertainties Room 1&2
  
  Room 1&2
  
  Convener: Vinay Kashyap
  
  thermal_SNRs_report_2019_revised.pdf
  - 52
    
    Flux measurement from high-resolution spectra
    
    Speaker: Vinay Kashyap
    
    CalStatsWG_vlk.pdf
  - 53
    
    The most sensitive period search we can do on event data
    
    Speaker: Guillaume Belanger (ESA, ESAC)
    
    belanger-periodograms-presentation.pdf
    
    belanger-periodograms-transcript.pdf
  - 54
    
    Treating detection of transient phenomena as a statistical problem
    
    Speaker: Guillaume Belanger (ESA, ESAC)
    
    belanger-transients-presentation.pdf
    
    belanger-transients-transcript.pdf
- Working Groups IV: 2. Concordance Room 1&2
  
  Room 1&2
  
  Convener: Vinay Kashyap
  
  thermal_SNRs_report_2019_revised.pdf
  - 55
    
    Concordance discussion
    
    Speaker: Herman Marshall
    
    Concordance2019.pdf
- 10:10 AM
  
  break
- Working Groups V: 1: Non-thermal SNR Room special
  
  Room special
  
  Convener: Kristin Madsen (Caltech)
  - 56
    
    Observations of the Crab Nebula with INTEGRAL SPI
    
    Speaker: Elisabeth Jourdain
    
    IACHEC2019.pdf
  - 57
    
    Update on NuSTAR Crab observations and calibrations
    
    Speaker: Kristin Madsen (Caltech)
    
    IACHEC_Crab_update_2019.pdf
- Working Groups V: 2: Detectors and Background part 2 (Background) Room 1&2
  
  Room 1&2
  
  Convener: Catherine Grant
  - 58
    
    Simulations of thermal excursions on the the Athena X-IFU detector wafer from cosmic rays
    
    Speaker: Samantha Stever
    
    IACHEC_2019_SamanthaStever.pdf
  - 59
    
    In-orbit Neutron and Radioactivation Background of the Hard X-ray Imager onboard Hitomi
    
    Speaker: Hiromasa Suzuki (The University of Tokyo)
    
    iachec2019_suzuki_20190521.pdf
  - 60
    
    Background Simulations of the Wide-field X-ray Telescope on Einstein Probe
    
    Speaker: Donghua ZHAO
    
    DonghuaZHAO-BKGSimulations for WXT.pdf
  - 61
    
    Characterizing and Reducing the Background on the Athena WFI
    
    Speaker: Eric Miller
    
    miller_WFIBG_IACHEC_20190522.pdf
  - 62
    
    Status of modeling Chandra ACIS background
    
    Speaker: Terry Gaetz
    
    iachec2019_tgaetz_acisbg.pdf
- 12:00 PM
  
  Lunch Cafeteria
  
  Cafeteria
- Session VII: High Resolution WG special: Atomic data effects on calibration Room 1&2
  
  Room 1&2
  
  Convener: Vadim Burwitz
  - 63
    
    The XRISM Atomic Data Needs Assessment
    
    Speaker: Tim Kallman
    
    tkallmaniachec2019.pdf
  - 64
    
    Status of Atomic Plasma Models
    
    Speaker: Randall Smith
    
    RSmith-IACHEC2019-final.pdf
  - 65
    
    The Effects of Atomic Data Choices on Calibration Uncertainty
    
    Speaker: Adam Foster
    
    afoster_iachec_2019.pdf
  - 66
    
    Effects of different selections of atomic data and plasma emission models
    
    Speaker: Makoto Sawada
    
    msawada_atomiccodes_iachec2019.pdf
  - 67
    
    The Need for Laboratory Astrophysics for High-Resolution Spectroscopy
    
    Speaker: Gabriele Betancourt-Martinez
    
    IACHEC2019_Betancourt-Martinez_final.pdf
  - 68
    
    The Kronos Database of State-Selective Charge Exchange Cross Sections
    
    Speaker: Renate Cumbee
    
    Cumbee_IACHEC_Talk_2019.pdf
- 3:00 PM
  
  Group photo
- 3:10 PM
  
  break
- Session VI: eXTP and Einstein Probe Room 1&2
  
  Room 1&2
  
  Convener: Herman Marshall
  - 69
    
    Calibration plans for the Wide-field X-ray Telescope on Einstein Probe
    
    Speaker: Yuan Liu
    
    EP_calibration_wxt.pdf
  - 70
    
    Calibration and CALDB design for EP/FXT
    
    Speaker: Chengkui Li (IHEP)
    
    IACHEC14_FXT_calibration.pdf
  - 71
    
    X-ray testing facilities at IHEP and calibration plans for EP&eXTP
    
    Speaker: Yusa Wang
    
    YusaWang.pdf
  - 72
    
    Calibration plans and development of PFA onboard eXTP
    
    Speaker: WeiChun Jiang
    
    IACHEC14_PFA_Cal_Plans_20190522-pub.pdf
  - 73
    
    Preliminary calibration test and results analysis of GRM (SVOM)
    
    Speaker: Xing Wen
    
    14th_IACHEC_20190522_wenxing.pdf
- Discussion Forum II: White paper Room 1&2
  
  Room 1&2
  
  Convener: Kristin Madsen (Caltech)
  
  Decadal_WP.pdf
- 6:00 PM
  
  break
- 6:30 PM
  
  Banquet Cafeteria
  
  Cafeteria
Thu, May 23
- 7:30 AM
  
  Breakfast Cafeteria
  
  Cafeteria
- Session VIII: Working Group reports Room 1&2
  
  Room 1&2
  
  Convener: Masahiro Tsujimoto (JAXA ISAS)
  - 74
    
    Calibration statistics
    
    Speaker: Vinay Kashyap (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian)
    
    CalStatWG_Report_14IACHEC_2019may23.pdf
  - 75
    
    Communication
    
    Speaker: Guillaume Belanger (ESA, ESAC)
    
    comm_survey_results.pdf
    
    comms_ideas_actions.pdf
  - 76
    
    Contamination
    
    Speaker: Eric Miller
    
    miller_contamwg_summary_iachec2019_v4.pdf
  - 77
    
    Coordinated Observations
    
    Speaker: Herman Marshall
    
    CoordinatedObservationsSummary.pdf
  - 78
    
    Detector and Background
    
    Speaker: Catherine Grant (MIT)
    
    Grant.DetBkgWG.2019summary.pdf
  - 79
    
    Heritage
    
    Speaker: Matteo Guainazzi
    
    HeritageWGSummary_14thIACHEC_20180523.pdf
  - 80
    
    High Resolution
    
    Speaker: Adam Foster (SAO)
    
    afoster_hrwg_summary.pdf
  - 81
    
    Non-Thermal SNR
    
    Speakers: Kristin Madsen (Caltech), Lorenzo Natalucci
    
    non_thermal_summary.pdf
  - 82
    
    Thermal SNR
    
    Speaker: Paul Plucinsky
    
    thermal_SNRs_report_2019_revised.pdf
  - 10:45 AM
    
    break
  - 83
    
    White Dwarfs and Isolated Neutron Stars
    
    Speaker: Dr Vadim Burwitz (MPI for Extraterrestrial Physics)
    
    VB_2019_05_23_WD_INS_WG_Summary_v01.pdf
  - 84
    
    Timing
    
    Speaker: Yukikatsu Terada (Saitama Univ.)
    
    IACHEC2019_timing_session_Report_20190523b.pdf
  - 85
    
    Cluster of Galaxies
    
    Speaker: Eric Miller
  - 86
    
    Next IACHEC
    
    NextMeeting.pdf
  - 87
    
    Closing remarks
    
    Speaker: Kristin Madsen (Caltech)
    
    Closing_remarks.pdf
- 12:15 PM
  
  Lunch Cafeteria
  
  Cafeteria
- 6:00 PM
  
  Dinner

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