Mapping the X-ray Sky with SRG: First Results from eROSITA and ART-XC

Europe/Berlin
Garching

Garching

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                                         IMPORTANT NOTICE
 
Update March 27, 2020: The reimbursement of all conference fees is now completed. Please let us know if you have not received it within one week from now.
 

 
Due to the developing and uncertain situation with the corona virus, and increasing restrictions on travel being placed on many participants, we regret to inform you that we have decided to postpone the SRG2020 conference to a later date. We recommend that you cancel your travel bookings immediately.  We are currently investigating ways to reimburse the conference fees.

Please accept our sincere apologies for any disruption caused. 

Further details about the rescheduling of the conference will follow in due course.


 

 

 

 

 

Scientific Rationale: 

In little more than half a century, X-ray astronomy has established itself as a fundamental domain of observational astrophysics. X-rays probe the hot and energetic components of the Universe, encompassing, among others, the million degree coronae of stars, the remnants of supernovae, the ultra-dense matter in neutron stars, the immediate surroundings of black holes, the plasma filling galaxy clusters – the most massive objects in the Universe. 

Successfully launched in July 2019, after more than a decade of development, the Russian-German Spectrum-RG (SRG) mission will contribute to the X-ray exploration of the Universe by performing eight all-sky surveys, each lasting half a year, with its two scientific instruments: eROSITA, the German-built telescope array operating between ~0.3-8 keV, and ART-XC, the Russian-built hard-X-ray focusing telescope array, operating between ~3-30 keV. 

As in any other astrophysics domain, the SRG all-sky surveys will unlock large swathes of discovery space, provide large statistical samples to trace the cosmic evolution of various classes of objects, and explore sufficiently large volumes to serve as cosmological tools for the study the Universe as a whole. In particular, the high sensitivity, large field of view, and high survey efficiency of eROSITA is bound to revolutionize X-ray astronomy: within just the first year of operation it will discover about as many new celestial X-ray objects as have been discovered from 1962 until today. 

The goal of the next international SRG conference (the third in a series, and the first after the SRG launch) is to discuss the state of the art in the different scientific areas addressed by the mission, present to the community the first results from eROSITA and ART-XC, and explore the synergies with surveys and observations at other wavelengths.

We plan to cover the following topics:

  • Galaxy clusters and cosmology
    • Physical properties of clusters and groups of galaxies
    • Large scale structure of the Universe
    • Clusters as cosmological tools
  • Active galactic nuclei
    • Evolution and properties of the AGN population
    • Quasars at high redshift
    • AGN as tracers of large scale structure
  • Galactic compact objects, stars and planets
    • X-ray emission from planets and comets
    • X-ray stellar populations of the Milky Way
    • Cataclysmic variables and X-ray binaries
    • Isolated neutron stars
    • ULX and X-ray sources in nearby galaxies
  • The Transient X-ray sky
    • Tidal Disruption Events
    • Gamma-ray bursts and afterglows
    • Galactic X-ray transients
  • Diffuse X-ray emission
    • Cosmic X-ray background and its fluctuations
    • Galactic Ridge X-ray Emission
    • Hot ISM in the Milky Way, LMC and SMC
    • Supernova remnants
  • Synergy with multi-wavelength surveys
Participants
  • Adam Malyali
  • Adriana Mancini Pires
  • Agata Różańska
  • Aishwarya Paliwal
  • Akos Bogdan
  • Alejandra Fresco
  • Alex Markowitz
  • Alexander Lutovinov
  • Alexander Meshcheryakov
  • Alexey Tkachenko
  • Alison Coil
  • Anatoly Iyudin
  • Andrea Botteon
  • Andrea Comastri
  • Andrea Merloni
  • Andreas von Kienlin
  • Andrew Strong
  • Andrey Semena
  • Andrey Shtykovsky
  • Angie Veronica
  • Ann Hornschemeier
  • Anna Ho
  • Antara Basu-Zych
  • Armin Vahdat Motlagh
  • Arne Rau
  • Avishay Gal-Yam
  • Axel Schwope
  • Aysegul Tumer
  • Barbara De Marco
  • Beate Stelzer
  • Beibhinn Whelan
  • Ben Maughan
  • Bradford Benson
  • Bret Lehmer
  • Cai Wood
  • Chandreyee Maitra
  • Chien-Ting Chen
  • Chris Tenzer
  • Christian Schneider
  • Christine Jones
  • Daisuke Nagai
  • Dan McCammon
  • David Alexander
  • David Bogensberger
  • David Russell
  • Didier Kileba
  • Diogo Coutinho
  • Dominik Bomans
  • Doug Swartz
  • Duy Hoang
  • Ece KILERCI-ESER
  • Edward Upsdell
  • Efrain Gatuzz
  • Ekaterina Filippova
  • Enza Magaudda
  • Eran Ofek
  • Ergun Ege
  • Erik Kuulkers
  • Erin Kara
  • Erwin Lau
  • Esra Bulbul
  • Eugene Churazov
  • Felix Aharonian
  • Florian Pacaud
  • Francois Mernier
  • Frank Haberl
  • Gabriele Ponti
  • Gebreziher Gidey
  • Georg Lamer
  • George Lansbury
  • Georgii Khorunzhev
  • Gerd Puehlhofer
  • Guinevere Kauffmann
  • Hartmut Scheuerle
  • Hermann Brunner
  • Hiroshi Nakajima
  • HITOSHI NEGORO
  • Holger Stiele
  • I-Non Chiu
  • Ido Reiss
  • Ildar Khabibullin
  • Ilfan Bikmaev
  • Ilkham Galiullin
  • Ilya Lomakin
  • Ilya Mereminskiy
  • Ingo Kreykenbohm
  • Iris Traulsen
  • Jacob Ider Chitham
  • Jan Robrade
  • Jann Aschersleben
  • Javier Garcia
  • Jeremy Drake
  • Jeremy Sanders
  • Jian Li
  • Jiri Svoboda
  • Joern Wilms
  • johan comparat
  • Johannes Buchner
  • John Silverman
  • John ZuHone
  • Jonathan Knies
  • Juergen Kerp
  • Julien Wolf
  • Jürgen Schmitt
  • Kirpal Nandra
  • Kohei Kobayashi
  • Konrad Dennerl
  • Konstantin Postnov
  • Konstantina Anastasopoulou
  • Konstantinos Migkas
  • Labani Mallick
  • Laura Lopez
  • Lidia Oskinova
  • Long JI
  • Luca Di Mascolo
  • Luigi Costamante
  • Manami Sasaki
  • Mara Salvato
  • Marat Gilfanov
  • Marcella Brusa
  • Marco Ajello
  • Marcus Brüggen
  • Marek Kowalski
  • Martin Mayer
  • Masamune Oguri
  • Matteo Guainazzi
  • Matthew Graham
  • Matthias Klein
  • Maurizio Paolillo
  • Meicun Hou
  • Melanie Lang
  • Melih Kara
  • Michael Freyberg
  • Michael McDonald
  • Miriam Elizabeth Ramos Ceja
  • Mirko Krumpe
  • Murray Brightman
  • Naomi Ota
  • Natalia Lyskova
  • Neven Vulic
  • Nhan Nguyen
  • Nhut Truong
  • Nicholas White
  • Nicolas Clerc
  • Nobuhiro Okabe
  • Norbert Schartel
  • Noriko Yamasaki
  • Norman Khan
  • Ole König
  • Paul Giles
  • Paul Plucinsky
  • Paul Woods
  • Pavel Medvedev
  • Peter Boorman
  • Peter Friedrich
  • Peter Jonker
  • Peter Predehl
  • Philipp Podsiadlowski
  • Philipp Weber
  • Priyamvada Natarajan
  • Qingcui Bu
  • Ralph Kraft
  • Rana Misato
  • Reinout van Weeren
  • Riccardo Arcodia
  • Riccardo Seppi
  • Rodion Burenin
  • Roman Krivonos
  • rosine lallement
  • Ryan Hickox
  • SAIKRUBA KRISHNAN
  • Sandro Mereghetti
  • Santina Piraino
  • Sara Buson
  • Sara Saeedi
  • Satoshi Miyazaki
  • Satoshi Nakahira
  • Sergey Molkov
  • Sergey Sazonov
  • Shri Kulkarni
  • Sinan ALLAK
  • Sotiria Fotopoulou
  • Stefan Czesla
  • Stefania Carpano
  • Stefano Bianchi
  • Stefano Marchesi
  • Steven Ehlert
  • Susanne Friedrich
  • Takamitsu Miyaji
  • Tanya Urrutia
  • Tathagata Saha
  • Teng Liu
  • Thomas Boller
  • Thomas Dauser
  • Thomas Kupfer
  • Thomas Maccarone
  • Thomas Mernik
  • Thomas Prince
  • Thomas Reiprich
  • Tingting Liu
  • Tom Shanks
  • Tony Mroczkowski
  • Tunca Amanvermez
  • Vadim Burwitz
  • Veronica Biffi
  • Victor Doroshenko
  • Victoria Grinberg
  • Vincent Eberle
  • Vittorio Ghirardini
  • Werner Becker
  • Werner Collmar
  • William Forman
  • Xueying Zheng
  • Yijun Wang
  • Yoshiki Toba
  • Zhen-Xuan Liao
  • Zhenlin Zhu