Scientific Topics
- X-ray binary jets at high and low luminosities, and their effect on the XRB environment
- Faint X-ray binary populations, especially in the Galactic Centre
- Obscured populations (INTEGRAL sources, SFXTs)
- Extragalactic X-ray binary populations and ULXs
- X-ray binary population synthesis and stellar evolution
Conference Schedule
List of submitted abstracts
Invited and Solicited Speakers (confirmed)
Tony Bird, Sylvain Chaty, Elena Gallo, Craig Heinke,
Sebastian Heinz, Ann Hornschmeier, Natasha Ivanova, Peter Jonker,
Stephen Justham, Arunav Kundu, Simone Migliari, James Miller-Jones,
Eric Pfahl, Marc Ribo, Jeno Sokoloski, Andreas Zezas
Session Topic Schedule
Sun 28 Oct
04pm - 07pm Registration
06pm - 08pm Welcome Reception
Mon 29 Oct JETS and JET ENVIRONMENTS
08am - 10am Registration
09:00 - 10:20 Jets 1
10:20 - 10:50 Morning Break
10:50 - 12:30 Jets 2
12:30 - 02:00 Lunch
02:00 - 03:50 Jets 3
03:50 - 04:20 Afternoon Break
04:20 - 06:00 Jets & Black Hole Binaries
Tue 30 Oct FAINT GALACTIC and GALACTIC CENTER XRB POPULATIONS
10:00 - 12:15 Faint Galactic XRB Populations 1
12:15 - 01:45 Lunch
01:45 - 03:30 Faint Galactic XRB Populations 2
03:30 - 04:00 Afternoon Break
04:00 - 05:50 Faint XRBs and Galactic LMXBs
Wed 31 Oct OBSCURED XRB POPULATIONS including INTEGRAL SOURCES
09:00 - 10:30 Obscured XRBs and INTEGRAL Sources 1
10:30 - 11:00 Morning Break
11:00 - 01:00 Obscured XRBs and INTEGRAL Sources 2
FREE AFTERNOON
Thu 1 Nov ULXs and EXTRAGALACTIC XRB POPULATIONS
10:00 - 12:15 ULXs
12:15 - 01:45 Lunch
01:45 - 04:00 Extragalactic Populations
04:00 - 04:30 Afternoon Break
04:30 - 05:50 Future Missions and Surveys
7:30pm - 11pm Beach BBQ Banquet!
Fri 2 Nov BINARY POPULATION SYNTHESIS and STELLAR EVOLUTION
09:00 - 10:45 Population Synthesis 1
10:45 - 11:15 Morning Break
11:15 - 12:50 Population Synthesis 2
12:50 - 01:00 Conference Summary/Wrap-up
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