Plenary Event
Thursday Plenary
20 June 2024 • 08:30 - 10:00 Japan Standard Time | National Convention Hall, 1F
Session Chair
8:30 to 9:15
Navigating the radio astronomy renaissance: challenges and opportunities for a sustainable future
The next decade heralds a renaissance in radio astronomy, with a formidable complement of global Observatories, from LOFAR2.0, to the SKA becoming powerful discovery engines at these lowest frequencies. While they commit to lowering data access barriers, managing the deluge of data poses challenges, as the new constraint on viable astronomy must move from hours on sky to data product cost in energy, compute and carbon and data footprint. I will explore with you the challenges and opportunities in creating a new frontier of sustainable, ethical, affordable astronomy.
Jessica Dempsey serves as ASTRON Director and Radboud University's Ethics in Astronomy Professor. With a background in instrumentation science and radio surveys, she held key roles including Deputy Director at the East Asian Observatory and pioneering Australian female scientist at the South Pole Station. Committed to inclusive astronomy, she advocates for gender equality in STEM leadership, empowering young girls to pursue roles in science and technology. 9:15 to 10:00
The x-ray imaging and spectroscopy mission (XRISM): development and expected science
The X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) project was initiated in 2018 as the recovery mission resuming the high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy with imaging once realized but unexpectedly terminated by a mishap of ASTRO-H/Hitomi. XRISM carries a pixelized X-ray micro-calorimeter array and an X-ray CCD on the focal planes of two sets of X-ray mirror assemblies. The spacecraft was successfully launched from JAXA Tanegashima Space Center on September 7, 2023, and is now conducting performance verification observation followed by guest observations starting in August 2024. In this paper, we present the history of development and recent results.
Makoto Tashiro, as the mission PI, has led the XRISM project since 2018. He is a professor at Saitama University and a specially appointed professor of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. His areas of expertise are observational X-ray astrophysics and observation instrument development for X-ray astronomy. He received his Ph. D. at the University of Tokyo in 1993.
MENU: Coffee, decaf, and tea will be available after the presentation in the conference room area.
SETUP: Theater style seating. .
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Desirée Della Monica Ferreira
DTU Space (Denmark) |
8:30 to 9:15
Navigating the radio astronomy renaissance: challenges and opportunities for a sustainable future
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Jessica Dempsey
ASTRON and Radboud Univ. (The Netherlands) |
The next decade heralds a renaissance in radio astronomy, with a formidable complement of global Observatories, from LOFAR2.0, to the SKA becoming powerful discovery engines at these lowest frequencies. While they commit to lowering data access barriers, managing the deluge of data poses challenges, as the new constraint on viable astronomy must move from hours on sky to data product cost in energy, compute and carbon and data footprint. I will explore with you the challenges and opportunities in creating a new frontier of sustainable, ethical, affordable astronomy.
Jessica Dempsey serves as ASTRON Director and Radboud University's Ethics in Astronomy Professor. With a background in instrumentation science and radio surveys, she held key roles including Deputy Director at the East Asian Observatory and pioneering Australian female scientist at the South Pole Station. Committed to inclusive astronomy, she advocates for gender equality in STEM leadership, empowering young girls to pursue roles in science and technology. 9:15 to 10:00
The x-ray imaging and spectroscopy mission (XRISM): development and expected science
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Makoto Tashiro
Saitama Univ. (Japan) |
The X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) project was initiated in 2018 as the recovery mission resuming the high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy with imaging once realized but unexpectedly terminated by a mishap of ASTRO-H/Hitomi. XRISM carries a pixelized X-ray micro-calorimeter array and an X-ray CCD on the focal planes of two sets of X-ray mirror assemblies. The spacecraft was successfully launched from JAXA Tanegashima Space Center on September 7, 2023, and is now conducting performance verification observation followed by guest observations starting in August 2024. In this paper, we present the history of development and recent results.
Makoto Tashiro, as the mission PI, has led the XRISM project since 2018. He is a professor at Saitama University and a specially appointed professor of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. His areas of expertise are observational X-ray astrophysics and observation instrument development for X-ray astronomy. He received his Ph. D. at the University of Tokyo in 1993.
Event Format
FORMAT: General session with live audience Q&A to follow each presentation.MENU: Coffee, decaf, and tea will be available after the presentation in the conference room area.
SETUP: Theater style seating. .