The 7th joint CAS-ESA-MPE-CNES workshop on Einstein Probe (April 23-26, 2024)

 

Program

 

Time

Speaker

Affiliation

Presentation

April 24th

Session 1: Review of the development and the status of commissioning (chaired by Jing LI)

09:00-09:05

Xiaolong DONG

NSSC/CAS

Opening Remarks

09:05-09:10

Bolun NING

BIC/CAS

Opening Remarks

09:10-09:30

Zhiming CAI

IAMC/CAS

Satellite Status Update

09:30-09:50

Chen ZHANG/

Xiaojin SUN

NAOC/CAS

SITP/CAS

WXT Status Update

09:50-10:10

Yong CHEN

IHEP/CAS

FXT Status Update

Group photo and Break (30 min) 10:10-10:40

Session 2: Instruments development and calibration (chaired by Shuangnan ZHANG)

10:40-10:50

Weiwei CUI

IHEP/CAS

FXT Camera Electronics

10:50-11:10

Huaqing CHENG

NAOC/CAS

WXT Calibration

11:10-11:30

Chengkui LI

IHEP/CAS

FXT Calibration

11:30-12:00

Discussion

Lunch

Session 3: Ground segment

Mission center and data center (chaired by Erik KUULKERS)

13:30-13:50

Yurong LIU

NSSC/CAS

GSS: general introduction and status

13:50-14:05

Boquan LI

NSSC/CAS

MC and Mission Operations

14:05-14:20

Zhen JI

NSSC/CAS

SSDC and Data Products

14:20-14:35

Andrea SANTOVINCENZO

ESA

ESA ground station contribution

14:35-14:50

Ju SU

NSSC/CAS

X band data telemetry and cooperation with ESOC

14:50-15:10

Francois GONZALEZ

(online)

CNES

Status on VHF network performance

Break (30 min) 15:10-15:40

Status of EP Science Center (chaired by Kirpal NANDRA)

15:40-16:00

Yuan LIU

NAOC/CAS

General introduction and status

16:00-16:20

Haiwu PAN

NAOC/CAS

Data processing S/W and products: WXT

16:20-16:40

Shumei JIA

IHEP/CAS

Data processing S/W and products: FXT

16:40-17:30

Discussion

Workshop dinner (Beijing Liting Huayuan)

April 25th

Session 4: Status and early results of the commissioning observations (chaired by Weimin YUAN & Hua FENG)

09:00-09:15

Xiaofan ZHAO

IHEP/CAS

Preliminary results of FXT performance

09:15-09:30

Chichuan JIN

NAOC/CAS

Overview of PV observations and cycle-1

09:30-09:45

Dongyue LI

NAOC/CAS

Transient search and multiwavelength identification

09:45-10:00

Jingwei HU

NAOC/CAS

WXT source population

Break (30 min) 10:00-10:30

10:30-10:45

Yunfei XU

NAOC/CAS

Data/information management and distribution within EPST

10:45-11:00

Heyang LIU

NAOC/CAS

Transient advocates program

11:00-11:15

Hui SUN

NAOC/CAS

Early science results

11:15-11:45

Discussion

11:45-11:55

Workshop summary (Andrea Santovincenzo)

11:55-12:15

Concluding remarks (Erik Kuulkers, Paul Nandra, Bertrand Cordier, Weimin Yuan)

Lunch

14:00

Set off to NAOC

 14:30-15:00

Visit to EPSC operations room at NAOC

15:00-17:30

SMC meeting (EP SMC members only, Room A508)

Dinner

April 26th

12:30

Set off to the Huairou campus of NSSC

 14:00-15:15

Release of EP first light results

Photo & End of Release

15:40-16:20

Visit to the mission operations center & Calibration laboratory at NSSC (European members only)

End of workshop

PS:

ESA is the abbreviation of “European Space Agency”

MPE is the abbreviation of “Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics”

CNES is the abbreviation of “National Space Studies Centre”

BIC/CAS is the abbreviation of “Bureau of International Cooperation, Chinese Academy of Sciences”

NSSC/CAS is the abbreviation of “National Space Science Centers, Chinese Academy of Sciences”

IAMC/CAS is the abbreviation of “Innovation Academy for Microsatellites, Chinese Academy of Sciences”

NAOC/CAS is the abbreviation of “National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences”
SITP/CAS is the abbreviation of “Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics , Chinese Academy of Sciences”
IHEP/CAS is the abbreviation of “Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences”

PMO/CAS is the abbreviation of “Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences”

TIPC/CAS is the abbreviation of “Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences”

IEE/CAS is the abbreviation of “Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences”

XIOPM/CAS is the abbreviation of “Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences”

NNVT is the abbreviation of “North Night Vision Technology CO, LTD”