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”