All-Sky X-Ray Observations in the Next Decade

a workshop for ASM and GRB missions in X-ray band

March 3-5, 1997
Suzuki Umetaro Hall, RIKEN, Wako, Japan

Organizers

Advisory Committee

        M. Oda (Honorary Advisor)
        H.Bradt(MIT), E.Fenimore(LANL), N.Gehrels(NASA/GSFC),  
        S.S.Holt(NASA/GSFC), H.Inoue(ISAS), N.Kaifu(NAO),
        K.Koyama(Kyoto), D.Q.Lamb(Chicago), K.Makishima(Tokyo),
        M.Matsuoka(RIKEN-chair), T.Murakami(ISAS), 
        G.Palumbo(Bologna), W.Priedhorsky(LANL), R.Sunyaev(IKI), 
        J.Truemper(MPE), H.Tsunemi(Osaka)

Local Organisation Committee

	M.Matsuoka(RIKEN, chair),
        N.Kawai(RIKEN, secretary), T.Mihara(RIKEN), T.Murakami(ISAS),
        J.Shimizu(NASDA), H.Tsunemi(Osaka), A.Yoshida(RIKEN)

Hosted by

The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Wako, Saitama
Tsukuba Space Center, National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), Tsukuba, Ibaraki

Background

The Japanese Experimental Module (JEM) on the Space Station is under construction. JEM has an exposed facility for space observations which is scheduled to become operational in 2001. Since September 1995, the Space Activities Commission (a steering committee of all space activities in Japan) has proposed measures to promote space environment utilization for JEM. The commission has discussed the principle of selecting the payload for JEM. The first astrophysical experiment payload for JEM will be selected before April 1997. NASDA (NAtional Space Development Agency of Japan) plays a role as a core organization for JEM. It is therefore a critical time to review the astrophysical problems for which JEM can make a significant contribution.

Purposes

With the remarkable results from the CGRO BATSE and RXTE ASM, the scientific significance of monitoring missions is well known. The targets of the wide-field monitor missions are high energy sources variable on various time scales including galactic accreting sources, supernovae, active galactic nuclei, and gamma-ray bursts. Within a few years we would expect to see more monitoring missions, such as MOXE on the Spectrum-X Gamma. Toward the beginning of the next millennium, more missions are being designed and proposed, including the all-sky monitor mission on JEM of the International Space Station. We would like to review the results of the current missions in order to more clearly define the scientific goals of high-energy monitoring missions in the next decade. Future ASM and GRB missions in the X-ray band will be presented and discussed. We will also focus on the concept and design of X-ray all sky monitor and GRB experiments on JEM.

Topics

Following is the list of topics of this workshop. Each topic will be covered by oral presentations and poster papers.

General review of past ASM and GRB missions
Current missions
Science of transients (GRBs, X-ray bursts, neutron star binaries, black hole candidates, CVs, supernovae, AGNs, ...)
Requirements for future mission
Scheduled missions
Proposed missions

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Contact: workshop@crab.riken.go.jp
Last Updated: Feb 7, 1997