Splinter Meeting NewAthena

The NewAthena Mission - Science with the next-generation European X-ray observatory

Time: Thursday September 14, 14:00-15:45 and 16:15-18:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Room: H 3025

Convenor(s): Thomas Dauser [1], Arne Rau [2], Thomas Reiprich [3]
[1] Uni Erlangen-Nürnberg, [2] MPE Garching, [3] Uni Bonn

The Athena mission was originally selected in 2014 as a large-class ESA mission to provide a next-generation X-ray observatory that uniquely addresses the science goals of the “Hot & Energetic Universe.” Following a cost-assessment exercise in 2022, Athena entered a phase to redefine a “NewAthena” mission achievable within the 1.3 billion Euro cost cap (to ESA). Alongside, ESA has appointed members of the scientific community to the Science Re-Definition Team (SRDT) to re-assess and re-define the science goals of NewAthena, including identifying the mission-driving science objectives and ensuring it provides a flagship-class astronomy facility in the 2030s. The emerging mission profile from the re-definition retains the revolutionary capabilities of the observatory, enabled by a large collecting area mirror, a high-resolution spatially resolved X-ray integral-field spectrometer (X-IFU), and a powerful wide-field X-ray imager (WFI) led by Germany. Besides illustrating the NewAthena mission-driving science objectives and the crucial impact that the mission will have across a range of essential science areas, this splinter will emphasise the broad scientific capabilities of NewAthena as an observatory-class facility with the potential for new discoveries.

Program

Thursday September 14, 14:00-15:45 The NewAthena Mission - Science with the next-generation European X-ray observatory (H 3025)

Thursday September 14, 16:15-18:00 The NewAthena Mission - Science with the next-generation European X-ray observatory (H 3025)

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