| First day: Monday 14th March:: 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. |
| 2:00 p.m. | Welcome address | G. Tagliaferri - OAB/INAF Director |
| 2:05 p.m. | Introduction: Scope of the meeting, Role of the TWG, Sharing of the activities, Organization | G. Pareschi, R. Willingale |
| 2:30 p.m. | Athena Optics: general activities on the finalization of missions and optics:
- Athena implementation Athena Development program and the optics implementation
- ATHENA Mirrors: Technology consolidation program & production plan
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- Mark Ayre, ESA
Marcos Bavdaz
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| 3:30 p.m. | Possible contributions from international partners:
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- R. Petre
- H. Matsumoto (TBC)
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| 4:00 p.m. | Coffee Break | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Implementation & Integration:
- SPO Module opto-mechanical design & implementation
- Alignment of mirror modules I
- Alignment of mirror modules II
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- Max Collon/Cosine
- D. Vernani, RUAG
- G. Valsecchi, Media Lario
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| 5:30 p.m. | Scattering & Stray X-rays:
- The baffling and stray - light issues and solutions
- The baffling and stray - light issues and solutions
- Baffling implementation after the activities performed for IXO
- The scattering issue: models and experiments
- The science point of view (I): diffuse sources
- The science point of view (II): deep and extended surveys
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- R. Willingale, Leicester Univ.
- G. Cusumano, INAF/IASF-Palermo
- G. Vacanti, Cosine
- Spiga/Ferreira TBC
- S. Molendi, INAF/IASF-Milano
- A. Comastri, INAF/OABologna
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| 8:30 p.m. | Social Dinner | |
| Second day: Thuesday 15th March:: 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. |
| 9:30 p.m. | X-ray tests and calibrations:
- Calibration products, responsibilities, resources
- Mirror calibration plan within the ATHENA calibration plan
- Current and future activities at Panter
- A large area X-ray collimator for ATHENA
- BeatriX as a testing, alignment and calibration facility at the industry premises
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- D. Lumb, ESA (TBC)
- R. Willingale, Leicester Univ.
- V. Burwitz, MPE
- B. Menz, MPE
- D. Spiga, OAB/INAF
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| 10:30 a.m. | Mirror performance modelling:
- Error Budget
- SW under development
- High energy response. Specification and requirements
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- R. Willingale, Leicester Univ.
- D. Spiga
- D. Willingale
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| 11:00 a.m. | Coffee Break | |
| 11:30 a.m. | Transmission of soft proton through the mirror system:
- Introduction to the problem
- Proposed implementation
- Review on simulations and experimenta activities needed
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- R. Willingale, Leicester Univ.
- ESA, Mark Ayre, TBC
- D. Spiga, S. Molendi
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| 12:30 a.m. | Lunch (on site) | |
| 14:30 a.m. | Contributed talks | |
| 15:30 a.m. | Rapporteur talk
Discussion – Closing remarks, Track of actions | G. Pareschi |
