AXIS Community Science Conference (14-16 May 2025; Annapolis, Maryland)
Updates:
- New session: "Celebrating the Legacy of Chandra and XMM"
- New discussion session: "The Future of U.S. Astronomy (and the Evolving Landscape)"
- Early registration / abstract / hotel deadline EXTENDED to 24th April 2025
- Meeting starts: 9 a.m. Wednesday, 14th May 2025
The AXIS Community Science Conference will be held at The Graduate Hotel in Annapolis, Maryland. Sessions start at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, 14th May and will run until ~3 p.m. on Friday, 16th May. A welcome reception will be held in the evening on Wednesday, 14th May.
AXIS is the next generation X-ray imaging observatory, delivering arcsecond-resolution imaging and high sensitivity in the 0.3–10 keV energy band. AXIS is an excellent facility for transient science, with ~hour response time to alerts and onboard rapid transient detection. Further, AXIS will be a powerful and synergistic addition to JWST, Roman, Rubin, ngVLA, LISA, and other major facilities of the 2030s. Importantly, >70% of AXIS observing time will be open to the community through a competitive Guest Observer program, making it a truly community-driven facility.
This conference will focus on the community science enabled by AXIS, the evolving landscape of US astronomy in which AXIS will be operating, and a celebration of the achievements of our precursor flagships Chandra and XMM. We invite all members of the astrophysics community to celebrate the 25 years of Chandra and XMM, and to discuss the future potential of X-ray astronomy with AXIS. This is a chance to help shape the science case and community engagement for AXIS. We especially encourage participation by early-career researchers!
The topics discussed will include:
- Current status of the AXIS project
- Legacy of Chandra and XMM
- The Future of US Astronomy (and the Evolving Landscape)
- Supermassive black holes: seeding, growth, and feedback
- Stellar activity and exoplanet environments
- Compact objects and remnants
- Time-domain and multi-messenger astronomy; LISA synergies
- Coordination with next-decade observatories (JWST, Rubin, Roman, ngVLA, LISA, and more)
Invited speakers:
- Eric Feigelson (Star formation)
- Suvi Gezari (Tidal Disruption Events)
- Ryan Hickox (Synergy with Roman and Wide Field Surveys)
- Brian McNamara (AGN feedback in early-type galaxies)
- Michela Negro (Magnetars)
- Aaron Pearlman (Fast Radio Bursts)
- Greg Sivakoff (Multi-facility synergies and XRBs/ jet sources)
- Pat Slane (The Legacy of Chandra)
- Tea Temim (supernova remnants, pulsar wind nebulae)
- Andrew Vanderburg (Exoplanets)
- Kimberly Weaver (The Legacy of XMM-Newton)