The First SphinX Workshop:

Science of SphinX, TESIS and the other Instruments aboard the Russian CORONAS Solar Orbiting Observatory

May 2007, Wroclaw, Poland

Organized by Solar Physics Division, Space Research Centre, Wroclaw, Poland
in cooperation with Astronomical Institute, Wroclaw University

Sponsored by Polish Academy of Sciences: Wroclaw Division


Last revision: June 4, 2007

Photos   General information   Venue   Participants and Contributions   Programme   Local info   LOC  



GENERAL INFORMATION:

The Workshop will take place in Wroclaw during the week starting from May 28, 2007. Wroclaw is one of the oldest and most beautiful cities in Poland, located in southwestern Poland, upon the Odra river. It is the economical, cultural and intellectual capital of Lower Silesia. To get more informations about our city see: http://www.wroclaw.pl.

The Workshop will take place at the small lecture room D at the Astronomical Institute of the Wroclaw Observatory, next to our Lab, at Kopernika 11 street.

Participants will be accommodated in the Rezydent complex A i B, within the walking distance (10-15 min) from the lecture room. The accommodation will be booked via the LOC of the Workshop.

The official languages for this conference will be Russian and English.

The lunch can be organized for interested participants in the small cafe next to the Observatory. We need to know early morning (before 9:00) who will take the lunch there. The cost is ~6 EUR/person/day.
If you feel that you may 'survive' only on cakes - there will be some always available.
The hotel will provide you free breakfast (from 6:00 - 10:00) and supper/dinner (from 18:00 - 21:00), as it is included in the price.
On Tuesday, it is possible that the hotel dinner will be served from 15:00.



VENUE:

by plane:
   Direct flights to Wroclaw are available from the following cities: Warsaw, Gdańsk, Cork, Dortmund, Dublin, Frankfurt Hahn, Frankfurt Main, Glasgow, Copenhagen, Liverpool, London, Milan, Munich, Rome, Shannon. For the details of arrivals see: http://www.airport.wroclaw.pl.
Taxi and buses are available outside the airport.

We advise to take bus No. 406 which operates every 20-30 minutes on weekdays and every 40 minutes on Sundays and disembark at the last stop by the station - the Wroclaw Główny Station (Central Railway Station).

by train:
   Wroclaw has three main railway stations: Wroclaw Główny (Central Railway Station), Nadodrze and Mikolajów. We advise you to disembark at Wroclaw Główny Station. For the details see: http://www.pkp.pl.

The bus and tram stops are available near-by each station.

One must purchase tram or bus tickets (2 PLN each), available from news kiosks, before boarding. Additional charge for one piece of the luggage is 1 PLN.

Wherever possible, we will provide assistance on arrival. Please inform LOC about your arrival day/time in order to arrange to lift you to the hotel.

   arrival    departure        accommodation
Anton Buslov 27 May 2 June by train    A
Martin Cupak 29 May 30 May by car    B
Frantisek Farnik 29 May 1 June by car    B
Evgeny Fedorovykh 27 May 2 June by train    A
Alexander Glyanenko 27 May 2 June by train    A
Alexey Kochemasov 27 May 2 June by train    A
Yury Kotov 27 May 5 June by train    A
Alena Kulinova 29 May 1 June by car    B
Sergey Kuzin 26 May 30 May by plane/train    A
Evgeny Lupar 27 May 2 June by train    A
Richard Sysala 29 May 30 May by car    B
Alexander Urnov 26 May 30 May by plane/train    A
Vitaly Yurov 27 May 2 June by train    A

LIST OF SPEAKERS:

Abstracts of contributions announced to be presented at the workshop and presentations you can find here.

Jarek B±kała SphinX mechanical hardware (20 min)
Anton Buslov System of recovery and distribution of scientific information (20 min)
Martin Cupak Experience with the software of Czech HXRS X-ray photometer aboard the DoD satellite (15 min)
Frantisek Farnik Instrumentation onboard Hinode and examples of data obtained. Brief discussion on scientific topics to be studied with XRT (20 min)
Evgeny Fedorovykh The Fast X-ray Monitor (FXM) based on YAP:Ce scintillator (Yttrium Aluminum Perovskite activated by Cerium) for the Coronas-Photon satellite project (15 min)
Szymon Gburek SphinX calibration programme BESSY and XACT (20 min)
Szymon Gburek The pile-up in SphinX detectors: how we can calibrate it beforehand and follow in-flight (20 min)
Alexander Glyanenko Structure of Coronas-Photon onboard telemetry and command systems (25 min)
Anna Kępa Envisaging SphinX: expected DEM distributions for selected solar activity levels (15 min)
Alexey Kochemasov Monitor of solar XUV/EUV irradiation PHOKA (15 min)
Zbigniew Kordylewski Flare detection algorithms - experience from Coronas - Diogeness (15 min)
Yury Kotov (PI of CORONAS project) Scientific objective and observational capabilities of Coronas-Photon project project (30 min)
Mirek Kowaliński SphinX electronics and software (20 min)
Alena Kulinova Diagnostics of Non-thermal Electron Distribution using synthetic and flare spectra (20 min)
Sergey Kuzin (TESIS PI) Experiment TESIS on board Coronas-Photon (30 min)
Evgeny Lupar High energy gamma-ray spectrometer NATALYA-2M for satellite mission Coronas-Photon (15 min)
Tomek Mrozek Low energy payload of Solar X-ray Spectrometer (SOXS) mission. Instrument description and first results (20 min)
Stefan Płocieniak Integrating times - analysis on count statistics (15 min)
Stefan Płocieniak X-ray Fluorescence. How it will be employed in SphinX? (20 min)
Piotr Podgórski SphinX electronic delay times and priorities (15 min)
Marek Siarkowski Envisaging SphinX: forward modeling of X-ray spectra (15 min)
Barbara Sylwester SphinX - the elemental abundance determinations (15 min)
Janusz Sylwester SphinX: the ideas behind the Project (30 min)
Richard Sysala SphinX ground- based software organization (15 min)
Michał Tomczak Openning address
Witold Trzebiński SphinX detectors and their characteristics (15 min)
Alexander Urnov Expected TESIS science outcome (40 min)
Vitaly Yurov (Principal designer of scientific instruments set) Organization and schedule of Coronas-Photon manufacturing, procedures of ground and pre-launch testing (25 min)



PROGRAMME:

Please note that the allocated time includes discussion.

PROGRAMME: (PDF file of the programme)





 Monday,   May 28



 10:00 - 11:45  Working group
SphinX -TESIS
sources, documents, plans, next meetings
Seminar room SRC
 Suggested attendants:
  Jarek B±kała
  Szymon Gburek
  Alexander Glyanenko
  Zbigniew Kordylewski
  Yury Kotov
  Mirek Kowaliński
  Sergey Kuzin
  Stefan Płocieniak
  Piotr Podgórski
  Janusz Sylwester
  Witold Trzebiński
  Vitaly Yurov



The first official day

 Tuesday,   May 29



 Chair: Janusz Sylwester

 9:00 - 9:15  Openning address  Michał Tomczak
 9:15 - 9:45 Scientific objectives and observational capabilities of Coronas-Photon project  Yury Kotov
 9:45 - 10:10 Organization and schedule of Coronas-Photon manufacturing, procedures of ground and pre-launch testing   Vitaly Yurov
10:10 - 10:30 Coffee break


 Chair: Yury Kotov

10:30 - 10:55 Structure of Coronas-Photon onboard telemetry and command systems  Alexander Glyanenko
10:55 - 11:15 System of recovery and distribution of scientific information  Anton Buslov
11:15 - 11:30 Monitor of solar XUV/EUV irradiation PHOKA  Alexey Kochemasov
11:30 - 11:45 The Fast X-ray Monitor (FXM) based on YAP:Ce scintillator (Yttrium Aluminum Perovskite activated by Cerium) for the Coronas-Photon satellite project  Evgeny Fedorovykh
11:45 - 12:00 High energy gamma-ray spectrometer NATALYA-2M for satellite mission Coronas-Photon  Evgeny Lupar
12:00 - 12:20 Coffee break


 Chair: Alexander Glyanenko

12:20 - 12:50 Experiment TESIS on board Coronas-Photon  Sergey Kuzin
12:50 - 13:30 Expected TESIS science outcome  Alexander Urnov
13:30 - 13:45 Integrating times - analysis on count statistics   Stefan Płocieniak
13:45 - 15:00 Lunch break



CONFERENCE DINNER ~ 18:00 (within walking distance)



 Wednesday,  May 30



 Chair: Sergey Kuzin

 9:00 - 9:30  SphinX: the ideas behind the Project  Janusz Sylwester
 9:30 - 9:50 SphinX mechanical hardware  Jarek B±kała
 9:50 - 10:10 X-ray fluorescence. How it will be employed in SphinX?  Stefan Płocieniak
10:10 - 10:30 Coffee break


 Chair: Vitaly Yurov

10:30 - 10:50 SphinX electronics and software   Mirek Kowaliński
10:50 - 11:05 SphinX electronic delay times and priorities  Piotr Podgórski
11:05 - 11:20 SphinX detectors and their characteristics  Witold Trzebiński
11:20 - 11:40 The pile-up in SphinX detectors: how we can calibrate it beforehand and follow in-flight   Szymon Gburek
11:40 - 12:00  SphinX calibration programme BESSY and XACT  Szymon Gburek
12:00 - 12:20 Coffee break


 Chair: Frantisek Farnik

12:20 - 12:35 Flare detection algorithms - experience from Coronas - Diogeness  Zbigniew Kordylewski
12:35 - 12:50 Envisaging SphinX: forward modelling of X-ray spectra  Marek Siarkowski
12:50 - 13:05  Envisaging SphinX: expected DEM distributions for selected solar activity levels   Anna Kępa
13:05 - 13:20  Envisaging SphinX: the elemental abundance determinations  Barbara Sylwester
 13:20 - 13:35 SphinX ground - based software organization   Richard Sysala
 13:35 - 13:50 Experience with the software of Czech HXRS X-ray photometer aboard the DoD satellite  Martin Cupak
13:50 - 15:00 Lunch break

15:00 - 16:30  Working group
SphinX software
Seminar room SRC
 Suggested attendants:
  Jarek B±kała
  Martin Cupak
  Frantisek Farnik
  Szymon Gburek
  Mirek Kowaliński
  Piotr Podgórski
  Paweł Rudawy
  Marek Siarkowski
  Janusz Sylwester
  Richard Sysala
  Witold Trzebiński


16:30 - 18:00  Working group
RESIK spectra
NON-MAXWELLIANS

 Suggested attendants:
  Szymon Gburek
  Anna Kępa
  Alena Kulinova
  Sergey Kuzin
  Tomek Mrozek
  Paweł Rudawy
  MarekSiarkowski
  Barbara Sylwester
  Janusz Sylwester
  Alexander Urnov
  

 Thursday,  May 31



 Chair: Marek Siarkowski

 9:00 - 9:20  Instrumentation onboard Hinode and examples of data obtained. Brief discussion on scientific topics to be studied with XRT  Frantisek Farnik
 9:20 - 9:40 Low energy payload of Solar X-ray Spectrometer (SOXS) mission. Instrument description and first results   Tomek Mrozek
 9:40 - 10:10 Conference Summary   
10:10 - 10:30 Coffee break

10:30 - 12:00  Working group
Coronas-Photon and future projects
Seminar room SRC
 Suggested attendants:
  Jarek B±kała
  Anton Buslov
  Frantisek Farnik
  Evgeny Fedorovykh
  Szymon Gburek
  Alexander Glyanenko
  Alexey Kochemasov
  Zbigniew Kordylewski
  Yury Kotov
  Mirek Kowaliński
  Sergey Kuzin
  Evgeny Lupar
  Stefan Płocieniak
  Piotr Podgórski
  Janusz Sylwester
  Witold Trzebiński
  Vitaly Yurov
12:00 - 12:20 Coffee break
10:30 - 12:00 Signing of protocols
13:50 - 15:00 Lunch break




LOCAL INFO:

In the lecture room a screen, a computer, slide projectors, laser pen and a blackboard will be available. Participants will be able to connect to the Internet with their laptops in the meeting rooms. Cyber-spaces will be provided, and wireless Internet will be available.


LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE:

Janusz Sylwester (Chair)
M. Tomczak,
S. Gburek,
A. Kępa,
M. Kowaliński
Z. Kordylewski,
M. Siarkowski,
B. Sylwester