Chandra Announcement: 25 Years of Chandra Science Symposium

[Tingle, Evan]

The Chandra X-ray Center is pleased to make the first announcement of the 25 Years of Chandra Science Symposium December 3—6, 2024 Boston, MA, USA cxc.harvard.edu/cdo/symposium_2024 Background and Scientific Rationale This year we celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the launch of the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the two and a half decades of science that have ensued. Chandra has been revolutionary for astronomy with its unprecedented and unparalleled sub-arcsecond angular resolution, its superb sensitivity to faint sources, and its high-resolution spectroscopy. This symposium will highlight and celebrate the discoveries made by Chandra, the unique capabilities of the mission, and the potential discoveries still remaining. Sessions topics will include: X-ray diagnostics of cosmic evolution The X-ray view of stellar evolution Exploring the cosmos with sky surveys, with a focus on the Chandra Source Catalog The sub-arcsecond revolution in X-ray astronomy  Chandra synergies with current and future multi-wavelength missions  Breakthroughs in time domain and multi-messenger astrophysics Venue Revere Hotel Boston Common 200 Stuart St  Boston, MA 02116 United States of America Anticipated Dates 2024-06-04   Opening of Abstract Submission   2024-08-11   Abstract Submission Deadline 2024-09-13   Speakers Notified 2024-09-20   Program Release 2024-10-25   Regular Registration Deadline 2024-11-08   Late Registration and Poster Submission Deadline 2024-12-03   Start of Symposium Scientific Organizing Committee Amruta Jaodand (Co-Chair) SAO/CXC Dan Schwartz (Co-Chair) SAO/CXC Mojegan Azadi SAO/CXC McKinley Brumback Middlebury College Jeremy Drake Lockheed Martin Steven Ehlert NASA/MSFC Chandra Project Science Hannah Penn Earnshaw California Institute of Technology Pepi Fabbiano SAO/CXC Victoria Grinberg European Space Agency Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo l’Université de Montréal Elisabeta Lusso University of Florence Herman Marshall MIT/CXC Priya Natarajan Yale University  Michela Negro Louisiana State University Jack Steiner SAO/CXC Tea Temim Princeton University Local Organizing Committee Thomas Connor (Co-chair) Amruta Jaodand (Co-chair) Jason Conry Katie Cranmer Antonella Fruscione Tara Gokas Rodolfo Montez Jr. Padmanabhan Ramadurai Dan Schwartz Evan Tingle Contact chandra25...@cfa.harvard.edu