Overview
We will hold ULTRASAT 1st Science workshop on June 30, 2020.
The goal of the 1-day workshop is to discuss potential research programs for which ULTRASAT has a unique advantage, to discuss the planned science working groups and possibly suggest new ones, and to encourage researchers to join relevant working groups.
In preparation for the workshop, we encourage you to think about possible research projects with unique ULTARSAT contributions, including topics that do not fall within the already planned working groups (that appear on the program).
We are beginning the process of forming ULTRASAT working groups. Working group members will receive real time access to ULTRASAT data, which will be publicly available only after 6-12 months. In the workshop, we will explain the procedures for joining the working groups and the selection process
Program
Israel time | Topic | Speaker |
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9:15-9:30 | Welcome coffee | |
9:30-9:50 | ULTRASAT overview - Vision, Main Goals, Partners, Team, Industries [Presentation | Video] | Eli Waxman |
9:50-10:15 | Project overview - Mission, Design, Timeline, Performance, Modes of operation [Presentation | Video] | Yossi Shvartzvald |
10:15-10:30 | Data center and data products [Presentation | Video] | Eran Ofek |
Israel time | Topic | Speaker |
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10:30-10:40 | Science working groups - Science topics, group membership and data access policy [Presentation | Video] | Eli Waxman |
10:40-11:10 | Neutron star mergers [Presentation | Video] | Eran Ofek |
11:10-11:30 | Coffee break | |
11:30-12:00 | Stellar explosions [Presentation | Video] | Avishay Gal-Yam |
12:00-12:20 | Exoplanets [Presentation |Video1 | Video2] | Sagi Ben-Ami, Oded Aharonson |
12:20-12:40 | Stars [Presentation | Video] | Tsevi Mazeh |
12:40-13:00 | TDEs [Presentation | Video] | Iair Arcavi, Nick Stone |
13:00-13:45 | Lunch break | |
13:45-14:05 | AGNs Benny [Presentation 1 | Video 1], [Presentation 2 | Video 2] | Benny Trakhtenbrot, Eran Ofek |
14:05-14:25 | Solar system [Presentation | Video] | David Polishook |
14:25-14:40 | Additional talk - Breakout shocks [Presentation | Video] | David Eichler |
14:45-15:30 | Open discussion, summary and closing remarks | Eli Waxman |