INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP

COSMOLOGY WITH SZ AND X-RAY OBSERVATORIES

2005 March 5 and 6
Sophia University Library Building (#14 in Yotsuya Campus Map)
Room L-812 (8th floor)

Organizers
Naoki Itoh (Sophia University, Chair)
Takaya Ohashi (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
Masato Tsuboi (National Astronomical Observatory)
Shinya Wanajo (Sophia University, Secretary)

Purpose of the Workshop

In recent years remarkable progress has been made in Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect and X-ray observations of galaxy clusters. Many facilities for large-scale Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect surveys of galaxy clusters are completed and ready to start observations. Combined with the X-ray observation of galaxy clusters, these SZ surveys will provide us with unprecedented valuable information regarding the structure formation and the physical nature of the dark energy in the universe. In this workshop, world leaders working at the forefront of this field are invited to give review talks on the current status and future prospect of this field. The organizers sincerely hope this workshop would bring about close international collaboration among the researchers working in this field and contribute to the advancement of this blooming field of cosmology.

Program

March 5

Chair M. Tsuboi
9:30-9:40 N. Itoh (Sophia)
Opening address
9:40-10:40 J. Carlstrom (Chicago)
Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect observations: Status and future plans
10:40-11:20 K. Grainge (Cambridge)
Current status of the AMI project
11:20-11:40 coffee
11:40-12:20 L. Lamagna (Rome)
The SZ effect as a cosmic thermometer
12:20-13:00 C. Li (Taipei)
The AMiBA project
13:00-14:00 lunch
Chair T. Ohashi
14:00-14:40 H. Ezawa (NAOJ)
TBA
14:40-15:20 S. Nozawa (Josai)
Relativistic corrections to the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect for clusters of galaxies
15:20-16:00 L. Knox (UC Davis)
Probing inflation, dark energy, and neutrino masses with SZ and cosmic shear
16:00-16:20 coffee
16:20-17:00 N. Sugiyama (NAOJ)
Reionization and SZ effect
17:00-17:40 J. Mohr (Illinois)
Observations of galaxy cluster X-ray scaling relations: Effects of cool cores and merging on cluster cosmology
18:00- working dinner
March 6

Chair N. Sugiyama
9:30-10:05 N. Ota (RIKEN)
Core structure and thermal evolution of X-ray clusters
10:05-10:40 T. Furusho (ISAS/JAXA)
High resolution X-ray spectroscopy with Astro-E2 XRS: Status and prospects
10:40-11:15 T. Tamura (ISAS/JAXA)
XMM-Newton observations of central regions of galaxy clusters
11:15-11:35 coffee
11:35-12:10 Y. Fujita (NAOJ)
The cooling flow problem and the tsunami model
12:10-12:45 Y. Fukazawa (Hiroshima)
Scaling relation of X-ray properties from elliptical galaxies to rich clusters
12:45-13:45 lunch
Chair S. Nozawa
13:45-14:20 T. Ohashi (Tokyo Metropolitan)
Future Japanese X-ray missions and the prospect of cluster studies
14:20-14:55 N. Yoshida (Nagoya)
The temperature structure of the IGM/ICM and the cluster SZ effect
14:55-15:30 N. Yamasaki (ISAS/JAXA)
X-ray observability of WHIM and our new mission concept DIOS

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