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1st FERO Meeting
European Space Astronomy Center
Villafranca del Castillo, Spain
4–6 February 2008
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Why?
With the beginning of XMM-Newton AO6 observations, the count-down has
started for the completion of a flux-limited sample of unobscured nearby
AGN in the framework of the accepted proposal: "Statistics of broad
relativistic lines in AGN: a counts and flux-limited sample", also
christened as "FERO" (Finding Extreme Relativistic Objects),
where the
acronym is how Romans (mis)spell the Italian word for iron. At the same time,
the work on the analysis of the already sizable existing sample of
XMM-Newton observations has continued.
We feel it will be very useful to bring all members of this
collaboration together for a discussion once enough data have been
collected and several results already gathered.
We therefore propose a small meeting
to discuss the status of this project and the related
science, namely, theoretical modeling and the study of individual
interesting objects observed in the framework of the project.
When?
We plan a 2.5 days meeting, starting in the afternoon of
February 4, and closing at late afternoon on February 6
at ESAC. Splinter sessions will be organized in the afternoon of the last day.
Where?
The meeting will be held at the European Space
Astronomy Centre (ESAC) of ESA in Villafranca del Castillo,
Villanueva de la Cañada, close to Madrid (Spain).
Please, be aware that ESAC is not easily
accessible by public transportation. Refer to the ESAC access
web pages.
How?
Please the send the Registration
Form to the Meeting Organizers by email:
The number of participants will be limited by the room available to us. We cannot guarantee any financial support.
No poster presentations are foreseen. No registration fee is requested.
Question? Doubts? Anguishes?
Please email the Meeting Organizers.
Looking forward to meeting you at ESAC!
Matteo Guainazzi, Vladimir Karas & Giorgio Matt