COSPAR WORKSHOP
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Regional Workshop for Latin American Astronomers

DATA PROCESSING FROM THE CHANDRA AND

XMM-NEWTON SPACE MISSIONS

An Advanced School for Astronomers Working at all Wavelengths

The objective of the workshop is to encourage and develop use of the Chandra and XMM -NEWTON archives by scientists in Latin America. It will be held at the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, San Jose dos Campos, Brazil from 4-13th December 2001. The scientific themes are intended to foster use of Chandra and XMM in multi-wavelength astronomy, to relate to existing research in Latin America and to science for which Chandra and XMM are proving especially effective, such as clusters and groups of galaxies, AGN, X-ray binaries, neutron stars and black holes, and emission from hot plasmas.

Half the time of the workshop will be spent in practical classes led by experienced demonstrators and students will learn how to set up and use the appropriate software systems and will start or carry out a short project. The other half will be spent in lectures about equally on data processing and statistics and on topics in X-ray astronomy. The working language of the workshop will be English.

The workshop will be of interest to young post-docs and postgraduate students working in any area of astronomy, final-year undergraduates expecting to start research in astronomy, and to advanced but isolated researchers wishing to use astronomical space data and needing to acquire the relevant skills to participate more fully in the work of the international space research community. A number of scholarships will be available which will cover a substantial part of the cost of travel and subsistence. These will be allocated competitively.

Further details and application forms can be obtained at: http://www.inpe.br/unidades/cep/atividadescep/calendario/chandra.htm

This meeting is the first in a series of planned COSPAR Capacity-Building Workshops designed to create lasting bridges between researchers in developing and developed countries in a variety of space related domains. This particular workshop is co-sponsored by IAU, INPE, NASA, and ESA.

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