Speaker
Luca Roverelli
(CNR/IMATI)
Description
Modern soft X-ray observatories can yield unique insights into time domain astrophysics, and a huge amount of information is stored - and largely unexploited - in data archives. Like a treasure-hunt, the EXTraS project (Exploring the X-ray Transient and variable Sky, http://www.extras-fp7.eu) is harvesting the hitherto unexplored temporal domain information buried in the serendipitous data collected by the European Photon Imaging Camera (EPIC) instrument onboard the ESA XMM-Newton, in 13 years of observations. Part of this analysis is performed through a dedicated science gateway based on EGI Fedcloud. The final results will become the reference for time domain astrophysics in the soft X-ray band, until a future, dedicated mission is deployed.
