GARX members organize ASTRAL-X: X-ray Astronomy School
Joint IAU I-HOW and COSPAR Capacity Building Workshop.
Advanced Spectral-Timing, Polarimetry, and High-Resolution Spectroscopy X-ray School for Latin-America. Intensive X-ray astrophysics programme for students and early career researchers, with hands-on training on XRISM, NICER, IXPE, NuSTAR, machine learning tools and theory.
DECEMBER 1-12, 2025 - LA PLATA | ARGENTINA
Introduction to X-Ray Astronomy
Course offered by the Faculty of Astronomical and Geophysical Sciences – National University of La Plata.
Contents: Fundamentals of X-ray astronomy. Radiative processes. X-ray emitters. Instrumentation. State-of-the-art telescopes. Data extraction. Data reduction and analysis software. Calibration. Event files. Image creation. Light curves and variability analysis. Spectral extraction and fitting. Calibration of Chandra data. Image processing across different energy bands. Combining multiple Chandra observations. X-ray light curves, variability analysis, and spectra. Absorption and emission models.