Constellation-X Poster Sessions at the January AAS Meeting in Washington, DC

Constellation-X Technology Posters (Session 12)

Properties of Vapor-Deposited Au:Er Films for Metallic Magnetic Calorimeters: H. Eguchi, R. Bruni, Y. H. Huang, A. N. Mocharnuk-Macchia, S. Romaine, G. M. Seidel, B. Sethumadhavan, and W. Yao
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Large Field of View for Constellation-X with Position-Sensitive Transition-Edge Sensors: E. Figueroa-Feliciano, S. R. Bandler, J. Chervenak, F. Finkbeiner, A. Hornschemeier, N. Iyomoto, R. L. Kelley, C. A. Kilbourne, F. S. Porter, J. Sadleir, J. White
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Highlights of Constellation-X Reflection Grating Spectrometer Technology Development: K. Flanagan, W. Cash, R. Heilmann, G. Prigozhin, A. Rasmussen, G. Ricker, M. Schattenburg, A. Shipley
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The Con-X Hard X-Ray Telescope and its angular resolution: P. Gorenstein and S. Romaine
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Soft x-ray reflection grating technology development for Constellation-X: R. K. Heilmann, M. Akilian, C.-H. Chang, J. C. Montoya, Y. Zhao, and M. L. Schattenburg
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Multiplexed x-ray microcalorimeters with improved energy resolution for Constellation-X: K. D. Irwin, J. A. Beall, W. B. Doriese, W. D. Duncan, L. Ferreira, G. C. Hilton, C. D. Reintsema, D. R. Schmidt, J. N. Ullom, L. R. Vale, Y. Xu, B. L. Zink
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Requirements, Goals and Challenges for an X-Ray Microcalorimeter Spectrometer on the Constellation-X Observatory: R. Kelley
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High-density arrays of x-ray microcalorimeters for Constellation-X: C. A. Kilbourne, S. R. Bandler, J. A. Chervenak, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, F. M. Finkbeiner, N. Iyomoto, R. L. Kelley, F. S. Porter, T. Saab, J. Sadleir
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The development of high resolution silicon x-ray microcalorimeters: F.S. Porter, R.L. Kelley, C.A. Kilbourne
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Event Driven X-ray CCD Detector Arrays for the Reflection Grating Spectrometer on the Constellation-X Mission: G. R. Ricker, J. P. Doty, S. E. Kissel, G. Y. Prigozhin
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Development of Prototype Nickel Optic for the Constellation-X Hard X-Ray Telescope: S. Romaine
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Efficiency of a Grazing Incidence Off-Plane Grating in the Soft X-Ray Region: J. F. Seely, J. M. Laming, L. I. Goray, B. Kjornrattanawanich, G. E. Holland, K. A. Flanagan, R. K. Heilmann, C.-H. Chang, M. L. Schattenburg, A. P. Rasmussen
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Advances in NTD Germanium-Based Microcalorimeters For Soft and Hard X-Ray Spectroscopy on Constellation X: E. Silver, G. Austin, J. Beeman, D. Landis, E.E. Haller, N. Madden
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Lightweight X-ray Mirrors for the Constellation-X Mission: W. W. Zhang, D. A. Content, J. P. Lehan, R. Petre, and T. Saha M. V. Gubarev, W. D. Jones, and S. L. O'Dell P. B. Reid
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Constellation-X Example Science Posters (Session 16)

The High Redshift Universe with Constellation-X: F. E. Bauer, D. M. Alexander, G. T. Richards, D. Stern, W. N. Brandt, S. C. Gallagher, A. E. Hornschemeier, R. Mushotzky
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High Energy Stellar and Protostellar Physics with Constellation-X: J. J. Drake, N. S. Brickhouse, E. D. Feigelson, M. Guedel, M. Laming, N. S. Schulz
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The Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium as seen by Constellation-X: N. Fabrizio, M. Shull, F. B. S. Paerels, A. Hornschemeier, M. R. Garcia
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X-rays and Planet Formation: E. D. Feigelson
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Cosmic Feedback: Constraining AGN Outflows: S. C. Gallagher, P. M. Ogle, D. M. Alexander, G. T. Richards, W. N. Brandt, G. Chartas, A. E. Hornschemeier, T. Yaqoob
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Constraining the Progenitors and Explosions of Supernova Remnants with Constellation-X: U. Hwang, J. P. Hughes, C. Badenes, E. Feigelson, F. Paerels, R. Petre, N. Schulz, M. Shull, P. Slane, R. Smith, and S. Snowden
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Studying Cosmic Feedback with Constellation-X (AGN Feedback in Clusters): B. R. McNamara, M. Begelman, M. Donahue, M. Voit
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Revealing Intermediate Mass Black Holes with Constellation-X: J. Miller
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Probing dark energy with Constellation-X: D. Rapetti and S. Allen
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Probing strong gravity and extreme astrophysics around black holes with Constellation-X: C. S. Reynolds, A. J. Young, A. C. Fabian, and the Con-X AGN Science Team
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Neutron Star Equation of State : What Constellation-X might tell us: D. Sanwal, T. Strohmayer, J. Cottam, F. Paerels, M. C. Miller, S. Bhattacharyya, D. Chakrabarty
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High resolution x-ray spectroscopy on Constellation-X: E. Schindhelm, W. Cash and N. Arav
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X-Ray Survey of Interstellar Media with Constellation-X: N. S. Schulz. J. M. Juett, and C. R. Canizares
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High-Resolution Spectroscopy of the Diffuse ISM with Constellation-X: R. Smith
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Measuring the Fundamental Properties of Hot Gas, X-ray Binaries and ULXs in Starburst Galaxies with Constellation-X: D. Strickland and A. Ptak
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Contribution of Constellation-X to the Cosmological Work with High-Redshift Galaxy Clusters: A. Vikhlinin
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