Name: Scientific workshop on the eXTP mission
Start: 2026-08-31T08:00:00+03:00
End: 2026-09-02T18:50:00+03:00
Location: Radisson Blu Marina Palace Hotel

Scientific workshop on the eXTP mission

from Monday, 31 August 2026 (08:00) to Wednesday, 2 September 2026 (18:50)

Monday, 31 August 2026

08:00 Registration
Registration
08:00 - 09:00
09:00 Opening
09:00 - 09:15
Contributions

09:00 Welcome - Shuang-Nan Zhang

09:10 Practical information - Sergey Tsygankov
09:15 eXTP and its era
09:15 - 10:35
Contributions

09:15 Update on the eXTP Mission for Launch in 2030 - Shuang-Nan Zhang

09:30 eXTP as a global mission: payload, science and organization - Feng Hua

09:50 Overall Design and Development Progress of eXTP platform - Yonghe Zhang

10:05 eXTP Mission Overview: Architecture and Development Status - Jianhua Zheng

10:20 International collaboration of the eXTP mission - Hongwei Liu
10:35 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:35 - 11:05
11:05 eXTP and its era
11:05 - 11:55
Contributions

11:05 W2C and CXBe on eXTP: new design, performance and science questions - Roland Walter

11:20 The Globe Orbiting Soft X-ray Polarimeter (GOSoX) - Herman Marshall

11:35 All Sky Monitoring at X-rays: what comes next? - Marco Feroci
11:55 Ultra dense matter
11:55 - 13:00
Contributions

11:55 Introducing the science case for the WG1 (Ultra dense matter) - Sebastien Guillot

12:10 Neutron Star Interiors in the eXTP Era: From Macroscopic Observables to Microphysics - Ang Li

12:35 Constraining the equation of state of ultra-dense matter in neutron stars - Tuomo Salmi
13:00 Lunch break
Lunch break
13:00 - 14:10
14:10 Ultra dense matter
14:10 - 15:10
Contributions

14:10 Pulse profile modelling of accreting millisecond pulsars: disk occultation and parameter inference - Yinghan Mao

14:25 Equation-of-state-informed pulse profile modeling - Mariska Hoogkamer

14:40 Polarised X-ray emission from accreting millisecond pulsars - Alessandro Papitto

14:55 Accreting Millisecond X-ray Pulsars as Laboratories for eXTP-era Spectral and Timing Studies - Andrea Sanna
15:10 Flash talks: WG1
WG1
15:10 - 15:25
Contributions

15:10 Pulse profile modelling of accreting millisecond pulsars before and during the eXTP era - Bas Dorsman

15:13 Evidence for distinct evolutionary channels in neutron star LMXBs: prospects for eXTP - Alessandro Patruno

15:16 Neutron star thermal evolution and inner structure - Xia Zhou
15:25 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:25 - 15:55
15:55 Toward innovative spectral-timing-polarization analysis
15:55 - 17:20
Contributions

15:55 The power of spectral-timing-polarimetry analysis - Adam Ingram

16:20 X-ray spectral-timing of accreting black holes: current challenges and prospects for the eXTP era - Guglielmo Mastroserio

16:40 Phase-Resolved Spectroscopy and Polarimetry of Black-Hole QPOs via Mode Decomposition: Evidence for Precession and Prospects with eXTP - Qingcang Shui

17:00 nDspec: a new Python-based modelling software for multi-dimensional model fitting - Matteo Lucchini
18:00 Reception at the Tuorla observatory
Reception at the Tuorla observatory
18:00 - 22:00
Tuesday, 1 September 2026
09:00 Strong field gravity
09:00 - 10:40
Contributions

09:00 Introducing the science case for the WG2 (Strong field gravity) - Qingcui Bu

09:15 Probe the inner accretion regions around stellar-mass black holes - Bei You

09:40 Probing the inner regions around black holes with spectroscopy, timing and polarimetry - Giorgio Matt

10:05 Accretion geometry of black hole X-ray binaries revealed by X-ray data - Honghui Liu

10:25 Variability from accreting black holes across the full X-ray band - Niek Bollemeijer
10:40 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:40 - 11:10
11:10 Strong field gravity
11:10 - 11:55
Contributions

11:10 The Promise of eXTP for mapping the evolution of accretion flows in X-ray Binaries - Lian Tao

11:25 Bridging simulations and observations: advancing X-ray spectral models with GRMHD - Swarnim Shashank

11:40 X-ray polarimetry as a tool to study compact objects - Juri Poutanen
11:55 Flash talks: WG2
WG2
11:55 - 12:15
Contributions

11:55 A remarkable anti-correlation between optical/hard X-rays in Swift J1727.8-1613 revealed by Insight-HXMT - Ruican Ma

11:58 Understanding the evolution of the coronal geometry through exploiting QPO characteristics - Biki Ram

12:01 A Hidden Pulse: Uncovering a New Timing Signal in Cygnus X-1 with AstroSat - Sandeep Rout
12:15 Magnetism
12:15 - 12:55
Contributions

12:15 Introducing the science case for the WG3 (Magnetism) - Mingyu Ge

12:30 Radiative Processes and QED Effects in strong magnetic fields: Implications for X-ray Pulsars - Alexander Mushtukov
12:55 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:55 - 14:00
14:00 Magnetism
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions

14:00 Highly magnetised isolated neutron star observations - the smoking gun of QED vacuum birefringence? - Ruth Kelly

14:25 Can we see the shape of the magnetic field? - Nabil Brice

14:40 Polarimetric views of X-ray Pulsars: From IXPE to eXTP - Sofia Forsblom

14:55 Study the low accretion rate regime of accreting X-ray pulsars with eXTP - Long Ji

15:15 Phase-Resolved Polarimetry of 1E 2259+586 in an Active State: IXPE Results and Prospects for eXTP - Lorenzo Marra
15:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:30 - 16:00
16:00 Magnetism
16:00 - 16:20
Contributions

16:00 Signatures of thermal resonant Comptonization as geometry tracers in accreting neutron stars - Ekaterina Sokolova-Lapa
16:20 Flash talks: WG3
WG3
16:20 - 16:35
Contributions

16:20 Application of Decentred Rotating Vector Model to Polarization Data of X-ray Pulsars - Sofia Forsblom

16:23 Testing Pulsar Geometry Constraint Methods with Simulated Polarization Data - Alexander Salganik

16:26 Propeller effect in action: Unveiling quenched accretion in the transient X-ray pulsar 4U 0115+63 - Hua Xiao
16:40 Working group coordinators meeting

16:40 - 17:30

18:00 Conference dinner
Conference dinner
18:00 - 21:00
Wednesday, 2 September 2026
09:00 Multimessenger
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 Introducing the science case for the WG4 (Multimessenger) - Simone Dall'Osso

09:15 Enable time-domain and multi-messenger astrophysics, in synergy with future observatories across the electromagnetic and gravitational-wave spectrum - Eleonora Troja

09:30 Fast X-ray Transients: From EP Breakthroughs to eXTP Prospects - He Gao

09:45 Observing Electromagnetic Counterparts of Gravitational-Wave Event - Shu-Xu Yi

10:00 The observational properties of magnetar bursts and outbursts - Lin Lin

10:15 Detection prospects of the emissions from gamma-ray burst by eXTP/PFA - Mi-Xiang Lan
10:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Multimessenger
11:00 - 11:30
Contributions

11:00 LISA and eXTP: overlap and synergy? - Alessandra De Rosa

11:15 eXTP perspectives on Dark Matter searches - Denys Malyshev
11:30 Observatory science
11:30 - 13:00
Contributions

11:30 Introducing the science case for the WG5 (Observatory science) - Ping Zhou

11:45 Exploring X-ray binaries with eXTP - Liang Zhang

12:00 Constraining the geometry of the outer disk region studying the polarization in the X-Ray dips - Alessandro Di Marco

12:15 IXPE view of not pulsating accreting neutron stars in X-ray binaries - Fabio La Monaca

12:30 The efficiency of geometric beaming in super-Eddington X-ray sources - Varpu Ahlberg

12:45 X-ray Polarimetry of Pulsar Wind Nebulae: Insights from IXPE and the Path to eXTP - Kuan Liu
13:00 Lunch break
Lunch break
13:00 - 14:00
14:00 Observatory science
14:00 - 14:45
Contributions

14:00 AGN research expected in the observatory science of eXTP - Jirong Mao

14:15 Changing-State AGN as Laboratories for SMBH Accretion Physics - Claudio Ricci

14:30 Testing particle acceleration and jet composition models in supermassive black hole jets with IXPE - Ioannis Liodakis
14:45 Flash talks: WG4 and WG5
WG4 and WG5
14:45 - 15:15
Contributions

14:45 Fast Radio Bursts from Young Magnetars: High-Energy Tests with eXTP - Marcio G B de Avellar

14:48 TDE Observations with Einstein Probe and Prospects in the eXTP Era - Chichuan Jin

14:51 Galactic X-ray Binaries in the Multi-Wavelength Sky - Artur Avakyan

14:54 Probing jet physics with X-ray polarization: from IXPE to eXTP - Athira M Bharathan

14:57 An angle-dependent synchrotron and SSC polarization model for blazars - Motseothata Tisang

15:00 X-Ray Polarization Properties of High-Synchrotron-Peaked Blazars - Jin Zhang

15:03 How would eXTP contribute to the study of burst-accretion interactions? - Chuanyu Wei
15:15 Future missions
15:15 - 15:35
Contributions

15:15 Building on SVOM: the CATCH-PM constellation for astrophysical transients hunting - Stephan Schanne
15:35 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:35 - 16:05
16:05 Future missions
16:05 - 17:20
Contributions

16:05 The POLAR-2 mission - Hancheng Li

16:20 The EXPO Mission - Lorenzo Marra

16:35 The Herd Mission - Shuang-Nan Zhang

16:50 Combining microarcsec images of accretion disks with eXTP observations - Gilles Koziol

17:05 X-ray interferometric space telescope (XRIstel) mission concept - Phil Uttley
17:20 Concluding remarks
Concluding remarks
17:20 - 17:30