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Conference Proceedings

  1. M. Barbera, S. Sciortino, G. Micela, G.S. Vaiana, F.R. Harnden, Jr., R. Rosner, "X-ray Emission at Low Mass End of the MS: Results from An Extensive Einstein Observatory Survey", 1992, Mem. S.A.It., 63, 743, Presented at the JCM IAU meeting "Solar and Stellar Coronae", Buenos Aires, July 31 1991.

  2. M. Barbera, G. Micela, S. Sciortino, F. R. Harnden, Jr., R. Rosner, "Coronal Emission at Low-Mass End: Results from an Optical-Selected Sample of Nearby K and M Stars Surveyed with the Einstein Observatory", 1993, Physics of Solar and Stellar Coronae, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 279, J. Linsky & S. Serio eds., Presented at the "G. S. Vaiana Memorial Symposium: Advances in Stellar and Solar Coronal Physics", Palermo, June 22-26, 1992.

  3. A. Collura, M. Barbera, G. Inzerillo, A. Maggio, G. Micela, F. Mirabello, S. Sciortino, S. Serio, "The G.S. Vaiana X-ray Astronomy Calibration and Testing Facility (XACT)", 1993, Mem. S.A.It., 64, 633, Presented at the XXXVI Meeting of S.A.It., Teramo 6-9 Maggio 1992.

  4. A. Collura, M. Barbera, G. Inzerillo, A. Maggio, G. Micela, F. Mirabello, S. Sciortino, S. Serio, G. Peres, "The G. S. Vaiana X-ray Astronomy Calibration and Testing (XACT) Facility", 1993, Physics of Solar and Stellar Coronae, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 275, J. Linsky & S. Serio eds., Presented at the "G. S. Vaiana Memorial Symposium: Advances in Stellar and Solar Coronal Physics", Palermo, June 22-26, 1992.

  5. F. Favata, M. Barbera, G. Micela, S. Sciortino, "Lithium Abundance Determination in EMSS Stellar Sources", 1993, Physics of Solar and Stellar Coronae, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 303, J. Linsky & S. Serio eds., Presented at the "G. S. Vaiana Memorial Symposium: Advances in Stellar and Solar Coronal Physics", Palermo, June 22-26, 1992.

  6. F. Favata, M. Barbera, G. Micela, S. Sciortino, "The Study of the Stellar Activity-Age Correlation in Field Star Sample Through Lithium Abundance Studies", 1994, Frontiers of Space and Ground-based Astronomy, Kluwer Academic Publisher, 589, W. Wamsteker, M. S. Longair & Y. Kondo eds.

  7. F. Reale, M. Barbera, S. Sciortino, "A Parallel 2-D Hydrodynamic FORTRAN Code for Astrophysical Applications on Meiko Computing Surface", 1993, Future Generation Computer Systems, 9, 19, Presented at the 3rd Meiko User's Conference, Manchester (UK), 9-10 April 1992.

  8. G. Peres, G. Micela, M. Barbera, S. Sciortino, S. Serio, "Sky simulations for X-ray Telescopes", 1993, Mem. S.A.It., 64, 716, Proceedings of the XXXVII Congress of the S.A.It - May 1993, Florence.

  9. F. Favata, G. Micela, S. Sciortino, M. Barbera, 1993, "The Correlation Between Lithium and Activity in Late-Type Main Sequence Stars", A.S.P. Conference Series, 276, J.P. Caillault ed., Presented at the Eighth Cool Star Workshop, Athene, Georgia, Oct. 11-14.

  10. M. Barbera, A. Collura, F. Favata, G. Inzerillo, F. Mirabello, "Simple Gas Scintillation Proportional Counter soft X-ray detector for laboratory usage", Presented at the 5 Conferenza Scientifica Triennale del Comitato Regionale di ricerche nucleari e di struttura della materia, 1995, Atti Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti, Classe I di Scienze, Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali, LXXII, 661.

  11. F. Bocchino, M. Barbera , S. Sciortino, "Time Screening Optimization Algorithm for ROSAT PSPC/HRI Observations", 1995, RoentgenStrahlung from the Universe (MPE Report 263), 673, H.U. Zimmermann, J.E. Trumper & H. Yorke eds., Presented at "RoentgenStrahlung from the Universe", Wurzburg (Germany), 25-29 September 1995.

  12. A. Collura, M. Barbera, S. Sciortino, S. Serio, "The EUV/X-ray Astronomy Calibration and Testing Facility at the Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo G.S. Vaiana", 1995, Presented at the Jenam Meeting held in Catania (Sicily), 25-29 September 1995.

  13. M. Barbera, F. Bocchino, F. Damiani, F. Favata, F.R. Harnden, Jr., G. Micela, S. Sciortino, "ROSAT PSPC/HRI Observation of the Young Open CLuster NGC2422", 1996, Cool stars, stellar systems and the sun - 9th Cambridge Workshop, A.S.P. Conf. Series, 355, A.K. Dupree & R. Pallavicini eds., Presented at the 9th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems and the Sun, Florence (Italy), 3-6 October 1995.

  14. G. Mackie, G. Fabbiano, M. Barbera, F. Bocchino, F. Damiani, A. Maggio, G. Micela, S. Sciortino, F. R. Harnden, Jr., D.-W. Kim, P. Ciliegi, "A Reduction and Analysis Pipeline for ROSAT PSPC Data", 1996, Proceedings of the meeting "Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems V", 179, G.H. Jacoby & J. Barnes eds., Presented at "ADASS 95", Tucson, 22-26 October 1995.

  15. A. Collura, M. Barbera, S. Sciortino, S. Serio, "The XACT facility at the Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo G.S. Vaiana", 1996, Proceedings of the workshop on High Throughput X-ray Spectroscopy, 1996, Cambridge (MA, USA) , 371, Presented at the Workshop on High Throughput X-ray Spectroscopy, September, 30 - October 1, 1996, Cambridge (MA, USA).

  16. A. Collura, M. Barbera, S. Sciortino, S. Serio, "The EUV/X-ray Astronomy Calibration and Testing Facility at the Osservatorio, Astronomico di Palermo G.S. Vaiana", 1996, Leicester X-ray Astronomy Group Special Report XRA97/02, 153, Turner M.J.L. & Watson M. G. eds., Presented at the New Generation X-ray Observatories Workshop, September 1996, Leicester (U.K.).

  17. M. Cannas, M. Barbera, R. Boscaino, A. Collura, F.M. Gelardi, S. Varisco, "Photoluminescence activity in natural silica excited in the vacuum UV range", 1998, Presented at 2nd French-Italian Symposium SiO2 and Advanced dielectrics, L'Aquila, June 15-17, 1998.

  18. M. Barbera, A. Collura, M. Artale, R. Candia, A. Cavadi, F. Mirabello, G. Peres, E. Perinati, S. Sciortino, S. Serio, S. Varisco, S. Bandler, S. S. Murray, H. W. Schnopper, E. Silver, M. V. Zombeck, "The XACT facility at OAPA: ongoing projects and future developments", 1999, Mem. S.A.It., in press, Presented at XLIII Congresso Nazionale della S.A.It., Napoli 4-8 Maggio, 1999.

  19. M. Barbera, A. Collura, M. Artale, R. Candia, A. Cavadi, F. Mirabello, G. Peres, E. Perinati, S. Sciortino, S. Serio, S. Varisco, S. Bandler, S. S. Murray, H. W. Schnopper, E. Silver, M. V. Zombeck, "The XACT facility at OAPA: ongoing projects and future developments", 2000, Astrotech Journal, 2, 2, Presented at the Conference "Telescopes, instruments and data processing for astronomy in the year 2000", 12-15 Maggio, 1999, S. Agata (Napoli).

  20. G.E. Villa, M. Balasini, M. Barbera, G. Cafagna, L. Chiappetti, A. Collura, M. Conte, G. Di Cocco, F. Gianotti, N. La Palombara, G. Peres, E. Perinati, P. Massa, S. Molendi, C. Musso, J.B. Stephen, M. Trifoglio , "The EPIC Experiment On-board the XMM Satellite", 1999, Mem. S.A.It., in press, Presented at XLIII Congresso Nazionale della S.A.It., Napoli 4-8 Maggio, 1999.

  21. M. Barbera, A. Collura, H. Schnopper, R. Ingram, S. Bandler, R. Candia, S. Romaine, E. Silver, S. Varisco, "Testing of thin plastic foil grazing incidence X-Ray optics at the XACT facility of OAPA", 2001, A.S.P. Conference Series, 234, in press, R. Giacconi, L. Stella & S. Serio eds., Presented at the Meeting "X-Ray Astronomy 2000", Mondello (Palermo), 4-9 September 2000.

  22. A. Collura, M. Barbera, S. Serio, S. Varisco, "The XACT facility at OAPA: present status and ongoing projects", 2001, A.S.P. Conference Series, 234, in press , R. Giacconi, L. Stella & S. Serio eds., Presented at the Meeting "X-Ray Astronomy 2000", Mondello (Palermo), 4-9 September 2000.

  23. H. Schnopper, E. Silver, S. Murray, C. Jones, W. Forman, S. Bandler, S. Romaine, P. Slane, J. Grindlay, N. Madden, J. Beeman, E. Haller, D. Smith, M. Barbera, A. Collura, F. Christensen, B. Ramsey, S. Woosley, R. Diehl, G. Tucker, J. Fabregat, V. Reglero, A. Gimenez, "B-MINE: Balloon-borne Microcalorimeter Nuclear Line Explorer", 2001, A.S.P. Conference Series, 234, in press , R. Giacconi, L. Stella & S. Serio eds., Presented at the Meeting "X-Ray Astronomy 2000", Mondello (Palermo), 4-9 September 2000.

  24. E. Silver, H. Schnopper, S. Bandler, N. Brickhouse, S. Murray, M. Barbera, E. Takacs, J.D. Gillaspy, J.V. Porto, I. Kink, R. Deslattes, L. Hudson, J.M Laming, "Laboratory Astrophysics Using a Microcalorimeter on an Electron Beam Ion Trap", 2001, A.S.P. Conference Series, 234, in press , R. Giacconi, L. Stella & S. Serio eds., Presented at the Meeting "X-Ray Astronomy 2000", Mondello (Palermo), 4-9 September 2000.

  25. M. Barbera, A. Collura, G. Peres, F. Reale, S. Orlando, S. Serio, "The OAPA/DpSFA: Solar Physics, Instrumental Expertise, and the XACT Facility", 2001, ESA Special Publication SP-493, in press, Presented at the First Solar Orbiter Workshop, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife (Spain), 14 - 18 May 2001.

  26. M.V. Zombeck, M. Barbera, Y. Butt, J.J. Drake, F.R. Harnden, S.S. Murray, B.J. Wargelin, "The Out-of-band Response of the HRC on Chandra", 2001, A.S.P. Conference Series, 234, in press , R. Giacconi, L. Stella & S. Serio eds., Presented at the Meeting "X-Ray Astronomy 2000", Mondello (Palermo), 4-9 September 2000.

  27. E. Silver, H. Schnopper, S. Bandler, N. Brinckhouse, S. Murray, M. Barbera, E. Takacs, M. Laming, I. Kink, J. Porto, J. Gillaspy, R. Deslattes, L. Hudson, N. Madden, D. Landis, J. Beeman, E. Haller, "Laboratory Astrophysics Survey of Key X-Ray Diagnostic Lines Using a Microcalorimeter on an Electron Beam Ion Trap", 2000, B.A.A.S., 32, 4332, presented to the 2000 meeting of the AAS High Energy Astrophysics Division, 5-10 November 2000, Honolulu, Hawaii.

  28. H.W. Schnopper, M. Barbera, R.H. Ingram, E.H. Silver, S.E. Romaine, S. Bandler, S.S. Murray, F.E. Christensen, A.M. Hussain, A. Collura, "X-ray optics made from thin plastic foils", 2000, B.A.A.S., 32, 4330, presented to the 2000 meeting of the AAS High Energy Astrophysics Division, 5-10 November 2000, Honolulu, Hawaii.

  29. S.R. Bandler, E.H. Silver, H.W. Schnopper, S.S. Murray, N. Madden, D. Landis, J. Beeman, E.E. Haller, J.D. Gillaspy, E. Takacsc, I. Kink, M. Barbera, M. Artale, "X-ray Spectroscopy of Exotic Ions With an X-ray Microcalorimeter", 2001, American Institute of Physics conf. series, in press, Presented at the 9th international workshop on Low Temperature Detectors, Madison, WI, 23-27 July, 2001.

  30. M. Barbera, G. Peres, S. Orlando, F. Reale, A. Collura, S. Serio, E. Silver, S. Bandler, H. Schnopper, E. Costa, R. Bellazzini, "CALOS: an Experiment to Study the Solar Corona with an Array of NTD Germanium Microcalorimeters", 2001, American Institute of Physics conf. series, in press, Presented at the 9th international workshop on Low Temperature Detectors, Madison, WI, 23-27 July, 2001.

  31. J. Beeman, E. Silver, S. Bandlerb, H. Schnopper, S. Murray, N. Madden, D. Landis, E. E. Haller, M. Barbera, "The Constellation-X Focal Plane Microcalorimeter Array: An NTD-Germanium Solution", 2001, American Institute of Physics conf. series, in press, Presented at the 9th international workshop on Low Temperature Detectors, Madison, WI, 23-27 July, 2001.

  32. E. Silver, S. Bandler, H. Schnopper, S. Murray, N. Madden, D. Landis, J. Beeman, E.E. Haller, M. Barbera, "X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Astronomy with NTD Germanium-based Microcalorimeters: Progress Toward Plasma Diagnostics and Nuclear Line Observations", 2001, American Institute of Physics conf. series, in press, Presented at the 9th international workshop on Low Temperature Detectors, Madison, WI, 23-27 July, 2001.

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