Name: STIX workshop
Start: 2026-07-22T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-07-24T17:00:00+01:00
Location: DIAS Burlington Road

STIX workshop

from Wednesday, 22 July 2026 (09:00) to Friday, 24 July 2026 (17:00)

Monday, 20 July 2026
Tuesday, 21 July 2026
Wednesday, 22 July 2026

09:00 Arrival and registration
Arrival and registration
09:00 - 09:10
09:10 Session 1: STIX general status
STIX general status
09:10 - 10:30
Contributions

09:10 STIX general update - Säm Krucker

09:30 STIX detector status - Olivier Limousin (CEA Saclay, DRF/IRFU/Astrophysics Division)

09:50 STIX data calibration: update and future work - Paolo Massa (University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW))

10:10 Discussion - All .
10:30 Coffee
Coffee
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Session 2: STIX software, aspect, imaging
STIX software, aspect, imaging
11:00 - 12:30
Contributions

11:00 STIX software update + demo - Shane Maloney (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies)

11:30 STIX aspect update - Frédéric Schuller

12:00 Imaging compact sources with fine-resolution sub-collimators - Agnieszka Kopacz (University of Wrocław)
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Session 3: Solar Orbiter Major Flare Campaigns and EUI/HRI studies
Solar Orbiter Major Flare Campaigns and EUI/HRI studies
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions

14:00 An overview of the Solar Orbiter Major Flare Campaigns - Laura Hayes (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies)

14:20 Variations in Energy Transport during Flares - Rachel Hubbard (Mullard Space Science Laboratory)

14:40 Constraining Flare Simulation Inputs with STIX and EUI - Madison Liebel

15:00 First statistical results from the Solar Orbiter flare campaign - Samuel Krucker
15:30 Coffee
Coffee
15:30 - 16:00
16:00 Session 4: Particle acceleration and nonthermal diagnostics
Particle acceleration and nonthermal diagnostics
16:00 - 18:00
Contributions

16:00 From C-class to X-class: investigating efficient particle acceleration in Fermi/LAT gamma-ray solar flares - Andrea F. Battaglia (IRSOL)

16:30 Non-thermal emission in failed filament eruptions - Song Tan (Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP))

17:00 HXR observations at flux rope anchor points evidenced by magnetic field extrapolations - Muriel Zoë Stiefel (FHNW & ETHZ)

17:30 Search for signatures of nonthermal collisions in optical spectropolarimetry: combined STIX and IRSOL/ZIMPOL flare observations - Andrea F. Battaglia (IRSOL)
Thursday, 23 July 2026
09:00 Session 5: Large-sample STIX analysis and X-ray diagnostics
Large-sample STIX analysis and X-ray diagnostics
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 X-ray data analysis in the framework of the SOLER project - Alexander Warmuth (Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP))

09:30 A spectral analysis of a large sample of >M5 STIX flares using an automated Python based pipeline - Jake Mitchell (Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP))

10:00 The energy-altitude relation anomalies in solar flares: statistical results and the role of chromospheric density variations - Katarzyna Mikuła (Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences)
10:30 Coffee
Coffee
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Session 6: Magnetic context, active regions, and flare productivity
Magnetic context, active regions, and flare productivity
11:00 - 12:30
Contributions

11:00 Activity nests as prolific flare factory: from solar minimum to maximum - Antoine Strugarek

11:30 Investigating the repeated occurrence of hard microflares in AR 13141 - Andrea F. Battaglia (IRSOL)

12:00 Influence of Flare Iron Abundance Variations on GOES XRS Data Interpretation - Janusz Sylwester (Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Solar Physics Division)
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Session 7: MeDDEA, PADRE, and multi-viewpoint HXR observations
MeDDEA, PADRE, and multi-viewpoint HXR observations
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions

14:00 Hard X-ray solar flare observations by the Measuring Directivity to Determine Electron Anisotropy (MeDDEA) instrument on the PADRE CubeSat Observatory - Olivier Limousin (CEA Saclay, DRF/IRFU/Astrophysics Division)

14:20 Observing a solar flare from two perspectives: First MeDDEA–STIX results - Muriel Zoë Stiefel

14:40 Joint STIX and HXI Observations of Solar Flares and Analysis of Behind-the-Limb Flares - Karol Kułaga (Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences)

15:00 CEA LDE3 statistical study of STIX flares from 2024 data - Susanna Parenti (CEA DAp Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris Cité, CNRS)
15:30 Coffee
Coffee
15:30 - 16:00
16:00 Session 8: Flare catalogues, statistics, and data products
Flare catalogues, statistics, and data products
16:00 - 18:00
Contributions

16:00 Statistical analysis of STIX flare time profiles - Dearbhail O'Mahony

16:20 Preparing the second data release of CoSEE-Cat - Frederic Schuller (AIP Potsdam, Germany)

16:40 Hugh's new discovery in 7 slides - Hugh Hudson

17:00 Discussion: STIX flare catalogues, Solar Orbiter event lists, and shared data products - All .

17:30 Discussion: stereoscopy, directivity, occulted flares, and cross-calibration - All .
19:00 Workshop dinner at Searsons
Workshop dinner at Searsons
19:00 - 21:00
Friday, 24 July 2026
09:30 Session 9: Eruptions, radio emission, and SEP-producing events
Eruptions, radio emission, and SEP-producing events
09:30 - 11:00
Contributions

09:30 The 18 January 2026 eruption and its severe solar energetic particle event - Mohamed Nedal (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies)

10:00 Multiwavelength Study of a Complex Solar Eruption on 28 March 2025 - Shilpi Bhunia (Observatoire de Paris)

10:30 Electron Beams Producing Radio U-Bursts - Hamish Reid
11:00 Coffee
Coffee
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 Session 10: Open questions in high-energy solar flare physics
Open questions in high-energy solar flare physics
11:30 - 12:30
Contributions

12:00 Open Discussion - All .
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Session 11: Next steps and wrap-up
Next steps and wrap-up
14:00 - 16:30
Contributions

14:00 Next steps with STIX (and SPARK), workshop wrap-up and action planning. - All .