1st CTA Science Symposium
from
Monday 6 May 2019 (12:00)
to
Thursday 9 May 2019 (15:25)
Monday 6 May 2019
14:00
Welcome
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Federico Ferrini
(
CTAO gGmbH
)
Welcome
Federico Ferrini
(
CTAO gGmbH
)
14:00 - 14:25
Room: Teatro Duse
14:25
Setting the stage
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Werner Hofmann
(
MPIK
)
Setting the stage
Werner Hofmann
(
MPIK
)
14:25 - 14:50
Room: Teatro Duse
15:45
Project status (including operations)
-
Wolfgang Wild
(
CTAO
)
Project status (including operations)
Wolfgang Wild
(
CTAO
)
15:45 - 16:20
Room: Teatro Duse
16:20
CTA in the context of astrophysics in the 2020s
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Roger Blandford
(
KIPAC, Stanford
)
CTA in the context of astrophysics in the 2020s
Roger Blandford
(
KIPAC, Stanford
)
16:20 - 17:00
Room: Teatro Duse
Tuesday 7 May 2019
09:00
Space-based gamma-ray detectors
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Julie McEnery
Space-based gamma-ray detectors
Julie McEnery
09:00 - 09:30
Room: Teatro Duse
09:30
Imaging Array Cherenkov Telescopes
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Jamie Holder
(
University of Delaware
)
Imaging Array Cherenkov Telescopes
Jamie Holder
(
University of Delaware
)
09:30 - 10:00
Room: Teatro Duse
10:30
Large field of view ground-based detectors
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Petra Hüntemeyer
Large field of view ground-based detectors
Petra Hüntemeyer
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Teatro Duse
11:00
Introduction to Key Science Projects and Particle acceleration in CTA
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Rene Ong
(
UCLA
)
Introduction to Key Science Projects and Particle acceleration in CTA
Rene Ong
(
UCLA
)
11:00 - 11:28
Room: Teatro Duse
11:28
New physics in Key Science Projects
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Subir Sarkar
(
University of Oxford
)
New physics in Key Science Projects
Subir Sarkar
(
University of Oxford
)
11:28 - 11:50
Room: Teatro Duse
11:50
MeV / GeV neutrinos
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Takaaki Kajita
(
ICRR, Univeristy of Tokyo
)
MeV / GeV neutrinos
Takaaki Kajita
(
ICRR, Univeristy of Tokyo
)
11:50 - 12:25
Room: Teatro Duse
12:25
TeV / PeV neutrinos
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Francis Halzen
TeV / PeV neutrinos
Francis Halzen
12:25 - 13:00
Room: Teatro Duse
14:30
Gravitational wave astronomy
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Rai Weiss
Gravitational wave astronomy
Rai Weiss
14:30 - 15:00
Room: Teatro Duse
15:00
Radio Astronomy
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Robert Laing
Radio Astronomy
Robert Laing
15:00 - 15:30
Room: Teatro Duse
15:30
Optical and infrared astronomy
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Matthias Steinmetz
(
Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP)
)
Optical and infrared astronomy
Matthias Steinmetz
(
Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP)
)
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Teatro Duse
16:00
Millimeter and sub-millimeter astronomy
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Reinhard Genzel
Millimeter and sub-millimeter astronomy
Reinhard Genzel
16:00 - 16:30
Room: Teatro Duse
16:30
X-ray astronomy
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Luigi Piro
X-ray astronomy
Luigi Piro
16:30 - 17:00
Room: Teatro Duse
Wednesday 8 May 2019
09:00
Simulations and laboratory experiments
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Frederico Fiuza
Simulations and laboratory experiments
Frederico Fiuza
09:00 - 09:25
Room: Teatro Duse
09:25
Theory and astrophysical observations
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Anne Decourchelle
Theory and astrophysical observations
Anne Decourchelle
09:25 - 09:50
Room: Teatro Duse
09:50
Particle acceleration by kinetic instabilities in accretion disks
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Mario Riquelme
Particle acceleration by kinetic instabilities in accretion disks
Mario Riquelme
09:50 - 10:10
Room: Teatro Duse
10:10
Experimental analogue of UHECR transport with a laser-produced turbulent magnetized plasma
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Gianluca Gregori
Experimental analogue of UHECR transport with a laser-produced turbulent magnetized plasma
Gianluca Gregori
10:10 - 10:30
Room: Teatro Duse
11:30
Pulsars and their nebulae
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Anatoly Spitkovsky
Pulsars and their nebulae
Anatoly Spitkovsky
11:30 - 11:55
Room: Teatro Duse
11:55
Accreting compact objects
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Chris Done
Accreting compact objects
Chris Done
11:55 - 12:20
Room: Teatro Duse
12:20
Gamma-ray bursts
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Giancarlo Ghirlanda
Gamma-ray bursts
Giancarlo Ghirlanda
12:20 - 12:45
Room: Teatro Duse
12:45
The microquasars of the Cygnus region: gamma-ray emission and perspectives with CTA
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Giovanni Piano
The microquasars of the Cygnus region: gamma-ray emission and perspectives with CTA
Giovanni Piano
12:45 - 12:58
Room: Teatro Duse
12:58
3D simulations of pulsar bow shock nebulae
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Barbara Olmi
3D simulations of pulsar bow shock nebulae
Barbara Olmi
12:58 - 13:11
Room: Teatro Duse
13:11
Discovery of Late-Time Very High Energy Emission from a Gamma-ray Burst Afterglow
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Edna L. Ruiz Velasco
Discovery of Late-Time Very High Energy Emission from a Gamma-ray Burst Afterglow
Edna L. Ruiz Velasco
13:11 - 13:24
Room: Teatro Duse
14:20
Non-thermal emission from active galaxies
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Gabriele Ghisellini
Non-thermal emission from active galaxies
Gabriele Ghisellini
14:20 - 14:45
Room: Teatro Duse
14:45
Compact objects and Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays
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Andrew Taylor
Compact objects and Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays
Andrew Taylor
14:45 - 15:10
Room: Teatro Duse
15:10
Neutrinos from TXS 0506+056
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Silke Britzen
Neutrinos from TXS 0506+056
Silke Britzen
15:10 - 15:25
Room: Teatro Duse
15:25
Locating the blazar zone
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Elina Lindfors
(
Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku
)
Locating the blazar zone
Elina Lindfors
(
Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku
)
15:25 - 15:40
Room: Teatro Duse
15:40
VLBI location of the sites of high-energy emission production in AGN
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Nick MacDonald
VLBI location of the sites of high-energy emission production in AGN
Nick MacDonald
15:40 - 15:55
Room: Teatro Duse
15:55
The high-energy view of the outflow from the Galactic Center
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Gabriele Ponti
The high-energy view of the outflow from the Galactic Center
Gabriele Ponti
15:55 - 16:10
Room: Teatro Duse
16:40
Star-forming system with focus on Galactic Center
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Roland Crocker
Star-forming system with focus on Galactic Center
Roland Crocker
16:40 - 17:05
Room: Teatro Duse
17:05
Role of cosmic rays in galaxy evolution
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Volker Springel
Role of cosmic rays in galaxy evolution
Volker Springel
17:05 - 17:30
Room: Teatro Duse
17:30
Cosmic Ray Production to above 100 PeV in Compact Galactic Star Clusters
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Don Ellison
Cosmic Ray Production to above 100 PeV in Compact Galactic Star Clusters
Don Ellison
17:30 - 17:45
Room: Teatro Duse
17:45
High-mass protostellar jets: a new class of gamma-ray sources
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Anabella Araudo
High-mass protostellar jets: a new class of gamma-ray sources
Anabella Araudo
17:45 - 18:00
Room: Teatro Duse
Thursday 9 May 2019
09:00
Probing intergalactic magnetic fields
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Rafael Alves Batista
Probing intergalactic magnetic fields
Rafael Alves Batista
09:00 - 09:25
Room: Teatro Duse
09:25
Constraining the Extragalactic Background Light
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Marco Ajello
Constraining the Extragalactic Background Light
Marco Ajello
09:25 - 09:50
Room: Teatro Duse
09:50
Testing cosmology and fundamental physics with the Cherenkov Telescope Array
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Manuel Meyer
(
Stanford University
)
Testing cosmology and fundamental physics with the Cherenkov Telescope Array
Manuel Meyer
(
Stanford University
)
09:50 - 10:10
Room: Teatro Duse
10:10
Testing primordial axion-driven cosmic magnetogenisis with CTA
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Francesco Miniati
Testing primordial axion-driven cosmic magnetogenisis with CTA
Francesco Miniati
10:10 - 10:30
Room: Teatro Duse
11:00
Dark matter and Lorentz Invariance Violation
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John Ellis
(
King's College London
)
Dark matter and Lorentz Invariance Violation
John Ellis
(
King's College London
)
11:00 - 11:40
Room: Teatro Duse
11:40
Stellar intensity interferometry measurements with CTA
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Michael Daniel
(
Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
)
Stellar intensity interferometry measurements with CTA
Michael Daniel
(
Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
)
11:40 - 12:00
Room: Teatro Duse
12:00
Event Horizon Telescope
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Maciek Wielgus
Event Horizon Telescope
Maciek Wielgus
12:00 - 12:20
Room: Teatro Duse
12:20
Neutrino telescopes in the Mediterranean Sea: the present and the future
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Maurizio Spurio
Neutrino telescopes in the Mediterranean Sea: the present and the future
Maurizio Spurio
12:20 - 12:40
Room: Teatro Duse
12:40
How can CTA perform best in the changing gravitational wave follow-up landscape?
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Imre Bartos
How can CTA perform best in the changing gravitational wave follow-up landscape?
Imre Bartos
12:40 - 13:00
Room: Teatro Duse
14:30
The ESO programme
-
Xavier Barcons
(
ESO
)
The ESO programme
Xavier Barcons
(
ESO
)
14:30 - 15:00
Room: Teatro Duse
15:00
Where do we go from here?
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Catherine Cesarsky
(
SAp, CEA Saclay
)
Where do we go from here?
Catherine Cesarsky
(
SAp, CEA Saclay
)
15:00 - 15:25
Room: Teatro Duse