Name: 1st CTA Science Symposium
Start: 2019-05-06T12:00:00+02:00
End: 2019-05-09T15:25:00+02:00
Location: Italy Headquarters, Bologna

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 - Federico Ferrini (CTAO gGmbH)
Welcome
- Federico Ferrini (CTAO gGmbH)
14:00 - 14:25
Room: Teatro Duse
14:25 Setting the stage - 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 - 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 - Julie McEnery
Space-based gamma-ray detectors
- Julie McEnery
09:00 - 09:30
Room: Teatro Duse
09:30 Imaging Array Cherenkov Telescopes - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Francis Halzen
TeV / PeV neutrinos
- Francis Halzen
12:25 - 13:00
Room: Teatro Duse
14:30 Gravitational wave astronomy - Rai Weiss
Gravitational wave astronomy
- Rai Weiss
14:30 - 15:00
Room: Teatro Duse
15:00 Radio Astronomy - Robert Laing
Radio Astronomy
- Robert Laing
15:00 - 15:30
Room: Teatro Duse
15:30 Optical and infrared astronomy - 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 - Reinhard Genzel
Millimeter and sub-millimeter astronomy
- Reinhard Genzel
16:00 - 16:30
Room: Teatro Duse
16:30 X-ray astronomy - Luigi Piro
X-ray astronomy
- Luigi Piro
16:30 - 17:00
Room: Teatro Duse
Wednesday 8 May 2019 ¶
09:00 Simulations and laboratory experiments - Frederico Fiuza
Simulations and laboratory experiments
- Frederico Fiuza
09:00 - 09:25
Room: Teatro Duse
09:25 Theory and astrophysical observations - 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 - 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 - 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 - Anatoly Spitkovsky
Pulsars and their nebulae
- Anatoly Spitkovsky
11:30 - 11:55
Room: Teatro Duse
11:55 Accreting compact objects - Chris Done
Accreting compact objects
- Chris Done
11:55 - 12:20
Room: Teatro Duse
12:20 Gamma-ray bursts - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Silke Britzen
Neutrinos from TXS 0506+056
- Silke Britzen
15:10 - 15:25
Room: Teatro Duse
15:25 Locating the blazar zone - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Rafael Alves Batista
Probing intergalactic magnetic fields
- Rafael Alves Batista
09:00 - 09:25
Room: Teatro Duse
09:25 Constraining the Extragalactic Background Light - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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? - 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? - Catherine Cesarsky (SAp, CEA Saclay)
Where do we go from here?
- Catherine Cesarsky (SAp, CEA Saclay)
15:00 - 15:25
Room: Teatro Duse

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