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, May 6, 2019 (12:00 PM) to Thursday, May 9, 2019 (3:25 PM)

Monday, May 6, 2019
2:00 PM Welcome - Federico Ferrini (CTAO gGmbH)
Welcome
- Federico Ferrini (CTAO gGmbH)
2:00 PM - 2:25 PM
Room: Teatro Duse
2:25 PM Setting the stage - Werner Hofmann (MPIK)
Setting the stage
- Werner Hofmann (MPIK)
2:25 PM - 2:50 PM
Room: Teatro Duse
3:45 PM Project status (including operations) - Wolfgang Wild (CTAO)
Project status (including operations)
- Wolfgang Wild (CTAO)
3:45 PM - 4:20 PM
Room: Teatro Duse
4:20 PM 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)
4:20 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Teatro Duse
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
9:00 AM Space-based gamma-ray detectors - Julie McEnery
Space-based gamma-ray detectors
- Julie McEnery
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: Teatro Duse
9:30 AM Imaging Array Cherenkov Telescopes - Jamie Holder (University of Delaware)
Imaging Array Cherenkov Telescopes
- Jamie Holder (University of Delaware)
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Teatro Duse
10:30 AM Large field of view ground-based detectors - Petra Hüntemeyer
Large field of view ground-based detectors
- Petra Hüntemeyer
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Teatro Duse
11:00 AM 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 AM - 11:28 AM
Room: Teatro Duse
11:28 AM New physics in Key Science Projects - Subir Sarkar (University of Oxford)
New physics in Key Science Projects
- Subir Sarkar (University of Oxford)
11:28 AM - 11:50 AM
Room: Teatro Duse
11:50 AM MeV / GeV neutrinos - Takaaki Kajita (ICRR, Univeristy of Tokyo)
MeV / GeV neutrinos
- Takaaki Kajita (ICRR, Univeristy of Tokyo)
11:50 AM - 12:25 PM
Room: Teatro Duse
12:25 PM TeV / PeV neutrinos - Francis Halzen
TeV / PeV neutrinos
- Francis Halzen
12:25 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Teatro Duse
2:30 PM Gravitational wave astronomy - Rai Weiss
Gravitational wave astronomy
- Rai Weiss
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Teatro Duse
3:00 PM Radio Astronomy - Robert Laing
Radio Astronomy
- Robert Laing
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Teatro Duse
3:30 PM Optical and infrared astronomy - Matthias Steinmetz (Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP))
Optical and infrared astronomy
- Matthias Steinmetz (Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP))
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Teatro Duse
4:00 PM Millimeter and sub-millimeter astronomy - Reinhard Genzel
Millimeter and sub-millimeter astronomy
- Reinhard Genzel
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Teatro Duse
4:30 PM X-ray astronomy - Luigi Piro
X-ray astronomy
- Luigi Piro
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Teatro Duse
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
9:00 AM Simulations and laboratory experiments - Frederico Fiuza
Simulations and laboratory experiments
- Frederico Fiuza
9:00 AM - 9:25 AM
Room: Teatro Duse
9:25 AM Theory and astrophysical observations - Anne Decourchelle
Theory and astrophysical observations
- Anne Decourchelle
9:25 AM - 9:50 AM
Room: Teatro Duse
9:50 AM Particle acceleration by kinetic instabilities in accretion disks - Mario Riquelme
Particle acceleration by kinetic instabilities in accretion disks
- Mario Riquelme
9:50 AM - 10:10 AM
Room: Teatro Duse
10:10 AM 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 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Teatro Duse
11:30 AM Pulsars and their nebulae - Anatoly Spitkovsky
Pulsars and their nebulae
- Anatoly Spitkovsky
11:30 AM - 11:55 AM
Room: Teatro Duse
11:55 AM Accreting compact objects - Chris Done
Accreting compact objects
- Chris Done
11:55 AM - 12:20 PM
Room: Teatro Duse
12:20 PM Gamma-ray bursts - Giancarlo Ghirlanda
Gamma-ray bursts
- Giancarlo Ghirlanda
12:20 PM - 12:45 PM
Room: Teatro Duse
12:45 PM 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 PM - 12:58 PM
Room: Teatro Duse
12:58 PM 3D simulations of pulsar bow shock nebulae - Barbara Olmi
3D simulations of pulsar bow shock nebulae
- Barbara Olmi
12:58 PM - 1:11 PM
Room: Teatro Duse
1:11 PM 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
1:11 PM - 1:24 PM
Room: Teatro Duse
2:20 PM Non-thermal emission from active galaxies - Gabriele Ghisellini
Non-thermal emission from active galaxies
- Gabriele Ghisellini
2:20 PM - 2:45 PM
Room: Teatro Duse
2:45 PM Compact objects and Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays - Andrew Taylor
Compact objects and Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays
- Andrew Taylor
2:45 PM - 3:10 PM
Room: Teatro Duse
3:10 PM Neutrinos from TXS 0506+056 - Silke Britzen
Neutrinos from TXS 0506+056
- Silke Britzen
3:10 PM - 3:25 PM
Room: Teatro Duse
3:25 PM Locating the blazar zone - Elina Lindfors (Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku)
Locating the blazar zone
- Elina Lindfors (Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku)
3:25 PM - 3:40 PM
Room: Teatro Duse
3:40 PM 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
3:40 PM - 3:55 PM
Room: Teatro Duse
3:55 PM 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
3:55 PM - 4:10 PM
Room: Teatro Duse
4:40 PM Star-forming system with focus on Galactic Center - Roland Crocker
Star-forming system with focus on Galactic Center
- Roland Crocker
4:40 PM - 5:05 PM
Room: Teatro Duse
5:05 PM Role of cosmic rays in galaxy evolution - Volker Springel
Role of cosmic rays in galaxy evolution
- Volker Springel
5:05 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: Teatro Duse
5:30 PM 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
5:30 PM - 5:45 PM
Room: Teatro Duse
5:45 PM 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
5:45 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: Teatro Duse
Thursday, May 9, 2019
9:00 AM Probing intergalactic magnetic fields - Rafael Alves Batista
Probing intergalactic magnetic fields
- Rafael Alves Batista
9:00 AM - 9:25 AM
Room: Teatro Duse
9:25 AM Constraining the Extragalactic Background Light - Marco Ajello
Constraining the Extragalactic Background Light
- Marco Ajello
9:25 AM - 9:50 AM
Room: Teatro Duse
9:50 AM 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)
9:50 AM - 10:10 AM
Room: Teatro Duse
10:10 AM Testing primordial axion-driven cosmic magnetogenisis with CTA - Francesco Miniati
Testing primordial axion-driven cosmic magnetogenisis with CTA
- Francesco Miniati
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Teatro Duse
11:00 AM 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 AM - 11:40 AM
Room: Teatro Duse
11:40 AM 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 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Teatro Duse
12:00 PM Event Horizon Telescope - Maciek Wielgus
Event Horizon Telescope
- Maciek Wielgus
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
Room: Teatro Duse
12:20 PM 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 PM - 12:40 PM
Room: Teatro Duse
12:40 PM 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 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Teatro Duse
2:30 PM The ESO programme - Xavier Barcons (ESO)
The ESO programme
- Xavier Barcons (ESO)
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Teatro Duse
3:00 PM Where do we go from here? - Catherine Cesarsky (SAp, CEA Saclay)
Where do we go from here?
- Catherine Cesarsky (SAp, CEA Saclay)
3:00 PM - 3:25 PM
Room: Teatro Duse

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