CTAO School - 2nd edition

14 Jun 2025, 09:00 → 25 Jun 2025, 22:00 Europe/Berlin

Saturday 14 June

13:30 → 15:00 Lunch

15:00 → 17:30 Introduction to gamma-ray astronomy

Speaker: David Green (CTAO)

Sunday 15 June

09:30 → 11:00 Jetted astrophysics

Speaker: Matteo Cerruti (Université de Paris, Astroparticule et Cosmologie (APC))

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 → 13:30 Time-domain astronomy

Speaker: Sylvia Zhu

13:30 → 15:00 Lunch

15:00 → 15:30 Students' talk

15:30 → 17:30 Proposal session

Conveners: Antonio Iuliano (INFN, (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), Sezione di Napoli), David Green (CTAO), Davide Miceli (University & INFN Padova), Paolo Da Vela (INFAF OAS Bologna), Stefano Marchesi (Universita di Bologna)

Monday 16 June

09:30 → 11:00 Jetted astrophysics

Speaker: Matteo Cerruti (Université de Paris, Astroparticule et Cosmologie (APC))

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 → 13:30 Time-domain astronomy

Speaker: Slyvia Zhu

13:30 → 15:00 Lunch

15:00 → 15:30 Students' talks

15:30 → 17:30 Proposal session: Gr. 1

Conveners: Antonio Iuliano (INFN, (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), Sezione di Napoli), David Green (CTAO), Davide Miceli (University & INFN Padova), Paolo Da Vela (INFAF OAS Bologna), Stefano Marchesi (Universita di Bologna)

15:30 → 17:30 Science communication: Gr. 2

Convener: Megan Grunewald (Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory)

Tuesday 17 June

09:30 → 11:00 Time-domain astronomy

Speaker: Slyvia Zhu

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 → 13:30 Jetted astrophysics

Speaker: Matteo Cerruti (Université de Paris, Astroparticule et Cosmologie (APC))

13:30 → 15:00 Lunch

15:00 → 15:30 Students' talks

15:30 → 17:30 Proposal session: Gr. 2

Conveners: Antonio Iuliano (INFN, (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), Sezione di Napoli), David Green (CTAO), Davide Miceli (University & INFN Padova), Paolo Da Vela (INFAF OAS Bologna), Stefano Marchesi (Universita di Bologna)

15:30 → 17:30 Science communication: Gr. 1

Convener: Megan Grunewald (Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory)

Wednesday 18 June

08:00 → 16:00 Travel

Thursday 19 June

10:00 → 13:00 Proposal writing

13:00 → 14:30 Lunch

14:30 → 18:00 Proposal writing

18:00 → 20:00 Dinner

Friday 20 June

10:00 → 13:00 Detection principles: EAS & Cherenkov

Speaker: Gernot Maier (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron)

13:00 → 14:30 Lunch

14:30 → 16:00 Design an IACT (Gr 1 + Gr 2)

Speakers: Martin Will (Telescope Engineer), Oscar Blanch Bigas (Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology)

16:00 → 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 → 18:00 Design an IACT (Gr 1 + Gr 2)

Speakers: Martin Will (Telescope Engineer), Oscar Blanch Bigas (Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology)

18:00 → 20:00 Dinner

21:00 → 00:00 MAGIC Gr1a - LST1 Gr1b - TNG Gr2

Saturday 21 June

11:00 → 13:00 Atmosphere

Speaker: Gernot Maier (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron)

13:00 → 14:30 Lunch

14:30 → 16:00 Telescope Optics & Mechanics

Speaker: Giorgia Sironi (INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera)

16:00 → 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 → 18:00 Telescope Camera

Speaker: Daniel Kerszberg (LPNHE, CNRS/IN2P3)

18:00 → 20:00 Dinner

21:00 → 00:00 MAGIC Gr1b - LST1 Gr1a

Sunday 22 June

10:00 → 18:00 Free time

Monday 23 June

11:00 → 13:00 Array operations

Speaker: Igor Oya (CIEMAT, Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory)

13:00 → 14:30 Lunch

14:30 → 16:00 Low-level analysis

Speaker: Dr Maximilian Linhoff (CTAO)

16:00 → 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 → 18:00 VISIT TO THE GCT (Gr1) - VISIT LST1 (Gr2)

18:00 → 20:00 Dinner

21:00 → 00:00 MAGIC Gr2a - LST1 Gr2b - TNG Gr1

Tuesday 24 June

11:00 → 13:00 High-level analysis

Speakers: Atreyee Sinha (UCM, Madrid), Daniel Morcuende (CTAO), Dr Kirsty Feijen (The Astroparticle and Cosmology laboratory)

13:00 → 14:30 Lunch

14:30 → 16:00 High-level analysis

Speakers: Atreyee Sinha (UCM, Madrid), Daniel Morcuende (CTAO), Dr Kirsty Feijen (The Astroparticle and Cosmology laboratory)

16:00 → 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 → 18:00 VISIT TO THE GCT (Gr2) - VISIT LST1 (Gr1)

18:00 → 20:00 Dinner

21:00 → 00:00 MAGIC Gr2b - LST1 Gr2a

Wednesday 25 June

11:00 → 13:00 Joint proposals with optical telescopes

Speaker: Alicia Lopez-Oramas (Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias and Departamento de Astrofisica, Universidad de La Laguna)

13:00 → 14:30 Lunch

14:30 → 16:00 High level analysis

Speakers: Atreyee Sinha (UCM, Madrid), Daniel Morcuende (CTAO), Dr Kirsty Feijen (The Astroparticle and Cosmology laboratory)

16:00 → 18:00 Transfer to Santa Cruz

20:00 → 22:00 Dinner at Plaza Chica, Santa Cruz