CTAO School - 2nd edition
from
Saturday 14 June 2025 (09:00)
to
Wednesday 25 June 2025 (22:00)
Monday 9 June 2025
Tuesday 10 June 2025
Wednesday 11 June 2025
Thursday 12 June 2025
Friday 13 June 2025
Saturday 14 June 2025
13:30
Lunch
Lunch
13:30 - 15:00
15:00
Introduction to gamma-ray astronomy
-
David Green
(
CTAO
)
Introduction to gamma-ray astronomy
David Green
(
CTAO
)
15:00 - 17:30
Sunday 15 June 2025
09:30
Jetted astrophysics
-
Matteo Cerruti
(
Université de Paris, Astroparticule et Cosmologie (APC)
)
Jetted astrophysics
Matteo Cerruti
(
Université de Paris, Astroparticule et Cosmologie (APC)
)
09:30 - 11:00
11:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
Time-domain astronomy
-
Sylvia Zhu
Time-domain astronomy
Sylvia Zhu
11:30 - 13:30
13:30
Lunch
Lunch
13:30 - 15:00
15:00
Students' talk
Students' talk
15:00 - 15:30
15:30
15:30 - 17:30
Monday 16 June 2025
09:30
Jetted astrophysics
-
Matteo Cerruti
(
Université de Paris, Astroparticule et Cosmologie (APC)
)
Jetted astrophysics
Matteo Cerruti
(
Université de Paris, Astroparticule et Cosmologie (APC)
)
09:30 - 11:00
11:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
Time-domain astronomy
-
Slyvia Zhu
Time-domain astronomy
Slyvia Zhu
11:30 - 13:30
13:30
Lunch
Lunch
13:30 - 15:00
15:00
Students' talks
Students' talks
15:00 - 15:30
15:30
Gr. 1
Gr. 1
15:30 - 17:30
Gr. 2
Gr. 2
15:30 - 17:30
Tuesday 17 June 2025
09:30
Time-domain astronomy
-
Slyvia Zhu
Time-domain astronomy
Slyvia Zhu
09:30 - 11:00
11:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
Jetted astrophysics
-
Matteo Cerruti
(
Université de Paris, Astroparticule et Cosmologie (APC)
)
Jetted astrophysics
Matteo Cerruti
(
Université de Paris, Astroparticule et Cosmologie (APC)
)
11:30 - 13:30
13:30
Lunch
Lunch
13:30 - 15:00
15:00
Students' talks
Students' talks
15:00 - 15:30
15:30
Gr. 2
Gr. 2
15:30 - 17:30
Gr. 1
Gr. 1
15:30 - 17:30
Wednesday 18 June 2025
08:00
Travel
Travel
08:00 - 16:00
Thursday 19 June 2025
10:00
Proposal writing
Proposal writing
10:00 - 13:00
13:00
Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:30
14:30
Proposal writing
Proposal writing
14:30 - 18:00
18:00
Dinner
Dinner
18:00 - 20:00
Friday 20 June 2025
10:00
Detection principles: EAS & Cherenkov
-
Gernot Maier
(
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
)
Detection principles: EAS & Cherenkov
Gernot Maier
(
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
)
10:00 - 13:00
13:00
Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:30
14:30
Design an IACT (Gr 1 + Gr 2)
-
Martin Will
(
Telescope Engineer
)
Oscar Blanch Bigas
(
Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology
)
Design an IACT (Gr 1 + Gr 2)
Martin Will
(
Telescope Engineer
)
Oscar Blanch Bigas
(
Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology
)
14:30 - 16:00
16:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
16:00 - 16:30
16:30
Design an IACT (Gr 1 + Gr 2)
-
Martin Will
(
Telescope Engineer
)
Oscar Blanch Bigas
(
Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology
)
Design an IACT (Gr 1 + Gr 2)
Martin Will
(
Telescope Engineer
)
Oscar Blanch Bigas
(
Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology
)
16:30 - 18:00
18:00
Dinner
Dinner
18:00 - 20:00
21:00
MAGIC Gr1a - LST1 Gr1b - TNG Gr2
MAGIC Gr1a - LST1 Gr1b - TNG Gr2
21:00 - 00:00
Saturday 21 June 2025
11:00
Atmosphere
-
Gernot Maier
(
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
)
Atmosphere
Gernot Maier
(
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
)
11:00 - 13:00
13:00
Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:30
14:30
Telescope Optics & Mechanics
-
Giorgia Sironi
(
INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera
)
Telescope Optics & Mechanics
Giorgia Sironi
(
INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera
)
14:30 - 16:00
16:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
16:00 - 16:30
16:30
Telescope Camera
-
Daniel Kerszberg
(
LPNHE, CNRS/IN2P3
)
Telescope Camera
Daniel Kerszberg
(
LPNHE, CNRS/IN2P3
)
16:30 - 18:00
18:00
Dinner
Dinner
18:00 - 20:00
21:00
MAGIC Gr1b - LST1 Gr1a
MAGIC Gr1b - LST1 Gr1a
21:00 - 00:00
Sunday 22 June 2025
10:00
Free time
Free time
10:00 - 18:00
Monday 23 June 2025
11:00
Array operations
-
Igor Oya
(
CIEMAT, Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory
)
Array operations
Igor Oya
(
CIEMAT, Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory
)
11:00 - 13:00
13:00
Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:30
14:30
Low-level analysis
-
Maximilian Linhoff
(
CTAO
)
Low-level analysis
Maximilian Linhoff
(
CTAO
)
14:30 - 16:00
16:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
16:00 - 16:30
16:30
VISIT TO THE GCT (Gr1) - VISIT LST1 (Gr2)
VISIT TO THE GCT (Gr1) - VISIT LST1 (Gr2)
16:30 - 18:00
18:00
Dinner
Dinner
18:00 - 20:00
21:00
MAGIC Gr2a - LST1 Gr2b - TNG Gr1
MAGIC Gr2a - LST1 Gr2b - TNG Gr1
21:00 - 00:00
Tuesday 24 June 2025
11:00
High-level analysis
-
Atreyee Sinha
(
UCM, Madrid
)
Kirsty Feijen
(
The Astroparticle and Cosmology laboratory
)
Daniel Morcuende
(
CTAO
)
High-level analysis
Atreyee Sinha
(
UCM, Madrid
)
Kirsty Feijen
(
The Astroparticle and Cosmology laboratory
)
Daniel Morcuende
(
CTAO
)
11:00 - 13:00
13:00
Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:30
14:30
High-level analysis
-
Atreyee Sinha
(
UCM, Madrid
)
Daniel Morcuende
(
CTAO
)
Kirsty Feijen
(
The Astroparticle and Cosmology laboratory
)
High-level analysis
Atreyee Sinha
(
UCM, Madrid
)
Daniel Morcuende
(
CTAO
)
Kirsty Feijen
(
The Astroparticle and Cosmology laboratory
)
14:30 - 16:00
16:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
16:00 - 16:30
16:30
VISIT TO THE GCT (Gr2) - VISIT LST1 (Gr1)
VISIT TO THE GCT (Gr2) - VISIT LST1 (Gr1)
16:30 - 18:00
18:00
Dinner
Dinner
18:00 - 20:00
21:00
MAGIC Gr2b - LST1 Gr2a
MAGIC Gr2b - LST1 Gr2a
21:00 - 00:00
Wednesday 25 June 2025
11:00
Joint proposals with optical telescopes
-
Alicia Lopez-Oramas
(
Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias and Departamento de Astrofisica, Universidad de La Laguna
)
Joint proposals with optical telescopes
Alicia Lopez-Oramas
(
Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias and Departamento de Astrofisica, Universidad de La Laguna
)
11:00 - 13:00
13:00
Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:30
14:30
High level analysis
-
Daniel Morcuende
(
CTAO
)
Atreyee Sinha
(
UCM, Madrid
)
Kirsty Feijen
(
The Astroparticle and Cosmology laboratory
)
High level analysis
Daniel Morcuende
(
CTAO
)
Atreyee Sinha
(
UCM, Madrid
)
Kirsty Feijen
(
The Astroparticle and Cosmology laboratory
)
14:30 - 16:00
16:00
Transfer to Santa Cruz
Transfer to Santa Cruz
16:00 - 18:00
20:00
Dinner at Plaza Chica, Santa Cruz
Dinner at Plaza Chica, Santa Cruz
20:00 - 22:00