Workshop on High-Energy Extragalactic Astrophysics

Thursday 29 Aug 2019, 09:00 → 16:00 US/Central

4421 (Sterling)

Nahee Park (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Discussion about high energy extragalactic astrophysics in connection to the recent neutrino event observed in the direction of TXS 0506+056.

To prepare lunch & snack, the organizer needs to know how many people will attend. So, please sign up to following page to help organize count for your lunch! - https://forms.gle/7irKUoiqg9e1YF2Z7

HE Astrophysics Workshop (2019-08-29, am session).mp4

HE Astrophysics Workshop (2019-08-29, pm session).mp4

09:00 → 10:00 Review on IceCube & Astrophysical neutrino

Speaker: Francis Halzen (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Francis_INSS_201908

10:00 → 11:00 Review on the particle acceleration & interactions in the extragalactic accelerators

Speaker: Colby Haggerty

2019.WiscIceCube.ColbyHaggerty.ParticleAcceleration.pdf

11:00 → 12:00 Review on AGNs

Speaker: Sebastian Heinz (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

heinz_08-29-19.pdf

12:00 → 12:30 Get lunch break

Lunch will be delivered. There will be talk & discussion over the lunch time. This time is allocated for people to get the lunch & get back to their seat.

12:30 → 13:15 Review on TXS 0506+056

Speaker: Ali Kheirandish (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

13:15 → 13:45 Discussion

13:45 → 14:00 Break

14:00 → 16:00 Astronomy catalog hand-on exercise

Speaker: Ralf Kotulla (University of Wisconsin-Madison)