Workshop on a Southern Gamma-Ray Observatory

US/Eastern
Goergen Hall

Goergen Hall

River Campus University of Rochester
Michael DuVernois (University of Wisconsin--Madison) , Miguel Mostafa (Penn State) , Segev BenZvi (o=rochester,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
Description

This workshop follows up a two-day meeting held in Puebla, Mexico in November 2016 on the deployment of a future wide-field TeV gamma ray observatory in the Southern Hemisphere.
The HAWC Collaboration will host this meeting on June 8 and 9, 2017 on the campus of the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY, USA. Registration includes a fee of 70 USD which covers incidental expenses and a group dinner on Thursday June 8.
Participants
  • Adrian C. Rovero
  • Armelle Jardin-Blicq
  • Chad Brisbois
  • Edna Ruiz
  • Eduardo de la Fuente Aciata
  • Ernesto Belmont
  • Fabian Schüssler
  • Henrike Fleischhack
  • Hugo Ayala
  • Ignacio Taboada
  • Israel Martinez
  • Marcos Santander
  • Michael Schneider
  • Robert Lauer
  • Segev BenZvi
  • Thursday, 8 June
    • 09:00 10:30
      Welcome and Introduction 101

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      River Campus University of Rochester

      Discussion of workshop goals and development of a wide FOV white paper.

      • 09:00
        SGSO Science Case 20m
        Speaker: Dr Harm Schoorlemmer (Max-Planck-Institute für Kerphysik)
        Slides
      • 09:20
        Community Feedback 20m
        Speaker: Dr J. Patrick Harding (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 10:00
        Minutes: Welcome and Introduction 20m
        Speaker: Segev BenZvi (o=rochester,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
        Minutes
    • 10:30 11:00
      Coffee Break 30m 108

      108

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      River Campus University of Rochester
    • 11:00 12:30
      Galactic Astronomy 101

      101

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      River Campus University of Rochester

      Workshop/brainstorm session on galactic astrophysics accessible/desirable for a southern wide FOV array.

      • 11:00
        Minutes: Studying Galactic Particle Acceleration 20m
        Speaker: Segev BenZvi (o=rochester,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
        Minutes
    • 12:30 14:00
      Lunch 1h 30m

      Lunch on your own.

    • 14:00 15:30
      Extragalactic Astronomy 101

      101

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      Workshop/brainstorming session on extragalactic physics accessible/desirable for a southern wide FOV observatory.

      • 14:00
        Minutes: Monitoring the Transient Sky 20m
        Speaker: Segev BenZvi (o=rochester,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
        Minutes
    • 15:30 16:00
      Coffee Break 30m 108

      108

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    • 16:00 17:30
      Other Physics 101

      101

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      River Campus University of Rochester

      Ancillary topics that are accessible to a wide FOV observatory: cosmic ray physics, beyond the Standard Model, etc.

      • 16:00
        Minutes: Physics Beyond the Standard Model 20m
        Speaker: Segev BenZvi (o=rochester,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
        Minutes
    • 18:00 20:00
      Dinner 2h Ballroom (Douglass Hall)

      Ballroom

      Douglass Hall

      Group dinner, University of Rochester

    • 09:00 09:45
      ICRC Contributions 101

      101

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      River Campus University of Rochester

      Discussion of ICRC contributions from PSU and MPI-K.

      • 09:00
        Baseline Design for a Next Generation Wide-Field-of-View Very-High-Energy Gamma-Ray Observatory 20m
        Speaker: Dr Harm Schoorlemmer (Max-Planck-Institute für Kerphysik)
        Slides
      • 09:20
        On the scientific motivation for a wide field-of-view TeV gamma-ray observatory in the Southern Hemisphere 20m
        Speaker: Prof. Miguel Mostafa (Penn State)
        Slides
    • 09:45 10:30
      Design Considerations 101

      101

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      • 09:45
        Minutes: Design Considerations 20m
        Speaker: Segev BenZvi (o=rochester,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
        Minutes
    • 10:30 11:00
      Coffee Break 30m 108

      108

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    • 11:00 12:30
      Summary 101

      101

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      River Campus University of Rochester

      Summary of workshop discussions.

    • 12:30 13:30
      Lunch 1h 108

      108

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      River Campus University of Rochester

      Boxed lunches available in Goergen Hall.

    • 13:30 18:00
      Open Session 101

      101

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      Open time for collaboration, software development, etc.