Workshop on a Southern Gamma-Ray Observatory

America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires
University of San Martin

University of San Martin

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 the previous editions in Rochester, NY and Puebla, Mexico to move the community forward with the design of a new wide field-of-view TeV observatory in the Southern Hemisphere. This workshop, hosted by the International Center for Advanced Studies (ICAS) of the Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM), will be the first one not attached to a HAWC collaboration meeting.
The main objective of the workshop is to finalize the white paper on the Southern Observatory, and define the key requirements for the site selection. We would also like to define a steering committee to conduct the site selection, and start organizing the future collaboration. While in Argentina, we will also visit the proposed sites in Salta.
There will be no registration fee. Our host, ICAS, will provide lunch on Tuesday December 12, and the coffee breaks. We need you to register before November 11 so we can organize the logistics. It is also very important that you indicate in the registration whether you intend to visit the sites in Salta. (Please note that you are responsible for your internal airline ticket from/to Buenos Aires to/from Salta, the hotel in Salta, and the transportation to the site which will cost approximately U$S60/person.)
The workshop is supported by ICAS-UNSAM and the Argentine Ministry of Science and Technology (MinCyT).
Slides
Participants
  • Adrian C. Rovero
  • Aion Viana
  • Alberto Supanitsky
  • Andreas Reisenegger
  • ANDRES SANDOVAL
  • Andrew Smith
  • Brenda Dingus
  • Fabian Schüssler
  • Gastón Barboza
  • Harm Schoorlemmer
  • Mateo Fernandez Alonso
  • Mauricio suarez-duran
  • Michael Punch
  • Michael Schneider
  • Miguel Mostafa
  • Nahee Park
  • Patricia Maria Hansen
  • Ronald Cintra Shellard
  • Ruben Lopez-Coto
  • Sergio Dasso
  • Thomas Weisgarber
  • Tomás Codina
  • Monday, 11 December
    • 09:00 09:30
      Welcome
    • 09:30 11:00
      Science case: Galactic physics
      • 09:30
        Prospects for the detection of electron halos of middle-aged pulsars 20m
        Speaker: Dr Ruben Lopez-Coto (Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics)
        Slides
      • 09:50
        Science case overview 20m
        Speakers: Dr Fabian Schüssler (CEA/Irfu) , Dr Harm Schoorlemmer (Max-Planck-Institute für Kerphysik) , Marcos Santander (University of Alabama) , Prof. Miguel Mostafa (Penn State)
        Slides
      • 10:10
        VHE gamma-ray emission from the Galactic Center and the Inner Galaxy 20m
        Speaker: Dr Aion Viana (Universidade de São Paulo)
        Slides
    • 11:00 11:30
      Coffee break 30m
    • 11:30 13:00
      Science case: Extragalactic physics
      • 11:30
        Multimessenger astrophysics 20m
        Speaker: Dr Fabian Schüssler (CEA/Irfu)
        Slides
    • 13:00 14:30
      Lunch 1h 30m
    • 14:30 15:30
      Science case: Other physics
    • 15:30 16:00
      Coffee break 30m
    • 16:00 17:00
      Science case: Synergy with other experiments
      • 16:00
        ALTO 10m
        Speaker: Dr Michael Punch (LnU & APC/CNRS-IN2P3)
        Slides
  • Tuesday, 12 December
    • 09:00 10:00
      Site: Requirements
      • 09:00
        Sensitivity as a function of various parameters 20m
        Speaker: Andrew Smith (University of Maryland, College Park)
        Slides
    • 10:00 11:00
      Site: Alternative sites/countries
      • 10:00
        The ALMA site 10m
        Speaker: Prof. ANDRES SANDOVAL (INSTITUTO DE FISICA, UNAM)
        Slides
      • 10:10
        Update on the Salta site 10m
        Speaker: Dr Adrian C. Rovero (Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (IAFE, CONICET-UBA))
        Slides
      • 10:20
        The Atacama Astronomical Park 10m
        Speaker: Prof. Andreas Reisenegger (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
        Slides
      • 10:30
        ALMA report: average daily cycles 10m
        Speaker: Prof. ANDRES SANDOVAL (INSTITUTO DE FISICA, UNAM)
        Slides
      • 10:40
        ALMA report: monthly average 10m
        Speaker: Prof. ANDRES SANDOVAL (INSTITUTO DE FISICA, UNAM)
      • 10:50
        Procedures for non-ALMA scientific projects at the ALMA site 10m
        Speaker: Prof. ANDRES SANDOVAL (INSTITUTO DE FISICA, UNAM)
        Slides
    • 11:00 11:30
      Coffee break 30m
    • 11:30 13:00
      Detector: Detector technologies
      • 11:30
        Detector design 20m
        Speaker: Dr Harm Schoorlemmer (Max-Planck-Institute für Kerphysik)
        Slides
      • 11:50
        Lessons learned from HAWC on tank design 20m
        Speaker: Dr Brenda Dingus (Los Alamos National Lab)
        Slides
    • 13:00 14:30
      Lunch 1h 30m
    • 14:30 15:30
      Collaboration: To-do list

      Define a list of tasks to be completed for the next meeting, and assign leaders/responsible person

    • 15:30 16:00
      Coffee break 30m
    • 16:00 17:00
      Collaboration: Form a steering committee