Foundations of Cosmic Ray Astrophysics - Varenna 2022

23 Jun 2022, 08:30 → 29 Jun 2022, 15:30 Europe/Rome

Main Lecture Hall (Villa Monastero in Varenna)

Carmelo Evoli (GSSI), Elena Amato (INAF Arcetri Observatory), Felix Aharonian (DIAS Dublin (Ireland)), Pasquale Blasi (GSSI and INFN)

📣 All slides are available here:

https://zenodo.org/communities/varenna2022/

Important Dates

• Application deadline: Friday, 15 April 2022
• Notification of acceptance: Friday, 22 April 2022
• Arrival day: Thursday, 23 June 2022
• Opening of the Course: Friday, 24 June 2022 - 9.00 a.m.
• Closing of the Course: Wednesday, 29 June 2022 - 1.30 p.m

Topics

• High-energy Cosmic Rays and gamma-radiation
• Particle acceleration in Pulsars and PWNe
• Charged particles in turbulent fields and Cosmic Ray transport
• Cosmic Ray propagation in extragalactic space and secondary messengers
• Particle acceleration at shocks and in turbulence
• Phenomenological models of cosmic-ray transport in Galaxies
• Star Formation Regions and Cosmic Rays
• The microphysics of Cosmic Ray instabilities
• Interactions of Cosmic Rays with matter and radiation
• Magnetic reconnection
• Future facilities in high-energy astrophysics
• Basics of Cosmic Ray Feedback

Directors

Felix Aharonian - Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (Ireland) and MPIK Heidelberg (Germany)
Elena Amato - INAF Osservatorio di Arcetri (Italy)
Pasquale Blasi - GSSI and INFN, L'Aquila (Italy)

Scientific Secretary

Carmelo Evoli - GSSI and INFN, L'Aquila (Italy)

 

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Poster

Thursday, 23 June

13:00 → 17:55 Arrival day

Friday, 24 June

09:00 → 10:00 School Opening

The Cosmic Ray Spectrum

10:00 → 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 → 12:30 Charged particles in turbulent fields and Cosmic Ray transport [1/2]

Speaker: Pasquale Blasi (GSSI and INFN)

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 15:30 Cosmic Ray induced instabilities in astrophysical systems [1/2]

Speaker: Alexandre Marcowith (Université Montpellier and CNRS/IN2P3)

15:30 → 17:00 High-energy Cosmic Rays and gamma-radiation [1/2]

Speaker: Felix Aharonian (DIAS Dublin (Ireland))

17:00 → 17:30 Coffee break

17:30 → 19:00 Phenomenological models of Cosmic Ray transport in Galaxies [1/2]

Speaker: Carmelo Evoli (GSSI)

Saturday, 25 June

09:00 → 10:30 Cosmic Ray induced instabilities in astrophysical systems [2/2]

Speaker: Alexandre Marcowith (Université Montpellier and CNRS/IN2P3)

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 → 12:30 High-energy Cosmic Rays and gamma-radiation [2/2]

Speaker: Felix Aharonian (DIAS Dublin (Ireland))

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 15:30 Charged particles in turbulent fields and Cosmic Ray transport [2/2]

Speaker: Pasquale Blasi (GSSI and INFN)

15:30 → 15:45 Non-coffee break

15:45 → 17:15 Interactions of Cosmic Rays with matter and radiation [1/2]

Speaker: Pasquale Dario Serpico (LAPTh, Annecy, France)

PSerpico_2022_lecturenotes.pdf

17:15 → 17:30 Non-coffee break

17:30 → 19:00 Future facilities in high-energy astrophysics [1/2]

Speaker: Emma de Ona Wilhelmi (DESY, Hamburg, Germany)

Sunday, 26 June

09:00 → 10:30 Star Formation Regions and Cosmic Rays [1/2]

Speaker: Stefano Gabici (APC, Paris, France)

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 → 12:30 Particle acceleration at shocks and in turbulence [1/2]

Speaker: Damiano Caprioli (The University of Chicago)

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 15:30 Phenomenological models of Cosmic Ray transport in Galaxies [2/2]

Speaker: Carmelo Evoli (GSSI)

15:30 → 17:00 Particle acceleration at shocks and in turbulence [2/2]

Speaker: Damiano Caprioli (The University of Chicago)

17:00 → 17:30 Group Photo

Monday, 27 June

09:00 → 10:30 Interactions of Cosmic Rays with matter and radiation [2/2]

Speaker: Pasquale Dario Serpico (LAPTh, Annecy, France)

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 → 12:30 Cosmic Ray propagation in extragalactic space and secondary messengers [1/2]

Speaker: Denise Boncioli (University of L'Aquila)

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 15:30 Star Formation Regions and Cosmic Rays [2/2]

Speaker: Stefano Gabici (APC, Paris, France)

15:30 → 15:45 Non-coffee break

15:45 → 17:15 Magnetic reconnection [1/2]

Speaker: Lorenzo Sironi (Columbia University, USA)

17:15 → 17:30 Non-Coffee break

17:30 → 19:00 Future facilities in high-energy astrophysics [2/2]

Speaker: Emma de Ona Wilhelmi (DESY, Hamburg, Germany)

Tuesday, 28 June

09:00 → 10:30 Basics of Cosmic Ray Feedback [1/2]

Speaker: Ellen Zweibel (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 → 12:30 Cosmic Ray propagation in extragalactic space and secondary messengers [2/2]

Speaker: Denise Boncioli (University of L'Aquila)

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 15:30 Particle acceleration in Pulsars and PWNe [1/2]

Speaker: Elena Amato (INAF Arcetri Observatory)

15:30 → 15:45 Non-coffee break

15:45 → 17:15 Magnetic reconnection [2/2]

Speaker: Lorenzo Sironi (Columbia University, USA)

17:15 → 20:15 Social activities

Wednesday, 29 June

09:00 → 10:30 Basics of Cosmic Ray Feedback [2/2]

Speaker: Ellen Zweibel (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 → 12:30 Particle acceleration in Pulsars and PWNe [2/2]

Speaker: Elena Amato (INAF Arcetri Observatory)

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch break