EXPLORE 2022 Summer School

21 Aug 2022, 17:00 → 26 Aug 2022, 20:00 Europe/Zurich

Laura Sagunski (chair), Nassim Bozorgnia, Saeed Rastgoo (York University), Jürgen Schaffner-Bielich, Sean Tulin (York University)

Pictures from the EXPLORE 2022 Summer School

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The first international in-person

EXPLORE summer school on "Astrophysical Laboratories of Fundamental Physics”

will take place from Aug 21 to 26, 2022 at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany.

The summer school events include:

• Talks and lectures on hot topics in theoretical and observational astrophysics, including dark matter, black holes and their shadows, neutron stars, gamma ray bursts and many more!
• Collaboration sessions to initiate and foster research activities among the participants
• Cultural events to experience Frankfurt

The talks and lectures will be given by renowned researchers in theoretical and observational astrophysics:  

• Prof. Luciano Rezzolla (Goethe University) 
• Prof. Dr. Camilla Hansen (Goethe University) 
• Dr. Christian Fromm (University of Würzburg)
• Dr. Raphaël Duque (Goethe University) 

All students (Bachelor, Master, PhD), postdocs and early career researchers who are interested to learn about and explore hot topics in theoretical and observational astrophysics are invited to participate in the EXPLORE summer school!

There is a registration fee of 100€ to cover local expenses. The number of participants is limited to 40. 

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EXPLORE stands for "EXPeriential Learning Opportunity through Research and Exchange”. It is the first German-Canadian student research collaboration in theoretical astroparticle physics and brings together students from Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, York University, Canada, and the University of Toronto, Canada. The EXPLORE project is mentored by five faculty supervisors:

• Jürgen Schaffner-Bielich (Goethe University, Germany)
• Laura Sagunski (Goethe University, Germany)
• Nassim Bozorgnia (University of Alberta, Canada)
• Saeed Rastgoo (University of Alberta, Canada)
• Sean Tulin (York University, Canada)

The EXPLORE project is supported by the Academic Innovation Fund (AIF) at York University, Goethe University QSL (``Quality Assurance in Teaching'') funds, the DFG Collaborative Research Center CRC-TR 211 “Strong-interaction matter under extreme conditions” and the State of Hesse through the research cluster ELEMENTS. The workshop is also supported by the city of Frankfurt am Main via the city partnership with Toronto.

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Dear students,

Under the following links you can inform yourself about the current Covid-19 regulations in Hessen (Frankfurt):

German:

Corona in Hessen | hessen.de

English:

What to consider? | hessen.de

On your arrival on Sunday in the youth hostel, we will provide you with Covid self-tests.

If you wish, you can do a Covid self-test before arriving in Frankfurt as well.

 

To the German students: please do a Covid test at home beforehand.

Sunday 21 August

17:00 → 18:00 First meeting with Prof. Dr. Laura Sagunski and Prof. Dr. Jürgen Schaffner-Bielich

18:00 → 21:05 Welcome dinner

Monday 22 August

10:00 → 10:10 Welcome: Prof. Dr. Laura Sagunski and Prof. Dr. Jürgen Schaffner-Bielich (on behalf of the EXPLORE team)

10:10 → 10:15 Welcome: Dr. Nargess Eskandari-Grünberg (mayor of the City of Frankfurt)

10:15 → 10:20 Welcome: Prof. Dr. Harald Appelshäuser (dean of the Department of Physics at Goethe University)

10:20 → 10:25 Welcome: Prof. Dr. Eckhard Elsen (scientific director of FIAS)

10:25 → 10:30 Welcome: Dr. Mohab Abou Zeid (administrative director of ELEMENTS)

10:30 → 10:45 Summer School Picture

10:45 → 11:00 Break

11:00 → 12:00 Plenary talk: Luciano Rezzolla (Goethe University), "M87* and Sgr A*: the first images of supermassive black holes"

12:00 → 14:00 Lunch with the speaker

12:00 Break

14:00 → 14:45 Break

14:45 → 18:00 Optional: Work on research projects

14:45 → 17:30 Social event: Stand-up paddling (team 1)

Meeting point at 14:45 o'clock at the boathouse

17:30 → 20:00 Social event: Stand-up paddling (team 2)

Meeting point at around 17:15 at the boathouse

Tuesday 23 August

09:00 → 10:30 Lecture: Camilla Hansen (Goethe University), "Galaxies: Hosts of dark matter"

EXPLORE_Galaxies_DM.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 Break

11:00 → 12:30 Tutorial: Camilla Hansen (Goethe University), "Galaxies: Hosts of dark matter"

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 15:30 Tutorial: Camilla Hansen (Goethe University), "Galaxies: Hosts of dark matter"

15:30 → 16:00 Break

16:00 → 18:00 Optional: Work on research projects

Wednesday 24 August

09:00 → 10:30 Lecture: Raphaël Duque (Goethe University), "Gamma-ray bursts and relativistic jets"

Explore_2022_GRB_slides.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 Break

11:00 → 12:30 Lecture: Raphaël Duque (Goethe University), "Gamma-ray bursts and relativistic jets"

Explore_2022_GRB_slides.pdf

12:30 → 15:00 Lunch break

15:00 → 17:00 City tour

Thursday 25 August

09:00 → 10:30 Lecture: Christian Fromm (University of Würzburg), "Black hole imaging: theory and observations"

10:30 → 11:00 Break

11:00 → 12:30 Lecture: Christian Fromm (University of Würzburg), "Black hole imaging: theory and observations"

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 15:30 Tutorial: Christian Fromm (University of Würzburg), "Black hole imaging: theory and observations"

15:30 → 16:00 Break

16:00 → 17:30 Feedback session with Canadian mentors

17:30 → 18:00 Break

18:00 → 21:00 Common dinner

Friday 26 August

09:00 → 10:30 Tutorial: Raphaël Duque (Goethe University), "Gamma-ray bursts and relativistic jets"

Explore_2022_GRB_tutorial_1.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 Break

11:00 → 12:30 Farewell session

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 14:30 Surprise event: Prof. Dr. Laura Sagunski and Dr. Phyllis Mania (ELEMENTS Science Communication Officer)

14:30 → 17:30 Optional: Work on research projects

17:30 → 20:00 Optional: Visit of the Museum Embankment Festival 2022 (https://www.museumsuferfest.de/2022/dear-friends/)