Conveners
Plenary - APP Experimental
- Alex Murphy (University of Edinburgh)
Dr
White Richard
(University of Leicester)
4/9/13, 4:00 PM
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA, www.cta-observatory.org [www.cta-observatory.org]) is a global (27 nations, 1000 scientists, 150ME) project for gamma-ray astronomy planned for construction in 2014-2020. This high-profile project with ambitious and exciting science and technology is likely to capture the public imagination and the breadth and depth of the CTA science case has made it a key...
Prof.
Jose Jordi
(UPC BarcelonaTECH)
4/9/13, 4:30 PM
Plenary - APP Experimental
Many stars form binary or multiple systems, with a fraction hosting one or two degenerate objects (white dwarfs and/or neutron stars) in short-period orbits, such that mass transfer episodes onto the degenerate component ensue. This scenario is the framework for a suite of violent stellar events, such as type Ia supernovae (SNIa), classical novae (CNe) or type I X-ray bursts (XRBs).
The...
James Hough
(University of Glasgow)
4/9/13, 5:00 PM
Plenary - APP Experimental
Gravitational waves – a prediction of Einstein’s General Relativity – are still among the most elusive signals from far out in the Universe. Over the past decade the laser interferometric detectors LIGO, Virgo and GEO 600 have been commissioned and operated at their design or close to design sensitivity. However in keeping with source strength predictions and, as expected, no gravitational...
Michael Gustafsson
4/9/13, 5:30 PM
Plenary - APP Experimental
Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are promising dark matter particle candidates that may annihilate or decay into gamma rays detectable by the Fermi Large Area Telescope (Fermi-LAT). The Fermi-LAT has been collecting data for over 4 years, leading to an improved understanding of our gamma-ray sky. The search for a potential dark matter signal in this data is an important task, and...
