Dutch CTA Science Day

Thursday 12 Dec 2013, 09:00 → 18:00 Europe/Zurich

L016 (CWI Amsterdam, Science Park 123, next to Nikhef, room L016)

David Berge (NIKHEF (NL)), Natalie Wells (U)

CTA Science Day hosted by GRAPPA (http://grappa.science.uva.nl/).

The CTA Science Day is meant to gather Dutch physicists and astronomers that are potentially interested in joining CTA and contribute to its construction. Common Dutch interests and possible areas for contributions shall be discussed during the meeting. There will be ample time for discussions and brainstorming. While most talks are foreseen to be contributed talks by Dutch scientists, there will be 1 or 2 external introductory talks by key people of the CTA consortium.

Directions at Science Park, conference room, car park, restaurant Directions at Science Park to conference room and lunch restaurant.

09:30 Coffee, tea, cookies

1 Welcome (Director of the Astronomical Institute, University of Amsterdam)

Speaker: Prof. Ralph Wijers (Astronomical Institute, University of Amsterdam)

2 Introduction

Speaker: David Berge (NIKHEF (NL))

Slides 2012.12.12.CTA.Day.Intro.pdf 2012.12.12.CTA.Day.Intro.pptx

3 Air showers: from LHC to CTA

Speaker: David Berge (NIKHEF (NL))

Slides 2013.12.12.CTA.Day.AirShowers.pdf 2013.12.12.CTA.Day.AirShowers.pptx

4 CTA and charged cosmic rays

Speaker: Joerg Hoerandel (Radboud University Nijmegen)

5 Galactic science

Speaker: Dr Jacco Vink (Astronomical Institute, University of Amsterdam)

6 Lunch talk, joint with Astronomical Institute: Science Prospects of CTA

Speaker: Jim Hinton (University of Leicester)

7 Galaxy clusters

Speaker: Fabio Zandanel (University of Amsterdam)

Slides Zandanel_Clusters.pdf

8 Jets and gamma rays

Speaker: Dr Sera Markoff (Astronomical Institute, University of Amsterdam)

Slides cta_jets2.pdf

9 Dark matter

Speaker: Christoph Weniger (University of Amsterdam)

Slides weniger.pdf

15:30 Tea break

10 Instrumentation for CTA

Speaker: David Berge (NIKHEF (NL))

Slides 2013.12.12.CTA.Day.Instrumentation.2.pdf 2013.12.12.CTA.Day.Instrumentation.2.pptx

11 NWO Astroparticle Physics Program

http://www.nwo.nl/en/news-and-events/news/2013/ew/expressions-of-interest---astroparticle-physics.html

Slides 2013.12.12.CTA.Day.NWO.APP.pptx.pdf

12 Wrap-up and further discussions if needed

Speakers: All, David Berge (NIKHEF (NL))