Name: GRAPPA @ 5: Celebrating 5 years of astroparticle physics and cosmology in Amsterdam
Start: 2017-10-16T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2017-10-18T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Amsterdam

GRAPPA @ 5: Celebrating 5 years of astroparticle physics and cosmology in Amsterdam

from Monday, October 16, 2017 (9:00 AM) to Wednesday, October 18, 2017 (5:00 PM)

Monday, October 16, 2017

9:00 AM Opening Words: Welcome Speech by Peter van Tienderen, Dean of the Faculty of Science
Welcome Speech by Peter van Tienderen, Dean of the Faculty of Science
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Room: Turingzaal

9:15 AM Opening Words: Five Years of GRAPPA - Gianfranco Bertone
Five Years of GRAPPA - Gianfranco Bertone
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
9:30 AM Invited Talks: Astroparticle Physics and Gravitational Waves
Astroparticle Physics and Gravitational Waves
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Turingzaal
Contributions

9:30 AM Astroparticle Physics the way ahead according to APPEC - Stavros Katsanevas - Stavros KATSANEVAS (CNRS/IN2P3)

10:15 AM Nergis Mavalvala - Nergis Mavalvala (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
11:00 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM Contributed talks - Dark Matter
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Contributions

11:30 AM The Dark Matter distribution of the Milky Way: its uncertainties and their effects on the determination of new physics - Fabio Iocco (ICTP-SAIFR)

11:45 AM The Birth of the Dark Matter Problem - J. de Swart (University of Amsterdam)

12:00 PM Gaia and the Local Dark Matter Density - Hamish Silverwood (Institut de Ciències del Cosmos, Universitat de Barcelona)

12:15 PM The Galactic Center Excess with Skyfact - Richard Bartels (University of Amsterdam)

12:30 PM How to distinguish warm intergalactic medium from warm dark matter? - Antonella Garzilli
12:45 PM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM
Room: Newtonzaal
1:45 PM Invited Talks: Dark Matter
Dark Matter
1:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Turingzaal
Contributions

1:45 PM Dark Matter - A showcase for GRAPPA - Lars Bergstrom - Lars Bergstrom (Stockholm University)

2:30 PM Searching for Particle Dark Matter - Tim Tait - Tim M.P. Tait (University of California, Irvine)

3:15 PM Dark Matter Direct Detection: News from the Low Background Frontier - Jocelyn Monroe - Jocelyn Monroe (RHUL)
4:00 PM Special Announcement - NIKHEF

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

6:00 PM Social Programme: Welcome Reception & Public Lecture - Artis Planetarium
Welcome Reception & Public Lecture - Artis Planetarium
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
10:00 AM Invited Talks: Cosmology
Cosmology
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Turingzaal
Contributions

10:00 AM Universal Axions - Matthew Kleban - Matthew Kleban (New York University)

10:45 AM Towards Fundamental Physics from Cosmological Surveys - Hiranya Peiris - Hiranya Peiris
11:30 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM Contributed talks - Cosmology & High-energy Astrophysics: 2
2
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Contributions

12:00 PM Probing Light Relics with CMB and BAO - Benjamin Wallisch (DAMTP, University of Cambridge)

12:15 PM Searching for primordial black holes - Daniele Gaggero

12:30 PM Dark Information: Forecasting with the Fisher Matrix - Thomas Edwards (University of Amsterdam)

12:45 PM Better models of the gamma-ray sky with SkyFACT - Emma Storm (GRAPPA, University of Amsterdam)

1:00 PM The Future of Gamma-ray Observations of Galaxy Clusters - Fabio Zandanel (University of Amsterdam)
1:15 PM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Room: Turingzaal
2:45 PM Invited Talks: High Energy Astrophysics & Cosmic Rays
High Energy Astrophysics & Cosmic Rays
2:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Turingzaal
Contributions

2:45 PM The 3.5 keV Line: Current Status and Future Prospects - Esra Bulbul - Esra Bulbul

3:30 PM Open questions in particle acceleration theory - Luke Drury - Luke Drury (DIAS)

4:15 PM The Gamma-ray view of the Universe - Stefan Funk - Stefan Funk (ECAP, Universität Erlangen)
7:00 PM Social Programme: GRAPPA@5 Party - Pont 13
GRAPPA@5 Party - Pont 13
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
10:00 AM Invited Talks: High Energy Neutrinos
High Energy Neutrinos
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Turingzaal
Contributions

10:00 AM Neutrino Astronomy: The Low-Energy Frontier - John Beacom - John Beacom (Ohio State University)

10:45 AM IceCube: Building a New Window on the Universe from Antarctica - Francis Halzen - Francis Halzen (University of Wisconsin)
11:30 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM Contributed talk - High-energy astrophysics: 3
3
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Contributions

12:00 PM Nu Interactions From the Heavens: Measurement of Neutrino Cross Sections Above 10 TeV - Mauricio Bustamante (Niels Bohr Institute)

12:15 PM Multimessenger studies of blazars - Fe Krauss

12:30 PM Cosmic ray positrons: constraints on propagation parameters and dark matter searches in view of AMS-02 data - Manuela Vecchi (São Institute of Physics)

12:45 PM Temporal evolution of high energy radiation in type IIn Supernovae - Dimitrios Kantzas (University of Amsterdam)

1:00 PM Molecular hydrogen as probe for new physics - Salumbides Edcel (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

1:15 PM ANTARES highlights and KM3NET prospects - Antonio Capone
1:30 PM Closing Speech: Jacco Vink
Jacco Vink
1:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Room: Turingzaal