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

from Monday, 16 October 2017 (09:00) to Wednesday, 18 October 2017 (17:00)
Amsterdam

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
16 Oct 2017
17 Oct 2017
18 Oct 2017
AM
09:00
Opening Words (until 09:15) (Turingzaal)
09:15
Opening Words (until 09:30) ()
09:30
Invited Talks (until 11:00) (Turingzaal)
09:30 Astroparticle Physics the way ahead according to APPEC - Stavros Katsanevas - Stavros KATSANEVAS (CNRS/IN2P3)   (Turingzaal)
10:15 Nergis Mavalvala - Prof. Nergis Mavalvala (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)   (Turingzaal)
11:00 --- Coffee Break ---
11:30
Contributed talks - Dark Matter (until 12:45) ()
11:30 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 The Birth of the Dark Matter Problem - Mr J. de Swart (University of Amsterdam)   ()
12:00 Gaia and the Local Dark Matter Density - Dr Hamish Silverwood (Institut de Ciències del Cosmos, Universitat de Barcelona)   ()
12:15 The Galactic Center Excess with Skyfact - Richard Bartels (University of Amsterdam)   ()
12:30 How to distinguish warm intergalactic medium from warm dark matter? - Antonella Garzilli   ()
10:00
Invited Talks (until 11:30) (Turingzaal)
10:00 Universal Axions - Matthew Kleban - Matthew Kleban (New York University)   (Turingzaal)
10:45 Towards Fundamental Physics from Cosmological Surveys - Hiranya Peiris - Hiranya Peiris   (Turingzaal)
11:30 --- Coffee Break ---
10:00
Invited Talks (until 11:30) (Turingzaal)
10:00 Neutrino Astronomy: The Low-Energy Frontier - John Beacom - Prof. John Beacom (Ohio State University)   (Turingzaal)
10:45 IceCube: Building a New Window on the Universe from Antarctica - Francis Halzen - Francis Halzen (University of Wisconsin)   (Turingzaal)
11:30 --- Coffee Break ---
PM
12:45 --- Lunch Break ---
13:45
Invited Talks (until 16:00) (Turingzaal)
13:45 Dark Matter - A showcase for GRAPPA - Lars Bergstrom - Lars Bergstrom (Stockholm University)   (Turingzaal)
14:30 Searching for Particle Dark Matter - Tim Tait - Tim M.P. Tait (University of California, Irvine)   (Turingzaal)
15:15 Dark Matter Direct Detection: News from the Low Background Frontier - Jocelyn Monroe - Jocelyn Monroe (RHUL)   (Turingzaal)
16:00
Special Announcement - NIKHEF (until 17:00) ()
18:00
Social Programme (until 22:00) ()
12:00
Contributed talks - Cosmology & High-energy Astrophysics (until 13:15) ()
12:00 Probing Light Relics with CMB and BAO - Benjamin Wallisch (DAMTP, University of Cambridge)   ()
12:15 Searching for primordial black holes - Daniele Gaggero   ()
12:30 Dark Information: Forecasting with the Fisher Matrix - Thomas Edwards (University of Amsterdam)   ()
12:45 Better models of the gamma-ray sky with SkyFACT - Emma Storm (GRAPPA, University of Amsterdam)   ()
13:00 The Future of Gamma-ray Observations of Galaxy Clusters - Fabio Zandanel (University of Amsterdam)   ()
13:15 --- Lunch Break ---
14:45
Invited Talks (until 17:00) (Turingzaal)
14:45 The 3.5 keV Line: Current Status and Future Prospects - Esra Bulbul - Esra Bulbul   (Turingzaal)
15:30 Open questions in particle acceleration theory - Luke Drury - Luke Drury (DIAS)   (Turingzaal)
16:15 The Gamma-ray view of the Universe - Stefan Funk - Prof. Stefan Funk (ECAP, Universität Erlangen)   (Turingzaal)
19:00
Social Programme (until 23:00) ()
12:00
Contributed talk - High-energy astrophysics (until 13:30) ()
12:00 Nu Interactions From the Heavens: Measurement of Neutrino Cross Sections Above 10 TeV - Mauricio Bustamante (Niels Bohr Institute)   ()
12:15 Multimessenger studies of blazars - Dr Fe Krauss   ()
12:30 Cosmic ray positrons: constraints on propagation parameters and dark matter searches in view of AMS-02 data - Prof. Manuela Vecchi (São Institute of Physics)   ()
12:45 Temporal evolution of high energy radiation in type IIn Supernovae - Mr Dimitrios Kantzas (University of Amsterdam)   ()
13:00 Molecular hydrogen as probe for new physics - Dr Salumbides Edcel (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)   ()
13:15 ANTARES highlights and KM3NET prospects - Prof. Antonio Capone   ()
13:30
Closing Speech (until 13:45) (Turingzaal)