Shedding new light on Gamma-Ray Bursts with polarization data

from Monday 26 November 2018 (09:00) to Friday 30 November 2018 (11:30)
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26 Nov 2018
27 Nov 2018
28 Nov 2018
29 Nov 2018
30 Nov 2018
AM
11:00
Introduction (until 12:00) ()
10:00
CERN visit (until 11:45) ()
11:45 --- Lunch (back at biotech) ---
09:30
Future prospects (until 12:30) ()
09:30 Polarization measurements of the afterglow - Prof. Carole Mundell   ()
10:30 Review of the GRB afterglow polarization and recent work on GRB 170817A - Prof. Jonathan Granot   ()
11:15 GRB 170817A afterglow measurements - Prof. Carole Mundell   ()
11:45 Theoretical interpretation of the detected circular polarization and the polarimetry of kilonova 170817 - Prof. Kenji Toma (Tohoku University)   ()
09:30
Data Analysis (until 09:45) ()
09:30 The importance of localization - Merlin Reynaard Kole (Universite de Geneve (CH))   ()
09:45
Data Analysis (until 10:15) ()
09:45 GRB Localization with POLAR - Mr Yuanhao Wang   ()
10:15
Data Analysis (until 11:10) ()
10:15 POLARIZATION ANALYSIS FOR REAL INSTRUMENTS - Dr J. Michael Burgess (MPE)   ()
10:35 The BALROG for GRB localization - Mr Francesco Berlato (MPE)   ()
11:10
Data Analysis (until 11:30) ()
11:10 Plans for future analysis POLAR data in Geneva - Merlin Reynaard Kole (Universite de Geneve (CH))   ()
11:30
Data Analysis (until 12:00) ()
11:30 Plans for GRB analysis with POLAR data at IHEP - Jianchao Sun (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)   ()
09:30
Final discussions (until 11:15) ()
11:15
Final discussions (until 11:30) ()
PM
12:00 --- Lunch ---
13:00
Measurements past and future (until 14:00) ()
13:00 GRB prompt emission polarization measurements by GAP - Prof. Daisuke Yonetoku   ()
14:00
Measurements past and future (until 15:00) ()
14:00 Detailed polarization measurements of 5 GRBs by POLAR - Prof. Shuang-Nan Zhang (IHEP)   ()
14:30 Details of the first POLAR analysis - Mr Zhengheng Li (IHEP)   ()
15:00 --- Coffee Break ---
15:30
Measurements past and future (until 16:15) ()
15:30 Polarization measurements without a Compton Telescope and not for GRBs - Dr Thomas Siegert (MPE)   ()
16:15
Measurements past and future (until 17:15) ()
16:15 Polarization measurements of the GRB afterglow - Prof. Carole Mundell   ()
13:15
GRB: Prompt Emission Theories (until 14:45) ()
13:15 GRB Prompt Emission: an overview - Prof. Kenji Toma (Tohoku University)   ()
14:00 Polarization of GRB Prompt Emission: An overview - Ramandeep Gill (CITA)   ()
14:45 --- Coffee Break ---
15:15
GRB: Prompt Emission Theories (until 18:00) ()
15:15 Polarization Predictions of Photospheric Models - Prof. Andrei Beloborodov   ()
16:00 Synchrotron and Jitter Polarization Models towards POLAR Observations - Prof. Jirong Mao (YNAO)   ()
16:45 Discussion - Dr Damien Bégué (MPE)   ()
19:00 --- Conference Dinner ---
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:15
Discussions (until 13:45) ()
13:15 What do we need from future instruments? - Nicolas Produit (Universite de Geneve (CH))   ()
13:45
Future prospects (until 14:10) ()
13:45 Future prospects with GAP2 - Prof. Daisuke Yonetoku   ()
14:10
Future prospects (until 14:35) ()
14:10 POLAR-2 - Merlin Reynaard Kole (Universite de Geneve (CH))   ()
14:35
Future prospects (until 15:00) ()
14:35 SPHiNX - Mark Pearce (KTH)   ()
15:00 --- Coffee Break ---
15:30
Future prospects (until 16:00) ()
15:30 Polarization measurements with the eXTP mission - Prof. Shuang-Nan Zhang (IHEP)   ()
16:00
Discussions (until 17:00) ()
19:00 --- Dinner (@ Bain de Paquis) ---
12:00 --- Lunch ---
13:00
Novel Analysis methods (until 14:00) ()
13:00 Synchrotron emission and polarization - Dr J. Michael Burgess (MPE)   ()
14:00
Novel Analysis methods (until 15:00) ()
15:00 --- Coffee Break ---
15:30
Novel Analysis methods (until 16:15) ()
15:30 CDCI: POLAR data demonstration - Dr Neal Gauvin (Universite de Geneve (CH))   ()
16:15
Novel Analysis methods (until 17:15) ()
16:15 How do we make polarization analysis open? - Merlin Reynaard Kole (Universite de Geneve (CH))   ()