Name: Shedding new light on Gamma-Ray Bursts with polarization data
Start: 2018-11-26T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2018-11-30T11:30:00+01:00
Location: Other Institutes

Shedding new light on Gamma-Ray Bursts with polarization data

from Monday 26 November 2018 (09:00) to Friday 30 November 2018 (11:30)

Monday 26 November 2018

11:00 Introduction/Welcome
Introduction/Welcome
11:00 - 12:00

12:00 Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 13:00
13:00 GAP results: overview
GAP results: overview
13:00 - 14:00
Contributions

13:00 GRB prompt emission polarization measurements by GAP - Daisuke Yonetoku
14:00 POLAR: the first science results
POLAR: the first science results
14:00 - 15:00
Contributions

14:00 Detailed polarization measurements of 5 GRBs by POLAR - Shuang-Nan Zhang (IHEP)

14:30 Details of the first POLAR analysis - Zhengheng Li (IHEP)
15:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:30
15:30 Polarization measurements without a Compton Telescope and not for GRBs
Polarization measurements without a Compton Telescope and not for GRBs
15:30 - 16:15
Contributions

15:30 Polarization measurements without a Compton Telescope and not for GRBs - Thomas Siegert (MPE)
16:15 Polarization measurements of the afterglow
Polarization measurements of the afterglow
16:15 - 17:15
Contributions

16:15 Polarization measurements of the GRB afterglow - Carole Mundell
Tuesday 27 November 2018

10:00

10:00 - 11:45

11:45 Lunch (back at biotech)
Lunch (back at biotech)
11:45 - 13:15
13:15 Prompt emission Theory: Overview
Prompt emission Theory: Overview
13:15 - 14:45
Contributions

13:15 GRB Prompt Emission: an overview - Kenji Toma (Tohoku University)

14:00 Polarization of GRB Prompt Emission: An overview - Ramandeep Gill (CITA)
14:45 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
14:45 - 15:15
15:15 Polarization Predictions Details
Polarization Predictions Details
15:15 - 18:00
Contributions

15:15 Polarization Predictions of Photospheric Models - Andrei Beloborodov

16:00 Synchrotron and Jitter Polarization Models towards POLAR Observations - Jirong Mao (YNAO)

16:45 Discussion - Damien Bégué (MPE)
19:00 Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner
19:00 - 21:00
Wednesday 28 November 2018
09:30 Polarimetry with 170817A: afterglow models
Polarimetry with 170817A: afterglow models
09:30 - 12:30
Contributions

09:30 Polarization measurements of the afterglow - Carole Mundell

10:30 Review of the GRB afterglow polarization and recent work on GRB 170817A - Jonathan Granot

11:15 GRB 170817A afterglow measurements - Carole Mundell

11:45 Theoretical interpretation of the detected circular polarization and the polarimetry of kilonova 170817 - Kenji Toma (Tohoku University)
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:15
13:15 What do we need from future instruments?
What do we need from future instruments?
13:15 - 13:45
Contributions

13:15 What do we need from future instruments? - Nicolas Produit (Universite de Geneve (CH))
13:45 GAP2
GAP2
13:45 - 14:10
Contributions

13:45 Future prospects with GAP2 - Daisuke Yonetoku
14:10 POLAR-2
POLAR-2
14:10 - 14:35
Contributions

14:10 POLAR-2 - Merlin Reynaard Kole (Universite de Geneve (CH))
14:35 SPHiNX
SPHiNX
14:35 - 15:00
Contributions

14:35 SPHiNX - Mark Pearce (KTH)
15:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:30
15:30 eXTP
eXTP
15:30 - 16:00
Contributions

15:30 Polarization measurements with the eXTP mission - Shuang-Nan Zhang (IHEP)
16:00 What do we need from theory?
What do we need from theory?
16:00 - 17:00

19:00 Dinner (@ Bain de Paquis)
Dinner (@ Bain de Paquis)
19:00 - 21:00
Thursday 29 November 2018
09:30 GRB localization: importance for polarization
GRB localization: importance for polarization
09:30 - 09:45
Contributions

09:30 The importance of localization - Merlin Reynaard Kole (Universite de Geneve (CH))
09:45 GRB localization with POLAR
GRB localization with POLAR
09:45 - 10:15
Contributions

09:45 GRB Localization with POLAR - Yuanhao Wang
10:15 GRB localization with BALROG
GRB localization with BALROG
10:15 - 11:10
Contributions

10:15 POLARIZATION ANALYSIS FOR REAL INSTRUMENTS - J. Michael Burgess (MPE)

10:35 The BALROG for GRB localization - Francesco Berlato (MPE)
11:10 Future plans with POLAR data: Geneva
Future plans with POLAR data: Geneva
11:10 - 11:30
Contributions

11:10 Plans for future analysis POLAR data in Geneva - Merlin Reynaard Kole (Universite de Geneve (CH))
11:30 Future plans with POLAR data: IHEP
Future plans with POLAR data: IHEP
11:30 - 12:00
Contributions

11:30 Plans for GRB analysis with POLAR data at IHEP - Jianchao Sun (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
12:00 Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 13:00
13:00 Forward folding polarization data
Forward folding polarization data
13:00 - 14:00
Contributions

13:00 Synchrotron emission and polarization - J. Michael Burgess (MPE)
14:00 CDCI: Plans for online analysis tools for polarization data
CDCI: Plans for online analysis tools for polarization data
14:00 - 15:00

15:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:30
15:30 CDCI: POLAR data demonstration
CDCI: POLAR data demonstration
15:30 - 16:15
Contributions

15:30 CDCI: POLAR data demonstration - Neal Gauvin (Universite de Geneve (CH))
16:15 Discussion: What do we need to make polarization analysis accessible?
Discussion: What do we need to make polarization analysis accessible?
16:15 - 17:15
Contributions

16:15 How do we make polarization analysis open? - Merlin Reynaard Kole (Universite de Geneve (CH))
Friday 30 November 2018

09:30 Planning future projects
Planning future projects
09:30 - 11:15

11:15 Closing
Closing
11:15 - 11:30

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