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))