Splinter Meeting
A splinter meeting at the 2016 fall meeting of the astronomical society in Bochum
Title: High-energy astrophysics
When: Tuesday 13.09.2016, 14:00 – 17:00
Wednesday 14.09.2016, 14:45 – 18:00
Where: Bochum, RUB Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Topic:
This Splinter Meeting will address open questions about sources of energetic particles,
as well as the physical processes that govern their acceleration and transport.
Tuesday, 13.09.
14:00-14:30 Marcus Brüggen: Particle acceleration at cosmological shocks
14:30-15:00 Stijn Buitink: Cosmic-ray detection with LOFAR
15:00-15:30 Günter Sigl: UHECR propagation
15:30-16:00 Posters
16:00-16:30 Matthias Kadler: VLBI studies of jets
16:30-17:00 Frank Rieger: Observations and modeling of relativistic jets
Wednesday, 14.09.
14:45-15:15 Jacco Vink: Cosmic-ray acceleration in Supernova remnants
15:15-15:45 Dmitry Malyshev: High-energy emission from the Galactic Center
15:45-16:15 Kathrin Egberts: The PeVatron at the Galactic Center
16:15-17:00 Posters
17:00-17:30 Alexander Kappes: Cosmic Neutrinos
17.30-18:00 Anna Franckowiak: Search for neutrinos from SNe through optical follow-up
Organizers:
Markus Ackermann (DESY), Jörg Hörandel (RU Nijmegen), Martin Pohl (U Potsdam)
Support:
Helmholtz-Alliance for Astroparticle Physics
Image Credits:
X-ray: NASA/CXC/Rutgers/K.Eriksen et al. Optical: DSS
