X-ray Spring School Cargese 2006 - Program

Observing the X- and Gamma-ray Sky

Astrophysical Spring School, Cargèse/Corsica April 2006

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Below you find the preliminary program - there are still some topics missing, so stay tuned for updates. Participant's presentations are 10 minutes + 2 minutes for questions. The list of topics, the lecturers, and the duration of their contributing presentations is listed at the bottom of this page. In case of bad weather we might shorten the lunch break so that you have more time in the evening.
First Week:

Time Monday 3.4. Tuesday 4.4. Wednesday 5.4. Thursday 6.4. Friday 7.4.

8:45 - 10:15 Radiation processes (2): M. Longair Accretion (1): A. King Accretion (2): A. King Relativistic jets (1): S. Corbel

10:15 - 10:45 meeting Ajaccio Airport (first group) Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break

10:45 - 12:15 bus transfer to Cargèse (first group) Gamma Ray Burst (1): F. Daigne Gamma Ray Burst (2): F. Daigne Source population in other galaxies (1): G. Fabbiano Clusters of galaxies (2): M. Arnaud

12:15 - 15:30 meeting Ajaccio Airport at 1 p.m. (second group) for transfer to Cargèse Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch Break

15:30 - 17:00 History: J. Paul Particle Acceleration (1): M. Baring Particle Acceleration (2): M. Baring Clusters of galaxies (1): M. Arnaud Source population in other galaxies (2): G. Fabbiano

17:00 - 17:15 Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break

17:15 - 18:00 Radiation processes (1): M. Longair Stellar coronae (1): M. Güdel Instrumentation (2): P. von Ballmoos Stellar coronae (2): M. Güdel Swift: V. Beckmann
"Extended inverse-Compton emission from radio galaxies": M. Erlund
"Sources seen with INTEGRAL/ISGRI": A. Bodaghee

18:05 - 18:55 Radiation processes (1) continued How to build a mission: J. Paul Suzaku: T. Dotani INTEGRAL: J. Malzac
"Globular clusters NGC 2808 and M22 observed with XMM": M. Servillat
"X-ray emission of AGN seen by INTEGRAL": S. Soldi RXTE: J. Rodriguez
"Tracing gas motion in the Centaurus cluster": J. Graham
"Hyper luminous infrared galaxies in the X-rays": A. Ruiz

Evening Instrumentation (1): P. von Ballmoos (until 19:40) Welcome drink at the institute Informal "picknick" at the institute

Second Week:

Time Monday 10.4. Tuesday 11.4. Wednesday 12.4. Thursday 13.4. Friday 14.4.

8:45 - 10:15 Relativistic jets (2): S. Corbel Sgr A* (2): A. Eckart Supernova remnants (1): J. Vink Galactic X-ray binaries (2): T. Belloni Supernova remnants (2): J. Vink

10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break

10:45 - 12:15 Sgr A* (1): A. Eckart Ground based Gamma-ray observations: G. Hermann General relativity: L. Stella Diffuse emission: J. Knödlseder Pulsars, AXPs and SGRs (2): W. Hermsen

12:15 - 15:30 Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch and departure

15:30 - 17:00 Active Galactic Nuclei (1): A. Fabian Pulsar wind nebulae: I. Grenier Active Galactic Nuclei (2): A. Fabian Pulsars, AXPs and SGRs (2): W. Hermsen

17:00 - 17:15 Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break

17:15 - 18:00 Introduction to MHD (1): M. Tagger Galactic X-ray binaries (1): T. Belloni Introduction to MHD (1): M. Tagger XMM + Chandra: P. Ferrando (20 minutes)
AGILE: A. Giuliani (40 minutes)

18:05 - 18:50 GLAST: I. Grenier

"Timing the extragalactic X-ray binary population": R. Barnard

"Explaining the Z-track sources and jet formation": N. Jackson Galactic X-ray binaries (1): T. Belloni SIMBOL X: P. Ferrando "The 2002 outburst of the pulsar SAX J1808.3-3658": A. Ibragimov

"Modeling the X-ray emission from Tycho SNR": D. Kosenko

Evening Banquet Dinner at the harbour

List of topics with lecturers and total duration of their presentations:
History of high energy astronomy (J. Paul; 1h30)
Fundamental Physics :
- Introduction to MHD (M. Tagger; 1h30)
- Accretion (A. King; 3h)
- Particle Acceleration (M. Baring; 3h)
- Thermal and non-thermal radiation processes (M. Longair; 3h)
X-ray and Gamma-ray instruments and analysis techniques
- X-ray and gamma-ray instrumentation (P. von Ballmoos; 1h30)
- Ground based gamma-ray instrumentation (G. Hermann; 1h30)
- How to build/develop an entire mission? (J. Paul; 45 min)
- First results from Suzaku (T. Dotani; 45 min)
Astrophysical Objects :
- Active Galactic Nuclei (A. Fabian; 3h)
- Clusters of Galaxies (M. Arnaud; 3h)
- Galactic X-ray binaries: Black holes, neutron stars and CVs (T. Belloni; 3h)
- Gamma-ray bursts (F. Daigne; 3h)
- Relativistic jets (S. Corbel; 3h)
- Sgr A*: The black hole at the center of our Galaxy (A. Eckart; 3h)
- Pulsars, anomalous X-ray pulsars and soft gamma-ray repeaters (W. Hermsen; 3h)
- Source populations in other galaxies: ULXs, IMBH and XRBs (G. Fabbiano; 3h)
- Supernova remnants: Nucleosynthesis, acceleration (J. Vink; 3h)
- Diffuse emission (J. Knödlseder; 1h30)
- General relativity in compact objects (L. Stella; 1h30)
- Pulsar wind nebulae (I. Grenier; 1h30)
- Stellar coronae (M. Güdel; 1h30)
Missions:
- AGILE (A. Giuliani)
- Chandra (P. Ferrando)
- GLAST (I. Grenier)
- INTEGRAL (J. Malzac)
- RXTE (J. Rodriguez)
- SIMBOL-X (P. Ferrando)
- Suzaku (T. Dotani)
- Swift (V. Beckmann)
- XMM-Newton (P. Ferrando)

background graphic: Chandra image of Eta Carinae (credits: NASA/CXC/SAO)