LOFAR workshop
Astrophysics with E-LOFAR
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Scientific workshop - Astrophysics with E-LOFAR
16 - 19 September 2008, Hamburg, Germany
Organised by Hamburger Sternwarte / German Long-Wavelength Consortium (GLOW)
Invited speakers
Nabila Aghanim, Rainer Beck, Michiel Brentjens, Marcus Brüggen, Gianfranco Brunetti, John Conway, Daniele Dallacasa, Ger de Bruyn, Heino Falcke, Rob Fender, Chiara Ferrari, Mike Garrett, Andreas Haungs, Guinevere Kauffmann, Joe Khan, Robert Laing, Gottfried Mann, George Miley, Rosita Paladino, Wolfgang Reich, Elke Roediger, Huub Rottgering, Ben Stappers, Michel Tagger, Fatemeh Tabatabaei, Steve Torchinsky, René Vermeulen, Corina Vogt, Ralph Wijers, Michael Wise, Saleem Zaroubi
Programme
Monday, September 15
| 18.00-21.00 | Welcome Reception and Registration |
Tuesday, September 16
| 08.00-09.00 | Registration |
| 09.00-09.10 | Welcome Dieter Engels (Hamburger Sternwarte, GLOW) Joachim Bartels (Physics Department, Hamburg University) Jürgen Schmitt (Hamburger Sternwarte) |
| 09.10-09.20 | Kick Off Talk (Talk) René Vermeulen (ASTRON) |
Session 1: The Capability of LOFAR to study Transient Sources
| 09.20-09.45 | The Transients KSP: Aims and Means (Abstract / Talk) Ralph Wijers (University of Amsterdam) |
| 09.45-10.00 | Searching for Transients with LOFAR/CS1 (Abstract / Talk) Casey Law (University of Amsterdam) |
| Posters related to Session 1 |
Session 2: Pulsar Studies with LOFAR
| 10.00-10.20 | Pulsars with E-LOFAR (Abstract / Talk) Ben Stappers (University of Manchester/JBCA) |
| 10.20-10.35 | Deep, targeted imaging of pulsar wind nebulae with E-LOFAR (Abstract / Talk) Jason Hessels (Universiteit van Amsterdam) |
| 10.35-11.05 | Coffee break and poster session |
| Posters related to Session 2 |
Session 3: Planets, Exoplanets and SETI
| 11.05-11.20 | Search for radio emission from exoplanets: dynamic spectra from GMRT observations (Abstract / Talk) Walid Majid (JPL/Caltech) |
| 11.20-11.35 | Ground based study of Saturn Electrostatic Discharges (Abstract / Talk) Jean-Mathias Griessmeier (ASTRON) |
| 11.35-11.50 | SETI with LOFAR (Abstract / Talk) Parisa Noorishad (ASTRON) |
Session 4: The Sun
| 11.50-12.15 | Solar Physics and Space Weather with LOFAR (Abstract / Talk) Gottfried Mann (Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam) |
| 12.15-12.30 | Solar observations with LOFAR (Abstract / Talk) Christian Vocks (Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam) |
| 12.30-14.00 | Lunch break |
| 14.00-14.20 | Solar Physics & Space Weather Science with LOFAR: The UK Perspective (Abstract / Talk) Joe Khan (University of Glasgow) |
| 14.20-14.35 | Solar wind in the outer heliosphere: IPS observations at the decameter wavelengths (Abstract / Talk) Nikolay Kalinichenko (Institute of Radio Astronomy of NASU) |
| 14.35-14.50 | Decameter Type IV bursts: Properties of Fiber Bursts (Abstract / Talk) Valentin Melnik (Institute of Radio Astronomy of NASU) |
| Posters related to Session 4 |
Session 5: Technical and Software Updates
| 14.50-15.10 | LOFAR - As it is built (Abstract / Talk) Corina Vogt (ASTRON) |
| 15.10-15.30 | Status Update on the LOFAR Science Processing Pipelines (Abstract / Talk) Michael Wise (ASTRON) |
| 15.30-15.45 | Initial Observations with the LOFAR Effelsberg-Exloo Baseline (Abstract / Talk) James Anderson (Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie) |
| 15.45-16.15 | Coffee break and poster session |
| 16.15-16.30 | Computational Challenges of the LOFAR EoR Key-Science-Project (Abstract / Talk) Leon Koopmans (Kapteyn Astronomical Institute) |
| 16.30-16.45 | X-WiN, a Network Infrastructure for Research Projects (Abstract / Talk) Martin Wilhelm (DFN-Verein e.V.) |
| 16.45-17.00 | On the use of electromagnetic angular momentum for better characterization and calibration of radio signals from space (Abstract / Talk) Bo Thidé (Swedish Institute of Space Physics) |
| 17.00-17.15 | Difference imaging in radio interferometry (Abstract / Talk) Olaf Wucknitz (Argelander-Institut für Astronomie) |
| Posters related to Session 5 |
Wednesday, September 17
Session 6: Cosmic Ray Studies with LOFAR
| 09.00-09.25 | The Cosmic Rays KSP (Talk) Heino Falcke (Radboud University + ASTRON) |
| 09.25-09.45 | Radio Detection of Cosmic Ray Air Showers (Abstract / Talk) Andreas Haungs (Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe) |
| 09.45-10.05 | Non-thermal radio spectral index study of spiral galaxies (Abstract / Talk) Rosita Paladino (Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari) |
| 10.05-10.20 | Detection of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic rays and Neutrinos using the Moon (Abstract / Talk) Olaf Scholten (KVI/University of Groningen) |
| 10.20-10.35 | Air Shower Measurements with LOFAR (Abstract / Talk) Andreas Horneffer (RU Nijmegen) |
| 10.35-11.05 | Coffee break and poster session |
| Posters related to Session 6 |
Session 7: LOFAR Internationalization & E-LOFAR
| 11.05-11.35 | Overview (Talk) René Vermeulen (ASTRON) |
| 11.35-11.50 | Giant Ukrainian Radio Telescope as a Complementary Part to the E-LOFAR Super Stations (Abstract / Talk) Alexander Konovalenko (Institute of Radio Astronomy of NASU) |
| Posters related to Session 7 |
Session 8: National Reports
| 11.50-12.00 | LOFAR in Germany (Abstract / Talk) Rainer Beck (Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie) |
| 12.00-12.10 | LOFAR-UK (Abstract / Talk) Rob Fender (University of Southampton) |
| 12.10-12.20 | France (Talk) Michel Tagger (CNRS Orléans) |
| 12.20-12.30 | Swedish LOFAR (Abstract / Talk) John Conway (Onsala Space Observatory) |
| 12.30-12.40 | E-LOFAR in Italy (Abstract / Talk) Daniele Dallacasa (University of Bologna, Astronomy Dept.) |
| 12.40-12.50 | Polish contribution to E-LOFAR (Abstract / Talk) Katarzyna Otmianowska-Mazur (Obserwatorium Astronomiczne Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego) |
| 12.50-13.00 | Ireland and LOFAR (Talk) Denise Gabuzda (University College Cork) |
| 13.00-14.15 | Lunch break |
| 14.15-14.40 | LOFAR and particle acceleration in extragalactic radio sources (Abstract / Talk) Gianfranco Brunetti (INAF-Istituto di Radioastronomia) |
Session 9: Strategies to study the EoR with LOFAR
| 14.40-15.05 | The Epoch of Reionization with LOFAR (Abstract / Talk) Saleem Zaroubi (Kapteyn Astronomical Institute) |
| 15.05-15.25 | Technical challenges of the LOFAR EoR project (Abstract / Talk) Michiel Brentjens (ASTRON) |
| 15.25-15.45 | The reionization process: theory and observations (Abstract / Talk) Benedetta Ciardi (Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik) |
| 15.45-16.15 | Coffee break and poster session |
| 16.15-16.30 | Simulating Various Reionization Scenarios for the LOFAR-EoR Experiment (Abstract / Talk) Rajat Thomas (Kapteyn Institute) |
| 16.30-16.45 | The foregrounds simulations for the LOFAR-EoR Experiment (Abstract / Talk) Vibor Jelic (Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, RUG) |
| 16.45-17.00 | Properties of the redshifted 21cm signal from reionization (Abstract / Talk) Garrelt Mellema (Stockholm Observatory, Stockholm University) |
| 17.00-17.15 | Statistics to extract and analyze the cosmological signal from the Epoch of Reionization (Abstract / Talk) Geraint Harker (Kapteyn Institute) |
| 17.15-22.00 | Harbor Cruise and Conference Dinner |
| Posters related to Session 9 |
Thursday, September 18
Session 10: Studying Cosmic Magnetism with LOFAR
| 09.00-09.25 | Low frequency polarimetry and cosmic magnetism (Abstract / Talk) Ger de Bruyn (ASTRON, Dwingeloo & Kapteyn Institute, Groningen) |
| 09.25-09.45 | Galactic magnetic field research with LOFAR (Abstract / Talk) Wolfgang Reich (Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie) |
| 09.45-10.00 | Exploring weak magnetic fields with LOFAR (Abstract / Talk) Tigran Arshakian (Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie) |
| 10.00-10.15 | Dwarf galaxies and the magnetisation of the IGM (Abstract / Talk) Uli Klein (AIfA) |
| 10.15-10.45 | Coffee break and poster session |
| Posters related to Session 10 |
Session 11: Galactic Structure and ISM
| 10.45-11.00 | E-LOFAR and the Magnetic Milky Way (Abstract / Talk) Marijke Haverkorn (NRAO/UC-Berkeley/ASTRON) |
| 11.00-11.15 | Observation of Carbon Radio Recombination Lines Towards Dust Cloud L1407 at decameter wavelength (Abstract / Talk) Sergiy Stepkin (Institute of Radio Astronomy of NASU) |
| 11.15-11.30 | The potential for Galactic Plane Surveys with LOFAR (Abstract / Talk) Glenn White (Open University/The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory) |
Session 12: Synergies with other Observational Facilities
| 11.30-11.55 | ALMA (Abstract / Talk) Robert Laing (ESO) |
| 11.55-12.20 | Planck satellite: Complementary probe of reionisation (Abstract / Talk) Nabila Aghanim (Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale) |
| 12.20-12.45 | En route to SKA (Abstract / Talk) Steve Torchinsky (Observatoire de Paris-Meudon) |
| 12.45-14.15 | Lunch break |
Session 13: The Potential of the Imaging Survey Mode of LOFAR
| 14.15-14.40 | LOFAR surveys of the low frequency sky (Abstract / Talk ) Huub Rottgering (Leiden University/Leiden Observatory) |
| Posters related to Session 13 |
Session 14: Clusters and Halos
| 14.40-15.00 | Magnetic fields in clusters (Abstract / Talk) Marcus Brüggen (Jacobs University Bremen) |
| 15.00-15.20 | Ram pressure stripping of disk galaxies in clusters (Abstract / Talk) Elke Roediger (Jacobs University Bremen) |
| 15.20-15.35 | Cluster Radio Halos in the LOFAR era (Abstract /Talk) Rossella Cassano (INAF-Instituto di Radioastronomia) |
| 15.35-15.50 | Radio halos: spectral index analysis (Abstract / Talk) Emanuela Orru (Universität Innsbruck - Institut für Astro-und Teilchenphysik) |
| 15.50-16.20 | Coffee break and poster session |
| 16.20-16.40 | Thermal and non-thermal emission from galaxy clusters: X-ray and LOFAR observations (Abstract / Talk) Chiara Ferrari (Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur) |
| 16.40-16.55 | The GMRT Radio Halo survey - Results and implications for LOFAR (Abstract / Talk) Simona Giacintucci (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) |
| Posters related to Session 14 |
Session 15: Radio Galaxies and AGN
| 16.55-17.10 | Studying the cosmological evolution of Supermassive Black Holes with LOFAR (Abstract / Talk) Andrea Merloni (Excellence Cluster Universe and MPE) |
| 17.10-17.25 | Low frequency results from the GMRT and the role of the E-LOFAR (Abstract / Talk) Dharam Vir Lal (Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie) |
| 17.25-17.40 | A view of the sub-mJy population: The AGN component (Abstract / Talk) Isabella Prandoni (IRA-INAF) |
| Posters related to Session 15 |
| 17.40-18.00 | Concluding remarks Mike Garrett (ASTRON) |
| 19.00- | Make LOFAR work on international baselines (informal gathering) |
Friday, September 19
| 08.30-10.30 | Cosmic Rays - Magnetism KSPs parallel sessions |
| 10.30-11.00 | Coffee break |
| 11.00-13.00 | EoR - Transients KSPs parallel sessions |
| 13.00-14.00 | Lunch break |
| 14.00-16.00 | Solar Science - Surveys KSPs parallel sessions |