Latin-American School on CTA Science

March 27-31, 2023

São Paulo, Brazil

ICTP-SAIFR/IFT-UNESP


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The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the major global observatory for very high energy gamma-ray astronomy over the next decade and beyond. The scientific program of CTA is rather broad: from understanding the role of relativistic cosmic particles to the search for dark matter. CTA will explore the universe using photons from 20 GeV to 300 TeV and significantly improve the sensitivity of high-energy gamma-ray phenomena.

It will feature two arrays, a southern one being located at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) site in Chile, Atacama desert, and a northern one located at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (ORM) site in La Palma, Canary Islands. This combination will make CTA the first ground-based gamma-ray telescope with the capability to observe a large sky fraction. CTA will have telescopes of different sizes, with the large ones reaching 23 meters in diameter. The CTA consortium currently has 1,500 members from more than 150 institutes in 25 countries, 18 of them in Latin America.

Therefore, it is of paramount importance to train Latin-American students about CTA science, and this motivated the first Latin-American School of CTA Science. The school will feature lectures on the following topics:

  • Numerical Tools
  • Dark Matter
  • Fundamental Physics
  • Multi-Messenger.

The lectures will be given by experts on these topics who are familiar with the imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes technique. At the school, the students will be familiarized with theoretical aspects of gamma-ray astronomy and through hands-on activities will learn how to install the codes and familiarize themselves with numerical programs, which are important for CTA science.

There is no registration fee and limited funds are available for travel and local expenses.

Organizers:

  • Ulisses Barres (CBPF, Brazil)
  • Werner Hofmann (MPIK, Germany)
  • Gaspar Galaz (Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile)
  • Vitor de Souza (USP-São Carlos, Brazil)
  • Farinaldo Queiroz (UFRN, Brazil)

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Lecturers

  • Ulisses Barres (CBPF, Brazil): Multi-Messenger
  • Elisabete Dal Pino (IAG-USP, Brazil): Introduction to Astrophysics
  • Manuel Meyer (University of Hamburg, Germany): Fundamental Physics
  • Gabrijela Zaharijas (University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia): Dark Matter
  • Francesco Longo (University of Trieste, Italy): Experimental techniques

Seminars:

  • Rita de Cássia dos Anjos (UFPR, Brazil): Supernovae Remnants and PeVatrons: Acceleration and Propagation
  • Walter Max-Moerbeck (Universidad de Chile): Introductions to Blazars
  • Edivaldo Moura Santos (IFUSP, Brazil): Prospects for AGN population studies with the CTA

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Program

School program: PDF updated on March 30, 2023

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Poster presentation

List of abstracts: PDF updated on March 23. 2023

Group 1 – March 27 & 28 – Monday and Tuesday, 16:00

  • Agustín Matías Carulli (Institute of Physics Research of Mar del Plata (IFIMAR) [CONICET -UNMdP]): High-energy neutrinos from starburst galaxies
  • Bastian Diaz Saez (University of Santiago of Chile): Z3 scalar dark matter and positron fluxes
  • Cainã de Oliveira (São Carlos Institute of Physics): Nearby active galactic nuclei and starburst galaxies as sources of the measured UHECRs anisotropy signal
  • Clara Rosin (Universidade Federal de Sergipe): Taxonomic Classification of Active Galactic Nuclei
  • Davi Bessa de Sousa (Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC – USP)): Non-thermal gamma-ray emission in the Galactic Center region
  • Daniel Cecchin Momesso (USP): Radiative model reconstruction of gamma-rays sources in the Galactic Center region
  • Fernando Josué Ureña Mena (Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica): Study of three Active Galactic Nuclei observed with HAWC
  • Giovana Santos Oliveira (IF-USP): Turbulent Magnetic field models and cosmic-ray propagation in astrophysical media
  • Giovanna Rocha Cordeiro (Instituto de Física da Universidade de São Paulo): Reconstruction of the AGN luminosity function with gamma-ray telescope
  • Gizele Lian Pessoa Dos Santos (Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas): Simulation of Cherenkov radiation detectors for the SWGO Observatory
  • Igor Reis (IFSC – USP): Dark Matter and Cosmic-ray Scattering Indirect Detection
  • Jacinto Paulo Neto (Department of Physics, International Institute of Physics (UFRN)): Dark Matter Sensibility to Non-standard Early Cosmological Scenarios
  • Karla Maria Pastor Coral (Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería): Determination of the response of the SWGO Cherenkov Water Detector to the secondary cosmic ray background
  • Luan Bonneau Arbeletche (Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin – UNICAMP): Influence of hadronic interaction models on the estimation of the CTA sensitivity
  • Luana Natalie Padilha (Universidade Tecnologica Federal do Paraná): Compact central object as a source of high-energy cosmic rays

Group 2 – March 29 & 30 – Wednesday and Thursday, 16:00

  • Lucas Augusto L. Siconato (Institute of Astronomy, Geophysics and Atmospheric Sciences): Investigating the gamma-ray emissions of Sagittarius A*
  • Lucca Radicce Justino (USP – São Carlos): Exploring the inert doublet model with very high energy observatories
  • Lucia Horta (SEDU -ES): Radioasteonomia no ensino de fisica
  • Luciana Andrade Dourado (Instituto de Física de São Carlos): Unveiling the origin of UHECR: the role of local sources
  • Luiz Stuani (Universidade Federal de Campina Grande): Enhancing the detection sensitivity for extragalactic observations with the Cherenkov Telescope Array
  • Matheus Genaro Dantas Xavier (Instituto de Física – USP): Simultaneously unveiling EBL opacity and intrinsic spectral parameters of gamma-ray sources via MCMC methods
  • Micael Jonathan Duarte Andrade (Universidade de São Paulo): Indirect search for Dark Matter in Dwarf Galaxies with the Southern Wide field-of-view Gamma-ray Observatory
  • Miguel Angel Bulla Rivas (Universidad Nacional de Colombia): Lepton Flavor Violation in a Non-Universal U(1) Extension to Standard Model
  • Omar Moises Asto Rojas (National University of Engineering): Analysis of reconstruction methods of shower cores in MATHUSLA
  • Patricio Escalona Contreras (Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María): Fermion Singlet Dark Matter in a Pseudoscalar Dark Matter Portal
  • Raphael Gomes Sousa (UFS): Determination of solar Ápex and Ante Ápex
  • Rodrigo Sasse (UNILA – Federal University of Latin America Integration): A connection between Tev Gamma-Ray and Cosmic Rays in the Seyfert Galaxy NGC 1068*
  • Silvia Lucia Correa Angel (Universidade do Rio Grande do Norte): Supernova as source of new light particles

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Additional Information

Registration: ALL participants should register. The registration will be on March 27 (Monday)  at the Institute from 08:30 am to 09:30 am.

List of Participants: Updated on March 28, 2023

BOARDING PASS: All participants, whose travel has been provided or will be reimbursed by ICTP-SAIFR, should bring the boarding pass upon registration. The return boarding pass (PDF, if online check-in, scan or picture, if physical) should be sent to secretary@ictp-saifr.org by e-mail.

COVID-19: Fully vaccinated Brazilians and foreigners are required to present proof of vaccination, printed or electronically before boarding an international flight. Not vaccinated and not fully vaccinated passengers have to present a medical certificate with a negative test result before entering the country. Tests should be taken up to 24 hours before boarding.

Visa information: Nationals from several countries in Latin America and Europe, Australia, Canada, Japan and USA are exempt from tourist visa. Please check here which nationals need a tourist visa to enter Brazil.

Accommodation: Participants, whose accommodation will be provided by the institute, will stay at The Universe Flat. Hotel recommendations are available here.

Poster presentation: Participants who are presenting a poster MUST BRING A BANNER PRINTED. The banner size should be at most 1 m (width) x 1,5 m (length). We do not accept A4 or A3 paper. Click here to see what a banner looks like: http://designplast.ind.br/produtos/detalhe/impressao-digital/banner/119/9

How to reach the Institute: The school will be held at ICTP South American Institute, located at IFT-UNESP, which is across the street from a major bus and subway terminal (Terminal Barra Funda). The address which is closer to the entrance of the IFT-UNESP building is R. Jornalista Aloysio Biondi, 120 – Barra Funda, São Paulo. The easiest way to reach us is by subway or bus, please find instructions here.