The Shocking Universe - Gamma-Ray Bursts and High Energy Shock phenomena in the Universe

Scientific Program

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Sunday - September 13th
18:00 - 20:00Registration & Welcome Cocktail
Monday - September 14th
07:45 - 08:45Registration
ChairmanM. Feroci
08:45 - 09:00G. ChincariniWelcome
09:00 - 09:35M. LyutikovGRB: observational progress and theoretical problems
09:35 - 09:50I. SteeleOptical polarization measurements of GRB060418 and GRB090102
09:50 - 10:05C. GuidorziThe controversial link between prompt optical and gammarays: temporal study of GRB 080319B
10:05 - 10:30Coffee Break
10:30 - 10:55S. BarthelmyGRB Prompt Emission and Swift-BAT
10:55 - 11:20S. KobayashiMagnetized Fireballs and Early Afterglows
11:20 - 11:45A. Pe'erObservations, theory and implications of thermal emission from gamma-ray bursts
11:45 - 12:05L. AmatiSpectrum-energy correlation in GRB: status and perspectives
12:05 - 12:30J. RacusinJet Breaks and Energetics of Swift GRB X-ray Afterglows
12:30 - 12:45D. BurrowsChandra Searches for Jet Breaks
12:45 - 13:00P. EvansConfronting GRB afterglow models with a complete set of XRT light curves and hardness ratios
13.00 - 14.20Lunch
ChairmanS. Barthelmy
14:20 - 14:45A. MacFadyenGRB Afterglow Lightcurves from Multi-Dimensional Simulations
14:45 - 15:10R. MarguttiGRB temporal structure: flares and short term variability
15:10 - 15:30R. YamazakiPrior Emission Model for the Plateau Phase in the X-ray Afterglow
15:30 - 15:55E. Del MonteThe observation of Gamma Ray Bursts with AGILE
15:55 - 16:10R. KlebesadelThe Discovery of Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts
16:10 - 16:35Coffee Break
16:35 - 17:00F. DaigneThe prompt emission of gamma-ray bursts in the internal shock model
17:00 - 17:15S. SugitaTiming and spectral analysis of Short GRB and Multi-spiked Long GRB
17:15 - 17:30E. LiangSingle Power-Law Decaying XRT lightcurves and Implications for the Unified Origin of the X-rays
17:30 - 17:45P. RomingA Large Homogenous Sample of Optical GRB Afterglow Light Curves
17:45 - 18:00M. De PasqualeChromatic evolution in GRB afterglows
18:00 - 18:20S. CovinoOptical observations of GRB afterglows
18:20 - 18:35J. NousekStatus of the Swift Mission
Tuesday - September 15th
ChairmanP. Michelson
09:00 - 09:25N. OmodeiGamma-Ray Burst at HighEnergy: the Fermi LAT first observation of the shocking Universe
09:25 - 09:45N. KawaiPulse structures of GRB 080916C observed with Fermi LAT/GBM
09:45 - 10:05S. GuiriecGRB 090510, a short and hard burst detected by Fermi
10:05 - 10:25F. De PalmaGRB 090902B, a long GRB with High Energy emission detected with Fermi
10:25 - 11:00Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:20E. BissaldiGRB 090323 and GRB 090328: two ksec long high-energy GammaRay Bursts detected with Fermi
11:20 - 11:45B. PaciesasFermi GBM results
11:45 - 12:10M. BriggsSpectral Evolution of Three Short GRBs on Fine Timescales
12:10 - 12:30V. ConnaughtonHigh-Energy Spectral signatures of LAT-detected short gamma-ray bursts
12:30 - 12:55J. GranotSome Implications of Fermi High-Energy GRB Observations
12.55 - 14.20Lunch
ChairmanR. Bellazzini
14:20 - 14:45K. AsanoTheoretical Interpretation for Fermi LAT-detected Gamma-ray Bursts
14:45 - 15:10C. DermerEvidence for Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray Acceleration from Fermi Observations of GRBs
15:10 - 15:35P. MichelsonFermi LAT results
15:35 - 16:00B. AtwoodFermi-LAT Analysis to Maximize GRB Science
16:00 - 16:30Coffee Break
16:30 - 16:50D. KocevskiLAT Upper Limits to GRBs
16:50 - 17:05T. AuneConstraints on GeV-TeV Emission from the "nakedeye" GRB 080319B
17:05 - 17:30Y. FanInterpretation and implication of the non-detection of GeV spectrum excess by Fermi gamma-ray Space Telescope in most GRBs
17:30 - 17:45A. MelandriThe Rise and Fall of GRBs - Lorentz Factors and Fireball Shock Physics
17:45 - 18:10R. Barniol-DuranHigh energy photons from Fermi GRBs: Who would have thought that they were produced in the external shock?
19:15Visit at the S. Marco Basilica
Wednesday - September 16th
ChairmanP. Roming
09:00 - 09:30E. BergerThe Host Galaxies of Short GRBs: Implications for the Progenitors and Comparison to Long GRB Hosts
09:30 - 09:45F. VirgiliAre all short GRBs of compact star merger origin?
09:45 - 10:00P. D'AvanzoOptical spectroscopy of short GRB afterglows
10:00 - 10:20W. LeeThe role of winds and tidal tails from post merger disks in the production of outflows and late time flares in SGRBs
10:20 - 10:40Poster competition
10:40 - 11:10Coffee Break
11:10 - 11:40C. FryerNeutrinos and Gravitational Waves from Long Duration GRBs
11:40 - 12:05P. VreeswijkGRB optical afterglow spectroscopy and host galaxies: an unbiased approach
12:05 - 12:20D. PerleyThe Environments of Dark Gamma-Ray Bursts
12:20 - 12:35A. De Ugarte PostigoGRB 090313: X-shooter's first glimpse of a GRB
12:35 - 13:15K. HamaguchiNews on Eta-Carinae
13:15Lunch
13:45Free Afternoon - Social Trip to S. Francesco del Deserto island
Thursday - September 17th
ChairmanJ. Osborne
09:00 - 09:25S. SavaglioGamma-Ray Burst Host Galaxies and the High Redshift Universe
09:25 - 09:50A. FruchterEnvironments, Hosts, and their Implications for the Physics and Progenitors of GRBs
09:50 - 10:05E. LevesqueModeling the Host Galaxies of Long-Duration Gamma-Ray Bursts
10:05 - 10:20P. SchadyDust Extinction Properties within GRB Host Galaxies
10:20 - 10:35K. SvenssonThe host galaxies of core-collapse supernovae and gamma ray bursts
10:35 - 11:00Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30A. SoderbergA Holistic View of the GRB-SN Connection
11:30 - 11:55M. Della ValleGRB-SN Connection: observational outcomes
11:55 - 12:15S. NagatakiGRB-SN Connection: Central Engine of Long GRBs and Explosive Nucleosynthesis
12:15 - 12:30A. KambleXRF080109/SN2008D : an investigation at radio frequencies
12:30 - 12:45R. ShenThe late jet in GRBs and its interactions with a supernova ejecta and a cocoon
12:45 - 13:00F. De ColleBipolar Supernova Explosions: Nucleosynthesis and the Role of Magnetic Fields
13.00 - 14.30Lunch
ChairmanN. Kawai
14:30 - 15:00P. KumarThe Physics of GRB Prompt Emission
15:00 - 15:30B. ZhangGRB prompt emission models: from low sigma to high sigma
15:30 - 16:00T. PiranTBA
16:00 - 16:30Coffee Break
16:30 - 16:45E. NakarIntroduction for a debate
16:45 - 17:20Debate: where do we stand?
17:20 - 17:35A. LevanIlluminating the dark ages with GRB 090423
17:35 - 17:50R. SalvaterraGRB 090423 reveals an exploding star at the epoch of reionization
17:50 - 18:05D. FrailDiscovery of the Radio Afterglow from GRB 090423
18:05 - 18:20A. CucchiaraGRB 090429B as the second "extreme redshift" gamma-ray burst
18:20 - 18:45T. TotaniGRBs and High Redshift Universe: High Redshift Galaxies, Pop III Stars, and Reionization
20:30Social Dinner
Friday - September 18th
ChairmanK. Hurley
08:45 - 09:10C. KouveliotouMagnetar Observations with Fermi/GBM
09:10 - 09:25S. Dall'OssoMagnetars at birth as strong sources of Gravitation Wave Radiation
09:25 - 09:40Y. NakagawaSuzaku Observations of Short Bursts from SGR 0501+4516
09:40 - 10:10E. Ramirez-RuizCompact Objects in The Era of Celestial Cinematography
10:10 - 10:40Coffee Break
10:40 - 11:05V. D'EliaUVES-VLT High Resolution Spectroscopy of Gamma-Ray Burst afterglows: host galaxies and intervening absorbers
11:05 - 11:20S. VerganiStatistics and characteristics of MgII absorbers along GRB lines of sight observed with VLT-UVES
11:20 - 11:35S. CampanaCircumburst ambient surrounding GRBs in the X-ray band
11:35 - 11:50C. ThoeneGRB 090426 - a new class or a strange environment?
11:50 - 12:00I. HorvathGRB groups observed by BATSE, BeppoSAX and Swift
12:00 - 12:15D. Lopez-CamaraQuiescence and late time activity in collapsars due to critical angular momentum distributions
12:15 - 12:30G. BeskinDiscovery of the "central engine" manifestation in the Naked-Eye Burst prompt optical emission
12.30 - 14.00Lunch
ChairmanD. Burrows
14:00 - 14:25K. YamaokaSuzaku observations of GRB prompt emissions and X-ray afterglows
14:25 - 14:55C. BiancoThe extended afterglow luminosity evolution over the equitemporal surfaces
14:55 - 15:10F. GenetSteep decay phase and prompt emission models
15:10 - 15:25V. ManganoModeling the spectral evolution in the decaying tails of Swift GRBs
15:25 - 15:45S. InoueProbing UV radiation fields and magnetic fields in the era of first star formation through GeV γ-rays from very high-z GRBs
15:45 - 16:00P. RomanoSupergiant Fast X-ray Transients: the Swift monitoring program
16:00 - 16:45N. GehrelsConcluding Remarks