Relativistic Laboratory Astrophysics
Harnack-Haus 22nd - 25th November 2015
Sunday 22nd November
Arrival
Monday 23rd November
| 09:00 | Welcome | |
| 09:05 - 09:35 | E. Amato | The origin of galactic cosmic rays |
| 09:45 - 10:15 | G. Giacinti | The onset of particle acceleration at supernova shock breakout |
| 10:30 | ************ Coffee ************ | |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | M. Takamoto | Rapid cosmic-ray acceleration at perpendicular shocks in supernova remnants |
| 11:45 - 12:15 | T. Bell | Particle acceleration and magnetic field generation at jet termination shocks |
| 12:30 | ************ Lunch ************ | |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | S. Giacchè | First-order Fermi acceleration at pulsar wind termination shocks |
| 15:15 - 15:45 | C. Ridgers | Exploring pulsar-relevant pair cascades in the laboratory using next generation high-intensity lasers |
| 16:00 | ************ Coffee ************ | |
| 16:30 - 18:00 | General discussion | Particle acceleration at shocks |
| 18:00 - | ******** Dinner in Berlin ******** | |
Tuesday 24th November
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Y. Lyubarsky | Maser instability at the front of the pulsar wind termination shock |
| 09:45 - 10:15 | T. Amano | Superluminal waves in Poynting-dominated relativistic shocks |
| 10:30 | ************ Coffee ************ | |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | J. Pétri | Explosive reconnection of the double tearing mode in relativistic plasmas with application to the Crab nebula |
| 11:45 - 12:15 | I. Mochol | High energy radiation from pulsars |
| 12:30 | ************ Lunch ************ | |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | B. Cerutti | Simulating high energy pulsar light curves with PIC |
| 15:15 - 15:45 | B. Reville | Acceleration at mildly relativistic shear layers |
| 16:00 | ************ Coffee ************ | |
| 16:30 - 18:00 | General discussion | Addressing questions in relativistic astrophysics via laboratory experiments |
| 18:00 - | ***** Dinner in Berlin ***** | |
Wednesday 25th November
Departure