ANITA summer school program - "Cosmic Explosions" Supernova explosion image

Cosmic explosions

The 2020 ANITA summer school on "Cosmic Explosions" will take place over three days (Mon-Wed). It will be followed by the 2020 ANITA theory workshop.

Topics covered will include:

  • Stellar transients: Exploding massive stars
  • High energy (X-ray and gamma ray) sources; integral field unit (IFU) observations (supernova remnants)
  • Fast radio bursts: Including a site vist to the Molongolo telescope!

Detailed schedule:

Monday

 9:30 - 10:50: lectures on massive stars/explosions (Bernhard Mueller)
10:50 - 11:10: morning tea
11:10 - 12:30: interactive session massive stars/explosions (Bernhard Mueller)
12:30 - 13:30: lunch
13:30 - 14:50: lectures on massive stars/explosions (Alex Heger)
14:50 - 15:10: afternoon tea
15:10 - 16:30: hands-on session massive stars/explosions (Alex Heger)
16:30 - 17:00 break
17:00: Evening welcome drinks/light snacks on site

Tuesday

 9:30 - 10:50: lectures on high-energy (X-ray, gamma ray) explosions, nucleosynthesis (Fiona Panther)
10:50 - 11:10: morning tea
11:10 - 12:30: interactive session on high energy explosions/transients (Fiona Panther)
12:30 - 13:30: lunch
13:30 - 14:50: lectures on SN progenitors/explosion, Integral Field Unit SN remnant data (Ivo Seitenzahl)
14:50 - 15:10: afternoon tea
15:10 - 16:30: interactive session on integral field unit data of SN remnant(s) (Ivo Seitenzahl)
16:30: free evening

Wednesday

 9:30 - 10:50: lectures on Fast Radio Bursts (Shivani Bhandari)
10:50 - 11:10: morning tea
11:10 - 12:10: interactive session on FRBs with OzStar (Shivani Bhandari)
12:10 - 12:40: quick lunch
12:45: Board bus to depart for tour of the Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope with Chris Flynn
13:30 (approx): tour begins (tour includes afternoon tea)
16:30 (approx): tour concludes
16:45: (approx): Depart for Canberra by bus
17:30 (approx): arrive back at UNSW Canberra (and possible stops at Mercure Canberra and City).

Note: We will not cover rigorous mathematical working and proofs. We may provide links and material that you can/should read.

Speakers

The school material will be presented by:

Location
The School will be held at The School of Science, UNSW Canberra (formerly School of PEMS). Map to follow soon.