Diapositive 1 - Institut d'études scientifiques de Cargèse (IESC)
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2013 29 Avril 8 mai COSMIC ACCELERATORS Diego Götz CEA – Sce Astrophysique 91191 Gif / Yvette France 01 69 08 59 77 Diego.gotz@cea.fr Direction scientifique : Giovanna Chimini Contact : Dominique Donzella tél : 04 95 26 80 40 www.iesc.univ-corse.fr
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2013<br />
29 Avril<br />
8 mai<br />
COSMIC ACCELERATORS<br />
Diego Götz<br />
CEA – Sce Astrophysique<br />
91191 Gif / Yvette<br />
France<br />
01 69 08 59 77<br />
Diego.gotz@cea.fr<br />
Direction scientifique :<br />
Giovanna Chimini<br />
Contact :<br />
Dominique Donzella<br />
tél : 04 95 26 80 40<br />
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COSMIC ACCELERATORS April 29 – May 8 2013 <strong>Cargèse</strong>, Corse, France <br />
Abstract Booklet <br />
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Lectures .......................................................................................................................................... 4 <br />
Oral Presentations ...................................................................................................................... 8 <br />
Poster Contributions ............................................................................................................... 13 <br />
Schedule ...................................................................................................................................... 23 <br />
List of Accepted Applicants ................................................................................................... 24 <br />
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Lectures <br />
• Acceleration on all scales (introduction to the school): Felix Aharonian (DE,IE) <br />
The intention of this talk will be the discussion of high-‐energy non-‐thermal phenomena <br />
on all scales, which will inclu<strong>de</strong> a general discuss of particle acceleration in different <br />
astrophysical environments. The discussion will have a phenomenological character <br />
without <strong>de</strong>tails on acceleration mechanisms, which will be covered in other talks. On the <br />
other hand, it will be discuss the non-‐thermal phenomena in general, and particle <br />
acceleration in particular in the context of relativistic outflows, including jets of different <br />
scales <br />
• Radiative Processes I (non thermal): Alexandre Marcowith (FR) <br />
Non-‐thermal radiations are ubiquitous in sites of acceleration of energetic particles to <br />
high energies. The lecture will provi<strong>de</strong> a rather exhaustive review of these processes <br />
and illustrate them with some particular relevant astrophysical cases. Both compact <br />
objects and diffuse environments will be discussed. <br />
• Radiative processes II (thermal): Jelle Kaastra (NL) <br />
The lecturer will present the basics of high-‐resolution X-‐ray spectroscopy. After a brief <br />
summary of atomic structure, the basic processes related to emission and absorption in <br />
a plasma are introduced. Examples that are encountered frequently are presented but <br />
also some challenging diagnostics that will become available with future instruments <br />
are <strong>de</strong>scribed. <br />
• Acceleration Processes I (Fermi I): Andrei Bykov (RU) <br />
Particle acceleration by collisionless shocks waves (Fermi I type acceleration) is proved <br />
to be the most efficient mechanism of relativistic particle production in many <br />
astrophysical objects with high-‐energy release -‐ supernova remnants, stellar winds, jets <br />
etc. The high efficiency of particle acceleration implies the importance of non-‐linear <br />
feedback effects connecting self-‐generated fluctuating magnetic fields and non-‐thermal <br />
particles. These lectures will review the current status and perspective of the Fermi I <br />
mechanism in connections with high-‐energy astrophysics. <br />
• Acceleration Processes II (Fermi II and Monte Carlo): Don Ellison (USA) <br />
There is substantial evi<strong>de</strong>nce that magnetic fields can be strongly amplified in some <br />
astrophysical sources. The stronger the magnetic field, the more important second-or<strong>de</strong>r<br />
Fermi particle acceleration becomes as particles scatter off the strong magnetic <br />
turbulence. The lecturers will discuss how the predictions of second-‐or<strong>de</strong>r Fermi <br />
acceleration differ from those of the more wi<strong>de</strong>ly used first-‐or<strong>de</strong>r Fermi mechanism and <br />
emphasize the application to cosmic-‐ray production in young supernova remnants. <br />
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• Acceleration Processes III (Magnetic reconnection, Charge separation, Poynting <br />
Fluxes, rotating B Fields, Jets): Henk Spruit (DE) <br />
Introduction to magneto-‐hydrodynamics (MHD) with emphasis on processes of flow <br />
acceleration by magnetic fields, the interpretations of the Poynting flux in MHD. As a <br />
practical application of MHD this will be followed by the rotating magnetic field mo<strong>de</strong>l <br />
for the acceleration of astrophysical jets, including Poynting flux conversion into kinetic <br />
energy, the collimation of jets, and finally the role of internal instabilities of the magnetic <br />
field in jets in the dissipation of magnetic energy, and their contribution to flow <br />
acceleration. <br />
• AGNs: Volker Beckmann (FR) <br />
Active Galactic Nuclei provi<strong>de</strong> particle accelerators that produce confined jets up to <br />
distances of 100 kpc and more. This lecture will discuss the current status of AGN <br />
research, with a special emphasis on AGN displaying jets. What types of AGN can become <br />
strong particle accelerators? How does the AGN interact with its environment and how <br />
did the AGN population evolve on cosmological time scales? The lecture will then focus <br />
on the emission processes we observe in blazar jets. Here we can study the physical <br />
processes, such as synchrotron self-‐Compton and external Compton processes. In radio <br />
galaxies we can directly observe spatial components, or "blobs", as they are being <br />
emitted and then as they travel downstream. Shocks and knots in the jet have been <br />
i<strong>de</strong>ntified and sensitive observations in other wavebands allow us to correlate <br />
morphological evolution in the radio to the multi-‐wavelength light curves. But the main <br />
question still persists: how are the jets formed in the first place? This question is tightly <br />
connected to the accretion process powering the AGN and the central (Kerr?) black hole. <br />
• SNRs: Jacco Vink (NL) <br />
For a long time supernova remnants have been thought to be the main contributors to <br />
the observed cosmic-‐ray flux below 3x10 15 eV. Since 20 years the amount of evi<strong>de</strong>nce <br />
that this is in<strong>de</strong>ed the case has rapidly increased. Recent gamma-‐ray and X-‐ray <br />
observations inform us that particles are accelerated at least up to 100 TeV, and there is <br />
evi<strong>de</strong>nce that a significant amount of kinetic energy is converted to cosmic-‐ray energy. <br />
Nevertheless, the final evi<strong>de</strong>nce of particles with energies approaching 3x10 15 eV is still <br />
lacking, and also the evi<strong>de</strong>nce that more than 10% of the SNR energy is in cosmic rays is <br />
still not secure. The lecturer will discuss the observational situation and what remains <br />
to be done in the future. <br />
• PWNe: Elena Amato (IT) <br />
These lectures will provi<strong>de</strong> a review of the current status of our knowledge on Pulsar <br />
Wind Nebulae. The lecturer will mostly be concerned with their role as cosmic ray <br />
factories. They are natural sources of leptonic anti-‐matter and also the only class of <br />
astrophysical objects for which we have direct evi<strong>de</strong>nce of particle acceleration up to <br />
PeV energies. The lecturer will summarize what we un<strong>de</strong>rstand of the processes through <br />
which the rotational energy of the central pulsar is first converted into a highly <br />
relativistic magnetized wind and then into acceleration of particles up to the highest <br />
energies achieved in the Galaxies. <br />
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• GRBs: Fre<strong>de</strong>ric Daigne (FR) <br />
Gamma-‐ray bursts are bright transient phenomena associated to ultra-‐relativistic <br />
outflows ejected by newborn compact sources. The lecturer will review the main <br />
observations and our current physical un<strong>de</strong>rstanding of these phenomena. Then the <br />
lecturer will discuss particle acceleration in GRBs: (i) acceleration of the particles <br />
responsible of the observed gamma-‐ray emission; (ii) acceleration of hadrons and <br />
possible signatures in gamma rays or neutrinos; (iii) possible acceleration of ultra-‐high <br />
energy cosmic rays. <br />
• Simulations: Lorenzo Sironi (USA) <br />
The lecturer will discuss recent progress in our un<strong>de</strong>rstanding of collisionless <br />
astrophysical shocks, thanks to powerful ab initio plasma simulations. Fully kinetic <br />
particle-‐in-‐cell (PIC) simulations simultaneously capture the kinetic physics of electrons, <br />
whose emission powers the radiative signature from astrophysical sources, and of <br />
protons, that regulate the shock dynamics and evolution. In hybrid simulations, where <br />
only protons are treated kinetically (here, electrons constitute a massless charge-neutralizing<br />
fluid), the shock evolution can be followed up to much longer times than in <br />
PIC simulations, thus approaching the time and length scales most relevant to <br />
astrophysics. Thanks to recent advances in numerical algorithms and computer <br />
capabilities, PIC and hybrid simulations have allowed major progress in our <br />
un<strong>de</strong>rstanding of the physics of shock formation, magnetic field generation, and particle <br />
acceleration, thus contributing to unveil the nature of the most powerful astrophysical <br />
sources. <br />
• Cosmic Rays I (galactic): Vladimir Ptuskin (USA) <br />
The lecturer will discuss the processes of cosmic-‐ray acceleration and propagation in the <br />
Galaxy. Discussion inclu<strong>de</strong>s the acceleration in supernova shocks, the nature of “knee” in <br />
cosmic ray spectrum at energy 3 PeV, the transition from galactic to extragalactic <br />
component, the collective effects of cosmic rays in the Galaxy. <br />
• Cosmic Rays II (extragalactic): Martin Lemoine (FR) <br />
The origin of cosmic rays with energy E> 10 18 eV represents a long-‐standing problem in <br />
astrophysics, even though the <strong>de</strong>velopment of gigantic <strong>de</strong>tectors has brought in key <br />
experimental results. This course will discuss offer an introduction to the physics and <br />
the astrophysics of ultra-‐high energy cosmic rays. It will first discuss the recent <br />
experimental results, then it will discuss the physics of acceleration in powerful <br />
astrophysical sources and the physics of transport in the intergalactic medium; finally it <br />
will discuss the significance of recent experimental results and the prospects for future <br />
<strong>de</strong>tectors. <br />
• Isolated Neutron Stars: Andrea De Luca (IT) <br />
Isolated Neutron Stars (INS) are supposed to host the most extreme physical conditions <br />
existing in the local universe. 45 years of multi-‐wavelength astronomy unveiled a <br />
complex and rich phenomenology, which led to a classification into different "species". <br />
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First, the lecturer will review and discuss such "INS diversity", pointing to actual <br />
genetic/evolutionary differences, possibly related to the INS' gigantic, rotating magnetic <br />
fields. Then, the lecturer will focus on INS as strong emitters of non-‐thermal <br />
electromagnetic radiation, originating from charged particles accelerated in their <br />
magnetospheres, at the expense either of their rotational energy reservoir, or of the <br />
<strong>de</strong>cay of an ultra-‐high magnetic field. <br />
• HE Binaries: Guillaume Dubus (FR) <br />
Observations of high-‐energy gamma-‐ray emission offer new insights into non-‐thermal <br />
processes in binaries. The lecturer will explain what the observed variability and orbital <br />
modulations tell us about the origin of the high-‐energy particles. In addition the lecturer <br />
will present the challenges that mo<strong>de</strong>ls currently face and discuss the consequences on <br />
our un<strong>de</strong>rstanding of pulsar winds, relativistic jets and colliding stellar winds. <br />
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Oral Presentations <br />
1. J. Heyl <br />
Cosmic rays from pulsars and magnetars <br />
We compare the expected abundance of cosmic ray electrons and positrons from pulsars <br />
and magnetars. We assume that the distribution of infant pulsars and magnetars follows <br />
that of high-‐mass stars in the Milky Way and that the production rate of cosmic rays is <br />
proportional to the spin-‐down and magnetic-‐<strong>de</strong>cay power of pulsars and magnetars, <br />
respectively. In combination with primary and secondary cosmic ray leptons from other <br />
sources (especially supernova remnants), we find that both magnetars and pulsars can <br />
easily account for the observed cosmic ray spectrum, in particular the dip seen by HESS <br />
(High-‐Energy Stereoscopic System) at several TeV and the increase in positron fraction <br />
found by PAMELA (Payload for Antimatter Exploration and Light Nuclei Astrophysics). <br />
Co-‐authors : Gill, Raman<strong>de</strong>ep, Hernquist, Lars <br />
2. B. Khiali <br />
Non-‐thermal Emission from the Accretion-‐Disk/Coronae of AGNs and Particle Acceleration <br />
by Magnetic Reconnection <br />
High energy particles are ubiquitous in astrophysical environments and the origin of <br />
ultra high energy cosmic rays (UHECR) is still an open question. Likewise, very high <br />
energy observations of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and gamma ray bursts (GRBs) with <br />
the Fermi and Swift satellites and ground based gamma ray experiments (HESS, <br />
VERITAS and MAGIC) are challenging current theories of particle acceleration, mostly <br />
based on the acceleration in shocks, which try to explain how particles are accelerated <br />
to energies above TeV in regions relatively small compared to the fiducial scale of their <br />
sources. It is usually assumed that the emitting high energy particles are accelerated to a <br />
power-‐law distribution at relativistic shocks, via the so-‐called Fermi mechanism in <br />
shocks. Recent magneto-‐hydrodynamics (MHD) studies have revealed that particle <br />
acceleration in magnetic reconnection sites can be rather efficient since a 1st or<strong>de</strong>r <br />
Fermi process can occur there too. In this talk, we discuss this acceleration mechanism <br />
in the framework of AGNs, consi<strong>de</strong>ring that magnetic reconnection events can be very <br />
frequent in the inner regions of the corona of the accretion disks, or in the jets. We <br />
compute the corresponding acceleration rate and the relevant loss rates in or<strong>de</strong>r to <br />
reproduce the observed high energy spectrum of different classes of AGNs. We consi<strong>de</strong>r <br />
both leptonic and hadronic mo<strong>de</strong>ls and compare the efficiency of such acceleration <br />
processes with alternative acceleration mechanisms. <br />
Co-‐authors: E. M. <strong>de</strong> Gouveia Dal Pino, M.V. <strong>de</strong>l Valle, G. Kowal, Helene. Sol <br />
3. D. Onic <br />
Multiwavenegth analysis of supernova remnant 3C396 <br />
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The radio spectrum of 3C396 shows both a low-‐frequency turnover and flattening at <br />
higher frequencies. This SNR has flat radio spectral in<strong>de</strong>x (below 0.5) which is one of the <br />
characteristic of SNRs that expand in high <strong>de</strong>nsity environments and interact with <br />
molecular clouds. Recently, interaction with molecular cloud is <strong>de</strong>tected for this <br />
remnant. Possible explanations for flat spectral in<strong>de</strong>x observed in this SNR as well as the <br />
discussion on the Fermi-‐LAT observations in the direction of this remnant will be <br />
presented. <br />
4. J. Joshi <br />
Testing hadronic mo<strong>de</strong>ls of gamma ray production at the core of Cen A <br />
Pierre Auger experiment has observed a few cosmic ray events above 55 EeV from the <br />
direction of the core of Cen A. These cosmic rays might have originated from the core of <br />
Cen A. High energy gamma ray emission has been observed by HESS from the radio core <br />
and inner kpc jets of Cen A. <br />
We are testing whether pure hadronic interactions of protons or heavy nuclei with the <br />
matter in the core region or photo-‐disintegration of heavy nuclei can explain the cosmic <br />
ray and high energy gamma ray observations from the core of Cen A. The scenario of p-gamma<br />
interactions followed by photo-‐pion <strong>de</strong>cay has been tested earlier by Sahu et al. <br />
(2012) and found to be consistent with the observational results. In this paper we have <br />
consi<strong>de</strong>red some other possibilities (i) the primary cosmic rays at the core of Cen A are <br />
protons and the high energy gamma rays are produced in p-‐p interactions,(ii) the <br />
primary cosmic rays are Fe nuclei and the high energy gamma rays are produced in Fe-‐p <br />
interactions and (iii) the primary cosmic rays are Fe nuclei and they are photo-disintegrated<br />
at the core. The daughter nuclei <strong>de</strong>-‐excite and high energy gamma rays are <br />
produced. <br />
The high energy gamma ray fluxes expected in each of these cases are compared with <br />
the flux observed by HESS experiment to normalise the spectrum of the primary cosmic <br />
rays at the core. We have calculated the expected number of cosmic ray nucleon events <br />
between 55 EeV and 150 EeV in each of these cases to verify the consistencies of the <br />
different scenarios with the observations by Pierre Auger experiment. We find that if the <br />
primary cosmic rays are Fe nuclei then their photo-‐disintegration followed by <strong>de</strong>-excitation<br />
of daughter nuclei may explain the observed high energy particle emissions <br />
from the core of Cen A. The luminosity of the cosmic ray Fe nuclei required to explain <br />
the observational results of HESS and Pierre Auger is higher than the luminosity of the <br />
cosmic ray protons in the p-‐gamma interaction mo<strong>de</strong>l. The required cosmic ray <br />
luminosity <strong>de</strong>pends on the <strong>de</strong>nsity of the low energy photons at the source which photo-disintegrate<br />
the Fe nuclei and the size of the emitting region. <br />
Co-‐authors: Nayantara Gupta <br />
5. I. Vovk <br />
Variability of gamma-‐ray emission from blazars on the black hole timescales <br />
We investigate the variability properties of blazars in the GeV band using the data of the <br />
Fermi/LAT telescope. We find that blazars exhibit variability on the scales down to the <br />
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minimal timescale resolvable by Fermi, which is a function of the peak photon count rate <br />
in the LAT. This implies that the real minimal variability timescales for the majority of <br />
blazars are typically shorter than those resolvable by the LAT. We find that for several <br />
blazars these minimal variability timescales reach those associated to the blazar central <br />
engine, the supermassive black hole. At the same time, none of the blazars exhibits <br />
variability on the timescale shorter than the black hole horizon light crossing time <br />
and/or the period of rotation around the last stable circular orbit. Based on this fact, we <br />
argue that the timing properties of the gamma-‐ray signal could be <strong>de</strong>termined by the <br />
processes in the direct vicinity of the supermassive black hole <br />
Co-‐authors: A. Neronov <br />
6. G. Vila <br />
Proton loading of relativistic jets <br />
Relativistic neutrons are injected in the corona surrounding an accreting black hole <br />
through hadronic interactions of locally accelerated protons. A fraction of these <br />
neutrons may escape and penetrate the base of the jet, later <strong>de</strong>caying into protons. This <br />
is a possible mechanism for baryon loading of Poynting-‐dominated outflows. We study <br />
the characteristics of the proton distribution and the impact on the radiative spectrum <br />
of the jet. We also investigate the fate of those neutrons that escape the corona into the <br />
external medium. <br />
Co-‐authors: Florencia L. Vieyro & Gustavo E. Romero <br />
7. K. Auchetti <br />
Fermi-‐LAT observations of Galactic supernova remnants Kesteven 78 and Kesteven 79. <br />
Observational evi<strong>de</strong>nce from thermal and non-‐thermal emission of supernova remnants <br />
(SNRs) has provi<strong>de</strong>d increasing support in favour of cosmic ray (CR) acceleration at <br />
their rapidly-‐expanding shock fronts. Accelerated charged particles lose their energy via <br />
a number of different mechanisms and the production of gamma-‐ray emission can be a <br />
diagnostic signature of these processes. Whether this gamma-‐ray emission is hadronic <br />
or leptonic in nature is currently a hotly <strong>de</strong>bated topic in the literature. SNRs known to <br />
be interacting with molecular clouds from the <strong>de</strong>tection of 1720 MHz hydroxyl (OH) <br />
masers, provi<strong>de</strong> effective targets for <strong>de</strong>tecting and studying hadronic gamma-‐ray <br />
emission. We report on the <strong>de</strong>tection of gamma-‐ray emission coinci<strong>de</strong>nt with Galactic <br />
SNRs, Kesteven 78 and Kesteven 79, that are known to be interacting with nearby <br />
molecular clouds. We use ~52 months of data from the Large Area Telescope on board <br />
the Fermi Gamma-‐ray Space Telescope and perform a <strong>de</strong>tailed spatial and spectral <br />
analysis of the Fermi-‐LAT observations in the regions of these SNRs. This analysis allows <br />
us to constrain the origin of the gamma-‐ray emission as observed in these remnants. <br />
Co-‐authors: Dr. Pat Slane (SAO) and Dr. Daniel Castro (MIT) <br />
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8. Y. Yuan <br />
Mo<strong>de</strong>ling Gamma-‐ray Flares in the Crab Nebula <br />
The gamma-‐ray emission from the Crab Nebula shows variations on a wi<strong>de</strong> range of <br />
time scales, with the most dramatic events being the flares observed by Fermi and <br />
AGILE: the flux can increase by a factor of ~10 within ~10 hours; the spectrum is <br />
characterized by a peak energy ~300 MeV, while no variation in other wavebands was <br />
<strong>de</strong>tected. These variations present a great challenge to particle acceleration mechanisms. <br />
We consi<strong>de</strong>r two possible explanations of these flares. Firstly, we consi<strong>de</strong>r emission <br />
from a moving relativistic shock terminating the pulsar wind. Secondly, we treat the <br />
pulsar and its wind as a current generator and supposing that the current filaments into <br />
individual pinches that can un<strong>de</strong>rgo radial collapse and become strongly dissipative <br />
when the electric field becomes as strong as the magnetic field and Larmor radius of the <br />
highest energy particles becomes comparable with the radius. The application of these <br />
mo<strong>de</strong>ls to pulsar wind nebulae and relativistic jets will be outlined. <br />
Co-‐authors: Roger Blandford, Paul Simeon <br />
9. T. Antecki <br />
Stochastic acceleration of suprathermal particles un<strong>de</strong>r pressure balance conditions <br />
The acceleration of suprathermal charged particles in the heliosphere un<strong>de</strong>r pressure <br />
balance conditions including for the first time the radial spatial particle diffusion and <br />
convection in the solar wind is investigated. The physical conditions are <strong>de</strong>rived for <br />
which the stationary phase space distribution of suprathermal particles approaches the <br />
power-‐law distribution f ∝ p^(−5), which is often seen in spacecraft observations. For <br />
separable source distributions in momentum and position we analytically solve the <br />
stationary particle transport equation for a radially constant solar wind speed V_0 and a <br />
momentum-‐in<strong>de</strong>pen<strong>de</strong>nt radial spatial diffusion coefficient. The resulting stationary <br />
solution at any position within the finite heliosphere is the superposition of an infinite <br />
sum of power laws in momentum below and above the (assumed mono-‐momentum) <br />
injection momentum p_I . The smallest spatial eigenvalue <strong>de</strong>termines the flattest power <br />
law, to which the full stationary solution approaches at large and small enough momenta. <br />
Only for the case of a reflecting inner and a free-‐escape outer spatial boundary, one <br />
small eigenvalue exists, yielding the power-‐law distribution f ∝ p^(−5) at sufficiently <br />
large momentum values. The other three spatial boundary conditions imply steeper <br />
momentum spectra. Momentum spectra and radial profiles of suprathermal particles are <br />
calculated by adopting a uniform outer ring spatial source distribution. <br />
Co-‐authors: R. Schlickeiser, M. Zhang <br />
10. S. De Jong <br />
M87 in hard X-‐rays <br />
The nearby (D=16 Mpc) FRI radio galaxy M87 is one of the best studied examples of a <br />
gamma-‐ray bright radio galaxy. <br />
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While in the X-‐ray band below 10 keV, the nucleus of this source shows strong <br />
variability, the source does not seem to be <strong>de</strong>tectable in the hard X-‐ray domain by e.g. <br />
Swift or INTEGRAL. Since extrapolating Chandra data indicates that at least during some <br />
periods significant hard X-‐ray emission takes place, we investigate 1.7 Ms of INTEGRAL <br />
IBIS/ISGRI data in or<strong>de</strong>r to establish the best upper limit in this energy range to date. In <br />
the energy band 20-‐60 keV we find an average upper limit of f2.9) to connect the hard <br />
and soft X-‐ray fluxes. <br />
Together with data from other wavelengths, including Fermi/LAT, we investigate the <br />
broad-‐band spectral energy distribution of M87. Since M87 has been <strong>de</strong>tected in the TeV <br />
band, combined with the steep power law between hard and soft X-‐rays, we argue that <br />
the SED of M87 might be mo<strong>de</strong>led similarly to a high-‐peaked BL Lac (HBL), which is a <br />
low luminosity blazar. <br />
Co-‐authors: V. Beckmann, S. Soldi, F. Mattana, J.A. Zurita Heras <br />
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Poster Contributions <br />
1. S. Lecoz <br />
Microwave <strong>de</strong>tection of extensive air shower at the Pierre Auger Observatory <br />
Spreading over 3000km² in the Argentina pampa, the Pierre Auger Observatory is the <br />
greatest cosmic rays <strong>de</strong>tector worldwi<strong>de</strong>. It observes the extensive air shower (EAS) <br />
produced by the cosmic ray interactions in the atmosphere, with surface <strong>de</strong>tectors and <br />
fluorescence telescopes. The electromagnetic content of the EAS is at the origin of <br />
different types of electromagnetic wave emissions, in different wavelength ranges. Air <br />
shower microwave emission has been observed by few beam experiments. The Pierre <br />
Auger Observatory <strong>de</strong>velops microwave <strong>de</strong>tectors to obtain valuable observables <br />
related to the EAS, with three different projects: MIDAS (Microwave Detection of Air <br />
Shower), AMBER (Air shower Microwave Bremsstrahlung Experimental Radiometer), <br />
and EASIER (Extensive Air Shower I<strong>de</strong>ntification using Electron Radiometer). AMBER <br />
and MIDAS are microwaves telescopes, EASIER consists of 61 antennas set on 61 surface <br />
<strong>de</strong>tectors. AMBER and EASIER are triggered by the surface <strong>de</strong>tectors while MIDAS has <br />
his own trigger. The status of these projects will be reported. <br />
2. M. Pavlovic <br />
The radio surface brightness to diameter relation for galactic supernova remnants <br />
We present new empirical radio surface brightness-‐to-‐diameter (Σ–D) relations for <br />
supernova remnants (SNRs) in our Galaxy. We also present new theoretical <strong>de</strong>rivations <br />
of the Σ–D relation based on equipartition or on constant ratio between cosmic rays and <br />
magnetic field energy. A new calibration sample of 60 Galactic SNRs with in<strong>de</strong>pen<strong>de</strong>ntly <br />
<strong>de</strong>termined distances is created. Instead of (standard) vertical regression, used in <br />
previous papers, different fitting procedures are applied to the calibration sample in the <br />
log Σ– log D plane. Non-‐standard regressions are used to satisfy the requirement that <br />
values of parameters obtained from the fitting of Σ–D and D–Σ relations should be <br />
invariant within estimated uncertainties. We impose symmetry between Σ–D and D–Σ <br />
due to the existence of large scatter in both D and Σ. Using four fitting methods that treat <br />
Σ and D symmetrically, different Σ–D slopes β are obtained for the calibration sample. <br />
Monte Carlo simulations verify that the slopes of the empirical Σ–D relation should be <br />
<strong>de</strong>termined by using orthogonal regression because of its good performance in data sets <br />
with severe scatter. The slope <strong>de</strong>rived here (β = 4.8) is significantly steeper than those <br />
<strong>de</strong>rived in previous studies. This new slope is closer to the updated theoretically <br />
predicted surface-‐brightness–diameter slope in the radio range of the Sedov phase. We <br />
also analyze the empirical Σ–D relations for SNRs in a <strong>de</strong>nse environment of molecular <br />
clouds and for SNRs evolving in the lower-‐<strong>de</strong>nsity interstellar medium. Applying new <br />
empirical relations to estimate distances of Galactic SNRs results in a dramatically <br />
changed distance scale. <br />
3. M. Grudzinska <br />
TeV radiation from binaries <br />
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VHE radiation from binaries shows a very comlpex phenomenology. I will review the <br />
current observations of binaries in the TeV range. I will present the mo<strong>de</strong>ls of formation <br />
high energy gamma rays in binaries and compare the theoretical mo<strong>de</strong>ls with <br />
observations. <br />
Co-‐autohrs: T. Bulik, B. Rudak <br />
4. H. Jermak <br />
Monitoring the optical polarization of blazars with RINGO2 on the Liverpool Telescope <br />
I will introduce the Liverpool Telescope blazar programme -‐ an optical imaging <br />
polarization study of a sample of radio-‐loud blazars using the rapid-‐response RINGO2 <br />
polarimeter on the world's largest fully autonomous robotic optical telescope. The <br />
blazars are monitored routinely both in quiescence and during flare events. I will <br />
<strong>de</strong>scribe the polarimeter and discuss the blazar sample, along with looking toward the <br />
future with Liverpool's upcoming multi-‐colour imaging polarimeter, RINGO3. <br />
Co-‐authors: Carole Mun<strong>de</strong>ll, Iain Steele <br />
5. B. Rani <br />
Broadband spectral mo<strong>de</strong>ling of BL Lac object S5 0716+714 <br />
Densely time sampled multi-‐frequency flux measurements of the extreme BL Lac object <br />
S5 0716+714 over the past four years allow us to study its broad-‐band variability, <br />
allowing us to look into the <strong>de</strong>tailed physics, with emphasis on the location and size of <br />
the emitting regions and the evolution with time. In this talk, I will briefly discuss the <br />
<strong>de</strong>tails and limitations of one-‐zone synchrotron-‐self Compton mo<strong>de</strong>l. <br />
Co-‐authors: T. P. Krichbaum, L. Fuhrmann, M. Bottcher, B. Lott <br />
6. I. Babyk <br />
Gamma Ray Flare from PSR B1259-‐63/LS 2883 <br />
PSR B1259-‐63/LS 2883 is a boundary system, where a 47.7 ms pulsar orbits a luminous <br />
star in a very eccentric orbit (e=0.87, period P=1237). The recent observations of PSR <br />
B1259-‐63/LS 2883 with Fermi/LAT revealed a complex behaviour of the system in GeV <br />
gamma rays. Near to the periastron passage, the source has an energy flux 6 x 10^-‐11 <br />
erg cm^-‐2 s^-‐1, but a month after periastron passage a "surprise" flare has been <br />
<strong>de</strong>tected with level of 3 x 10^10 erg cm^-‐2 s-‐1. <br />
Co-‐authors: M. Chernyakova (DIAS, DCU) <br />
7. T. Oceguera <br />
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On <strong>de</strong>tector calibration and characterization “High Altitu<strong>de</strong> Water Cerenkov (HAWC)” in <br />
the phase HAWC100 . <br />
The High Altitu<strong>de</strong> Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory is a TeV gamma ray <strong>de</strong>tector <br />
currently un<strong>de</strong>r construction at Sierra Negra in Mexico. HAWC will utilize the wi<strong>de</strong>-angle,<br />
high duty cycle water Cherenkov technique <strong>de</strong>veloped by Milagro, but use new <br />
technology, a larger <strong>de</strong>tection area, and higher altitu<strong>de</strong> to improve sensitivity by an <br />
or<strong>de</strong>r of magnitu<strong>de</strong>. HAWC will survey the TeV gamma ray sky, measure spectra of <br />
galactic sources up to and beyond 100 TeV, and map galactic diffuse gamma ray <br />
emission. With its wi<strong>de</strong> field of view and continuous operation, HAWC will also be a <br />
powerful instrument with which to study transient phenomena. HAWC will have <br />
significant overlap with space and ground-‐based <strong>de</strong>tectors like NASA-‐FERMI, MAGIC, <br />
HESS, AUGER and ICECUBE. The amount of information will be handled in the or<strong>de</strong>r of <br />
Peta-‐bytes, so for processing and storage technologies are used characteristic of high <br />
performance computing (parallel processing, multi-‐threads). The stu<strong>de</strong>nt will contribute <br />
through simulations the performance of the instrument and analysis of data obtained by <br />
Monte Carlo techniques and simulate the performance of the <strong>de</strong>tector at various stages. <br />
Will generate casca<strong>de</strong>s of product particles from collisions of cosmic rays with the <br />
atmosphere. These simulations will be compared with data taken with the HAWC30 to <br />
start the installation phase HAWC100. Will <strong>de</strong>velop mo<strong>de</strong>ls of noise and will subtracting <br />
this method as background noise to the signal recor<strong>de</strong>d by HAWC. <br />
8. I. Rodriguez Barrera <br />
CHARACTERIZING MAGNETIZED ATMOSPHERIC IN VERY LOW-‐MASS OBJECTS <br />
The dust clouds play an important role in the atmospheres of very low-‐mass objects <br />
such as Brown Dwarfs, Gas Giant planets and M-‐Dwarfs. Clouds represent an important <br />
opacity source (backwarming due to strong dust opacity). If a localised volume of the <br />
atmosphere is ionised, hence maybe constituting a plasma, this would significantly alter <br />
the subsequent gas-‐plasma chemistry and introduce a menagerie of plasma processes. <br />
Co-‐authors: Ch. Helling, C. R. Stark and P. Rimmer <br />
9. M. Fouka <br />
Light Curves of GRB's afterglow with High Latitu<strong>de</strong>s arrival time <strong>de</strong>lay <br />
Light curves of GRB's afterglow have been computed by taking into account high <br />
latitu<strong>de</strong>s arrival time <strong>de</strong>lay, in spherical geometry. To this aim, we have adopted Feng et <br />
al. (2002) mo<strong>de</strong>l for <strong>de</strong>scribing the fireball hydrodynamical evolution. For the later, we <br />
consi<strong>de</strong>r an evolving radiative efficiency. Besi<strong>de</strong>s, the optically thin synchrotron is <br />
assumed to be the main radiative process. Results are compared to XRT/Swift light <br />
curves and to some R-‐band optical light curves. <br />
Co-‐authors: S. Ouichaoui <br />
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10. J.C. Ley<strong>de</strong>r <br />
When stellar winds colli<strong>de</strong>: high-‐energy emission unveils the physics of massive stars <br />
Massive stars have strong stellar winds, high mass-‐loss rates, and extreme terminal <br />
wind velocities. When two such objects are orbiting each other, it may lead to a <br />
colliding-‐wind binary system. In that case, the system has excess X-‐ray emission which <br />
stems from the hydrodynamical shocks that form between their stellar winds, in <br />
addition to the intrinsic X-‐ray emission from both stars. Thanks to particle acceleration <br />
taking place in those shocks, non-‐thermal emission in the high-‐energy domain is <br />
expected. <br />
11. C. Borwankar <br />
Recent results from TACTIC telescope <br />
I will present some recent results from TACTIC (TeV Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope <br />
with Imaging Camera) , with dish size 3.5 m diameter, working in energy range of 1 TeV <br />
to 16 TeV , situated at Mount Abu, India. I will also talk about the present status of the <br />
MACE telescope,with dish size of 21 m diameter expected to work in 20 GeV to 10 TeV <br />
energy range, being set up at Hanle, India. <br />
12. M. Supsar <br />
Plasma instabilities in fast pair beams in cosmic voids <br />
The interaction of TeV gamma rays from distant blazars with the extragalactic <br />
background light produces relativistic electron-‐positron pair beams by the photon-‐ <br />
photon annihilation process. The created pair beam distribution is unstable to linear <br />
two-‐stream instabilities of both electrostatic and electromagnetic nature in the <br />
unmagnetized intergalactic medium (IGM). The maximum electrostatic growth rate <br />
occurs at angles of 39fdg2 with respect to the pair beam direction, and is more than <br />
three or<strong>de</strong>rs of magnitu<strong>de</strong> greater than the maximum Weibel growth rate, indicating <br />
that the linear oblique electrostatic instability operates much faster than the Weibel <br />
instability. The dissipation of the generated electrostatic turbulence is different for <br />
intense and weak gamma-‐ray blazars. For intense blazars, the normalized number of <br />
generated pairs n 22 = nb /[10–22 cm–3] exceeds the critical <strong>de</strong>nsity nc (T) = 4.8 × 10–3 <br />
T 4 for given normalized IGM temperature T 4 = T/[104 K] necessary for the onset of the <br />
modulation instability, so that all free kinetic pair energy is dissipated in heating the <br />
IGM in cosmic voids. For weak blazars, half of the initial energy <strong>de</strong>nsity of the beam <br />
particles is transferred to the electrostatic and electromagnetic fluctuations on <br />
timescales smaller than the inverse Compton energy loss timescale of the pairs. In both <br />
cases, this prevents the <strong>de</strong>velopment of a full electromagnetic pair casca<strong>de</strong> as in vacuum. <br />
For weak blazars, the superluminal electrostatic fluctuations are dissipated by the <br />
inverse Compton scattering into transverse electromagnetic waves by the relaxed <br />
relativistic pair particles to optical frequencies, implying the occurrence of optical <br />
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electrostatic bremsstrahlung pair halos from weak blazars with spectral flux <strong>de</strong>nsities <br />
below 50 μJy. <br />
Co-‐authors: R. Schlickeiser, D. Ibscher <br />
13. K. Malanchev <br />
Non-‐stationary disk accretion in X-‐ray Novae <br />
In this work light curves of soft X-‐ray transients are studied. We assume that on the first <br />
stage of disk accretion all the hydrogen is ionized and the disk size is constant. The zone <br />
of partically ionized hydrogen appears on the outer edge of the disk 30÷70 days after X-ray<br />
maximum. Convection, appeared in this zone, increases viscosity parameter and <br />
accretion rate. In this case secondary peak appears on the light curve. On the next stage <br />
of accretion the edge between neutral hydrogen and completely ionized hydrogen <br />
moves to the inner edge of the disk. Fitting both X-‐ray and optical light curves of X-‐ray <br />
transient one could <strong>de</strong>termine a coupe of parameters of this object: alpha parameter <br />
value before and after the secondary peak, mass of black hole and its Kerr parameter. <br />
Co-‐authors: A. V. Meshcheryakov, N. I. Shakura <br />
14. C. Tchernin <br />
Neutrino signal from exten<strong>de</strong>d Galactic sources in IceCube <br />
The Galactic Plane is the brightest source of gamma rays on the sky. It should be also <br />
(one of the) brightest very-‐high-‐energy neutrino sources, since neutrino flux equal to <br />
the gamma-‐ray flux is produced by the cosmic ray interactions in the interstellar <br />
medium. <br />
In this work, we investigate if the neutrino flux from the entire Galactic Plane or from a <br />
part of it is <strong>de</strong>tectable by the IceCube <strong>de</strong>tector in a reasonable exposure time. <br />
Co-‐authors: Andrii Neronov, J. Aguilar and T. Montaruli <br />
15. A. Araudo <br />
Jets from massive protostars as efficient (non-‐relativistic) cosmic accelerators <br />
There is evi<strong>de</strong>nce supporting that the evolution of protostars goes through different <br />
phases including accretion of matter onto the central protostar with the formation of a <br />
circumstellar disk and bipolar jets. The non-‐thermal radio emission claimed to be <br />
<strong>de</strong>tected from several young stellar object jets in the last years has been confirmed very <br />
recently, after the <strong>de</strong>tection of linearly polarized radio emission from the famous HH80-‐<br />
81 protostellar jet. The polarization pattern of the HH80-‐81 jet is strikingly similar to <br />
that of AGN jets, that are efficient cosmic-‐ray accelerators and gamma-‐ray emitters. We <br />
study the acceleration of particles in (internal and terminal) shocks produced in fast <br />
protostellar jets. A population of relativistic particles in the complex environment of the <br />
massive molecular cloud where the protostar is being formed will produce high-‐energy <br />
radiation through a variety of processes. We compute the non-‐thermal emission, from <br />
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radio to gamma-‐rays, but focus on the high-‐energy part of the spectrum. We conclu<strong>de</strong> <br />
that jets from massive protostars are a new kind of cosmic accelerators and gamma-‐ray <br />
sources. <br />
Co-‐authors: Luis Felipe Rodriguez <br />
16. A. Dumas <br />
Indirect search for Dark Matter in nearby Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies with ANTARES <br />
After a short introduction about dark matter and ways to <strong>de</strong>tect it, I will explain the <br />
astrophysical factor J and some <strong>de</strong>nsity profile of dark matter in dwarf galaxies. In a last <br />
part, I will present some differential spectra of neutrinos product by differents channels <br />
of dark matter annihilation. <br />
17. T. Vuillaume <br />
Anisotropic emission in the vicinity of an accretion disk <br />
The gamma ray emission of AGNs is thought to arise redominantly from Inverse <br />
Compton Scattering of low energy photons by relativistic leptons, but the exact source <br />
and location of these photons is still a matter of discussion. For BL Lac type objects , the <br />
main contribution is probably provi<strong>de</strong>d by synchrotron radiation and the high energy <br />
emission is thus dominated by Synchrotron Self Compton(SSC) process. For luminous <br />
quasars however, the emission from the accretion disc and the reprocessed components <br />
(Broadlines and molecular torus) is probably significant and can even be dominant. <br />
Whereas diffuse component is approximately isotropic, the emission from the accretion <br />
disc is highly anisotropic and the effect on Inverse Compton emission can be very <br />
important. <br />
18. S. Vaupre <br />
Cosmic-‐ray Interaction with Molecular Clouds <br />
Recent results of observation and mo<strong>de</strong>lisation of a molecular cloud ionized by cosmic <br />
rays from the nearby super-‐nova remnant W28. <br />
Co-‐authors: Cecilia Ceccarelli, Pierre Hily-‐Blant, Guillaume Dubus, Thierry Montmerle <br />
19. K. Ghezali <br />
Gamma ray emission and pairs e-‐e+ casca<strong>de</strong>s in binary systems <br />
The study of the spectral shape and variability of the gamma emission inform us about <br />
the geometry and the nature of the emitting region. I'm particularly interested by binary <br />
gamma which are VHE sources and constituted of a stellar mass compact object (black <br />
hole or neutron star) orbiting around a massive star hot type O, B or Wolf-‐Rayet. In <br />
many of these binarys, there is a modulation of the emission of gamma in function of <br />
orbital phase of the binary system. We think that this modulation is due, at least in part, <br />
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to the absorption of gamma photons in the intense radiation field of the companion star. <br />
Knowing the spectral type of the star, we can easily estimate the probability of <br />
absorption along the line of sight which varies with orbital phase. The electron-‐positron <br />
pairs formed by absorption of gamma photon is very energetic and they can even <br />
interact with the stellar photon fields by inverse Compton to form new gamma photons. <br />
These new gamma photons can perform a certain distance of the star befor eventually <br />
being absorbed in their turn. So, by this processus, a three-‐dimensional electromagnetic <br />
cascads is <strong>de</strong>veloped. The mo<strong>de</strong>lisation of these casca<strong>de</strong>s and other associated emission <br />
process is a way to probe the environment of the compact object on astronomical unit <br />
scales or<strong>de</strong>r which are intermediate between the immediate vicinity of the compact <br />
object studied by X-‐ray and radio emission observed in distant flux or relativistic winds. <br />
20. B. Olmi <br />
Mo<strong>de</strong>ling the Crab Nebula non-‐thermal emission by numerical simulations <br />
A set of two-‐dimensional axisymmetric relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations <br />
has been <strong>de</strong>veloped, optimized for the Crab Nebula mo<strong>de</strong>ling. Our method is based on <br />
the evolution of the relativistic MHD equation set together with two additional <br />
equations, <strong>de</strong>scribing the evolution of the maximum particles energy and the <br />
downstream particle number <strong>de</strong>nsity. <br />
Co-‐authors: L.Del Zanna, E. Amato, N. Bucciantini <br />
21. L. Lipatova <br />
The spectrum of the relativistic radiation of electric charges and dipoles in their free fall <br />
into a black hole <br />
The free fall of the electric charges and dipoles, radial and freely falling into the black <br />
hole event horizon was consi<strong>de</strong>red. Inverse effect of electromagnetic fields on the black <br />
hole is neglected. Dipole was consi<strong>de</strong>red as a point particle, so the <strong>de</strong>formation <br />
associated with exposureit tidal forces are neglected. According to the theorem, "the <br />
lack of hair" for black holes, multipole magnetic fields must be fully emitted by multipole <br />
fall into a black hole. The spectrum of electromagnetic radiation power for these <br />
multipoles(monopole and dipole) was found. Differences were found in the spectra for <br />
different orientations of the inci<strong>de</strong>nt dipole. A general method for finding the radiated <br />
electromagnetic multipole fields for the free-‐falling into a black hole multipoles <br />
(including forhigher or<strong>de</strong>r multipoles -‐ quadrupoles, etc.). The electromagnetic <br />
spectrum can be compared with observational data from stellar mass black holes and <br />
smaller. <br />
Co-‐authors: I.D. Novikov, A.A. Shatskiy <br />
22. M. Weidl <br />
Cosmic-‐Ray Transport in Turbulent Magnetic Fields <br />
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23. D. Donevski <br />
Probing Star Formation Rate/ Core Collapse Supernovae Rate <br />
According to some notable works, efficiency of optical luminous Core Collapse <br />
Supernovae is higher than the Supernova Rate (SNR) measured by actual supernovae <br />
surveys. Normalization discrepancy revealed as a factor of 2, and this is so-‐called <br />
“Supernovae Rate Problem” – measured rate is about factor smaller than that predicted <br />
from star formation rate. The main goal of this work is to connect that discrepancy <br />
factor with evolution of stellar component of lithium, because lithium is a tracer of star <br />
formation cosmic rays. <br />
24. H. Lee <br />
CR-‐hydro-‐NEI Mo<strong>de</strong>ls of Particle Acceleration and Broadband Emission at TeV-‐bright Non-thermal<br />
SNRs <br />
We have investigated particle acceleration and the origin of the multi-‐wavelength <br />
emission at young shell-‐type SNRs, in particular those that are bright in the TeV band <br />
and non-‐thermal dominated in X-‐ray. We will present results for two illustrative <br />
examples here, including SNR RX J1713.7-‐3946 and Vela Jr. Using the self-‐consistent <br />
mo<strong>de</strong>ling platform provi<strong>de</strong>d by a generalized CR-‐hydro-‐NEI co<strong>de</strong> <strong>de</strong>veloped by us, we <br />
have constrained possible broadband mo<strong>de</strong>ls un<strong>de</strong>r the assistance of the rich library of <br />
observation data. We have found strong evi<strong>de</strong>nces that the luminous gamma-‐ray <br />
emission are most convincingly explained by a leptonic-‐dominated origin (i.e. inverse-‐<br />
Compton scatterings by CR electrons) rather than by a hadronic origin related to CR ions, <br />
unless the SNR shock is running into a highly inhomogeneous medium with <strong>de</strong>nse gas <br />
cores such as a clumpy molecular cloud. The thermal X-‐ray lines, whose spectra can be <br />
self-‐consistently calculated by the CR-‐hydro-‐NEI co<strong>de</strong>, turn out to be especially <br />
important in disentangling the origin of the high-‐energy emission. We will discuss <br />
implications of our mo<strong>de</strong>ls on future observations of non-‐thermal SNRs by the next-generation<br />
telescopes including Astro-‐H and CTA. <br />
Co-‐authors: Donald C. Ellison, Patrick Slane, Shigehiro Nagataki and Daniel J. Patnau<strong>de</strong> <br />
25. E. Fedorova <br />
Variability of the X-‐ray spectral shape of NGC 4945: what do we see with INTEGRAL <br />
Here we present the result of our treatment of the INTEGRAL of the six-‐years <br />
monitoring of the Compton-‐thick Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 4945. Additionally the data of <br />
two XMM-‐Newton bservations were analyzed. The main results of our investigation is a <br />
disclosure of the variability of both the spectral shape and total flux level in 3-‐200 keV <br />
energy range. Within the spectral mo<strong>de</strong>l including the Compton reflection, neutral <br />
absorbtion and an exponential cut-‐off at high energies, which is the best-‐fit in our <br />
consi<strong>de</strong>ration, both the high-‐energy cut-‐off and the photon in<strong>de</strong>x are varying with time. <br />
We stress out that the periods with the cut-‐off value significantly lower 100 keV occur in <br />
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contradiction to the spin paradigm. We also compare NGC 4945 with several other <br />
active galaxies contradicting to the spin-‐paradigm prescriptions (i.e. that for the RL <br />
objects the X-‐ray spectrum have to be steeper than for RQ ones, and have the <br />
exponential cut-‐off below 100 keV), which were reported earlier. To unveil the nature of <br />
such variations we need to trace out the link between the X-‐ray spectral shape and the <br />
radio and optical properties of these objects, thus the necessity of further simultaneous <br />
monitoring of them in radio/optical/X-‐ray wavebands is stressed out. <br />
Co-‐authors: prof. Zhdanov V.I. <br />
26. E. Antolini <br />
Long-‐Term Monitoring of PKS 0537-‐441 with Fermi-‐LAT and multiwavelength <br />
observations <br />
We report on multiwavelength observations of the blazar PKS <br />
0537−441(z=0.896)obtained from microwaves through γ rays by SMA, REM, ATOM, <br />
Swift and Fermi mostly during 2008 August–2010 April. Strong variability has been <br />
observed in γ rays, with two major flaring episo<strong>de</strong>s(2009 July and 2010 March) and a <br />
har<strong>de</strong>r-‐when-‐brighter behaviour, quitecommon for flat spectrum radio quasars and low-synchrotron-‐peaked<br />
BL Lacs,in 2010 March. The spectral energy distribution (SED)of <br />
the source cannot be mo<strong>de</strong>lled by a simple synchrotron self-‐Compton mo<strong>de</strong>l, as opposed <br />
to many BL Lacs, but the addition of an external Compton component of seed photons <br />
from a dust torus is nee<strong>de</strong>d. The 230 GHz light curve showed an increase simultaneous <br />
with the γ-‐ray one, indicating co-‐spatiality of the mm and γ-‐ray emission region likely at <br />
large distance from the central engine. The low, average, and high activity SED of the <br />
source could be fit changing only the electron distribution parameters, but two breaks in <br />
the electron distribution are necessary. The ensuing extra spectral break, located at NIR-optical<br />
frequencies, together with that in γ rays seem to indicate a common origin, most <br />
likely due to an intrinsic feature in the un<strong>de</strong>rlying electron distribution. An overall <br />
correlation between the γ-‐ray band with the R-‐band and K-‐band has been observed with <br />
no significant time lag. On the other hand, when inspecting the light curves on short time <br />
scales some differences are evi<strong>de</strong>nt. In particular, flaring activity has been <strong>de</strong>tected in <br />
NIR and optical bands with no evi<strong>de</strong>nt γ-‐ray counterparts in 2009 September and <br />
November. Mo<strong>de</strong>rate variability has been observed in X-‐rays with no correlation <br />
between flux and photon in<strong>de</strong>x. An increase of the <strong>de</strong>tected X-‐ray flux with no <br />
counterpart at the other wavelengths has been observed in 2008 October, suggesting <br />
once more a complex correlation between the emission at different energy bands. <br />
Co-‐authors: G. Tosti, F. D'ammando, J. Finke, S. Ciprini <br />
27. M. Burgess <br />
Physical Fitting of GRB Spectra <br />
The spectra of gamma-‐ray bursts have historically been fit by the empirical Band <br />
function, a smoothly broken power-‐law, and physical insight into the radiation <br />
mechanisms is inferred from the Band function's spectral parameters. However, <br />
<strong>de</strong>generacies in mo<strong>de</strong>l predictions for Band function parameters makes it difficult to <br />
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uniquely i<strong>de</strong>ntify the radiation mechanisms in GRBs making it impossible to rule out <br />
incorrect mo<strong>de</strong>ls. Burgess et al. 2011 showed that direct fitting of a physical synchrotron <br />
mo<strong>de</strong>l to GRB spectral data is possible which eliminates the need for the Band function. <br />
Here we show that extending this work to other radiation mechanisms on a large sample <br />
of GRBs can help to prune down the forest of GRB mo<strong>de</strong>ls and provi<strong>de</strong> direct insight into <br />
the physical processes occurring during the prompt emission of GRBs <br />
Co-‐authors: Dr. Robert D. Preece <br />
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List of Accepted Applicants <br />
Antecki Thorsten ta@tp4.rub.<strong>de</strong> <br />
Antolini Elisa elisa.antolini@tiscali.it <br />
Araudo Anabella aaraudo@gmail.com <br />
Auchettl Katie kauchettl@cfa.harvard.edu <br />
Babyk Iurii babikyura@gmail.com <br />
Bayirli Arif arif.bayirli@boun.edu.tr <br />
Biteau Jonathan biteau@in2p3.fr <br />
Borwankar Chinmay chinmay@barc.gov.in <br />
Burgess Michael james.m.burgess@nasa.gov <br />
Chang Xiaochuan cxcnearby@126.com <br />
Clavel Maïca maica.clavel@obspm.fr <br />
Cui Yudong yudong.cui@astro.uni-‐tuebingen.<strong>de</strong> <br />
Dejong Sandra <strong>de</strong>jong@in2p3.fr <br />
Delgado Laura laura<strong>de</strong>lgadopardo@gmail.com <br />
Desgardin Thibaut thibaut.<strong>de</strong>sgardin@etud.univ-‐montp2.fr <br />
Dominik Michael mdominik@astrouw.edu.pl <br />
Donevski Darko darko_mohikanac@yahoo.com <br />
Dreyer Fre<strong>de</strong>ric fre<strong>de</strong>ric.dreyer@gmail.com <br />
Dumas Alexis dumas@clermont.in2p3.fr <br />
Elmellah Ileyk ileyk.elmellah@obspm.fr <br />
Fedorova Elena efedorova@ukr.net <br />
Fouka Mourad m.fouka@craag.dz <br />
Ghezali Karima k.ghezali@gmail.com <br />
Gill Raman<strong>de</strong>ep rgill@cita.utoronto.ca <br />
Grudzinska Mira mgrudzinska@astrouw.edu.pl <br />
Hervet Olivier olivier.hervet@obspm.fr <br />
Heyl Jeremy heyl@phas.ubc.ca <br />
Jermak Helen h.e.jermak@2012.ljmu.ac.uk <br />
Joshi Jagdish jagdish@rri.res.in <br />
Khalil Mohamad mkhalil@in2p3.fr <br />
Khiali Behrouz bkhiali@usp.br <br />
Kudryashova Nina nina.kudryashova@campus.lmu.<strong>de</strong> <br />
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Kundu Esha eshakundu@tifr.res.in <br />
Lecoz Sandra lecoz@lpsc.in2p3.fr <br />
Lee Shiu-‐Hang (Herman) lee@yukawa.kyoto-‐u.ac.jp <br />
Ley<strong>de</strong>r Jean-‐Christophe jc.ley<strong>de</strong>r@nasa.gov <br />
Lipatova Lilia l.n.lipa@gmail.com <br />
Loh Alan alan.loh@obspm.fr <br />
Malacaria Christian malacaria@astro.uni-‐tuebingen.<strong>de</strong> <br />
Malanchev Konstantin malanchev@physics.msu.ru <br />
Mirabel Felix felix.mirabel@cea.fr <br />
Oceguera Tomas tomas.oceguera@gmail.com <br />
Olmi Barbara barbara@arcetri.astro.it <br />
Onic Dusan donic@matf.bg.ac.rs <br />
Pavlovic Marko marko@math.rs <br />
Peresano Michele peresano.michele@gmail.com <br />
Rani Bindu brani@mpifr-‐bonn.mpg.<strong>de</strong> <br />
Rodriguez Isabel mirb@st-‐andrews.ac.uk <br />
Romoli Carlo romolic@cp.dias.ie <br />
Rosen Anna rosen@ucolick.org <br />
Rueda Jesus jesus.rueda@uv.es <br />
Sadoyan Abel Avetis asadoyan@ysu.am <br />
Saeedi Sara saeedi@astro.uni-‐tuebingen.<strong>de</strong> <br />
Sajan Kumar sajan@u<strong>de</strong>l.edu <br />
Schanne Stephane schanne@cea.fr <br />
Siemieniec Grazyna grazyna@oa.uj.edu.pl <br />
Sun Shangyu shangyu.sun.khh@googlemail.com <br />
Supsar Markus markus.supsar@tp4.rub.<strong>de</strong> <br />
Tchernin Celine Celine.Tchernin@unige.ch <br />
Ukwatta Tilan tilan.ukwatta@gmail.com <br />
Vaupre Solenn solenn.vaupre@obs.ujf-‐grenoble.fr <br />
Vila Gabriela gvila@fcaglp.unlp.edu.ar <br />
Vovk Ievgen Ievgen.Vovk@unige.ch <br />
Vuillaume Thomas thomas.vuillaume@obs.ujf-‐grenoble.fr <br />
Weidl Martin martin.weidl@ipp.mpg.<strong>de</strong> <br />
Yuan Yajie yuanyj@stanford.edu <br />
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