Open Talk Series – Upcoming Talks
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Session: Extreme astronomical objects from X-rays to gamma-rays
January 29
Title: Production of X-Rays and Cosmic Rays in Turbulent Black-Hole Coronae: A Kinetic Plasma Perspective
Speaker: Daniel Groselj (KU Leuven)
Presentation: PDF File
Video: YouTube
Readings:
February 12
Title: TeV gamma-loud binaries
Speaker: Alicia Lopez-Oramas (Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias)
Presentation: PDF File
Video: YouTube
Readings:
- Phenomenology of gamma-ray emitting binaries
- Ultrahigh-Energy Gamma-ray Emission Associated with Black Hole-Jet Systems
- Ultra-high-energy gamma-ray bubble around microquasar V4641 Sgr
- Very-high-energy particle acceleration powered by the jets of the microquasar SS 433
- Acceleration and transport of relativistic electrons in the jets of the microquasar SS 433
February 26
Title: Results from the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) with a focus on gamma-ray binaries
Speaker: Phil Kaaret (NASA/MSFC)
Presentation: PDF File
Video: YouTube
Readings:
- X-Ray Polarization of the Eastern Lobe of SS 433
- Magnetic Field Geometry of the Gamma-Ray Binary PSR B1259–63 Revealed via X-Ray Polarization
- Special issue with reviews of IXPE results
March 12
Title: IXPE studies of supernova remnants
Speaker: Jacco Vink (University of Amsterdam)
Presentation: PDF File
Video: YouTube
Readings:
March 26
Title: IXPE studies of accreting BH binaries
Speaker: Juri Poutanen (University of Turku)
Presentation: PDF File
Video: YouTube
April 9
Title: Extreme plasma processes around compact objects
Speaker: Jens F. Mahlmann (Dartmouth College)
Presentation: PDF File
Video: YouTube
Readings:
- A New X-Ray and Radio Burst Activity from the Magnetar SGR 1935+2154
- Magnetospheric origin of a fast radio burst constrained using scintillation
April 23
Title: IXPE studies of pulsars and their nebulae
Speaker: Niccolo’ Bucciantini (INAF Osservatorio di Arcetri)
Presentation: PDF File
Video: YouTube
Readings:
- The IXPE Science of Pulsars and Their Nebulae
- Simultaneous space and phase resolved X-ray polarimetry of the Crab pulsar and nebula
- Vela pulsar wind nebula X-rays are polarized to near the synchrotron
- Polarization in the inner region of pulsar wind nebulae
May 7
Title: Observations of Stellar Mass Black Holes with the IXPE and XL-Calibur X-ray Polarimetry Missions
Speaker: Henric Krawczynski (Washington University in St. Louis)
May 21
Title: Multi-wavelength Polarization, Variability, and Energy Stratification in Blazar Jets
Speaker: Alan Marscher (Boston University)
Readings:
- X-ray Polarization of Blazars and Radio Galaxies Measured by the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer
- Magnetic field properties inside the jet of Mrk 421. Multiwavelength polarimetry, including the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer
June 4
Title: Electrons, positrons and gamma-ray haloes around pulsars
Speaker: Fiorenza Donato (Università degli Studi di Torino)
June 18
TBD