IFPU Focus Week - Intergalactic Magnetic Field: a new probe of the Early Universe

9 Feb 2025, 18:00 → 14 Feb 2025, 18:00 Europe/Rome

IFPU - Trieste

This meeting is generously and kindly supported by IFPU (Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe, Trieste) and by INAF (mini-grant "Measurement of the intergalactic magnetic field with gamma-ray sources", PI: A. Stamerra).

Web site: 
https://www.ifpu.it/focus-week-2025-02-10/

Link for remote connection (to be tested yet!)

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In preparation for the meeting, a survey was shared with participants to gather resources and ideas. 
The results are being compiled in this document, which is continuously updated.
Feel free to fill out the forms yourself—links can be found in the document!

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The purpose of the proposed focus meeting is to convene diverse and cross-cutting expertise
related to the investigation of the cosmic magnetic fields.

Organisers:

• Antonio Stamerra (INAF-OAR, Rome)
• Francesco Longo (University of Trieste)

Participants:

• Antonio Stamerra (INAF-OAR and ICSC)
• Paolo Da Vela (INAF-OAS)
• Elisa Prandini (Università e INFN di Padova)
• Evangelia Ntormousi (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa)
• Jonathan Biteau (Univ. Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France)
• Daniela Paoletti (INAF-OAS Bologna)
• Franco Vazza (Università di Bologna)
• Dmitri Semikoz (APC, Paris)
• Manuel Mayer (University of Southern Denmark)
• Fabio Finelli (INAF-OAD Bologna)
• Davide Miceli (Univ. and INFN Padova)
• Cristina Nanci (INAF-OAS)
• Axel Brandenburg (Nordita)
• Klaus Dolag (USM/LMU)
• Michele Doro (Univ. and INFN Padova)
  And
• Alex Ciabattoni (INAF Bologna)
• Theo Boyer (APC, Paris)
• Salome Mtchedlidze (University. Bologna)
• Matteo Viel (SISSA, Trieste)
• Takeshi Kobaiashi (SISSA, Trieste)
• Mak Pavicev (SISSA, Trieste)
• Pranjal Ralegankar (SISSA, Trieste)
• Guillem Martí-Devesa (Univ. and INFN Trieste)
  
  

Shared Knowledge -1 (IFPU FOCUS WEEK).pdf

Sunday 9 February

Induction and gathering

Adriatico Guesthouse - https://maps.app.goo.gl/dMAdmAmarSGaF8e67

Monday 10 February

1 Induction and introduction

IFPU building, via Beirut 2
https://maps.app.goo.gl/fE8eNXq3bfSfpueWA?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy

Speakers: Antonio Stamerra (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)), Francesco Longo

IFPU_Intro.pdf

Introduction_FocusWeek_IGMF.pdf

2 Axel Brandenburg

How can we pinpoint start- and endpoints of magnetic evolution?

Speakers: Axel Brandenburg (Nordita), Prof. Axel Brandenburg (Nordita)

Break and discussion

3 Jonathan Biteau

What do we know about the propagation of astroparticles in the intergalactic medium?

Speaker: Jonathan Biteau (Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab)

IGMF2025_20250210.pdf

What do we know about the propagation of astroparticles in the intergalactic medium?

4 Paolo Da Vela

Probing the cosmic magnetism with gamma-ray observations of extragalactic sources

Speaker: Paolo Da Vela (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

Trieste_DaVela_IGMF.pdf

13:00 Lunch

Put into practice: Small group work and discussion

16:00 Break and discussion

Put into practice: Small group work and discussion

Tuesday 11 February

5 Klaus Dolag

What does the Local Universe tell us about IGMF?

Speaker: Klaus Dolag

6 Davide Miceli

Tracing Cosmic Magnetism with Gamma-ray Bursts

Speaker: Davide Miceli (University & INFN Padova)

11:00 Break

7 Michele Doro

Speakers: Michele Doro (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)), Michele Doro (University of Padova)

13:00 Lunch

Put into practice: Small group work and discussion

(Optional): Additional talks (or small group meetings)¶

8 Break

Put into practice: Small group work and discussion

Wednesday 12 February

9 Franco Vazza

New clues on the (primordial) origin of cosmic magnetism from the low redshift Universe?

Speaker: Franco Vazza (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

10 Elisa Prandini

Variability in TeV blazars: a challenge for IGMF estimation?

Speaker: Elisa Prandini (DFA Padova)

11:00 Break and discussion

11 Dmitry Semikoz

Observations of IGMF with gamma-rays and with UHECR

Speaker: Prof. Dmitri Semikoz

13:00 Lunch

Put into practice: Small group work and discussion

(Optional): Additional talks (or small group meetings)¶

16:15 Break

12 Connection with Livestream from Km3Net on breaking news (on highest energy neutrino)

https://www.youtube.com/live/2jgyZlBpkl8?si=qSwkKHynETOZ_xbA

Induction and gathering: Dinner together

Adriatico Guesthouse - https://maps.app.goo.gl/dMAdmAmarSGaF8e67

Thursday 13 February

13 Manuel Meyer

Probing the IGMF and fundamental physics with gamma-ray propagation

Speaker: Manuel Meyer (University of Southern Denmark)

14 Daniela Paoletti

Searching for a smoking gun of magnetic fields in the early Universe:a Napoleonic tactic for the CMB!

Speaker: Daniela Paoletti (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

11:05 Break Discussion

15 Evangelia Ntormousi

How can we characterize the magnetised turbulence in (and around) galaxies?

Speaker: Dr Evangelia Ntormousi (SNS)

13:00 Lunch

Put into practice: Small group work and discussion

(Optional): Additional talks (or small group meetings)¶

16:30 Break

Put into practice: Small group work and discussion

Friday 14 February

16 Matteo Viel

Speaker: Matteo Viel (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

17 XXX

18 Alex Ciabattoni

Speaker: Alex Ciabattoni (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

11:00 Break discussion

Public Talk F. Vazza

13:00 Lunch

Put into practice: Small group work and discussion

15:30 Break

Put into practice: Small group work and discussion