INAF Workshop on "Modelling the Intergalactic and Intracluster Media"


Final Program

The lectures will take place in the Conference Room, located next to the Dining Hall.
Registration will start on September 30th, from 5 to 7 pm, and will continue on October 1st and 2nd according to the following schedule: 8-12 and 16:30-19:30.


October 1st, Wednesday

Morning

8:30 S. Catalano (INAF-Catania): Opening/Welcome

Intracluster Medium: Observations

8:35 W. Forman (CfA, Harvard): Studying the ICM at high resolution with Chandra (INVITED)



11:00-11:30 Coffee break

The low redshift Intergalactic Medium

11:30 T. Tripp (Princeton): OVI absorption and the local warm IGM (INVITED)
  • 12:15 C. Manning (UC - Berkeley): Low-z Lyman Alpha Clouds: Probes of the IGM?
  • 12:40 I. Cagnoni (U. Insubria): XMM-Newton grating spectra of the BL Lacs PKS 2155-304 and Mrk 421F.

Afternoon

Intracluster Medium: Models

17:00 M. Voit (STScI): Heating of the ICM (INVITED)

Discussion session: Detections of the Local Warm/Hot IGM, Organizer: F. Nicastro (CfA, Harvard)

17:45 F. Nicastro (CfA, Harvard): Chandra and FUSE View of the Local Warm Hot Intergalactic Medium(INVITED)

  • 18:30 K. Yoshikawa (U. Tokyo): Detectability of the Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium through Emission Lines of OVII and OVIII
  • 18:50 R. Dave' (Steward Obs., U. Arizona): Quantifying Warm-Hot Gas As Traced by OVI Absorbers
  • 19:10 L. Zappacosta (INAF-Arcetri): Detections of Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium


21:15-21:45 Special Event (in the Lecture Hall)

U. Becciani, D. Ferro (INAF-Catania): ASTROMD: A DEMO

The software package ASTROMD, freely distributed to the participants, will be presented during a demo session from two of its main developers.





October 2nd, Thursday

Morning

Intracluster Medium: Models

8:30 F. Matteucci (U. Trieste): Supernovae and chemical enrichment of the ICM (INVITED)
  • 9:15 Y. Ascasibar (U. Oxford): The Simplest Possible Model of the Intracluster Medium
  • 9:35 F. Calura (U. Trieste): The mean metallicity of the Universe
  • 9:55 S.T. Kay (U. Sussex): The intracluster complex: simulating the effects of cooling, conduction and feedback, and their implications for observations of clusters at high redshift
  • 10:15 S. De Grandi (INAF - OA Brera): Iron content in nearby galaxy clusters
  • 10:35 L. Tornatore (Trieste): Simulating the metal enrichment of ICM


10:55-11:20 Coffee break

The low redshift Intergalactic Medium

11:20 S. Cristiani (INAF-Trieste): Properties of the Ly-alpha forest (INVITED)
  • 11:55 E. Branchini (U. Rome III): Looking for WHIM in the Local Universe
  • 12:15 E. Kasimova (U. Rostov): Chemical Evolution of Damped Ly Alpha Systems
  • 12:35 M. Viel (U. Padua): The Lyman-alpha forest as a cosmological probe

Afternoon

Non-thermal IGM components

Discussion session: Understanding the Physics of the ICM within the Hierarchical Evolutionary Scheme, Organizer: M. Henriksen (U. Maryland)

17:00 M. Henriksen (U. Maryland): Cluster Mergers, Cosmic-ray Acceleration,and Non-thermal Emission(INVITED)
  • 18:00 T. Furusho (U. Tokyo): Prospects for X-ray Studies of Galaxy Clusters with Astro-E2/XRSL
  • 18:20 M. Meneghetti (U. Padua): The impact of cluster mergers on arc statistics
  • 18:40 J. Lee (U. Tokyo): Modeling Intra-Cluster Gas in Triaxial Dark Halos Galaxies

19:00 A. Santangelo (IASF-Palermo): The EUSO Mission and the Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays(INVITED)



October 3rd, Friday

Morning

The low redshift Intergalactic Medium

8:30 F. Fiore (INAF-Rome): A High Resolution Intergalactic Explorer for the Soft X-ray/FUV(INVITED)
  • 9:15 T. Ohashi (Tokyo Metropolitan U.): Future Japanese X-ray Missions for the Study of Warm-hot Intergalactic Medium


Intracluster Medium: Observations and Models

  • 9:35 P. Popesso (MPE): RASS and SDSS clusters of galaxies
  • 9:55 E. Rasia (U. Padua): Modeling ICM and DM in High-Resolution Simulations of Galaxy Cluster
  • 10:15 D. Kawata (Swinburne): The Chemo-Dynamical Evolution of Galaxies and Metal Enrichment of the Intergalactic Medium


11:00-11:30 Coffee break

Non-thermal components in the IGM

11:30 F. Miniati (MPA): Non-thermal electrons in the IGM and ICM (INVITED)
  • 12:15 S. Gabici (INAF-Arcetri): Shock Acceleration and gamma radiation in Clusters of Galaxies
  • 12:35 K. Dolag (U. Padua): Simulating magnetic fields in the local universe


Afternoon

Trip to Lipari and social dinner



October 4th, Saturday

Morning

Low-energy non-thermal components in the IGM

8:30 L. Feretti (Bologna): Properties of Cluster's Radio Emission (INVITED)
  • 9:15 G. Cotter (U. Cambridge): High-z clusters traced by groups of radiosources
  • 9:35 K. Inskip (U. Cambridge): Interactions between radio galaxies and the IGM: the evolution of the alignment effect
  • 9:55 M. Hoeft (U. Tuebingen): Galaxy cluster merger simulations: Motion and evolution of fossil radio plasma


10:15-10:30 Coffee break

The Galaxy-IGM Interplay

10:30 J. Sommer-Larsen (TAC, Copenhagen): Hot halos around galaxies and groups(INVITED)
  • 11:15 L. Portinari (TAC, Copenhagen): Can a "standard" IMF explain the metal enrichment in clusters of galaxies?
  • 11:35 S. Linder (U. Cardiff): Ionization, HI Column Densities, and the HI Selection of Clouds and Galaxies
  • 11:55 A. Maselli (INAF - Arcetri): The proximity effect of LBGs: Radiative Transfer Simulations
  • 12:15-12:45 Conference Summary