From April 8 to 15, Zaragoza will host the COMCHA School, bringing together cutting-edge expertise in computing for the next decade. The program features dedicated lectures on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, programming on advanced accelerator platforms such as GPUs and FPGAs, real-time computing, event generation and simulation, differentiable programming, computing infrastructures, and sustainability. In […]
Lecturer: Rubén López Coto (IAA-CSIC). Scientific coordinator of the CTAO consortium Abstract: Our galaxy is filled with cosmic rays -particles traveling at nearly the speed of light through intergalactic magnetic turbulence. We generally understand how these particles gain energy, but a major mystery remains: How do some of them reach extreme ‘PeV’ energy levels in
Lecturer: Nahuel Ferreiro Lachellini (Max Planck Institute for Physics) Abstract: Cryogenic underground observatories based on transition-edge sensors (TES) provide a powerful and versatile platform for astroparticle physics, combining low energy thresholds, excellent energy resolution, and intrinsically low-background operation in deep underground environments. The RES-NOVA project exemplifies this approach through the deployment of PbWO₄ crystals grown
New talk in the Master’s in Physics of the Universe seminar series, Dark matter searches with fixed target experiments by Laura Molina Bueno (IFIC, Valencia) Abstract: Dark Matter is among the most pressing questions in particle physics. In this seminar, I will cover the potential of fixed target experiments to probe the Dark Matter origin
Hybrid quantum circuits : from atomic physics on a chip to quantum enhanced detection of dark matter Lecturer: Takis Kontos, Laboratoire de Physique de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure/Laboratoire de Physique et d’Etude des Matériaux, ESPCI/ Institute of Astrophysics IA-FORTH Abstract: In this talk, I will show how hybrid quantum circuits can be used to follow three
image credit: Natasha Hurley-Walker (Curtin / ICRAR) and the GLEAM Team From Jansky to the Square Kilometre Array: Tracing the Universe at Low Radio Frequencies Lecturer: Miguel A. Pérez Torres (Investigador científico del IAA-CSIC ) Abstract: In this talk, I trace the evolution of radio astronomy from its origins in the 1930s to the new
Giovanni Pierobon is a researcher in New South Wales U., Sydney, Australia. Title: The role of simulations in the direct detection of axion dark matter Abstract: In this talk we will assess to detectability of axion dark matter in the post-inflationary scenario. We will focus on the QCD axion, a one parameter model introduced by
Searching for sub-GeV particle dark matter with Spherical Proportional Counters The NEWS-G collaboration is searching for light dark matter using spherical proportional counters. Access to 50 MeV to 10 GeV mass range is enabled by the combination of single electron threshold, light gaseous targets (H, He, Ne), and highly radio-pure detector construction. Most recently, new
DESI-Y1: New light on the dark Universe Eusebio Sánchez, Scientific researcher at CIEMAT, PI of the Cosmology Group Abstract: The beginning of the 21st century brought the development and confirmation of the standard model of cosmology, LCDM. The Universe is made of a 70% of dark energy in the form of a cosmological constant, a
Jorge Sanz Forcada, Investigador Científico en el Centro de Astrobiología, del INTA-CSIC Abstract: Currently known extrasolar planets population is biased towards short-period planets. They tend to be highly irradiated. Photons in the XUV range (1-912 A) are of special importance in this context because they ionize neutral H atoms, yielding planetary atmosphere photoevaporation, which in
