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From 3 September to 17 October, LA-CoNGA Physics will hold the course ‘Astroparticles and Cosmology’, aimed at graduate students from Latin America and the Caribbean who seek to deepen their knowledge on these topics.

The course is divided into six modules with specific content and complementary materials such as videos, exercises, and readings. The first of these is on Cosmic Rays and will be presented by Dr. Miguel Mostafa, Professor at Temple University, United States, in four sessions (3, 5, 10, 12 September).

The following modules will address High-Energy Neutrinos, Gamma Rays, Cosmology, Primordial Black Holes, and Cosmic Gravitational Waves. Professors from leading institutions such as the Georgia Institute of Technology, Leibniz University Hannover, Yachay Tech, and more (see agenda below) will teach the classes.

For further information and to guarantee your participation in the ‘Astroparticles and Cosmology’ course, please visit https://jupyterhd.redclara.net/event/68/.

Agenda

Cosmic Rays

• Lecturer: Miguel Mostafa, Temple University, USA
• Dates: 3, 5, 10, 12 September
• Topics: Astrophysics of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays, experimental techniques, history and scientific motivation of cosmic rays, detection techniques, and the Pierre Auger Observatory.

High Energy Neutrinos

• Lecturer: Ignacio Taboada, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
• Dates: 17, 20 September
• Topics: The nature of neutrinos, high-energy neutrino production, neutrino oscillations, high-energy neutrino astrophysics, and neutrino detection at IceCube.

Gamma rays

• Lecturer: Alberto Carramiñana, Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, México
• Dates: 24, 26 September
• Topics: Gamma-ray production, astrophysical bands, observatories, gamma-ray sources in the Galaxy and beyond.

Cosmology

• Lecturer: Clara Rojas, Yachay Tech, Ecuador
• Dates: 1, 3 October
• Topics: Big Bang cosmology, tensor algebra, general relativity, universe dynamics, Einstein field equations for the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker metric.

Primordial Black Holes and Cosmic Gravitational Waves.

• Lecturer: Guillem Domènech, Leibniz-University Hannover, Germany
• Dates: 8, 10 October
• Topics: Studying the physical phenomenon of black hole collisions and the detection of gravitational waves using modern interferometers.

From Atoms to Black Holes

• Lecturer: Javier A. García, California Institute of Technology, USA
• Topics: X-ray production, reflection in binary black holes and other sources, Fe K line in AGN, and reflection modeling.