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Inauguration workshop H.E.S.S. II

27 September 2012 — 27 September 2012 Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik

• Location: Windhoek, Namibia
• Venue: Heja Game Lodge, PO Box 588 Windhoek Namibia
• Opening hours: 07:00-16:00 GMT
• Ticket prices: free admission

The open workshop will take place at Heja Lodge, located about halfway between Windhoek and Hosea Kutako airport. The talks will address a non-specialist science audience.

Programme

• Introduction (W. Hofmann)
• H.E.S.S. science highlights (C. Stegmann)
• Extragalactic science prospects for H.E.S.S. II and CTA (M. Böttcher)
• Okkie de Jager and H.E.S.S. (A. Djannati-Atai)
• Space-based gamma ray astronomy (J. Knödlseder)
• CTA - the future in very high energy gamma-ray astronomy (M. Martinez)
• Radio astronomy in Southern Africa (M. Gaylard)
• Chip design for astroparticle experiments (E. Delanges)
• ASPERA - coordinating astroparticle physics in Europe (tbc)
• Science and technology in Namibia (A. van Kent)

Homepage of Heja Logde: http://www.hejalodge.com/

http://www.mpi-hd.mpg.de/hfm/HESS/pages/home/hess2inaug/workshop/

• Posted on: 17 August 2012 14:00