First Meeting, 8-12 Dec 2014

Monday, December 8

11:00 J. Rachen: Welcome, outline of workshop goals
Part I: Overview talks on UHECR and GMF  (Chair: Anvar Shukurov)
11:30
J. Hörandel:
Ultra-high energy cosmic rays and the Pierre Auger Observatory
12:30 M. Haverkorn: The Galactic Magnetic Field
13:30 Lunch
Part II: Dealing with Information – Bayesian Methods (Chair: Marijke Haverkorn)
15:00 T. Ensslin: Bayesian Inference Methods
16:00 T. Steininger: IFT-based Galactic Tomography
16:30 Coffee
Part III: Discussion – bringing it all together
17:00 J. Rachen: Sketch of the “Bayesian GMF/UHECR Machine”

Tuesday, December 9

Part I: General theory and new data (Chair: Michael Unger)
9:30 A. Shukurov: Physics of magnetic fields in galaxies, knowns and unknowns
10:30 K. Otmianowska-Mazur: Cosmic-ray driven dynamo in galaxies
11:00 Coffee
11:30 R. Tautz: Transport processes of high energy cosmic rays in the ISM
12:00 N. Nowak: GMF simulations based on the cosmic-ray driiven dynamo
12:30 L. Rodrigues: Cosmic rays and the Parker instability
13:00 T. Jaffe: Planck and the GMF: what can we learn from polarized dust emission?
13:30 Lunch
Part II: Comparison of Models (Chair: Katarzyna Otmianowska-Mazur)
14:30 X. Sun: The Sun10++ model
14:50 G. Farrar: The JF12++ model
15:10 T. Jaffe: The Jaffe13 model
15:30 A. Shukurov: A model for the Galactic halo nagnetic field
16:00 Coffee
16:30 M. Haverkorn: Discussion of GMF models (commonalities, differences, problems)
Part III: Discussion – bringing it all together
17:30 J. Rachen: GMF models in the “Bayesian UHECR/GMF machine”

Wednesday, December 10

Part I: Data analysis, correlation searches and source models (Chair: Torsten Ensslin)
09:30 M. Unger: Air showers, energy and composition
10:00 D. Harari: Correlation searches and anisotropy
10:30 J. Rachen: UHECR sources –- general constraints to consider
11:00 Coffee
11:30 G. Farrar: UHECR deflections in the GMF
12:00 N. Awal: Anisotropy of Galactic cosmic rays in the JF12 field
12:30 D. Harari: Discussion: UHECR from the source to the detector
13:00 Lunch
Part II: Numerical tools in UHECR, GMF and IFT: (Chair: Diego Harari)
14:30 M. Unger: CORSIKA (Air shower analysis)
14:50 M. Unger: CRpropa and CRT (UHECR propagation and deflection)
15:10 X. Sun, T. Jaffe: The Hammurabi Code (GMF modelling)
15:30 A. Strong: Galprop and other low energy CR tools
16:00 Coffee
16:30 T. Ensslin, T. Steininger: nifty (Numerical Information Field Theory)
16:50 J. Rachen: Discussion of numerical tools: can they work together and how
Part III: Discussion – bringing it all together
17:30 J. Rachen: UHECR in the “Bayesian UHECR/GMF machine”

Thursday, December 11

until 11:00: Time for individual discussions, work,…
11:00  Coffee
11:30 Team: Brainstorm session Part I : What have we learned, what can we do?
13:00 Lunch
14:30 Team: Brainstorm session Part II: What should we do and how?
16:00 Coffee
16:30 Time for specific discussions and work meetings, whole team or subgroups

Friday, December 12

until 11:00: Time for specific discussions and work meetings, whole team or subgroups
11:00 Coffee
11:30 Time for specific discussions and work meetings, whole team or subgroups on The Bayesian Machine
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Team-discussion on next steps, further meetings, papers, policies, modus operandi, …
16:00 Coffee and adjourn