A workshop on GRBs and central engine powered transients

Playa del Carmen (Mexico) | 2 - 6 | December 2024

Rationale

The aim of this workshop is to identify the major open problems in the field of GRBs and other astrophysical transients driven by central engines (e.g., superluminous SNe, relativistic and broad-line SNe, type Ic SNe, FBOT, etc), and understand the future of the field in light of several upcoming GRB missions.

The workshop will include review talks, providing participants with an overview of the current state of GRB physics, and short talks covering recent research and view of the open problems in the field. Large time will be devoted to dedicated discussion sessions on the topics that have strongest impact on the GRB science.

We hope the beautiful landscape of Playa del Carmen will serve to cultivate a spirit of collaboration among diverse research groups working on similar aspects of GRB science, by providing a platform for researchers to share their ideas, methodologies, and potentially pool resources.

Program

Monday - Session I: Prompt emission

8.30-9.15 Conference Photos
9.15-9.30 Welcome
9.30-9.55 Asaaf Pe'er What can we learn from GRB pulses? (.pdf)
9.55-10.20 Felix Ryde Observations of radiation mediated shocks in GRBs (.pdf)
10.20-10.55 Katsuaki Asano Energy dissipation of relativistic outflow (.pdf)
10.55-11.25 Coffee Break
11.25-11.50 Simone Dichiara Precursors from compact binary mergers (.pdf)
11.50-12.15 Nicola Omodei GRB 221009A: the B.O.A.T Burst that Shines in Gamma-rays (.pdf)
12.15-12.40 Michela Negro GRB prompt classification with machine Learning (.pdf)
16.30-17.00 Coffee Break
17.00-17.25 Gor Oganesyan Tests of GRB prompt emission models (.pdf)
17.25-17.50 Sylvain Guiriec Broadband Modeling of the GRB Prompt Emission from Optical to Gamma Rays
17.50-18.15 Kunihito Ioka Fast Radio Bursts in the Fireball Paradigm (.pdf)
18.15-19.00 Discussion

Tuesday - Session II: Afterglows

9.00-9.25 Tanmoy Laskar GRB afterglows: on the cusp of a paradigm shift
9.25-9.50 Stefano Ascenzi The early afterglow of gamma-ray bursts (.pdf)
9.50-10.15 Makoto Arimoto Inverse Compton gamma rays from a GRB reverse shock (.pdf)
10.15-10.40 Alessio Berti Very-high-energy emission from GRBs: status and perspectives (.pdf)
10.40-11.10 Coffee Break
11.10-11.35 Paz Beniamini Structured Jets: Illuminating the Enigma of GRBs (.pdf)
11.35-12.00 Shiho Kobayashi Probing the axial symmetry and structure of relativistic jets using polarimetry
12.00-12.25 Gal Birenbaum Afterglow Linear Polarization Signatures from Shallow GRB Jets: Implications for GRB 221009A (.pdf)
12.25-12.50 Yihan Wang VegasAfterglow: An Advanced Toolkit for Modeling GRB Afterglows
16.30-17.00 Coffee Break
17.00-17.25 Lorenzo Sironi Field generation and particle acceleration in GRB external shocks (.pdf)
17.25-17.50 Alexander J. van der Horst Observational perspective on electron acceleration in GRB blast waves
17.50-18.15 Brendan O'Connor Constraints on the population of off-axis short GRBs (.pdf)
18.15-19.00 Discussion

Wednesday - Session III: Instruments

9.00-15.30 Excursion to Tulum
16.30-17.00 Coffee Break
17.00-17.25 Lorenzo Amati Cosmology and Multi-Messenger Astrophysics with next-generation GRB missions (.pdf)
17.25-17.50 Shuang-Nan Zhang A review of current and future chinese missions and observatories (.pdf)
17.50-18.15 Maria Grazia Bernardini The SVOM mission
18.15-18.40 Federica Bianco LSST: opportunities for fast transient science (link)
18.40-19.05 Johannes Hulsman Latest developments of POLAR-2 (.pdf)

Thursday - Session IV: Progenitors, central engines and jets

9.00-9.25 Chris Fryer What is wrong with our GRB Engines/Progenitors? (.pdf)
9.25-9.50 Miguel Aloy Magneto-rotational supernovae as progenitors of GRBs (.pdf)
9.50-10.15 Ore Gottlieb A Unified Model of GRB Origins: Inferring Engines through Collapsars, Mergers, and Kilonovae (.pdf)
10.15-10.40 Bing Zhang On the duration of GRBs and the magnetar engine
10.40-11.10 Coffee Break
11.10-11.35 Dimitrios Giannios GRB energetics and the Blandford Znajek process in GRB jets (.pdf)
11.35-12.00 Enrique Moreno Mendez Long GRBs from WR-HMXBs Progenitors (.pdf)
12.00-12.25 Binbin Zhang New Understanding of GRB Central Engines and Mechanisms
12.25-12.50 Gerardo Urrutia Following the GRB jet interaction from small to large scales (.pdf)
16.30-17.00 Coffee Break
17.00-17.25 Alexander Tchekhovskoy The role of collapsar jets in r-process enrichment
17.25-17.50 Agnieszka Janiuk Nucleosynthesis in the magnetized winds from GRB engines (.pdf)
17.50-18.15 Rodrigo Fernandez Disk outflows in neutron star mergers and collapsars (.pdf)
18.15-19.00 Discussion
20.00-22.00 Conference Dinner

Friday - Session IV: Progenitors, central engines and jets

9.00-9.25 Hamid Hamidani Late Engine Activity in NS Mergers and Its Cocoon: An Alternative Scenario for the Blue KN (.pdf)
9.25-9.50 Diego Lopez Camara Magnetic field effects in SGRB jets (.pdf)

Friday - Session V: Transients & multi-messengers

9.50-10.15 Dan Perley Beaming and progenitor constraints from ZTF Ic-BL rates (.pdf)
10.15-10.40 Luca Izzo Signatures of cocoon emission in relativistic supernovae (.pdf)
10.40-11.10 Coffee Break
11.10-11.35 AJ Nayana Unraveling the energetics and environment of the nearest supernova of the decade: SN 2023ixf
11.35-12.00 Igor Andreoni Relativistic Tidal Disruption Events (.pdf)
12.00-12.25 Samuele Ronchini The role of Swift for the detection and follow-up of gravitational waves during O4 (.pdf)
12.25-12.30 Farewell

Location


The workshop will be held at the all inclusive resort "The Reef Coco Beach" in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.

To reserve, go to the following link.

General information about the hotel is available here .

The current offer from the hotel features a complimentary night's stay, bringing the price to about $125 (please note that the final price is currently discounted with respect to what appear in the link), which is a low rate for an all inclusive resort. Please note that this offer is temporary, and subject to availability. Given that December is high season in Playa del Carmen, we highly recommend making your reservations well in advance, ideally before the summer months. With prices expected to rise and the hotel potentially reaching full capacity around the conference dates, early planning is key to securing your accommodations.
If you want to update your reservation (e.g. to include other persons), you can contact groups - at - thereefresorts.com.
If you decide to do not stay at the conference hotel, you will have access to the conference room ONLY during conference sessions, but not to all other hotel facilities.

Conference Photos

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SOC

Alessandra Corsi (Texas Tech)
Fabio De Colle (UNAM), co-chair
Ramandeep Gill (UNAM), co-chair
Jonathan Granot (Open University of Israel)
Raffaella Margutti (UC Berkeley)
Lara Nava (Osservatorio di Brera)
Enrico Ramirez Ruiz (UC Santa Cruz)

LOC

Edilberto Aguilar(UNAM)
Fabio De Colle (UNAM), co-chair
Ramandeep Gill (UNAM), co-chair
Diego Lopez Camara (UNAM)
Gibran Morales (UNAM)
Enrique Moreno Mendez (UNAM)

Participants

  1. Agnieszka JaniukCentre for Theoretical Physics (Poland)

  2. Alessio BertiMax Planck Institute for Physics (Germany)

  3. Alexander TchekhovskoyNorthwestern University (USA)

  4. Alexander J. van der HorstThe George Washington University (USA)

  5. Annalisa CelottiSISSA (Italy)

  6. Asaf Pe'erBar Ilan University (Israel)

  7. Binbin ZhangNanjing University (China)

  8. Bing ZhangUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas (USA)

  9. Brendan O'ConnorCarnegie Mellon University (USA)

  10. Christopher FryerLos Alamos National Laboratory (USA)

  11. Daniel PerleyLiverpool John Moores University (UK)

  12. Diego Lopez CamaraUNAM (Mexico)

  13. Dimitrios GianniosPurdue University (USA)

  14. Edilberto AguilarUNAM (Mexico)

  15. Enrico Ramirez-RuizUCSC (USA)

  16. Enrique Moreno MendezUNAM (Mexico)

  17. Eric BurnsLouisiana State University (USA)

  18. Fabio De Colle UNAM (Mexico)

  19. Federica BiancoUniversity of Delaware (USA)

  20. Felix RydeKTH, Stockholm (Sweden)

  21. Gal BirenbaumTel Aviv university (Israel)

  22. Gerardo UrrutiaCentre for Theoretical Physics (Poland)

  23. Gibran MoralesUNAM (Mexico)

  24. Gor OganesyanGran Sasso Science Institute (Italy)

  25. Hamid HamidaniTohoku University (Japan)

  26. Igor AndreoniUniversity of Maryland/NASA Goddard(USA)

  27. Johannes HulsmanUniversity of Geneva (Switzerland)

  28. Katsuaki AsanoICRR, University of Tokyo (Japan)

  29. Kunihito IokaYukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University (Japan)

  30. Lorenzo AmatiINAF - OAS Bologna (Italy)

  31. Lorenzo SironiColumbia University (USA)

  32. Luca IzzoINAF-Capodimonte (Italy)

  33. Makoto ArimotoKanazawa University (Japan)

  34. Maria Grazia BernardiniINAF-Brera (Italy)

  35. Michela NegroLouisiana State University (USA)

  36. Miguel Ángel AloyUniversity of Valencia (Spain)

  37. Nayana A.J.University of California, Berkeley (USA)

  38. Nicola OmodeiStanford University (USA)

  39. Ore GottliebCCA, Flatiron Institute (USA)

  40. Paz BeniaminiOpen University of Israel (Israel)

  41. Ramandeep Gill UNAM (Mexico)

  42. Rodrigo FernandezUniversity of Alberta (Canada)

  43. Samuele RonchiniPennState University (USA)

  44. Shiho KobayashiLiverpool John Moores University (UK)

  45. Shuang-Nan ZhangInstitute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)

  46. Simone DichiaraPenn State University (USA)

  47. Stefano AscenziGran Sasso Science Institute (Italy)

  48. Sylvain GuiriecGeorge Washington University / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (USA)

  49. Tanmoy LaskarUniversity of Utah (USA)

  50. Yihan WangUniversity of Nevada (USA)

Contact

grbmexico2024 - at - gmail.com