The Deep and Transient Universe in the SVOM Era: New Challenges and Opportunities.

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Les Houches

Les Houches

Ecole de Physique des Houches La Côte des Chavants F-74310 Les Houches FRANCE
Description

 

Dear colleagues,

We successfully completed the SVOM System Requirements Review at the end of June. It was an important milestone for the project, where we started to introduce the idea of an evolution of the mission over its lifetime.

Following the Swift example, the time devoted for the Targets of Opportunity observations will increase and SVOM will now be presented as a multi-wavelength mission devoted to the transient sky. This will be done, of course, preserving all the GRB related goals of SVOM.

In order to promote the mission and to inform the scientific community we plan to write a SVOM white paper. This paper should be ready for the SVOM Preliminary Design Review to be held in June next year. With the goal to prepare the first draft of this paper we plan to organize a workshop at Chamonix Mont-Blanc (Ecole des Houches; http://houches.ujf-grenoble.fr) next year from April 10 to April 15. The title of the workshop is: The Deep and Transient Universe in the SVOM Era: New Challenges and Opportunities. This workshop will also be a great opportunity to gather the SVOM science community for the first time.

NEWS

Thanks again for your participation in this successful workshop.

All presentations are now on line and available for consultation here

The pictures of the workshop are available here

The first version of the White Paper is available here

Participants
  • Alan Watson
  • Aleksandra Gros
  • Andrea Goldwurm
  • Armelle Bajat
  • Arnaud Claret
  • Arne Rau
  • Bertrand Cordier
  • Christian GOUIFFES
  • Cyril Lachaud
  • Damien Dornic
  • Diego Gotz
  • Dong Xu
  • elisabeth vangioni
  • Emanuele Perinati
  • EMERIC LE FLOC'H
  • EN-WEI LIANG
  • Fabien Grise
  • Fayin Wang
  • François GONZALEZ
  • Frédéric Daigne
  • Frédéric Piron
  • Giulia Migliori
  • he gao
  • HOUJUN Lyu
  • Jacques PAUL
  • Jean-Luc ATTEIA
  • Jerome Rodriguez
  • Jianyan Wei
  • Jing Wang
  • Julian Osborne
  • Jérôme Guilet
  • Karine Mercier
  • Laura Gosset
  • laurent Bouchet
  • Liping Xin
  • Maohai Huang
  • Maria Grazia Bernardini
  • Martine Jouret
  • Neil Gehrels
  • Nial Tanvir
  • Nicolas Leroy
  • Olivier La Marle
  • Patrick Petitjean
  • PAUL O'BRIEN
  • Pierre Antilogus
  • Richard Willingale
  • Robert Mochkovitch
  • Samuel Boissier
  • Sarah ANTIER
  • Shuang-Nan Zhang
  • Shunjing Yu
  • Souchen Li
  • Stephane Basa
  • Stéphane Schanne
  • Susanna Vergani
  • Thierry Foglizzo
  • Vadim Burwitz
  • Volker Beckmann
  • Wenfei Yu
  • William Lee
  • Xianggao Wang
  • Xuefeng Wu
  • Xuhui HAN
  • Yonghe ZHANG
  • Yulei QIU
  • Yun-Wei Yu
    • Introduction Amphitheater

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      • 1
        Welcome
        Orateur: Dr JACQUES PAUL (CEA)
        Transparents
      • 2
        Overview od the Swift results, advises for SVOM
        Orateur: Dr Neil Gehrels (GSFC)
        Slides
      • 3
        LSST, strategies for transients
        Orateur: Pierre Antilogus (LPNHE)
        Transparents
      • 4
        GW detection and alerts dissemination
        Orateur: Dr Nicolas Leroy (LAL IN2P3/CNRS)
        Transparents
    • 12:30
      Lunch
    • Context of the SVOM mission
      • 5
        The time domain astrophysics: the discovery space after Swift
        Orateurs: Prof. Bing Zhang (University of Nevada, Las Vegas), Prof. PAUL O'BRIEN (UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER)
        Slides
      • 6
        The astronomical panorama in 2020
        Orateurs: Jean-Luc ATTEIA (IRAP - CNRS/UPS), Prof. Shuang-Nan Zhang (Institute of High Energy Physics)
        Transparents
    • 15:10
      Coffee Break
    • SVOM Mission
      Président de session: Dr Stéphane Schanne (CEA Saclay)
      • 7
        SVOM mission profile
        Orateur: Dr Bertrand Cordier (CEA-Irfu/Service d'astrophysique)
        Transparents
        Video
      • 8
        Instrument characteristics : ECLAIRS
        Orateur: Jean-Luc ATTEIA (IRAP - CNRS/UPS)
        Transparents
      • 9
        Instrument characteristics : GRM
        Orateur: Prof. Shuang-Nan Zhang (Institute of High Energy Physics)
        Transparents
      • 10
        Instrument characteristics : GWACS
        Orateur: Dr Jianyan Wei (NAOC)
        Transparents
      • 11
        Instrument characteristics : MXT
        Orateur: Dr Diego Gotz (CEA Saclay)
        Slides
      • 12
        Instrument characteristics : VT
        Orateur: Dr Yulei Qiu (NAOC)
        Transparents
      • 13
        Instruments characteristics : F-GFT
        Orateur: Dr Stephane Basa (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille)
        Transparents
      • 14
        Instrument characteristics : C-GFT
        Orateur: Dr Liping Xin (NAOC, CAS)
        Transparents
      • 15
        ECLAIRs-GRM system
        Orateur: Dr Maria Grazia Bernardini (LUPM - Université Montpellier)
        Transparents
      • 16
        The SVOM scientific ground segment
        Orateur: Prof. Maohai Huang (National Astronomical Observatories, CAS)
        Slides
    • Welcome Cocktail Bar

      Bar

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      Président de session: Dr Bertrand Cordier (CEA-Irfu/Service d'astrophysique)
    • Dinner Restaurant

      Restaurant

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      Président de session: Dr Stéphane Schanne (CEA Saclay)
    • SVOM advances on GRB science: Core Program Amphitheater

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      Président de session: Dr Diego Gotz (CEA Saclay)
      • 17
        The population of classical long GRBs: physical mechanisms & The diversity of stellar explosions Amphitheater

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        Orateurs: Prof. Bing Zhang (University of Nevada, Las Vegas), Frédéric Daigne (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris - Université Pierre et Marie Curie), Dr Robert Mochkovitch (IAP), Dr Yong-Feng Huang (NJU)
        Slides
      • 10:10
        Coffee Break Amphitheater (Les Houches)

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      • 18
        The population of short GRBs Amphitheater

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        Orateurs: Dr He Gao (BNU), Prof. Julian Osborne (University of Leicester), Dr Li-Xin Li (PKU)
        Slides
      • 19
        The population of classical long GRBs: characterization of the population Amphitheater

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        Orateurs: Prof. En-Wei Liang (GXU), Susanna Vergani (CNRS-Observatoire de Paris), Dr Yun-Wei YU (CCNU)
        Slides
      • 20
        GRBs as particle accelerator Amphitheater

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        Orateurs: M. Damien Dornic (CPPM), Dr Xiang-Yu Wang (NJU), Dr Zhuo Li (PKU)
        Transparents
      • 21
        Workshop Photo Outside

        Outside

        Orateur: Dr Volker Beckmann (APC, FACe)
        Photo
      • 12:30
        Lunch Restaurant (Les Houches)

        Restaurant

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      • 22
        GRBs at high redshift Amphitheater

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        Orateurs: Prof. En-Wei Liang (GXU), Dr Stephane Basa (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille), Dr Xue-Feng Wu (PMO)
        Transparents
      • 23
        GRBs to study the evolution of star formation Amphitheater

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        Orateurs: Dr Fa-Yin Wang (NJU), Dr Samuel Boissier (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille)
        Transparents
      • 24
        GRBs to study galaxies Amphitheater

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        Orateur: M. EMERIC LE FLOC'H (CEA)
        Transparents
      • 16:00
        Coffee Break Amphitheater (Les Houches)

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      • 25
        Absorption spectroscopy on the line of sight of GRBs Amphitheater

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        Orateurs: Dr Jing wang (NAOC), M. Patrick Petitjean (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris)
        Transparents
      • 26
        GRB as standard rulers Amphitheater

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        Orateurs: Dr Stephane Basa (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille), Dr Zi-Gao Dai (NJU)
        Transparents
    • SVOM advances on rapid follow-up observations: ToO Program
      • 27
        Search for SVOM counterparts on multi-wavelength triggers
        Orateurs: Dr Dong Xu (NAOC), Dr Li-Ping Xin (NAOC), Prof. PAUL O'BRIEN (UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER)
        Slides
      • 28
        Search for SVOM counterparts on multi-messenger triggers
        Orateurs: Dr Cyril Lachaud (APC / Univ. Paris Diderot), Dr Xiang-Gao Wang (GXU)
        Slides
    • 10:40
      Coffee Break
    • SVOM advances on observatory science: General Program
      • 29
        Active Galactic Nuclei
        Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) appear as bright, persistent and variable, hard X-ray emitters. They are important for our understanding of the evolution of structures in the Universe and to study the accretion history of the cosmos. ECLAIRs will observe ~50% of the sky, far away from the Galactic Plane 0.5 mCrab flux limit at 4-150 keV after one year, 100-200 AGN expected (~400 AGN after 5 years, 0.2 mCrab flux limit). This will be the first all (half)-sky survey in the 10-20 keV domain, important for continuum studies and Cosmic X-ray Background modeling. The 4-150 keV band ideal to study effects of Compton reflection on the AGN continuum, with little influence by absorption in the line of sight. In terms of beamed AGN, sources like Mrk 501, Mrk 421, 3C 454.3 and potentially new flaring blazars will be prominent SVOM targets, providing rich X-ray and optical data. MXT and VT will be important for AGN target of opportunity studies, allowing to further constrain the spectral energy distribution. Important synergy with simultaneous LSST and Euclid large scale surveys, i.e. to follow-up on AGN in outburst, and the hunt for electromagnetic counter parts of gravitational wave sources and neutrino emitters will present another important domain of research. Finally, MXT and VT can observe infall of matter onto AGN cores in the case of tidal disruption events, e.g. triggered by flux increase observed in ECLAIRs.
        Orateurs: Dr Volker Beckmann (APC, FACe), Dr Xin-Lin Zhou (NAOC)
        Slides
        summary
      • 30
        Other extragalactic sources
        Orateurs: Dr Fabien Grise (Observatoire de Strasbourg), Dr Hua Feng (Tsinghua), Dr Natalie Webb (IRAP), Dr Xin-Lin Zhou (NAOC)
        Transparents
      • 31
        Galactic sources
        Orateurs: Dr Jerome Rodriguez (CEA - Service d'Astrophysique), Prof. Shuang-Nan Zhang (Institute of High Energy Physics), Dr Wen-Fei Yu (SHAO)
        Transparents
      • 32
        Miscellaneous topics
        Orateur: Dr Andrea Goldwurm (CEA/IRFU/SAp-Saclay & APC-Paris)
        Transparents
    • 13:00
      Lunch
    • Writing Workshop
      • 33
        Wriying workshop organization
        Orateur: Dr Bertrand Cordier (CEA-Irfu/Service d'astrophysique)
        Transparents
      • 34
        GRB
        Orateur: Frédéric Daigne (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris - Université Pierre et Marie Curie)
      • 35
        GRBs and the high-redshift Universe poster room

        poster room

        Orateur: M. Patrick Petitjean (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris)
      • 36
        Observatory Science Organisers Room

        Organisers Room

        Orateurs: Dr Andrea Goldwurm (CEA/IRFU/SAp-Saclay & APC-Paris), Dr Jerome Rodriguez (CEA - Service d'Astrophysique), Dr Volker Beckmann (APC, FACe)
      • 37
        ToO Bar

        Bar

        Orateur: Dr Cyril Lachaud (APC / Univ. Paris Diderot)
    • Wrap-Up: First draft of the white paper
      • 40
        Conclusion
        Orateur: Dr JACQUES PAUL (CEA)
        Transparents
      • 41
        SVOM instrumentation
        Orateur: Dr Stéphane Schanne (CEA Saclay)
        Transparents
      • 42
        GRB phenomenon
        Orateur: Prof. Julian Osborne (University of Leicester)
        Transparents
      • 43
        GRB and High redshift universe
        Orateur: Prof. Nial Tanvir (University of Leicester)
        Transparents
      • 44
        ToOs
        Orateur: Dr Cyril Lachaud (APC / Univ. Paris Diderot)
        Transparents
      • 45
        Observatory science
        Orateur: Dr Jerome Rodriguez (CEA - Service d'Astrophysique)
        Transparents
      • 46
        Next SVOM workshop
        Orateur: Dr Jianyan Wei (National Astronomical Observatories, CAS, China)
        Transparents
    • Bus to Geneva Airport