Scientific Programme

VHEPA2024 Programme

17 Oct 2024

9:30 AM to 1:00 PM :- *Gravitational Waves*

Coordinator:- Pankaj Jain, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

K. G. Arun, Chennai Mathematical Institute:- Astrophysics and Fundamental Physics
with LISA [9:30 AM - 10:10 AM]

Archana Pai, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai:-Gravitational Wave Astronomy
in a multi-detector era with LIGO India [10:10 AM - 10:50 AM]

Tea Break:-[10:50 AM-11:10 AM]

Sukanta Bose, Washington State University:- Unraveling the densest objects in the cosmos with gravitational waves [11:10 AM -11:50 AM]

Sendhil Raja, RRCAT Indore [11:50 AM - 12:30 PM]

Somesh Tiwari,Vivekanand Vidya Mandir Inter College Bageshwar:- Tensor Perturbations and Primordial Gravitational Waves in the Brane-Antibrane Inflation Model. [12:30 PM - 12:45 PM]

Lunch :- [12:45 PM - 2:50 PM]

3:00 PM to 6:30 PM :- Gamma Rays****

Coordinator:- Varsha Chitnis, Tata Institute of Fundamantal Research

Matthieu Heller, University of Geneva [3:00 PM -3:40 PM]

Amit Shukla, Indian Institute of Technology, Indore:- Exploring Extragalactic VHE Gamma-Ray Sources [3:40 PM 4:20 PM]

Habib Ahammad Mondal, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata:- Constraints on VHE gamma-ray emission of Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars with the MAGIC telescopes [4:20 PM - 4:35 PM]

Tea Break:-[4:35 PM -5:00 PM]

Alicia Lopez-Oramas,IAC:- VHE galactic sources [5:00 PM - 5:40 PM]

Vaibhav Sharma, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur : Spectral and Temporal Analysis of BHXB GX 339-4 using the AstroSat data during its 2021 outburst
[5:40 PM - 5:55 PM]

18 Oct 2024

9:30 AM to 1:00 PM :- Neutrinos****

Coordinator:- Sukanta Bose, Washington State University

Francis Halzen, University of Wisconsin, Madison:- IceCube: The First Decade of Neutrino Astronomy [9:30 AM - 10:10 AM]

Makoto Sasaki, The University of Tokyo [10:10 AM - 10:50 AM]

Tea Break:- [10:50 AM - 11:10 AM]

Paramita Dasgupta, Ohio State Univ.: Searching for Ultra-High Energy Neutrinos with ARA and PUEO Experiments [11:10 AM - 11:50 AM]

Ilham El Atmani, PHEMAC: The Impact of Neutrino Astronomy on
Understanding Cosmic Rays [11:50 AM -12:05 PM]

3:00 PM to 6:30 PM :- Cosmic Rays (low energies)****

Coordinator:- Pravata Mohanty, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Kazuyoshi Kobayashi,WISE, Waseda university:- Latest results from CALET observations for 8.5years on the International Space Station [3:00 PM -3:40 PM]

Cong Li, IHEP :-Status and recent results from LHAASO [3:40 PM - 4:20 PM ]

Fahim Varsi, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology: Observation of spectral hardening in cosmic ray proton spectrum at 166 TeV by the GRAPES-3 experiment [4:20 PM - 4:35 PM]

Raveena C.R,Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida.: A Comparative Analysis of High-Energy Hadronic Interaction Models Using TeV-PeV Cosmic Ray Muons at the GRAPES-3 Experiment [4:35 PM - 4:50 PM]

Tea Break :- [4:50 PM - 5:20 PM]

Juan Carlos ARTEAGA VELAZQUEZ,UMSNH, Mexico:- Recent studies on the energy spectrum and the composition of galactic cosmic rays with HAWC [5:20 PM - 6:00 PM]

Ujjwal Mishra, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida : Electric Field Simulation of the GRAPES-3 Proportional Counter [6:00 PM - 6:15 PM]

Subhalaxmi Rout, Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar:-Cosmic ray composition studies at the GRAPES-3 experiment using machine learning techniques[6:15 PM - 6:30 PM]

19 Oct 2024

9:30 AM to 1:00 PM :- Cosmic Rays (high energies)****

Coordinator:- Mohamed Rameez, Tata Institute of Fundamantal Research

Silvia Mollerach, CONICET, Argentina: Two decades of studies of cosmic-ray arrival directions at the Pierre Auger Observatory [9:30 AM - 10:10 AM]

Reetanjali Moharana, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur:- Spectral shapes of Cosmic rays [10:10 AM - 10:50 AM]

Tea Break:- [10:50 AM - 11:10 AM]

Swaraj Pratim Sarmah,Dibrugarh University:- Suppression of Cosmic Ray Flux in f(Q) Theories of Gravity [11:10 AM - 11:25 AM]

Ria Kataria,Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida:- Particle Lateral Densities from TeV - PeV Cosmic Ray Showers at the GRAPES-3 Experiment [11:25 AM - 11:50 AM]

Ronald Scaria,Indian Institute of Technology Indore:- Determining muon multiplicity at the GRAPES-3 experiment using pulse width for measuremets nearthe cosmic ray knee [11:50 AM - 12:05 PM]

Pierre Cristofari, Observatoire de Paris

2:30 PM to 5:30 PM :- Multimessenger Astronomy****

Coordinator:- Kunal P. Mooley Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Kenta Hotokezaka, The University of Tokyo:-Multi-wavelength signatures of neutron star mergers [2:30 PM - 3:10 PM ]

Varun Bhalerao, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai [3:10 PM - 3:50 PM]

Basudeb Dasgupta, TIFR:- Understanding Low-Mass Binary Mergers using Gravitational Waves [3:50 PM - 4:20 PM]

AMAN KATIRA, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur:-Multi-messenger View of GW170817 After 7 Years of Merger [4:20 PM - 4:35 PM]

Tea Break:- [4:35 PM - 5:00 PM]

             **Rapporteur Talk**


Dr.Pravata Mohanty (TIFR) **[5:00 PM - 5:45 PM]**