3rd DAE-BRNS School on Very High Energy Astrophysics

15 Oct 2025, 08:30 → 18 Oct 2025, 15:00 Asia/Kolkata

GOALS, BARC, Mt Abu, Rajasthan India

Mradul Sharma (Astrophysical Sciences Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre), Krishna Kumar Singh (Astrophysical Sciences Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre)

The field of ground-based gamma-ray astronomy is emerging as a powerful tool to probe the very high energy processes at work in the extreme astrophysical environments of the Universe. Rapid development of the state-of-the-art gamma-ray telescopes in different corners of the world and scientific achievements through observations in a unique energy window of a few tens of GeV to hundreds of TeV have established the status of the field as real astronomy. The science results obtained from the successful operations of TACTIC at Mount Abu since 1997 and MACE at Hanle since 2021 have made very significant and important contributions to the ongoing global efforts in the field of very high energy gamma-ray astronomy. These two telescopes are the only national facilities for carrying out front line research in the fields of high energy astrophysics, astroparticle physics and observational cosmology.

 

The 3rd DAE-BRNS School on Very High Energy Astrophysics aims to provide the participants with practical experience and strong theoretical background in rapidly developing field of very high energy astrophysics, and foster discussions about exploiting the science data.It is intended for post graduate students and early PhD scholars from the Indian universities and higher education institutes.

 

School will be held at the GOALS Guest House in Mount Abu - a hill station in Rajasthan near the Gujarat border. It is located at an altitude of about 1.5 km and offers excellent logistics, mild cold climate and dust free atmosphere. This place is well connected to the major Indian cities. Nearest railway station for traveling to Mount Abu is Abu Road.

 

Location : Bhabha Atomic Research Centre , Adjacent to Peace park, Oriya Village, Oriya, Mount Abu Rajasthan -307501

Google Maps Link : https://maps.app.goo.gl/uQKhPAPXQvxm84JB7

 

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Wednesday 15 October

1 Registration

2 Inaugration

3 Gamma Ray Astronomy

Dr. P Majumdar, SINP Kolkata

11:15 Tea Break

4 Particle Acceleration in Astrophysics

Dr. S Bhattacharyya, BARC Mumbai

13:00 Lunch Break

5 Exotic Astroparticle Physics

Dr. P Majumdar, SINP Kolkata

6 Gamma Ray Sources

Dr. A Shukla, IIT Indore

16:30 Tea Break and Group Discussion

7 GOALS Observatory Visit & Experiments

20:30 Banquet Dinner

Thursday 16 October

8 Radiative Processes in Astrophysics

Dr. S Bhattacharyya, BARC Mumbai

9 Modeling of Broadband Emission from Gamma Ray Sources

Dr. A Shukla, IIT Indore

11:30 Tea Break

10 Introduction to Gammapy

Dr. A Sinha,TIFR Mumbai

13:00 Lunch Break

11 Hands on with Gammapy

Dr. A Sinha, TIFR Mumbai

12 Photo-detectors for gamma ray telescopes

Dr. B B Singh, TIFR Mumbai

13 Propagation of Cosmic Rays

Dr. S Thoudam, KU Abu Dhabi

17:45 Tea Break and Group Discussion

14 GOALS Observatory Visit & Experiments

21:00 Dinner

Friday 17 October

15 Astrophysical Transients

Dr. A C Gupta, ARIES Nainital

16 Cosmic Ray Measurements in Radio

Dr. S Thoudam, KU Abu Dhabi

11:30 Tea Break

Dining Area

17 Astrophysical Neutrinos

Dr. M Rameez, TIFR Mumbai

13:00 Lunch Break

18 Cosmic Ray Measurements with Particle Arrays

Dr. P K Mohanty, TIFR Mumbai

19 TACTIC and MACE Telescopes

Dr. M Sharma,BARC Mumbai

20 Astrostatistics

Dr. C Borwankar, BARC Mumbai

17:15 Tea Break and Group Discussion

21 PRL-MIRO Visit

20:30 Dinner

Saturday 18 October

22 Multi- Messenger Astrophysics

Dr. K K Singh, BARC Mumbai

23 Simulation Studies for Gamma Ray Telescopes

Dr. C Borwankar, BARC Mumbai

11:30 Tea Break

24 Closing Remarks & Vote of Thanks

Dr. M Sharma, BARC Mumbai
Dr. K K Singh, BARC Mumbai
Shri Naveen Kumar, GOALS, BARC Mount Abu

13:00 Lunch Break