Name: 6th Hel.A.S. Astrophysics Summer School
Start: 2026-08-24T09:00:00+03:00
End: 2026-08-28T18:00:00+03:00
Location: Department of Physics, NKUA

6th Hel.A.S. Astrophysics Summer School

from Monday, 24 August 2026 (09:00) to Friday, 28 August 2026 (18:00)

Monday, 24 August 2026

09:00 Registration with coffee

09:00 - 09:30

09:30 Welcoming address by HelAS President

09:30 - 09:45

09:45 Summer School Jamboree

09:45 - 11:00

11:00 Lectures: X-ray missions current and future - G. Vasilopoulos
X-ray missions current and future - G. Vasilopoulos
11:00 - 12:00

12:00 Lectures: Astrophysics with GeV gamma rays (Fermi) - S. Buson
Astrophysics with GeV gamma rays (Fermi) - S. Buson
12:00 - 13:00

13:00 Lunch Break

13:00 - 14:30

14:30 Lectures: Astrophysics with VHE gamma-rays (CTA) - M. Cerruti
Astrophysics with VHE gamma-rays (CTA) - M. Cerruti
14:30 - 15:30

15:30 Lectures: VHE gamma-ray detection and analysis - M. Cerruti
VHE gamma-ray detection and analysis - M. Cerruti
15:30 - 16:30

16:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:30 - 17:00

17:00 Labs: GammaPy - M. Cerruti
GammaPy - M. Cerruti
17:00 - 18:30
Tuesday, 25 August 2026

09:00 Lectures: UHECRs: experimental results and astrophysical importance - F. Oikonomou
UHECRs: experimental results and astrophysical importance - F. Oikonomou
09:00 - 10:00

10:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 - 10:30

10:30 Lectures: Astrophysical sources of UHECRs - F. Oikonomou
Astrophysical sources of UHECRs - F. Oikonomou
10:30 - 11:30

11:30 Lectures: Astrophysical high-energy neutrinos - M. Petropoulou
Astrophysical high-energy neutrinos - M. Petropoulou
11:30 - 12:30

12:30 Lunch Break

12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Student Talks
14:00 - 15:00
Contributions

14:00 Guide field effects on particle reconnection in relativistic plasmas - Despina Karavola (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)

14:12 Study on synchrotron cooling of pitch-angle anisotropic electrons in relativistic magnetic reconnection. - Giorgos Konstantis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA))

14:24 Impact of Magnetic Field Inclination on MRI Evolution in Pair-Plasma Accretion Disks - Konstantinos Xanthos Argyropoulos (KU Leuven)

14:36 Magnetized inner disks explain Changing-Look AGN - Marios Kouzis (CAMK PAN)

14:48 Modeling the Multi-Wavelength Signature of Sagittarius A* - Eleni Antonopoulou (Academy of Athens / National & Kapodistrian University of Athens)
15:00 Lectures: Modeling of astrophysical neutrino sources - M. Petropoulou
Modeling of astrophysical neutrino sources - M. Petropoulou
15:00 - 16:00

16:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:30

16:30 Labs: Source modeling with LeHaMoC - S. I. Stathopoulos
Source modeling with LeHaMoC - S. I. Stathopoulos
16:30 - 18:30
Wednesday, 26 August 2026

09:00 Lectures: Cross correlation studies of neutrino and gamma-ray sources - S. Buson
Cross correlation studies of neutrino and gamma-ray sources - S. Buson
09:00 - 10:00

10:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 - 10:30

10:30 Labs: TBD - S. Buson
TBD - S. Buson
10:30 - 12:30

12:30 Lunch Break

12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Student Talks
14:00 - 15:00
Contributions

14:00 From Models to Measurements: A Unified Framework for Blazar Polarisation Detectability - Sara Capecchiacci (IA-FORTH)

14:12 Artificial Neural Network classification of the Fermi-LAT 4FGL-DR4 catalog blazars of unknown type and unidentified sources - Francesco Casini (Università degli Studi di Perugia)

14:24 Exploring black hole magnetospheres with neural networks: recent developments - Georgios Karydianakis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Academy of Athens)

14:36 Search for the diffuse astrophysical neutrino flux with KM3NeT/ARCA - Chrysovalantis Karagiannis (National Centre of Scientific Research "Demokritos")
15:00 Lectures: X-ray time-domain astrophysics - G. Vasilopoulos
X-ray time-domain astrophysics - G. Vasilopoulos
15:00 - 16:00

16:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:30

16:30 Labs: Transient source characterization - G. Vasilopoulos
Transient source characterization - G. Vasilopoulos
16:30 - 18:30
Thursday, 27 August 2026

09:30 Lectures: Neutrino detectors - E. Tzamariudaki
Neutrino detectors - E. Tzamariudaki
09:30 - 10:30

10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 - 11:00

11:00 Lectures: Astrophysical neutrinos with KM3NeT - E. Tzamariudaki
Astrophysical neutrinos with KM3NeT - E. Tzamariudaki
11:00 - 12:00

12:00 Lectures: Lectures: Astrophysical counterparts of GW sources - N. Sravan
Lectures: Astrophysical counterparts of GW sources - N. Sravan
12:00 - 13:00

13:00 Lunch Break

13:00 - 14:30

14:30 Labs: GW counterpart identification - N. Sravan
GW counterpart identification - N. Sravan
14:30 - 16:30

16:30 Coffee Break

16:30 - 17:00

17:00 Lectures: Cosmic Rays at Earth - M. Gerontidou
Cosmic Rays at Earth - M. Gerontidou
17:00 - 18:00

18:00 Visit to the Neutron Monitoring Station

18:00 - 19:30
Friday, 28 August 2026

09:30 Lectures: Gravitational waves and astrophysical importance - N. Karnesis
Gravitational waves and astrophysical importance - N. Karnesis
09:30 - 10:30

10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 - 11:00

11:00 Lectures: Gravitational wave detection and analysis - N. Karnesis
Gravitational wave detection and analysis - N. Karnesis
11:00 - 12:00
12:00 Student Talks
12:00 - 13:00
Contributions

12:12 Vacuum Geometry: The Weyl Tensor, Principal Null Directions, and the Petrov Classification Supervisor: Dr. Theocharis Apostolatos - Nikolaos Doulgerakis

12:22 Secondary Pair Emission Effects on the 478 keV Line in Novae - Kamil Kasprzak (Jagiellonian University)

12:34 Grain Alignment and Dust Evolution Physics with Polarisation (GRADE-POL) IV. Decomposition of the Dust Polarisation at Mid-Infrared Wavelengths - HARIZI Manel (MSc student in astronomy astrophysics and space technology)
13:00 Lunch Break

13:00 - 14:30

14:30 Labs: Gravitational wave analysis - N. Karnesis
Gravitational wave analysis - N. Karnesis
14:30 - 16:30

16:30 Closing remarks

16:30 - 17:00

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