Name: The Fourth Azarquiel School of Astronomy: a Bridge between East and West
Start: 2017-06-11T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2017-06-16T20:00:00+02:00
Location: Portopalo di Capo Passero - Syracuse, Italy

Sunday, 11 June
- 18:00
  
  Registration
- Welcome Party
Monday, 12 June
- 1
  
  Welcome Address
  
  Speaker: Maurizio Busso (PG)
- Morning Lessons
  - 2
    
    Arabic Atronomy in Sicily
    
    Speaker: Ileana Chinnici
    
    Slides
  - 3
    
    Gamma Rays
    
    Speaker: Alessandro De Angelis (PD)
    
    Slides
  - 4
    
    Gamma Rays
    
    Speaker: Alessandro De Angelis (PD)
    
    Slides
- 12:45
  
  Lunch
- Afternoon Lessons
  - 5
    
    Supernovae and Cosmology
    
    Speaker: Inma Dominguèz
    
    Slides
  - 6
    
    Nucleosynthesis and Evolution in Low Mass Stars
    
    Speaker: Prof. Mounib El Eid (American University of Beirut (AUB))
    
    Slides
  - 7
    
    Nucleosynthesis and Evolution in Massive Stars
    
    Speaker: Prof. Mounib El Eid (American University of Beirut (AUB))
    
    Slides
- 16:45
  
  Break
- Student Presentations
  - 8
    
    Study of diffuse background of cosmic neutrinos with the antares neutrino telescope
    
    Speaker: Mr Pedro De la Torre-Luque (University of Granada)
    
    Slides
  - 9
    
    Long-Term Spectral Evolution of Anomalous X-ray Pulsar XTE J1810-197
    
    Speaker: Ms Eda Vurgun (Istanbul University)
    
    Slides
  - 10
    
    Thin Accretion Disks Around Black Holes Modeling the Secondary Outburst
    
    Speaker: Mehmet Deniz Aksulu
    
    Slides
  - 11
    
    Signatures of GCR events of Magnetar flares
    
    Speaker: Mohamed Ismaiel (Helwan University)
    
    Slides
  - 12
    
    Probing homogeneity of the Cosmos using Quasars
    
    Speaker: Mr Atul Kedia (University of Notre Dame)
    
    Slides
- Publich Speech
  - 13
    
    Arabic Tradition in the Exact Sciences - Tradizione Araba nelle Scienze Esatte
    
    Speaker: Nader El-Bizri
- 21:00
  
  Dinner
Tuesday, 13 June
- Morning Lessons
  - 14
    
    High Resolution Spectroscopy and Stellar/Galactic Chemical Evolution
    
    Speaker: Chris Sneden
    
    Slides
  - 15
    
    Stellar Spectroscopic Uses and Abuses
    
    Speaker: Chris Sneden
    
    Slides
  - 16
    
    Abundances in Stars and Meteorites
    
    Speaker: Ayşegül Fulya Teker Yelkenci
    
    Slides
- 12:45
  
  Lunch
- Afternoon Lessons
  - 17
    
    Neutrino Astrophysics and KM3NeT - Neutrinos from the Sun and Supernovae
    
    Speaker: Francesco Vissani (LNGS)
    
    Slides
  - 18
    
    Neutrino Astrophysics and KM3NeT - High energies neutrinos IceCube and KM3NeT
    
    Speaker: Francesco Vissani (LNGS)
    
    Slides
  - 19
    X-rays
    
    Speaker: Emrah Kalemci
    
    Slides
    
    kalemci.pptx
    
    mirror_comparison_lg_2017.mpg
    
    normaAnim.gif
    
    rings_full.gif
- 16:45
  
  Break
- Student Presentations
  - 20
    
    New powerful outburst of the unusual young star V1318 Cyg S (LkHα 225 S)
    
    Speaker: Ms Hasmik Andreasyan (Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory)
    
    Slides
  - 21
    
    Testing condensation disk hypothesis in the hard state with simulations of the power
    
    Speaker: Mr Armin Vahdat Motlagh (Istanbul Technical University)
    
    Slides
  - 22
    
    Numerically inverting the fundamental stellar parameters of A/F stars
    
    Speaker: Sarkis Kassounian
    
    Slides
  - 23
    
    The First Stars in the Universe
    
    Speaker: Cynthia Saad
    
    Slides
  - 24
    
    Star Formation Activities in Brightest Cluster Galaxies
    
    Speaker: Suleyman Fisek
    
    Slides
  - 25
    
    Spectral classification & physical parameters of A the IPHAS CBe stars in the BCD system.
    
    Speaker: Mr Leonardos Gkouvelis (University of Valencia)
    
    Slides
  - 26
    
    What can Lithium tell us about the early universe?
    
    Speaker: Ms Tahani Makki (Ph.D student)
    
    Slides
  - 27
    
    Study of atomic diffusion and additional mixing on lithium evolution in solar-type stars
    
    Speaker: Ms Wan Aishah WAN HARUN (AISHAH)
    
    Slides
  - 28
    
    Chemical abundances of the NGC 6940 open cluster from the high-resolution infrared spectra.
    
    Speaker: Dr Gamze Bocek Topcu (Ege University)
    
    Slides
  - 29
    
    A study of the abundances of the chemical elements in stars.
    
    Speaker: Mr Mohammed Talafha (Physics Department, Yarmouk University)
    
    Slides
  - 30
    
    The distance of Galactic novae
    
    Speaker: Aykut OZDONMEZ
    
    Slides
- 21:00
  
  Dinner
Wednesday, 14 June
- Morning Lessons
  - 31
    
    Progenitors and Explosive Models of Thermonuclear Supernovae
    
    Speaker: Dr Luciano Piersanti (INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Teramo; INFN - Sezione di Perugia)
    
    Slides
  - 32
    
    Progenitors and Explosive Models of Thermonuclear Supernovae
    
    Speaker: Dr Luciano Piersanti (INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Teramo; INFN - Sezione di Perugia)
    
    Slides
  - 33
    
    Cosmic Rays from Space
    
    Speaker: Mr Laurent Derome (LPSC)
    
    Slides
- 12:15
  
  Lunch
- Excursion to Siracuse
- 21:00
  
  Social Dinner
Thursday, 15 June
- Morning Lessons
  - 34
    Core Collapse Supernovae
    
    Speaker: Alessandro Chieffi
    
    Slides
    
    chieffi.pdf
    
    expl.mov
    
    s20_3Dn.mpeg
    
    xo.mov
    
    xsic.mov
    
    xsii.mov
    
    z9.6_2.mpeg
  - 35
    
    Core Collapse Supernovae
    
    Speaker: Alessandro Chieffi
  - 36
    
    Cosmic Rays from the Earth
    
    Speaker: Mr Laurent Derome (LPSC)
    
    Slides
- 12:45
  
  Lunch
- Afternoon Lessons
  - 37
    
    Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics - Direct Methods
    
    Speaker: Dr Sotirios Harissopulos (NCSR "Demokritos" - Athens)
    
    Slides
  - 38
    
    Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics - Indirect Methods
    
    Speaker: Silvio Cherubini (LNS)
    
    Slides
- 16:45
  
  Break
- Student Presentations
  - 39
    
    Chemical enrichment by supernova explosions in Abell 3112 galaxy cluster out to R200
    
    Speaker: Cemile Ezer
    
    Slides
  - 40
    
    XMM-Newton x-ray properties of distant PKS 0745-191 galaxy cluster
    
    Speaker: Ms Aysegul Tumer (Bogazici University Istanbul)
    
    Slides
  - 41
    
    XMM-Newton observations of toothbrush cluster
    
    Speaker: Mr Sinancan Kara (Bogazici University)
    
    Slides
  - 42
    
    VIS and NIR high resolution spectroscopy for field and cluster RR Lyrae
    
    Speaker: Davide Magurno (Università di Roma Tor Vergata)
    
    Slides
  - 43
    
    Astromaterials in Accreting Neutron Stars
    
    Speaker: Matthew Caplan
    
    Slides
  - 44
    
    Ibn Al-Haytham and his Kitab al-Manazir: knowledge transfer and original contributions
    
    Speaker: Ms Isabella Martire (University of Pisa)
    
    Slides
- Publich Speech
  - 45
    
    Nuclear Physics for Medicine - Fisica Nucleare per la Medicina
    
    Speaker: Giacomo Cuttone (LNS)
- 21:00
  
  Dinner
Friday, 16 June
- Morning Lessons
  - 46
    
    The Interstellar Medium
    
    Speaker: Valerio Pirronello (CT)
    
    Slides
  - 47
    
    The Interstellar Medium
    
    Speaker: Valerio Pirronello (CT)
    
    Slides
  - 48
    
    Gravitational Waves
    
    Speaker: Michele Punturo (PG)
    
    Slides
- Concluding Remarks
- 12:45
  
  Lunch
- Publich Speech
  - 49
    
    The Harmony of Celestian Spheres - Armonia delle Sfere Celesti
    
    Speaker: Roberto Buonanno