This is the third edition of the conference 'CASTLE - Cosmological and Astrophysical Synergies: Tactics for the Latest Era'. The original CASTLE conference, held in 2018, adhered to the manifesto you can find below. Six years and a global pandemic later, we're back on track to follow up on the same pressing questions, but with the fulfilment of some of the underlying promises: at optical/near-infrared wavelengths the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument published results from its first data release, whilst the Euclid satellite mission has started its wide survey; in the radio band, the SKA Observatory is currently under construction, with data from precursor/pathfinder experiments now being a reality.
In such exciting times, CASTLE 2024 wants to focus precisely on such developments. We aim to gather researchers active in both communities to discuss what new observables, theoretical tools, and statistical methods can be used to extract cosmological information at best from the combined data sets.
The whole event will take place in the castle of the medieval village of Tagliolo Monferrato, located in High Montferrat, part of the UNESCO World-Heritage site 'Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato'. We plan to organise transports back and forth from Milan Malpensa airport. Participants are expected to arrive on Tuesday, 17th Sept; the conference will then start on Wednesday and close on Friday, with departure straight after lunch.
CASTLE 2018 Manifesto
A new era for cosmology has come: in the very near future, a new generation of experiments will push our gaze at the Universe deeper than ever, carrying out observations across the whole electromagnetic spectrum - not to speak of the new 'ear' just opened by gravitational-wave astronomy. Satellites, surveys and telescopes such as the SKA, Stage IV CMB experiments, Euclid, DESI, LSST, e-ROSITA, Athena+, e-ASTROGAM, CTA, and Advanced LIGO/VIRGO and LISA will soon provide us with data of unparalleled accuracy. This represents a change of paradigm with respect to the way cosmological data has been collected and analysed so far. In particular, this will open unprecedented opportunities best to exploit synergies among the most varied cosmological and astrophysical observables. This is how CASTLE sees the light of day, as a chance to bring together scientists envisaging to exploit such new synergies, with an aim at planning the strategy for the new era.
The call for abstracts is open
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