Programme of Activities:
In general: talks in the morning and discussions + work in groups in the afternoon. Each talk should be ~30 mins long
Monday:
starting at 10 am - introduction - Carlo
Observations on galaxy scales
state-of-the-art of galaxy-strong lensing systems: tools and methodologies - Simona
Adventures in extremely high S/N lens modelling - Conor
discussion on open questions & state of the art of DM interpretation - Matteo
Tuesday:
start: 10 am
Observations on galaxy scales
Subhaloes vs. line-of-sight haloes - Maryam
Observations at cluster scales:
State-of-the-art of galaxy clusters: tools and methodologies - Piero
The new era of strong lensing by galaxy clusters - Pietro
The Next Step in Galaxy Cluster Strong Lensing: Modelling the Surface Brightness of Multiply Imaged Sources - Ana
discussion: Claudio
Evening: social dinner at "Il Melograno" at 8 pm http://ilmelograno.online/il-melograno/
Wednesday:
start: 9:30 am !
Simulations and models
Galaxies:
Subhalos in galaxy-lenses vs simulations & introduction to the new AIDA-TNG runs - Giulia
Observational hints of dark matter self-interactions - Haibo
discussion: Stefano
Thursday:
Simulations & models
DIANOGA SIDM: Galaxy cluster self-interacting dark matter simulations - Antonio
Probing dark matter in massive galaxy clusters with intelligent systems - David
Friday:
Clusters: Massimo
Summary discussions: Carlo
11:30 - Challenges to the CDM model from strong lensing - Giulia (talk for the wider Trieste physics community)
discussion on synergies of the observational methods and discussion about what we expect from future experiments, data and surveys
homogenise tools for lensing simulations: pipeline development and link with the observers in CDM and alternative models
future plans.
afternoon: end of the meeting
Ana Acebron - University of Cantabria (Spain)
Pietro Bergamini - University of Milan (Italy)
Stefano Borgani - University of Trieste (Italy)
Giulia Despali - University of Bologna (Italy)
Carlo Giocoli - INAF/OAS Bologna (Italy)
Claudio Grillo - University of Milan (Italy)
David Harvey - EPFL (Switzerland)
Massimo Menegetti - INAF/OAS Bologna (Italy)
Conor O'Riordan - MPA (Germany)
Antonio Ragagnin - INAF/OAS Bologna (Italy)
Piero Rosati - University of Ferrara (Italy)
Maryam Tajalli - MPA (Germany)
Simona Vegetti - MPA (Germany)
Matteo Viel - SISSA (Italy)
Haibo Yu - UC Riverside (USA)