Event details

Date
January 19, 2026  – January 23, 2026
Location
Sport & Kurhotel at Bad Moos - Via Val Fiscalina 27, 39030, Sexten
BUS RESERVATION IS OPEN

Scientific Rationale

Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) are inherently multidisciplinary, bridging the gap between astrophysics, cosmology, general relativity and fundamental physics. They are the multi-wavelength counterparts of gravitational wave (GW) sources produced by the merger of binary neutron stars and the signpost of the explosive death of massive stars across the Universe. Their highly relativistic jets provide unique laboratories for studying physics under extreme conditions and may be key sites for high-energy neutrino production.

Over the past decade, new challenges have emerged in the field such as the establishment of the link with GW sources, the discovery of GRB emission at TeV energies and the opening of the debate of the short/long classification paradigm. Fundamental questions remain open, including the nature of the GRB progenitors, their potential evolution with cosmic time, the mechanisms driving their emission and the relationship between GRB properties and their large scale galactic environment.
GRB science has entered a new era, with new dedicated ambitious missions launched in the past few years such as GECAM-C, Einstein Probe, SVOM, HERMES Pathfinder/SpIRIT, joining the observatories that have been work horses for nearly two decades, Swift, Fermi and Integral. In addition, a large number of high-energy astrophysics cubesats have been deployed, including the GRID constellation, GRBAlpha, GRBBeta, VZLUSAT2, BurstCube, EIRSAT-1.
The availability of a fleet of missions with different characteristics makes it possible on the one hand to increase the ability to monitor the entire sky at all times, which is essential for discovering the electromagnetic counterparts of the gravitational events discovered by Ligo/Virgo/Kagra, and on the other hand to improve the search for high redshift GRB, thanks to the low-energy response of missions such as EP and HERMES-PF/SpIRIT.
Furthermore, unprecedented facilities are joining the pillar facilities already available (such as the ESO telescopes), for the ground- and space-based follow-up of GRBs allowing a step forward in the characterization of GRBs and their host galaxies from radio to VHE (Rubin, SOXS, IACTs, ASTRI/CTA, SKAO), also up to the highest redshifts (JWST).

The aim of the workshop is to bring together scientists involved in the mentioned mission, scientists involved in follow-up observations, and theoreticians to discuss the new discoveries allowed by the new (and old) instrumentation.
The workshop will also be an occasion to discuss and plan new strategies to further expand GRB science at the time of Ligo/Virgo/Kagra O5 and early third generation interferometer operations and extend the perspective to future missions.

Organizers

Scientific Organizing Committee

Fabrizio Fiore, Susanna Vergani, Luigi Piro, Giancarlo Ghirlanda, Francesca Matteucci, Francesco Longo

Local Organizing Committee

F. Fiore, C. Feruglio, F. Matteucci, F. Longo, G. Cescutti

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Registration Fee
300 Eur
Workshop code for bus and payment
GAM26