Astronomy and Natural & Mathematical Sciences
Day 1 – February 19, 2024
Copernicus Birthday Celebration
Inaugural Lecture by Nobel Prize Laureates
organized jointly with the Regional Museum of the City of Toruń
prof. P. James E. Peebles
Princeton University – Nobel Prize Laureate 2019
prof. Michel G. É. Mayor
Geneva University – Nobel Prize Laureate 2019
Day 2 – February 20, 2024
Lectures by Nobel Prize Laureates
Astronomy / Natural Sciences
Host:
Prof. Krzysztof M. Górski, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Nicolaus Copernicus Academy, Astronomical Observatory of the University of Warsaw, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Participants:
prof. Barry C. Barish
California Institute of Technology – Nobel Prize Laureate 2017
Topic: Gravitational Waves: From Einstein to a New Science
prof. Arthur B. McDonald
Queen’s University – Nobel Prize Laureate 2015
Topic: Understanding the Universe from Deep Underground
prof. Didier P. Queloz
Cambridge University, University of Geneva, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich – Nobel Prize Laureate 2019
Topic: Exoplanets and life in the Universe
Day 2 – February 20, 2024
Session No. 1
Astronomy / Natural Sciences
Host:
Prof. Beatriz Barbuy
University of São Paulo
Prof. Joseph Silk
Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, Johns Hopkins University
Brief Speeches:
Prof. Marek Sarna, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences; Polish Astronomical Society, President
Topic: Polish Astronomical Society
Prof. Willy Benz
University of Bern; President-Elect, International Astronomical Union
Dr. Bruno Leibundgut
European Southern Observatory, Garching, and Technical University of Munich
Prof. Günther Gustav Hasinger, Ph.D., D.Sc.
European Space Agency, Director of Science
Topic: The ESA Scientific Programme and the German Center for Astrophysics in Lusatia
Prof. Michel Spiro
CERN, CEA, and IYBSSD – International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development
Topic: International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development in 2022/2023, under the auspices of UNESCO
Dr. Andreas Haungs
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Astroparticle Physics European Consortium
Topic: Temat: Astroparticle Physics European Consortium
Lectures:
Prof. Gianfranco De Zotti
University of Padova
Topic: Copernicus in Italy
Prof. Michael Perryman
University College Dublin
Topic: Is the Earth flat?
Day 2 – February 20, 2024
Session “Universe Nearby” – Part I
Participants:
Prof. Andrzej Udalski, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Astronomical Observatory, University of Warsaw
Topic: „OGLE survey – over three decades of time domain astrophysics”
Dr. Piotr Orleański, D.Sc.
Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences
Topic: „Polish participation in current satellite scientific missions”
Prof. Yasushi Suto
Tokyo University
Topic: „Signatures of an inner binary black hole with a tertiary orbiting star”
Dr. Gražina Tautvaišienė, D.Sc.
Vilnius University
Topic: „CNO as key elements in stellar and galactic evolution”
Day 2 – February 20, 2024
Nobel Prize Laureates Panel Discussion
The panel featured five Nobel Laureates: astronomer Prof. Didier Queloz, physicist Prof. Arthur B. McDonald, astronomer Prof. Michel Mayor, physicist Prof. Barry C. Barish, and astronomer and cosmologist Prof. Phillip James Edwin Peebles.
They discussed the role of science in today’s world and current international challenges.
They discussed the role of science in today’s world and current international challenges.
Host:
Prof. Krzysztof M. Górski, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Nicolaus Copernicus Academy, Astronomical Observatory of the University of Warsaw, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Participants:
Prof. Barry C. Barish
California Institute of Technology, Nobel Prize Laureate 2017
Prof. Michel G. É. Mayor
Geneva University, Nobel Prize Laureate 2019
Prof. Arthur B. McDonald
Queen’s University, Nobel Prize Laureate 2015
Prof. P. James E. Peebles
Queen’s University, Nobel Prize Laureate 2019
Prof. Didier P. Queloz
University of Cambridge, University of Geneva, ETH Zurich, Nobel Prize Laureate 2019
Day 2 – February 20, 2024
Session “Universe Nearby” – Part II
Participants:
Dr. Dorota Skowron, D.Sc.
Astronomical Observatory, University of Warsaw
Topic: „Long Secondary Periods in Pulsating Red Giants – Traces of Exoplanets”
Dr. Przemek Mróz
Astronomical Observatory, University of Warsaw
Topic: „Free Floating Planets”
Prof. Ingunn Kathrine Wehus
Oslo University
Topic: ”Cosmoglobe: Connecting the near and far universe through global modelling”
Prof. Tsvi Piran
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Racah Institute of Physics
Topic: “Neutron star mergers – cosmic furnaces of Gold “
Day 2 – February 20, 2024
Session No. 2 “Consistency (?) of the Near and Far Universe Probes”
Astronomy / Natural Sciences
Moderators:
Dr. Graça Rocha
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena
Prof. Marc Kamionkowski
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Participants:
Prof. George Efstathiou
University of Cambridge
Topic: „CMB driver of the Hubble tension”
Dr. Bruno Leibundgut
European Southern Observatory, Technische Universität München
Topic: “Local H0 without a distance ladder”
Prof. Grzegorz Pietrzyński
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences
Topic: “The Araucaria project. Geometrical distances – the first and most important step toward precise Hubble constant determination
Dr. Bartłomiej Zgirski
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences
Topic: “Precise standard candles – calibrators of SNIa brightness”
Day 3 – February 21, 2024
Session No. 3 “Universe – the Far – side”
Astronomy / Natural Sciences
Moderators:
Dr. Nabila Aghanim
Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale, CNRS, Universite Paris Sud
Prof. Simon D.M. White
Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching
Participants:
Prof. Anthony Challinor
Director, Kavli Institute for Cosmology, Cambridge
Topic: “Back-lighting large-scale structure with the cosmic microwave background”
Prof. Rien van de Weijgaert
Kapteyn Institute, University of Groningen
Topic: „A catastrophic view of the Cosmic Web”
Prof. Douglas Scott
University of British Columbia
Topic: „Testing the Copernican Principle on large scales”
Prof. Benjamin Wandelt
Sorbonne University, Institute Lagrange de Paris
Topic: “Power beyond power spectra: from cosmic origins to cosmic fate”
Dr. Nabila Aghanim
Institut d’Astrophysique Spacial, French National Centre for Scientific Research, Universite Paris Sud
Topic: „The hidden matter, some like it hot”
Prof. Rashid Sunyaev
Director Emeritus of the Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching
Topic: “New Map of the whole sky in X-Rays with millions of resolved X-Ray Sources”
Prof. dr Günther Gustav Hasinger
European Space Agency, Director of Science
Topic: „Is Dark Matter made out of Primordial Black Holes”
Prof. Simon D. M. White
The Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching
Topic: „Prompt cusps and their astrophysical consequences”
Prof. Carlos S. Frenk
Durham University
Topic: „A definitive test of LCDM”
Day 3 – February 21, 2024
Panel Discussion: “Exploration of the Cosmic Microwave Background – The Future”
Moderators:
Dr. Graça Rocha
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena
Prof. Marc Kamionkowski
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Participants:
Prof. Marc Kamionowski
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Prof. John E. Carlstrom
University of Chicago
Prof. Masashi Hazumi
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization – KEK, Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, Tokyo University
Prof. Lyman A. Page
Princeton University
Prof. Rafael Rebolo
Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands
Prof. Jens Chluba
University of Manchester
Dr. Charles Lawrence
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena
Day 3 – February 21, 2024
Session No. 4 “Universe – the Near – side”
Astronomy / Natural Sciences
Moderators:
Prof. Tsvi Piran
HUJ, Racah Institute of Physics
Prof. Hans Kristian Eriksen
Oslo University
Participants:
Dr. Grzegorz M. Madejski
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics SLAC, Stanford University
Topic: „New observational window for high-energy astrophysics: studying X-ray polarization of celestial sources”
Dr. Łukasz Stawarz, D.Sc.
Astronomical Observatory, Jagiellonian University
Topic: “Jet in Activity of Supermassive Black Holes”
Dr. Maciej Wielgus
Max-Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Bonn
Topic: „Imaging black holes with the Event Horizon Telescope”
Prof. Włodzimierz Kluźniak, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences
Topic: „The Puffy Disk and Ultraluminous X-ray Sources”
Ruchi Mishra
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences
Topic: „Sgr A* : supermassive black hole or a naked singularity?”
Fatemeh Kayanikhoo
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences
Topic: „Magnetic and rotational deformation of strange quark stars”
Prof. Bharat Ratra
Kansas State University
Topic: „Measuring Hubble constant using lower redshift non-CMB data, and measuring spatial curvature”
Day 3 – February 21, 2024
Session No. 5: “Multimessenger exploration of the Universe – searching for new clues”
Astronomy / Natural Sciences
Moderators:
Prof. Antoine Kouchner
Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Univ. Paris Cite
Prof. Lyman Page
Princeton University
Participants:
Prof. Joao Magueijo
Imperial College, London
Topic: “New cosmologies”
Prof. Marc Kamionkowski
Johns Hopkins University
Topic: “The cosmic optical background excess, dark matter, and line intensity mapping”
Prof. Peter Quinn
International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, Perth
Topic: “The Quest for Dark Matter – finding new lamp posts”
Prof. Cristiano Galbiati
Princeton University
Topic: “The underground search for dark matter”
Prof. Leszek Roszkowski, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Astrocent – University of Warsaw, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences
Topic: “New physics windows on the Universe”
Dr. Andreas Haungs
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Astroparticle Physics European Consortium
Topic: “The APPEC Roadmap on Large-Scale Facilities for Multimessenger Studies”
Prof. Joseph Silk
Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, Johns Hopkins University
Topic: “Lunar Cosmology”
Prof. J. Richard Bond
Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics in Toronto
Topic: „Impressions and Words of Wisdom for the Future (of, mostly, cosmology …)”
