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New, visually rich, astronomical software environments coupled with large web-accessible data sets hold the promise of new and exciting ways to teach, collaborate, and explore the universe. This workshop will examine the host of emerging, holistic, visual, astronomy software products; in particular Google Sky and World Wide Telescope. With the help of developers of these applications, we will investigate their capabilities, strengths, and weaknesses. A primary focus of the workshop will be utilizing these tools to create tours, classroom applications, collaborative research environments, and laboratory exercises. These development efforts will be supported by mini-tutorials and one-on-one instruction by the creators of these products; and shared with fellow participants.Learn more >>

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A new generation of high-energy astrophysics experiments (including gamma-ray, neutrino, and cosmic-ray observatories) has begun to probe phenomena of common interest to cosmology and other branches of physics and astrophysics. The traditional model of interactions between the cosmology and high-energy astrophysics communities involves the use of findings from cosmological research as inputs in predicting expected signals for high-energy experiments. However, the latest advances in experimental capabilities of high-energy observatories will provide results that could be used as input and constraints for cosmological calculations. The aim of the workshop is to bring together researchers from different backgrounds to identify the common opportunities and challenges that lie ahead in that context. In particular, we would like to focus on those measurements and analyses that can be carried out within the next 5 years with the current and upcoming instruments.

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* Search for dark matter signatures with particle astrophysics experiments
* Information about cosmological populations embedded in the high-energy sky
* Highest energy particles as probes of cosmic backgrounds and new physics
* Gamma rays and ultra-high-energy cosmic rays as probes of the intergalactic magnetic fieldLearn more >>