CAN OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE ADDRESS CRUCIAL ASTROPHYSICAL QUESTIONS? The case of high-energy emission from jetted active galaxies.

by Cosimo Nigro (Institut de Física d'Altes Energies (IFAE))

Wednesday Nov 9, 2022, 1:00 PM → 2:00 PM Europe/Madrid

IFAE Seminar Room (IFAE)

Even in the large collaborations reducing and analysing high-energy astrophysical data, the modelling and interpretation effort is restricted to few scientists with proprietary software.

In this talk, I will describe a shift in the modelling paradigm, presenting a new generation of open-source software computing the broadband non-thermal emission of astrophysical sources from radio up to the highest gamma-ray energies.

By considering the case of high-energy emission from the jets of active galactic nuclei, I will illustrate the need for these tools not only from a mere technical point of view, but also to address crucial astrophysical questions.

open_source_tools_jetted_agn_modelling.pdf