Introduction

Established in 2010, CAPPA is the Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Astrophysics within the School of Cosmic Physics at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS), located at Dunsink Observatory. The Director of CAPPA is Prof Felix Aharonian. It has a focus on high-energy astrophysics and cosmic rays, as well as theoretical astrophysics more generally. CAPPA is deliberately not linked to any one project or area; instead it aims to be a broad-based centre for the study of the high-energy non-thermal universe through Astroparticle Physics and related areas of Astronomy and Astrophysics.

DIAS has played an important role in the development of high-energy astrophysics, from the investigation of cosmic rays on NASA’s Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF), through our current participation in the H.E.S.S. observatory, and looking forward to the Cherenkov Telescope Array.

Workshops and Summer Schools

We are hosting the Spring 2023 meeting of the H.E.S.S. collaboration from 17-21 April 2023. (N.B. Open to collaboration members only)

Past Meetings

The 2nd DIAS Summer School in High-Energy Astrophysics took place in June 2018, with 57 participants from 15 countries. You can read a report here, and find most of the presentations here.

Two meetings on Massive Stars and Supernovae were held in 2017, the first at DIAS in May 2017 and the second at Armagh Observatory and Planetarium in August 2017.

The first DIAS Summer School in High-Energy Astrophysics took place at University College Dublin in 2011; see here for the school's website.

Contact Information

Mail: Centre for AstroParticle Physics and Astrophysics, DIAS Dunsink Observatory, Dunsink Lane, Castleknock, Dublin 15, Ireland.
Email: jmackey@cp.dias.ie