XIX IAG/USP Advanced School on Astrophysics

RATIONALE

Radio Astronomy: Science and Instrumentation with the Next-Generation Telescopes

The XIX Advanced School of Astrophysics (EAA), organized by the Department of Astronomy at IAG/USP, will be held at Hotel Cia do Mar in Bertioga, São Paulo, approximately 100 km from the Guarulhos International Airport (GRU).

This year’s edition will focus on radio astronomy, with a special emphasis on interferometry and VLBI. We are living a golden era for the field: facilities like ALMA and the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) have transformed our understanding of star formation, galaxy evolution, and supermassive black holes. The next generation of observatories—including the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) and ngVLA—will further revolutionize the field thanks to their unparalleled sensitivity and resolution.

LECTURES

Alex Kraus (Max-Planck-Institut-für-Radioastronomie, Germany)
Radio Telescopes and Fundamentals of observations

Maria Teresa Beltran (INAF, Italy)
An introductory course to the properties of the interstellar medium

Laurent Loinard (UNAM, Mexico)
Radio Interferometry: Principles, Practices, and Astrophysical Frontiers

Raffaella Morganti (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
Active galactic nuclei at radio wavelengths: properties, life and impact

Thomas Oosterloo (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
Spectral Line Astrophysics with interferometry: Techniques, Discoveries, and Future Horizons