Astrophysics at Very High Energies

Very high energy gamma ray domain.- Why VHE gamma rays?.- Why VHE gamma rays?.- Detection technique.- VHE gamma-ray source populations.- VHE gamma-ray source populations.- Non-thermal processes in supernova remnants.- Non-thermal processes in supernova remnants.- Pulsar wind nebulae (plerions) and gamma ray loud binary systems.- Pulsar wind nebulae (plerions) and gamma ray loud binary systems.- TeV blazars and the extragalactic background light.- Multi-messenger astronomy and dark matter.- Lecture programme: The particle universe: introduction, cosmological parameters.- Basic cross sections for neutrinos and gamma-rays; IceCube.- Density of relic particles from the early Universe.- Dark matter: Direct and indirect detection methods; the galactic centre & other promising DM sources.- Neutrinos and antimatter from dark matter, Sommerfeld enhancement.- Particular dark matter candidates (WIMPS, Kaluza-Klein particles, sterile neutrinos, ...).- Super-symmetric dark matter, DarkSUSY.- Diffuse extragalactic gamma-rays, primordial black holes, Hawking radiation.- Gravitational waves.- Sources of GeV photons and Fermi results.- Lecture programme: GeV instrumentation and the GeV sky with the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.- First Fermi Catalog of Gamma Ray Sources and the Fermi Pulsar Catalog.- First Fermi AGN Catalog.- Relativistic jet physics and blazers.- Gamma rays from cosmic rays in the Galaxy.- Gamma rays from star-forming galaxies and clusters of galaxies, and the diffuse extragalactic gamma-ray background.- Microquasars, radio galaxies, and the extragalactic background light.- Fermi observations of Gamma Ray Bursts.- Fermi acceleration, ultra-high energy cosmic rays, and Fermi.