Karlsruhe School of Elementary Particle and Astroparticle Physics: Science and Technology (KSETA)

Keito Watanabe

Information

Institute: Institute for Astroparticle Physics (Bldg. 425)
Room: 133 Phone:
Email: keito.watanabe#kit.edu

Doctoral Project


Title: Development of a Near-field Imaging Algorithm for Air Shower Radio Emissions measured at the Square Kilometer Array
Referees: Prof. Dr. Ralph Engel, Dr. Tim Huege
Supervisor: Dr. Tim Huege
Started: June 2024

Publications

Date Title of Publication Authors Journal
May 2025 SMIET: Fast and accurate synthesis of radio pulses from extensive air shower using simulated templates M. Desmet et al. Pre-print, to be submitted to Astroparticle Physics
March 2025 Approaching UHECR Astronomy with Mass-sensitive data with the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Telescope Array Project K. Watanabe et al. Proceedings of Science
July 2023 Overcoming Challenges in Finding Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Ray Sources with a Bayesian Hierarchical Framework: Impact of the Galactic magnetic field and mass composition K. Watanabe et al. Proceedings of Science
April 2023 A Bayesian source association analysis of UHECRs: Impact of the Galactic magnetic field and composition K. Watanabe et al. EPJ Web of Conferences

Conferences and Talks

Event Location Contribution Title of Presentation Date
39th International Cosmic Ray Conference Geneva, Switzerland Poster A Bayesian Framework for UHECR Source Association and Parameter Inference July 2025
39th International Cosmic Ray Conference Geneva, Switzerland Talk A novel approach for air shower profile reconstruction with dense radio antenna arrays using Information Field Theory July 2025
SKAO Science Meeting 2025 Görlitz, Germany Poster Near-field Interferometry of Cosmic Ray Air Showers with SKA-Low June 2025
Academia Sinica Seminar Taipei, Taiwan Talk Towards an air shower profile reconstruction of high-energy cosmic rays using dense radio antenna arrays April 2025
DPG Spring Meeting 2025 Göttingen, Germany Talk A novel approach for air shower profile reconstruction using radio measurements with Information Field Theory March 2025
7th International Symposium on Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays 2024 Malargüe, Argentina Talk Approaching UHECR Astronomy with Mass-sensitive data with the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Telescope Array Project November 2024
Radio 2024 Erlangen, Germany Talk Imaging the Spatial Evolution of Cosmic Ray Air Showers with Radio Measurements November 2024
Astroparticle Physics in Germany - Long-Term Strategy 2024 Karlsruhe, Germany Poster Cosmic Ray Observations with the Square Kilometre Array October 2024
Institute of Cosmic Ray Research Seminar Kashiwa, Japan Talk Impact of the Galactic magnetic field and mass composition in constraining source-UHECR associations July 2023
38th International Cosmic Ray Conference Nagoya, Japan Poster Overcoming Challenges in Finding Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Ray Sources with a Bayesian Hierarchical Framework: Impact of the Galactic magnetic field and mass composition July 2023
Canadian Physics Undergraduate Conference London, Canada (Online) Talk Evaluating Geomagnetic Rigidity Cutoffs with High-Performance 3-D Trajectory Calculations November 2020

Workshops and Schools

Event Location Contribution Institute Date
LOFAR/SKA/IFT Workshop 2025 Karlsruhe, Germany Talk IAP June 2025
Information Field Theory Workshop 2025 Garching, Germany Talk Max-Planck-Insitute of Astrophysics March 2025
KSETA Plenary Workshop 2025 Wildberg, Germany Poster KSETA March 2025
KSETA PhD Workshop 2025 Bad Liebenzell, Germany Talk KSETA March 2025
Astroparticle School 2024 Obertrubach, Germany Talk Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics October 2024
Information Field Theory Block Course Garching, Germany Attendee Max-Planck-Insitute of Astrophysics September 2024
Amaldi Research Center Summer School Paestum, Italy Talk Amaldi Research Center September 2022

Teaching and Supervision

Semester Course
Summer 2025 DAAD RISE Germany Internship
Summer 2025 Co-supervision of Bachelor Thesis
Winter 2024/2025 Modern Experimental Physics II

Master's Thesis

Title Supervisor Institute Date
Identifying the Origins of Non-thermal Radio Filaments in the Galactic center Prof. Dr. Stefanie Walch-Gassner, Dr. Jonathan Mackey University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany January 2024