"Neutrinos and Explosive Events in the Universe"
A NATO Advanced Study Institute
14th Course of the International School of Cosmic Ray Astrophysics
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
Friday, 2 July 2004
Registration and Room Assignments
On Your Own: Get Acquainted with Erice
2030 Opening Session, Chair J. P. Wefel
(San Rocco Lecture Hall)
The Intl. School of C.R. Astrophysics M. M. Shapiro, Director
Introductions, Wefel
Expectations of the ASI, Wefel
Daily Schedule and General Information, Smith
NATO Science Series Volume, Stanev
2130 Informal Reception
(San Rocco Piano Room)
Saturday, 3 July, 2004 (Dirac Lecture Hall, San Domenico)
0900 "Outstanding Problems in Particle Astrophysics" Gaisser
1000 "A Confluence of Three Disciplines" Shapiro
1100 Coffee/Discussion
1145 "Sources of High and Ultra-high Energy Neutrinos" Stanev
1245 Lunch
1530 "Physics of Supernovae" Postnov
1630 "Diffusive Shock Acceleration: An Introduction" Ostrowski
1730 Coffee/Discussion
1800 "Astrophysics of LE to VHE Cosmic Rays" Wefel
Sunday, 4 July, 2004 (Dirac Lecture Hall, San Domenico)
0900 "Supernova Remnants as Cosmic Ray Accelerators" Ptuskin
1000 "Astrophysics with Ground Based Gamma Ray Detectors" Aharonian
1100 Coffee/Discussion
1145 "Recent Results from the Spitzer Space Telescope A New View of the Infrared
Universe: (1) Galactic Objects" Fazio
1245 Lunch
1530 "The Role of Particle Interactions in High Energy Astrophysics" Gaisser
1630 "Close by Compact Objects and Recent Supernovae in the Solar Vicinity" Popov
1730 Coffee/Discussion
1800 "Processes in the Early Universe" Kuzmin
Monday, 5 July, 2004 (Dirac Lecture Hall, San Domenico)
0900 "Detecting Gamma Ray on the Ground: EAS Detectors for Gamma Ray Astronomy"
Goodman
1000 "Constraints on the Galactic Propagation of Cosmic Rays from Measurements of the
Elemental Composition" Mόller
1100 Coffee/Discussion
1145 "Cosmic Rays and Space Weather: Monitoring and Forecasting Dangerous Solar Flare
Events" Dorman
1245 Lunch
1530 "The Nature of the Cosmic Ray Primaries A Brief Review" Shapiro
1630 "Solar Neutron Observation at Ground-Level and From Space" Moser
1650 "Monte Carlo Simulations and Semianalytical Parameterisations of the Atmospheric
Muon Flux" Mitrica
1710 "Direct Measurement of Cosmic-Ray Energy Loss in the Heliosphere Using Electron-
Capture Decay Isotopes" Scott
1730 Coffee/Discussion
1800 "Astrophysical Signatures of Cosmic Strings: Gravitational Lensing by Strings' Loops
Masnyak
1820 "TeV Scale Gravity: A New Window on High Energy Physics Cavaglia
Tuesday, 6 July, 2004
0900 "Hypernovae and Gamma Ray Bursts" Postnov
1000 "Introduction to Black Hole Physics: Astrophysics of Stellar Black Holes"Beckenstein
1100 Coffee
1145 "Transport of Energetic Particles in Cosmic Magnetic Fields" Ptuskin
1245 Lunch
1530 "The Efficiency of Using Accretion Power of Spinning Black Holes" Dutan
1550 "CZT Detectors in Hard X-Ray Astronomy" Perkins
1610 "Cosmic Ray Contribution from Nearby Black Holes' Activity" Tascau
1630 "Introduction to High Energy Neutrino Astronomy" Migneco
1730 Coffee
1800 "Neutrinos Produced by Heavy Nuclei Injected by the Pulsars in Massive Binaries"
Bartosik
1820 "Results from the Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array (Amanda)" Silvestri
1845 Visit to Chalonge and Dirac Museum Collections
Wednesday, 7 July, 2004
0900 "UHE: Observational Results and Next Generation Projects" Teshima
1000 "The Knee in the Energy Spectrum of Cosmic Rays" Hoerandel
1100 Coffee/Discussion
1145 "The KASCADE-Grande Experiment" Brόggemann, van Buren, Stόmpert
1215 "Calibration of the KASCADE-Grande-Hadron-Calorimeter with a High-Energy
Particle-Beam" Plewnia
1235 "Measurement of the Air Fluorescence Efficiency with the AirLight Experiment"
Waldenmaier
1255 Lunch
1530 "Neutrino Astrophysics with Underground Detectors" Mikheyev
1630 "Status and First Results of Antarctic Impulse Transient Antenna (ANITA)" Silvestri
1700 Coffee/Discussion
1730 "Radial Distribution of GRBs in Host Galaxies" Kosenko
1750 "On Dynamics of Relativistic Shock Waves with Losses in Gamma-Ray Burst Sources"
Martianov
1810 "Magnetic Field Generation and particle Acceleration in Gamma-Ray Burst Shocks
Hededal
Thursday, 8 July, 2004 (Meet at Porta Trapini; details TBD)
0830 Cultural Excursion
Selinunte
Segeste
Friday, 9 July 2004
0900 "Super Massive and Primordial Black Holes" Bekenstein
1000 "Neutrino Oscillations and the MSW Effect" Mikheyev
1100 Coffee
1145 "Origin and Propagation of UHE Particles" Teshima
1245 Lunch
1530 "Origin of UHE Particles" Kuzmin
1630 "Ultrahigh-Energy Cosmic Rays by Yakutsk EAS Array" Milhailov
1650 "The Propagation of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays in the Galaxy Magnetic Fields"
Elyiv
1710 "Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays: Toy Models and Complete Samples of Sources"
Maris
1730 Coffee/Discussion
1800 "Observational Gamma Ray Cosmology" Aharonian
Saturday, 10 July 2004
0900 "Evidence for Existence and Nature of Dark Matter" Trimble
1000 "Neutrino Detection and Antares" Sulak
1100 Coffee/Discussion
1145 "Recent Results from the Spitzer Space TelescopeA New View of the Infrared
Universe: (2) Extragalactic Objects" Fazio
1245 Lunch
1530 "Spin-Dependent Direct Dark Matter Search" Titkova
1550 "The H.E.S.S. Experiment: Status and Recent Results" Raue
1610 "Gamma Ray Astronomy with MAGIC" Goebel, Aliu, Mazin, de Los Reyes, Sidro,
Mizobuchi, Firpo, Tonello
Status of MAGIC
CRAB Nebula
Markarian 421
Gamma Ray Pulsars
Microquasars
Gamma Ray Bursts
AGNs
1730 Coffee/Discussion
1800 "Optical Astronomy with Cherenkov Telescopes" Ona-Wilhelmi
1815 "Optical SETI with MAGIC" Armanda-Tella
Sunday, 11 July 2004
0900 "Particle Acceleration by Relativistic Shock Waves" Ostrowski
1000 "Positrons, Anti-protons and Anti-nuclei" Mόller
1100 Coffee
1145 "Common Problem of Baryon and Lepton Genesis and a Possible Resolution"
Yoshimura
1215 "The AMS Experiment" Torrento Coello
1230 "A Double Radiator Configuration for the RICH Detector of the AMS Experiment:
Implication on the Study of Isotopic Separation of Helium and Beryllium Nuclei"
Arruda
1245 Lunch
1530 "Open Star clusters and the Milky Way's Spiral Arm Dynamics" Levi
1550 "Relativistic Shocks in External Layers of Hypernova Stars" Marchenko
1610 "Modeling of Cosmic Ray Acceleration at Relativistic Shocks" Niemiec
1630 "Gamma Ray Astronomy and the Origin of Cosmic Rays" Stanev
1730 Coffee/Discussion
1800 "Observation of Very High Energy Gamma Rays from the Remnant of SN 1006 with
HEGRA CT1" Vitale
1820 "Detecting TeV Black Holes with Cosmic Ray Air Showers" Ahn
1840 "Astrophysical Signatures of Cosmic Strings: Gravitational Lensing by Strings' Loops
Masnyak
Monday, 12 July 2004
0900 "The Pierre Auger Project" Klages
1000 "Emergent Structure: The First Two Centuries of the First Two Eons" Trimble
1100 Coffee
1145 "Future Cubic Kilometer Arrays" Migneco
1245 Lunch
1530 "Results from the ATIC Project" Wefel
1630 "Beyond the Standard Model in Particle Physics and Cosmology: Convergence or
Divergence?" Khlopov
1730 Coffee
1800 Evaluation of the ASI
2030 School Dinner (TBA)
Tuesday, 13 July 2004
Sub Group Meetings
Departures