"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 Telescope—A 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