Workshop on Cosmic Particles

Europe/Zurich
The Cosener's House

The Cosener's House

Abingdon Oxfordshire
Norman McCubbin (CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)
Description
Sponsored by CCLRC Centre for Fundamental Physics*-
    • 10:00 10:05
      Coffee 5m
    • 10:05 10:10
      Overview talks 5m
    • 10:10 10:15
      Chair: Prof Norman McCubbin (RAL) 5m
    • 10:15 11:15
      Overview Talk on Cosmic Rays 1h
      Parts 1, 2 and 3
      Speaker: Dr J Knapp (University of Leeds)
    • 11:15 11:55
      What's new in High Energy Gamma Rays 40m
      Speaker: Dr P Chadwick (University of Durham)
      Talk
    • 11:55 12:15
      What will we learn (soon) about gamma Ray Bursts 20m
      Speaker: Prof. M Ward (University of Durham)
      Talk
    • 12:15 13:30
      Lunch 1h 15m
    • 13:30 13:45
      Chair: Prof Nigel Smith (RAL) 15m
    • 13:45 14:45
      Overview talk on Dark Matter 1h
      Speaker: Timothy Sumner (Imperial College London)
      Talk
    • 14:45 15:30
      Neutrino astronomy today 45m
      Speaker: Dr D Waters (University College London)
      Talk
    • 16:00 16:20
      Tea 20m
    • 16:20 17:05
      FLASH: A Laboratory calibration for high-energy cosmic-ray experiments 45m
      Speaker: Prof. P Sokolsky (University of Utah)
      Talk
    • 17:05 17:20
      End of Session 15m
    • 09:00 09:05
      Hadronic Physics Session 5m
    • 09:05 09:10
      Chair: Prof Norman McCubbin (RAL) 5m
    • 09:15 10:00
      Neutrino production in the atmosphere and accelerator hadron-yield measurements 45m
      Speaker: Dr G Barr (University of Oxford)
      Talk
    • 10:00 10:45
      Hadronic diffraction and cosmic-ray showers 45m
      Speaker: Dr M.G. Albrow (FNAL)
      Talk
    • 10:45 11:05
      Coffee 20m
    • 11:05 11:50
      Modelling of hadronic showers 45m
      Speaker: Dr R Engel (Karlsruhe)
      Talk
    • 11:50 13:30
      Lunch 1h 40m
    • 13:30 13:45
      Chair: Prof R Bingham (RAL) 15m
    • 13:45 14:30
      Mechanisms of Cosmic Ray Acceleration 45m
      Speaker: Prof. T Bell (Imperial College)
      Talk
    • 14:30 15:15
      What can we learn about CR acceleration from observation? 45m
      Speaker: Prof. L Drury (University of Dublin)
      Talk
    • 15:15 15:35
      Tea 20m
    • 15:35 16:20
      Attempting to explain the cosmic-ray spectrum 45m
      Speaker: Prof. A.M. Hillas (University of Leeds)
      Talk
    • 16:20 16:55
      Dark Matter and Ultra-High energy Cosmic Rays 35m
      Speaker: Dr S Sarkar (University of Oxford)
      Talk
    • 16:55 17:10
      End of session 15m
    • 08:45 08:55
      Future Projects and Possible UK Involvement 10m
    • 08:55 09:00
      Chair: Alan Watson (Leeds) 5m
    • 09:00 09:10
      Scene-setting - PPARC Science Committee 10m
      Speaker: Prof. M Ward (University of Durham)
    • 09:10 09:55
      Prospect for Auger 45m
      Speaker: Prof. J Bluemer (Karlsruhe)
      Talk
    • 09:55 10:40
      Proepects for neutrino astronomy 45m
      Speaker: Dr L Thompson (University of Sheffield)
      Talk
    • 10:40 11:00
      Coffee 20m
    • 11:00 11:45
      Future of gamma ray astronomy and perspectives for the UK 45m
      Speaker: Dr J Rose (University of Leeds)
      Talk
    • 11:45 12:30
      Furture prospects for large-scale and directional Dark Matter detectors 45m
      Speaker: Prof. N Spooner (University of Sheffield)
      Talk
    • 12:30 13:45
      Lunch 1h 15m
    • 13:45 14:00
      End of session 15m