Workshop on Cosmic Particles

chaired by Norman McCubbin (CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)

from Friday, 18 February 2005 at 10:00 to Sunday, 20 February 2005 at 14:00 (Europe/Zurich)
at The Cosener's House

Abingdon Oxfordshire

Description

Sponsored by CCLRC Centre for Fundamental Physics*-

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Friday, 18 February 2005

10:00 - 10:05 Coffee
10:05 - 10:10 Overview talks
10:10 - 10:15 Chair: Prof Norman McCubbin (RAL)

10:15 - 11:15 Overview Talk on Cosmic Rays 1h0'

Parts 1, 2 and 3

Speaker:	Dr. J Knapp (University of Leeds)
Material:	Slides

11:15 - 11:55 What's new in High Energy Gamma Rays 40'

Speaker:	Dr. P Chadwick (University of Durham)
Material:	Talk

11:55 - 12:15 What will we learn (soon) about gamma Ray Bursts 20'

Speaker:	Prof. M Ward (University of Durham)
Material:	Talk

12:15 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 13:45 Chair: Prof Nigel Smith (RAL)

13:45 - 14:45 Overview talk on Dark Matter 1h0'

Speaker:	Timothy Sumner (Imperial College London)
Material:	Talk

14:45 - 15:30 Neutrino astronomy today 45'

Speaker:	Dr. D Waters (University College London)
Material:	Talk

16:00 - 16:20 Tea

16:20 - 17:05 FLASH: A Laboratory calibration for high-energy cosmic-ray experiments 45'

Speaker:	Prof. P Sokolsky (University of Utah)
Material:	Talk

17:05 - 17:20 End of Session

Saturday, 19 February 2005

09:00 - 09:05 Hadronic Physics Session 5'
09:05 - 09:10 Chair: Prof Norman McCubbin (RAL)

09:15 - 10:00 Neutrino production in the atmosphere and accelerator hadron-yield measurements 45'

Speaker:	Dr. G Barr (University of Oxford)
Material:	Talk

10:00 - 10:45 Hadronic diffraction and cosmic-ray showers 45'

Speaker:	Dr. M.G. Albrow (FNAL)
Material:	Talk

10:45 - 11:05 Coffee

11:05 - 11:50 Modelling of hadronic showers 45'

Speaker:	Dr. R Engel (Karlsruhe)
Material:	Talk

11:50 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 13:45 Chair: Prof R Bingham (RAL)

13:45 - 14:30 Mechanisms of Cosmic Ray Acceleration 45'

Speaker:	Prof. T Bell (Imperial College)
Material:	Talk

14:30 - 15:15 What can we learn about CR acceleration from observation? 45'

Speaker:	Prof. L Drury (University of Dublin)
Material:	Talk

15:15 - 15:35 Tea

15:35 - 16:20 Attempting to explain the cosmic-ray spectrum 45'

Speaker:	Prof. A.M. Hillas (University of Leeds)
Material:	Talk

16:20 - 16:55 Dark Matter and Ultra-High energy Cosmic Rays 35'

Speaker:	Dr. S Sarkar (University of Oxford)
Material:	Talk

16:55 - 17:10 End of session

Sunday, 20 February 2005

08:45 - 08:55 Future Projects and Possible UK Involvement
08:55 - 09:00 Chair: Alan Watson (Leeds)
09:00 - 09:10 Scene-setting - PPARC Science Committee 10'

Speaker: Prof. M Ward (University of Durham)

09:10 - 09:55 Prospect for Auger 45'

Speaker:	Prof. J Bluemer (Karlsruhe)
Material:	Talk

09:55 - 10:40 Proepects for neutrino astronomy 45'

Speaker:	Dr. L Thompson (University of Sheffield)
Material:	Talk

10:40 - 11:00 Coffee

11:00 - 11:45 Future of gamma ray astronomy and perspectives for the UK 45'

Speaker:	Dr. J Rose (University of Leeds)
Material:	Talk

11:45 - 12:30 Furture prospects for large-scale and directional Dark Matter detectors 45'

Speaker:	Prof. N Spooner (University of Sheffield)
Material:	Talk

12:30 - 13:45 Lunch
13:45 - 14:00 End of session