CHIPP PhD Winter School 2011

Europe/Zurich
Hotel Regina Terme, Leukerbad

Hotel Regina Terme, Leukerbad

Klibenstrasse 19, 3954 Leukerbad phone: ++41 27 472 25 25
Description
The research activities of CHIPP are best described by the three pillars "High Energy Frontier", "Neutrino Physics" and "Astro-Particle Physics and Cosmology". The previous two schools focused was on High Energy and then Neutrino physics. Therefore, this third school will focus on Astro-Particle Physics and Cosmology. These focus lectures are complemented by shorter lecture series on LHC and Neutrio physics. All lectures are given by international and national experts.
Participants
  • Andreas Hoecker
  • Andrew Hamilton
  • Andrii Neronov
  • Anne Keune
  • Antoine Klein
  • Antonio Ereditato
  • Aurel Schneider
  • Ben Huber
  • Christoph Nägeli
  • Donnino Anderhalden
  • Eleonora Benhar Noccioli
  • Enea Di Dio
  • Erich Weihs
  • Filippo Resnati
  • Frank Meier
  • gauthier alexandre
  • Julien Lesgourgues
  • Lorenzo Tancredi
  • Luigi Di Lella
  • Marc Gillioz
  • Martin Kunz
  • Mauro Verzetti
  • Predrag Milenovic
  • Stephan Buehler
  • Ursina Degunda
  • vonlanthen marc
    • 16:30 18:30
      Arrival 2h
    • 18:30 19:30
      Registration & Welcome Drink 1h
    • 19:30 21:00
      Dinner 1h 30m
    • 08:00 09:00
      Breakfast 1h
    • 09:00 10:00
      Homogeneous Cosmology 1h
      - universe expansion in Newtonian gravity and GR - Friedmann equation - Hot Big Bang model - distances and horizons - need for inflation
      Speaker: Julien Lesgourgues (Unknown)
      Slides
    • 10:00 11:00
      Thermal History (Part 1) 1h
      * equilibrium distributions: number densities, energy densities, pressure   * decoupling, relic abundance, hot and cold relics   * neutrino decoupling and the neutrino background   * photon decoupling, recombination and the CMB   * BBN and light element abundance
      Speaker: Martin Kunz (Unknown)
      Slides
    • 11:00 11:30
      Break 30m
    • 11:30 12:30
      Thermal History (Part 2) 1h
      * equilibrium distributions: number densities, energy densities, pressure   * decoupling, relic abundance, hot and cold relics   * neutrino decoupling and the neutrino background   * photon decoupling, recombination and the CMB   * BBN and light element abundance
      Speaker: Martin Kunz (Unknown)
    • 12:30 14:00
      Lunch 1h 30m
    • 14:00 15:00
      Open 1h
    • 15:00 17:00
      Neutrino Oscillations (Part 1) 2h
      1. Theory of neutrino oscillations in vacuum; 2. Solar neutrino experiments; 3. Theory of neutrino oscillations in matter; 4. The KAMLAND reactor experiment; 5. Atmospheric neutrino experiments; 6. The CHOOZ reactor experiment; 7. Long baseline oscillation searches at accelerators; 8. Future projects: measurement of the theta_13 mixing angle.
      Speaker: Luigi Di Lella (INFN Sezione di Pisa (INFN))
      Slides
    • 17:00 17:30
      Break 30m
    • 17:30 18:30
      Neutrino Oscillations (Part 2) 1h
      1. Theory of neutrino oscillations in vacuum; 2. Solar neutrino experiments; 3. Theory of neutrino oscillations in matter; 4. The KAMLAND reactor experiment; 5. Atmospheric neutrino experiments; 6. The CHOOZ reactor experiment; 7. Long baseline oscillation searches at accelerators; 8. Future projects: measurement of the theta_13 mixing angle.
      Speaker: Luigi Di Lella (INFN Sezione di Pisa (INFN))
    • 18:30 19:30
      Discussion 1h
    • 19:30 21:00
      Dinner 1h 30m
    • 08:00 09:00
      Breakfast 1h
    • 09:00 10:00
      Cosmological Perturbations and Large Scale Structure 1h
      - overview of gauge ambiguity - overview of adiabatic initial conditions - overview of perturbation evolution in different regimes - matter power spectrum and its dependence on cosmological parameters - approaches for computing non-linear corrections - large scale structure observations: galaxy surveys, cosmic shear  surveys, Lyman-alpha forests
      Speaker: Julien Lesgourgues (Unknown)
      Slides
    • 10:00 11:00
      Cosmic Microwave Background 1h
      - Sachs-Wolfe effect in instantaneous decoupling limit - shape of CMB temperature spectrum in Fourier and harmonic space - corrections from Silk damping and Integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect - CMB temperature spectrum dependence on cosmological parameters - overview of CMB observations from COBE to Planck
      Speaker: Julien Lesgourgues (Unknown)
    • 11:00 11:30
      Break 30m
    • 11:30 12:30
      Bayesian Statistics in Cosmology 1h
      * parameter estimation: likelihood, prior, posterior   * Gaussian examples, Fisher matrix   * MCMC methods   * model selection
      Speaker: Martin Kunz (Unknown)
      Slides
    • 12:30 14:00
      Lunch 1h 30m
    • 14:00 15:00
      Open 1h
    • 15:00 17:00
      Collider Physics (Part 1) 2h
      I. Setting the Stage … Motivation for a Huge Machine II. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) III. The ATLAS and CMS Experiments (and LHCb) IV. Proton–Proton Collisions and Standard Model Physics V. Higgs and Electroweak Symmetry Breaking VI. LHC Searches for Physics Beyond the Standard Model VII. Outlook
      Speaker: Andreas Hoecker (CERN)
      Slides
    • 17:00 17:30
      Break 30m
    • 17:30 18:30
      Collider Physics (Part 2) 1h
      I. Setting the Stage … Motivation for a Huge Machine II. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) III. The ATLAS and CMS Experiments (and LHCb) IV. Proton–Proton Collisions and Standard Model Physics V. Higgs and Electroweak Symmetry Breaking VI. LHC Searches for Physics Beyond the Standard Model VII. Outlook
      Speaker: Andreas Hoecker (CERN)
    • 18:30 19:30
      Discussion 1h
    • 19:30 21:00
      Dinner 1h 30m
    • 08:00 08:30
      Breakfast 30m
    • 08:30 09:30
      Constraints on Inflation 1h
      - generation of primordial perturbations - slow-roll predictions for scalar and tensor perturbations - classification of slow-roll inflationary models - current constraints - prospects (Planck and beyond)
      Speaker: Julien Lesgourgues (Unknown)
      Slides
    • 09:30 10:30
      Cosmological Constraints on Neutrinos and Dark Matter 1h
      - cosmic neutrino background (calculation of neutrino temperature left to Martin) - free-streaming effect - limits on neutrino density and masses - limits on warm dark matter
      Speaker: Julien Lesgourgues (Unknown)
    • 10:30 12:00
      Open 1h 30m
    • 12:00 13:30
      Lunch 1h 30m
    • 13:30 18:00
      Open 4h 30m
    • 18:00 19:00
      Introduction to Cosmic Rays 1h
      a) Observations, from GeV to 1e20 eV;   b) Problem of the origin of CRs;   c) Propagation of CRs in the Galaxy and in intergalactic medium;
      Speaker: Andrii Neronov (ISDC)
      Slides
    • 19:00 19:30
      open 30m
    • 19:30 21:00
      Dinner 1h 30m
    • 08:00 09:00
      Breakfast 1h
    • 09:00 10:00
      Introduction to Multi-Messenger Astronomy 1h
      a) Relation between gamma-ray astronomy and cosmic ray physics;   b) Astronomical observations from radio to gamma-ray band;   c) Relevant particle acceleration and interaction mechanisms;   d) Very high-energy neutrinos from astronomical sources?
      Speaker: Andrii Neronov (ISDC)
      Slides
    • 10:00 11:00
      Dark Energy (Part 1) 1h
      * Lambda-CDM and its problems   * canonical scalar field models of dark energy   * parametrisation of the DE equation of state, how to measure it (with special emphasis on using SN-Ia to probe the luminosity distance), current constraints   * models that modify gravity   * impact on perturbations in the Universe (e.g. growth of structure)   * outlook (future experiments, e.g. Euclid)
      Speaker: Martin Kunz (Unknown)
      Slides
    • 11:00 11:30
      Break 30m
    • 11:30 12:30
      Particle Acceleration and Interactions in Active Galactic Nuclei 1h
      a) AGN phenomenology   b) Blazars and radio galaxies   c) AGN jets from Scharzschild radius to Mpc distances   d) AGN as possible ultra-high-energy cosmic ray sources
      Speaker: Andrii Neronov (ISDC)
      Slides
    • 12:30 14:30
      Lunch 2h
    • 14:30 15:30
      Open 1h
    • 15:30 17:00
      Student Talks 1h 30m
    • 17:00 17:30
      Break 30m
    • 17:30 19:00
      Small Group Discussions 1h 30m
      Parallel and informal discussion sessions.
    • 19:00 21:00
      Dinner 2h
    • 08:00 09:00
      Breakfast 1h
    • 09:00 10:00
      Stellar Mass Black Holes, Neutron Stars and Supernova Remnants 1h
      a) Gravitational collapse of the cores of massive stars;   b) Supernova phenomenon, neutrino emission, gamma-ray bursts;   c) Stellar mass black holes and neutron stars;   d) Supernova remnants and the origin of Galactic cosmic rays
      Speaker: Andrii Neronov (ISDC)
      Slides
    • 10:00 11:00
      Dark Energy (Part 2) 1h
      * Lambda-CDM and its problems   * canonical scalar field models of dark energy   * parametrisation of the DE equation of state, how to measure it (with special emphasis on using SN-Ia to probe the luminosity distance), current constraints   * models that modify gravity   * impact on perturbations in the Universe (e.g. growth of structure)   * outlook (future experiments, e.g. Euclid)
      Speaker: Martin Kunz (Unknown)
    • 11:00 11:30
      Break 30m
    • 11:30 12:30
      Present and Next Generation Instrumentation 1h
      a) Present and planned cosmic ray detection facilities;   b) Present and planned gamma-ray telescopes;   c) Present and planned very-high-energy neutrino telescopes.
      Speaker: Andrii Neronov (ISDC)
      Slides
    • 12:30 14:30
      Lunch 2h
    • 14:30 16:30
      Departure 2h