CHIPP PhD Winter School 2011

9 Jan 2011, 08:00 → 14 Jan 2011, 19:30 Europe/Zurich

Hotel Regina Terme, Leukerbad

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.

Sunday, 9 January

16:30 Arrival

18:30 Registration & Welcome Drink

19:30 Dinner

Monday, 10 January

08:00 Breakfast

1 Homogeneous Cosmology

- universe expansion in Newtonian gravity and GR - Friedmann equation - Hot Big Bang model - distances and horizons - need for inflation

Speaker: Julien Lesgourgues (Unknown)

Slides 11.01.10_Leukerbad.pdf

2 Thermal History (Part 1)

* 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 kunz_thermal_history.pdf

11:00 Break

3 Thermal History (Part 2)

* 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 Lunch

14:00 Open

4 Neutrino Oscillations (Part 1)

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 CHIPP-2011.pdf CHIPP-2011.ppt

17:00 Break

5 Neutrino Oscillations (Part 2)

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))

6 Discussion

19:30 Dinner

Tuesday, 11 January

08:00 Breakfast

7 Cosmological Perturbations and Large Scale Structure

- 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 11.01.11_Leukerbad.pdf

8 Cosmic Microwave Background

- 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 Break

9 Bayesian Statistics in Cosmology

* parameter estimation: likelihood, prior, posterior   * Gaussian examples, Fisher matrix   * MCMC methods   * model selection

Speaker: Martin Kunz (Unknown)

Slides kunz_statistics.pdf kunz_stats_project.pdf

12:30 Lunch

14:00 Open

10 Collider Physics (Part 1)

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 hoecker_chipp-ws-2010-1.pdf hoecker_chipp-ws-2010-1.pptx

17:00 Break

11 Collider Physics (Part 2)

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)

12 Discussion

19:30 Dinner

Wednesday, 12 January

08:00 Breakfast

13 Constraints on Inflation

- 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 11.01.12_Leukerbad.pdf

14 Cosmological Constraints on Neutrinos and Dark Matter

- 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 Open

12:00 Lunch

13:30 Open

15 Introduction to Cosmic Rays

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 neronov_cosmicrays.pdf

19:00 open

19:30 Dinner

Thursday, 13 January

08:00 Breakfast

16 Introduction to Multi-Messenger Astronomy

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 neronov_multimessenger.pdf

17 Dark Energy (Part 1)

* 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 kunz_dark_energy.pdf

11:00 Break

18 Particle Acceleration and Interactions in Active Galactic Nuclei

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 neronov_accel_agn.pdf

12:30 Lunch

14:30 Open

19 Student Talks

How to write a 5 min talk http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2011/01/04/unsolicited-advice-xi-how-to-write-a-5-minute-talk/

Slides

• anderhalden.pdf
• didio.pdf
• gillioz.pdf
• huber.pdf
• resnati.pdf
• vonlathen.pdf

17:00 Break

20 Small Group Discussions

Parallel and informal discussion sessions.

19:00 Dinner

Friday, 14 January

08:00 Breakfast

21 Stellar Mass Black Holes, Neutron Stars and Supernova Remnants

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 neronov_blackholes.pdf

22 Dark Energy (Part 2)

* 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 Break

23 Present and Next Generation Instrumentation

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 neronov_instruments.pdf

12:30 Lunch

14:30 Departure