C2CR07

Name: C2CR07
Start: 2007-02-26T08:00:00+01:00
End: 2007-03-01T18:00:00+01:00
Location: Granlibakken Resort

26 Feb 2007, 08:00 → 1 Mar 2007, 18:00 Europe/Zurich

Granlibakken Resort

Description

Colliders to Cosmic Rays 2007 Granlibakken Resort, Lake Tahoe, California 25 Feb - 1 Mar 2007

Support

tripathi@physics.ucdavis.edu

Monday 26 February
- 08:30 → 10:20
  Opening Session
  
  Convener: Prof. Winston Ko (UC Davis)
  - 08:30
    
    Welcome 5m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Winston Ko (UC Davis)
  - 08:35
    
    State of Particle Physics: Slide contribution only 5m
    
    canceled
    
    Speaker: Prof. Francis Halzen (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
    
    Slides
  - 08:40
    
    LHC: The First Three Minutes 30m
    
    Speaker: Dr Albert de Roeck (CERN)
    
    Slides
  - 09:10
    
    The Ultimate Potential of the Tevatron 30m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Henry Frisch (University of Chicago)
    
    Slides
- 10:20 → 10:30
  
  coffee break 10m
- 10:30 → 12:30
  Cosmology
  
  Convener: Prof. Lloyd Knox (UC Davis)
  - 10:30
    
    Braneworlds and Dark Energy 30m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Gia Dvali (New York University)
    
    Slides
  - 11:00
    
    CMB: Past, Present, and Future 25m
    
    Speaker: Dr Martin White (LBNL)
    
    Slides
  - 11:25
    
    Inflation 25m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Will Kinney (SUNY Buffalo)
    
    Slides
  - 11:50
    
    LSST 25m
    
    Speaker: Prof. David Burke (SLAC)
    
    Slides
  - 12:15
    
    LIGO 15m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Ray Frey (Universiy of Oregon)
    
    Slides
- 12:30 → 16:30
  
  lunch/ski 4h
- 16:30 → 18:30
  Origin of Electroweak Symmetry Breaking
  
  Convener: Dr Albert de Roeck (CERN)
  - 16:30
    
    The Mass of the W Boson 20m
    
    Speaker: Prof. William Trischuk (U. Toronto)
    
    Slides
  - 16:50
    
    The Top Quark Mass and Implications 20m
    
    Speaker: Dr Gaston Gutierrez (FNAL)
    
    Slides
  - 17:10
    
    Prospects for a Low Mass Higgs 25m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Thomas Junk (University of Illinois, Ubana-Champaign)
    
    Slides
  - 17:35
    
    Is it the SM Higgs or Not? 25m
    
    Speaker: Dr Michael Duehrssen (University of Freiburg)
    
    Slides
  - 18:00
    
    Origin of Electroweak Symmetry Breaking 30m
    
    Speaker: Dr Bogdan Dobrescu (FNAL)
    
    Slides
- 18:30 → 19:30
  
  social hour 1h
- 19:30 → 21:00
  
  dinner 1h 30m
Tuesday 27 February
- 08:00 → 09:35
  Gamma Rays
  
  Convener: Prof. Gia Dvali (New York University)
  - 08:00
    
    GLAST 20m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Elliott Bloom (SLAC)
    
    Slides
  - 08:20
    
    HESS 20m
    
    Speaker: Dr Karl Kosack (University of Heidelberg)
    
    Slides
  - 08:40
    
    Recent Results from MAGIC 20m
    
    Speaker: Dr Barbara de Lotto (INFN Udine)
    
    Slides
  - 09:00
    
    GRBs and Lorentz Invariance 15m
    
    Speaker: Dr Jay Norris (SLAC)
    
    Slides
  - 09:15
    
    Prospects for EUSO on the ISS 20m
    
    Speaker: Prof. David Cline (UCLA)
    
    Slides
- 09:35 → 10:00
  
  coffee break 25m
- 10:00 → 12:00
  Exploring the Universe with Heavy Flavor
  
  Convener: Prof. Robin Erbacher (UC Davis)
  - 10:00
    
    Direct CP in Kaons and Rare Decays 30m
    
    Speaker: Dr Patricia Cenci (INFN Perugia)
    
    Slides
  - 10:30
    
    CP Violation and Status of CKM Angles 20m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Klaus Honscheid (Ohio State University)
    
    Slides
  - 10:50
    New Physics With Rare B Decays 20m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Tom Browder (University of Hawaii)
    
    Slides
    
    Tahoe_rare.pdf
    
    Tahoe_rare.ppt
    
    Tahoe_rare.ppt
  - 11:10
    
    New Physics With Bs 20m
    
    Speaker: Dr Stefano Giagu (University of Rome)
    
    Slides
- 12:00 → 16:30
  
  lunch/ski 4h 30m
- 16:30 → 18:30
  UHE Cosmic Rays
  
  Convener: Prof. Elliott Bloom (SLAC)
  - 16:30
    
    KASKADE Results and Review of the Knee 20m
    
    Speaker: Dr Holger Ullrich (University of Karlsruhe)
    
    Slides
  - 16:50
    
    Auger 20m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Jan Ridky (Prague)
    
    Slides
  - 17:10
    
    Hi-Res 20m
    
    Speaker: Prof. John Matthews (University of Utah)
    
    Slides
  - 17:30
    
    NA49 and Uncertainties in Neutrino Flux 20m
    
    Speaker: Dr Giles Barr (Oxford University)
  - 17:50
    
    MIPP 20m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Wayne Springer (University of Utah)
    
    Slides
  - 18:10
    
    Supernovae Neutrinos 20m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Cecilia Lunardini (University of Washington - Seattle)
    
    Slides
- 18:30 → 19:30
  
  social hour 1h
- 19:30 → 21:00
  
  dinner 1h 30m
Wednesday 28 February
- 08:00 → 09:35
  QCD and Low-x Physics
  
  Convener: Prof. Richard Lander (UC Davis)
  - 08:00
    
    Min-bias at the Tevatron 20m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Rick Field (University of Florida)
    
    Slides
  - 08:20
    
    Results from HERA 20m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Christian Kiesling (MPI Munich)
    
    Slides
  - 08:40
    
    Forward Physics at the LHC 20m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Pinfold James (University of Alberta)
    
    Slides
  - 09:00
    
    Status of Low-x Physics 20m
    
    Speaker: Dr David d'Enterria (CERN)
    
    Slides
  - 09:20
    
    Results from GAMMA 15m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Larry Jones (University of Michigan)
    
    Slides
- 09:35 → 10:00
  
  coffee break 25m
- 10:00 → 12:00
  Neutrino Oscillations
  
  Convener: Prof. Jan Ridky (Prague)
  - 10:00
    
    State of Neutrino Oscillations 30m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Mu-Chun Chen (UC Irvine)
    
    Slides
  - 10:30
    
    MiniBooNE 25m
    
    Speaker: Dr Geoff Mills (LANL)
    
    Slides
  - 10:55
    
    MINOS 25m
    
    Speaker: Prof. David Petyt (University of Minnesota)
    
    Slides
  - 11:20
    
    Double CHOOZ 20m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Jelena Maricic (Drexel University)
    
    Slides
  - 11:40
    
    Daya Bay 20m
    
    Speaker: Dr Jianglai Liu (California Institute of Technology)
    
    Slides
- 12:00 → 16:30
  
  lunch/ski 4h 30m
- 16:30 → 18:30
  DM Direct Searches and Neutrino Astronomy
  
  Convener: Prof. Maxwell Chertok (UC Davis)
  - 16:30
    
    Strategies for Direct DM Search 25m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Bernard Sadoulet (UC Berkeley)
    
    Slides
  - 16:55
    
    Direct DM Searches with Noble Liquids 25m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Gaitskell Rick (Brown University)
    
    Slides
  - 17:20
    
    Antares 20m
    
    Speaker: Dr Rezo Shanidze (Erlanger)
    
    Slides
  - 17:40
    
    AMANDA/Ice Cube 20m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Katherine Rawlins (University of Alaska - Anchorage)
    
    Slides
  - 18:00
    
    Radio in Dense Media 15m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Peter Gorham (University of Hawaii)
    
    Slides
  - 18:15
    
    SalSA 15m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Radovan Milincic (Drexel University)
    
    Slides
- 18:30 → 19:00
  
  Richard Lander Fest 30m
- 19:00 → 21:00
  
  conference banquet 2h
Thursday 1 March
- 08:00 → 09:20
  Heavy Ions and MC Generators
  
  Convener: Prof. Manuel Calderon de la Barca Sanchez (UC Davis)
  - 08:00
    
    Status of QGSJET II 15m
    
    Speaker: Dr Sergey Ostapchenko (University of Karlsruhe)
    
    Slides
  - 08:15
    
    Results from RHIC 25m
    
    Speaker: Dr Thomas Ullrich (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 08:40
    
    Hadronic Interaction Models for EAS Simulation 20m
    
    Speaker: Dr Johannes Knapp (University of Leeds)
    
    Slides
  - 09:00
    
    EPOS 20m
    
    Speaker: Dr Klaus Werner (IN2P3 Paris)
    
    Slides
- 09:20 → 09:40
  
  coffee break 20m
- 10:15 → 13:15
  The Coming Revolution
  
  Convener: Prof. John Conway (UC Davis)
  - 10:15
    
    The Fututre of UHE Cosmic Rays 30m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Michael Kachelriess (NTNU Norway)
    
    Slides
  - 10:45
    
    Anomalous Top 30m
    
    Speaker: Dr Florencia Canelli (FNAL)
    
    Slides
  - 11:15
    
    LHC: Extra Dimensions and Black Holes 30m
    
    Speaker: Dr Karina Loureiro (Ohio State University)
  - 11:45
    
    Searches for Dark Matter at Colliders 30m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Marco Battaglia (UC Berkeley)
    
    Slides
  - 12:15
    
    ILC Machine Status and Physics 30m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Jim Brau (University of Oregon)
    
    Slides
  - 12:45
    
    The Mystery of Mass: A View From a Contrarian Experimentalist 30m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Martin Perl (SLAC)
    
    Slides
- 13:15 → 17:15
  
  lunch/ski/depart 4h