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
- Opening Session
  
  Convener: Prof. Winston Ko (UC Davis)
  - 1
    
    Welcome
    
    Speaker: Prof. Winston Ko (UC Davis)
  - 2
    
    State of Particle Physics: Slide contribution only
    
    canceled
    
    Speaker: Prof. Francis Halzen (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
    
    Slides
  - 3
    
    LHC: The First Three Minutes
    
    Speaker: Dr Albert de Roeck (CERN)
    
    Slides
  - 4
    
    The Ultimate Potential of the Tevatron
    
    Speaker: Prof. Henry Frisch (University of Chicago)
    
    Slides
- 10:20
  
  coffee break
- Cosmology
  
  Convener: Prof. Lloyd Knox (UC Davis)
  - 5
    
    Braneworlds and Dark Energy
    
    Speaker: Prof. Gia Dvali (New York University)
    
    Slides
  - 6
    
    CMB: Past, Present, and Future
    
    Speaker: Dr Martin White (LBNL)
    
    Slides
  - 7
    
    Inflation
    
    Speaker: Prof. Will Kinney (SUNY Buffalo)
    
    Slides
  - 8
    
    LSST
    
    Speaker: Prof. David Burke (SLAC)
    
    Slides
  - 9
    
    LIGO
    
    Speaker: Prof. Ray Frey (Universiy of Oregon)
    
    Slides
- 12:30
  
  lunch/ski
- Origin of Electroweak Symmetry Breaking
  
  Convener: Dr Albert de Roeck (CERN)
  - 10
    
    The Mass of the W Boson
    
    Speaker: Prof. William Trischuk (U. Toronto)
    
    Slides
  - 11
    
    The Top Quark Mass and Implications
    
    Speaker: Dr Gaston Gutierrez (FNAL)
    
    Slides
  - 12
    
    Prospects for a Low Mass Higgs
    
    Speaker: Prof. Thomas Junk (University of Illinois, Ubana-Champaign)
    
    Slides
  - 13
    
    Is it the SM Higgs or Not?
    
    Speaker: Dr Michael Duehrssen (University of Freiburg)
    
    Slides
  - 14
    
    Origin of Electroweak Symmetry Breaking
    
    Speaker: Dr Bogdan Dobrescu (FNAL)
    
    Slides
- 18:30
  
  social hour
- 19:30
  
  dinner
Tuesday 27 February
- Gamma Rays
  
  Convener: Prof. Gia Dvali (New York University)
  - 15
    
    GLAST
    
    Speaker: Prof. Elliott Bloom (SLAC)
    
    Slides
  - 16
    
    HESS
    
    Speaker: Dr Karl Kosack (University of Heidelberg)
    
    Slides
  - 17
    
    Recent Results from MAGIC
    
    Speaker: Dr Barbara de Lotto (INFN Udine)
    
    Slides
  - 18
    
    GRBs and Lorentz Invariance
    
    Speaker: Dr Jay Norris (SLAC)
    
    Slides
  - 19
    
    Prospects for EUSO on the ISS
    
    Speaker: Prof. David Cline (UCLA)
    
    Slides
- 09:35
  
  coffee break
- Exploring the Universe with Heavy Flavor
  
  Convener: Prof. Robin Erbacher (UC Davis)
  - 20
    
    Direct CP in Kaons and Rare Decays
    
    Speaker: Dr Patricia Cenci (INFN Perugia)
    
    Slides
  - 21
    
    CP Violation and Status of CKM Angles
    
    Speaker: Prof. Klaus Honscheid (Ohio State University)
    
    Slides
  - 22
    New Physics With Rare B Decays
    
    Speaker: Prof. Tom Browder (University of Hawaii)
    
    Slides
    
    Tahoe_rare.pdf
    
    Tahoe_rare.ppt
    
    Tahoe_rare.ppt
  - 23
    
    New Physics With Bs
    
    Speaker: Dr Stefano Giagu (University of Rome)
    
    Slides
- 12:00
  
  lunch/ski
- UHE Cosmic Rays
  
  Convener: Prof. Elliott Bloom (SLAC)
  - 24
    
    KASKADE Results and Review of the Knee
    
    Speaker: Dr Holger Ullrich (University of Karlsruhe)
    
    Slides
  - 25
    
    Auger
    
    Speaker: Prof. Jan Ridky (Prague)
    
    Slides
  - 26
    
    Hi-Res
    
    Speaker: Prof. John Matthews (University of Utah)
    
    Slides
  - 27
    
    NA49 and Uncertainties in Neutrino Flux
    
    Speaker: Dr Giles Barr (Oxford University)
  - 28
    
    MIPP
    
    Speaker: Prof. Wayne Springer (University of Utah)
    
    Slides
  - 29
    
    Supernovae Neutrinos
    
    Speaker: Prof. Cecilia Lunardini (University of Washington - Seattle)
    
    Slides
- 18:30
  
  social hour
- 19:30
  
  dinner
Wednesday 28 February
- QCD and Low-x Physics
  
  Convener: Prof. Richard Lander (UC Davis)
  - 30
    
    Min-bias at the Tevatron
    
    Speaker: Prof. Rick Field (University of Florida)
    
    Slides
  - 31
    
    Results from HERA
    
    Speaker: Prof. Christian Kiesling (MPI Munich)
    
    Slides
  - 32
    
    Forward Physics at the LHC
    
    Speaker: Prof. Pinfold James (University of Alberta)
    
    Slides
  - 33
    
    Status of Low-x Physics
    
    Speaker: Dr David d'Enterria (CERN)
    
    Slides
  - 34
    
    Results from GAMMA
    
    Speaker: Prof. Larry Jones (University of Michigan)
    
    Slides
- 09:35
  
  coffee break
- Neutrino Oscillations
  
  Convener: Prof. Jan Ridky (Prague)
  - 35
    
    State of Neutrino Oscillations
    
    Speaker: Prof. Mu-Chun Chen (UC Irvine)
    
    Slides
  - 36
    
    MiniBooNE
    
    Speaker: Dr Geoff Mills (LANL)
    
    Slides
  - 37
    
    MINOS
    
    Speaker: Prof. David Petyt (University of Minnesota)
    
    Slides
  - 38
    
    Double CHOOZ
    
    Speaker: Prof. Jelena Maricic (Drexel University)
    
    Slides
  - 39
    
    Daya Bay
    
    Speaker: Dr Jianglai Liu (California Institute of Technology)
    
    Slides
- 12:00
  
  lunch/ski
- DM Direct Searches and Neutrino Astronomy
  
  Convener: Prof. Maxwell Chertok (UC Davis)
  - 40
    
    Strategies for Direct DM Search
    
    Speaker: Prof. Bernard Sadoulet (UC Berkeley)
    
    Slides
  - 41
    
    Direct DM Searches with Noble Liquids
    
    Speaker: Prof. Gaitskell Rick (Brown University)
    
    Slides
  - 42
    
    Antares
    
    Speaker: Dr Rezo Shanidze (Erlanger)
    
    Slides
  - 43
    
    AMANDA/Ice Cube
    
    Speaker: Prof. Katherine Rawlins (University of Alaska - Anchorage)
    
    Slides
  - 44
    
    Radio in Dense Media
    
    Speaker: Prof. Peter Gorham (University of Hawaii)
    
    Slides
  - 45
    
    SalSA
    
    Speaker: Prof. Radovan Milincic (Drexel University)
    
    Slides
- 18:30
  
  Richard Lander Fest
- 19:00
  
  conference banquet
Thursday 1 March
- Heavy Ions and MC Generators
  
  Convener: Prof. Manuel Calderon de la Barca Sanchez (UC Davis)
  - 46
    
    Status of QGSJET II
    
    Speaker: Dr Sergey Ostapchenko (University of Karlsruhe)
    
    Slides
  - 47
    
    Results from RHIC
    
    Speaker: Dr Thomas Ullrich (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 48
    
    Hadronic Interaction Models for EAS Simulation
    
    Speaker: Dr Johannes Knapp (University of Leeds)
    
    Slides
  - 49
    
    EPOS
    
    Speaker: Dr Klaus Werner (IN2P3 Paris)
    
    Slides
- 09:20
  
  coffee break
- The Coming Revolution
  
  Convener: Prof. John Conway (UC Davis)
  - 50
    
    The Fututre of UHE Cosmic Rays
    
    Speaker: Prof. Michael Kachelriess (NTNU Norway)
    
    Slides
  - 51
    
    Anomalous Top
    
    Speaker: Dr Florencia Canelli (FNAL)
    
    Slides
  - 52
    
    LHC: Extra Dimensions and Black Holes
    
    Speaker: Dr Karina Loureiro (Ohio State University)
  - 53
    
    Searches for Dark Matter at Colliders
    
    Speaker: Prof. Marco Battaglia (UC Berkeley)
    
    Slides
  - 54
    
    ILC Machine Status and Physics
    
    Speaker: Prof. Jim Brau (University of Oregon)
    
    Slides
  - 55
    
    The Mystery of Mass: A View From a Contrarian Experimentalist
    
    Speaker: Prof. Martin Perl (SLAC)
    
    Slides
- 13:15
  
  lunch/ski/depart