MoEDAL Physics Workshop

20 Jun 2012, 09:00 → 21 Jun 2012, 18:00 Europe/Zurich

Globe 1st Floor (CERN)

The MoEDAL Physics Workshop will be held on the first day of the meeting. The second day is reserved for MoEDAL collaborators, or potential collaborators, to discuss the MoEDAL MoU.

Wednesday 20 June

09:00 → 10:00 Introductory Session

Convener: Nikos Mavromatos (University of London (GB))

09:00 Introduction from CERN

Speaker: Philippe Bloch (CERN)

09:10 Introduction from MoEDAL

Speaker: James Pinfold (University of Alberta (CA))

Slides Pinfold-Introduction.pptx.pdf

09:20 Magnetic Monopoles Since Dirac

Speaker: Gerardus 't Hooft (Utrecht University)

10:00 → 10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 → 12:50 Highly Ionizing Particles at the LHC - Theory

Convener: Albert De Roeck (CERN)

10:30 Magnetic Monopoles in the Cosmos and at the LHC

Speaker: Dr Arttu Rajantie (Department of Physics, Imperial College London)

Slides rajantie_moedal_small.pdf rajantie_moedal_small.pptx

11:10 Highly Ionizing Particles at the LHC - SUSY Scenarios

Speaker: John Ellis (King's College London)

Slides MoEDAL.pdf MoEDAL.ppt

11:50 Highly Ionizing Particles at the LHC (Non-SUSY Scenarios)

Speaker: Nikolaos Mavromatos (King's College London)

Slides Moedal_talk.pdf Moedal_talk.pptx

12:50 → 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 → 17:50 Highly Ionizing Particles at the LHC - Experiment

Convener: Dr Vasiliki Mitsou (Universidad de Valencia (ES))

14:00 Searching for Highly Ionizing Particles at the LHC with CMS

Speaker: Albert De Roeck (CERN)

Slides deroeck_moedal_v3.pdf deroeck_moedal_v3.pptx

14:30 Searching for Highly Ionizing Particles at the LHC using ATLAS

Speaker: Philippe Mermod (Universite de Geneve (CH))

Slides Mermod_MoEDAL12.pdf

15:00 The Physics Program of the LHC-MoEDAL Experiment

Speaker: James Pinfold (University of Alberta (CA))

Slides First-Physics_MoEDAL-LHC-June_-2012.ppt.pdf

15:30 Coffee Break

16:00 The Quest for Cosmic Monopoles

Speaker: Zouleikha Sahnoun (INFN Bologna)

Slides The_Quest_for_Cosmic_Monopoles.pdf The_Quest_for_Cosmic_Monopoles.pptx

16:30 The Search for Monopolium at the LHC

Speaker: Prof. Vicente Vento (Universidad de Valencia (ES))

17:00 Looking for Trapped Monopoles at the LHC

Speaker: Dr David Milstead (Stockholm University)

Slides Searching_for_trapped_monopoles.pdf

17:30 Higgs Decay to Nucleus-Antinucleus

Speaker: John Swain (Department of Physics - Northeastern University)

Thursday 21 June

08:30 → 17:00 Closed Session for MoEDAL Collaborators

This session is for MoEDAL Collaborators or potential collaborators. Its primary purpose is to discuss the MoEDAL MoU.

Convener: James Pinfold (University of Alberta (CA))

09:00 Introduction to the MoEDAL MoU Prototype

Speaker: James Pinfold (University of Alberta (CA))

Slides First_MoEDAL_Group_Meeting_-_kick_off_on_MoU.pptx.pdf

09:20 INFN Bologna MoU Presentation

Speaker: Laura Patrizii (Universita e INFN (IT))

09:30 CERN Group MoU Presentation

Speaker: Daniel Lacarrere (CERN)

document CONDITIONS2008_0828_001.pdf

Slides MoEDALMoU21June2012.pdf MoEDALMoU21June2012.pptx

09:40 Czech Technical University MoU Presentation

Speaker: Dr Stanislav Pospisil (Czech Technical University (CZ))

09:50 University of Cincinatti MoU Presentation

Speaker: Kay Kinoshita (University of Cincinnati)

10:00 Universite de Geneve MoU Presentation

Speaker: Philippe Mermod (Universite de Geneve (CH))

Slides GenevaMoU_MoEDAL12.pdf

10:10 JINR- Dubna MoU Presentation

Speaker: Stanislav Stetsenko (JINR)

10:20 Coffee Break

11:00 King's College London MoU Presentation

Speaker: Prof. Nikos Mavromatos (University of London (GB))

Slides Moedal-kcl.pdf

11:10 University of Muenster MoU Presentation

Speaker: Dieter Frekers (Institut fuer Kernphysik)

11:20 Institute of Space Sciences Bucharest Romania MoU Presentation

Speaker: Vlad Popa (I)

11:30 IFIC Valencia Presentation

Speaker: Dr Vasiliki Mitsou (Universidad de Valencia (ES))

Slides Mitsou-Valencia.pdf

11:40 Jagellonian University, Cracow, Poland - Expression of Interest

Speaker: Janusz Chwastowski (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))

Slides ExprOfInterest.pdf

11:50 General Discussion