2nd International Workshop on Antimatter and Gravity ( WAG 2013 )
from
Wednesday 13 November 2013 (08:00)
to
Friday 15 November 2013 (14:30)
Monday 11 November 2013
Tuesday 12 November 2013
Wednesday 13 November 2013
08:00
Registration
Registration
08:00 - 09:00
09:05
Welcome address
-
A EREDITATO (DIRECTOR AEC/LHEP)
Welcome address
A EREDITATO (DIRECTOR AEC/LHEP)
09:05 - 09:15
09:15
Welcome address
-
C Leumann (Vice-Rector)
Welcome address
C Leumann (Vice-Rector)
09:15 - 09:25
09:30
Testing the weak equivalence principle with macroscopic proof masses on ground and in space
-
A Nobili
(
Pisa
)
Testing the weak equivalence principle with macroscopic proof masses on ground and in space
A Nobili
(
Pisa
)
09:30 - 10:00
10:00
Experimental tests of the weak equivalence principle
-
S Dickerson
(
Stanford
)
Experimental tests of the weak equivalence principle
S Dickerson
(
Stanford
)
10:00 - 10:30
10:30
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
Antimatter in the universe and the PAMELA/FERMI anomaly
-
G Skinner
(
MPE Garching
)
Antimatter in the universe and the PAMELA/FERMI anomaly
G Skinner
(
MPE Garching
)
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
Dark matter annihilation in the Universe
-
P Salati
(
Annecy
)
Dark matter annihilation in the Universe
P Salati
(
Annecy
)
11:30 - 12:00
12:00
Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 14:00
14:00
Experimental constraints on the gravitational force on antimatter
-
M Jankowiak
(
Heidelberg
)
Experimental constraints on the gravitational force on antimatter
M Jankowiak
(
Heidelberg
)
14:00 - 14:30
14:30
Testing antigravity with positronium
-
P Crivelli
(
ETH-Zurich
)
Testing antigravity with positronium
P Crivelli
(
ETH-Zurich
)
14:30 - 15:00
15:00
Testing antigravity with muonium
-
K Kirch
(
PSI Villigen
)
Testing antigravity with muonium
K Kirch
(
PSI Villigen
)
15:00 - 15:30
15:30
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:30 - 16:00
16:00
Weighing antimatter with positronium
-
D B Cassidy
Weighing antimatter with positronium
(D. B. Cassidy (University College, London))
D B Cassidy
16:00 - 16:30
D.B. Cassidy
16:30
Test of the weak equivalence principle from particle-antiparticle cylotron frequency
-
M Holzscheiter
(
New Mexico
)
Test of the weak equivalence principle from particle-antiparticle cylotron frequency
M Holzscheiter
(
New Mexico
)
16:30 - 17:00
17:30
Visit to the Einstein-Haus
Visit to the Einstein-Haus
17:30 - 20:30
Thursday 14 November 2013
09:00
Present and future facilities at CERN
-
C Carli
(
CERN
)
Present and future facilities at CERN
C Carli
(
CERN
)
09:00 - 09:30
09:30
Measuring gbar with AEgIS, progress and perspectives
-
D Krasnicky
(
Genova
)
Measuring gbar with AEgIS, progress and perspectives
D Krasnicky
(
Genova
)
09:30 - 10:00
10:00
The GBAR experiment
-
D P Van der Werf
(
Swansea University
)
The GBAR experiment
D P Van der Werf
(
Swansea University
)
10:00 - 10:30
10:30
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
A new technique to measure the gravitational mass of antihydrogen
-
J Fajans
(
Berkeley
)
A new technique to measure the gravitational mass of antihydrogen
J Fajans
(
Berkeley
)
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
An antigravity experiment for the future FLAIR facility
-
W Quint
An antigravity experiment for the future FLAIR facility
W Quint
11:30 - 12:00
12:00
Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 14:00
14:00
Constraints from the weak equivalence principle
-
S Karshenboim
(
MPI Garching
)
Constraints from the weak equivalence principle
S Karshenboim
(
MPI Garching
)
14:00 - 14:30
14:30
Quantum reflection of antihydrogen from material surface
-
G Dufour
(
Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel, Paris
)
Quantum reflection of antihydrogen from material surface
G Dufour
(
Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel, Paris
)
14:30 - 15:00
15:00
Gravitational quantum states of antihydrogen
-
A Voronin
(
Lebedev
)
Gravitational quantum states of antihydrogen
A Voronin
(
Lebedev
)
15:00 - 15:30
15:30
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:30 - 16:00
16:00
Moiré deflectometry with atoms and antiatoms
-
P Bräunig
(
Heidelberg
)
Moiré deflectometry with atoms and antiatoms
P Bräunig
(
Heidelberg
)
16:00 - 16:30
16:30
5D relativistic optics for matter and antimatter wave interferometry
-
C Bordé
(
SYRTE, Paris
)
5D relativistic optics for matter and antimatter wave interferometry
C Bordé
(
SYRTE, Paris
)
16:30 - 17:00
17:00
True tests of the weak equivalence principle for antiparticles
-
C S Unnikrishnan
True tests of the weak equivalence principle for antiparticles
C S Unnikrishnan
17:00 - 17:20
17:20
Measuring gbar with emulsion detectors
-
T Ariga
(
University of Bern
)
Measuring gbar with emulsion detectors
T Ariga
(
University of Bern
)
17:20 - 17:40
17:40
Measuring the free fall of antihydrogen with GBAR
-
L Hilico
(
Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel, Paris
)
Measuring the free fall of antihydrogen with GBAR
L Hilico
(
Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel, Paris
)
17:40 - 18:00
20:00
Conference dinner
Conference dinner
20:00 - 22:00
Friday 15 November 2013
09:00
High precision measurements of the gravitational acceleration g
-
H Baumann
(
Federal Institute of Metrology, Bern
)
High precision measurements of the gravitational acceleration g
H Baumann
(
Federal Institute of Metrology, Bern
)
09:00 - 09:30
09:30
MOND phenomenology and gravitational polarization
-
L Blanchet
(
Inst. d'Astrophysique, Paris
)
MOND phenomenology and gravitational polarization
L Blanchet
(
Inst. d'Astrophysique, Paris
)
09:30 - 10:00
10:00
The Dirac-Milne cosmological model
-
A Benoît-Lévy
(
UCL, London
)
The Dirac-Milne cosmological model
A Benoît-Lévy
(
UCL, London
)
10:00 - 10:30
10:30
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
Gravity effects on antimatter
-
J Tasson
(
Carleton
)
Gravity effects on antimatter
J Tasson
(
Carleton
)
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
Lorentz violation and vacuum structure in string theories
-
K Hashimoto
(
Osaka
)
Lorentz violation and vacuum structure in string theories
K Hashimoto
(
Osaka
)
11:30 - 12:00
12:00
Summary talk
-
M Charlton
(
Swansea
)
Summary talk
M Charlton
(
Swansea
)
12:00 - 13:00
13:00
End
End
13:00 - 13:20