SWAPS 2014

Europe/Zurich
Cartigny, Geneva
Alain Blondel (Universite de Geneve (CH)), Alexandre Refregier (ETH Zurich), Andre Rubbia (Eidgenoessische Tech. Hochschule Zuerich (CH)), Antonio Ereditato (Universitaet Bern (CH)), Georges Meylan (EPFL), Laura Baudis (University of Zurich), Marc Schumann (University of Bern), Martin Pohl (Universite de Geneve (CH)), Teresa Montaruli (Universite de Geneve (CH))
Description
The event is supported by SCNAT - Swiss Academy of Sciences and CHIPP - the Swiss Institute of Particle Physics.                                    

This informal Workshop of 2.5 days will gather the Swiss community working on Neutrinos, Dark Matter and High Energy Astrophysics together with international experts. The meeting will involve theorists and experimentalists.It aims at comparing our approach to address problematics in the field above and it also aims at starting discussions between the cosmology/astrophysics community.
The spirit of the meeting is to look into the next future and on what are the domains of interest to contribute on.
Participants-Photo
Poster
Local organizing Committee
    • 12:00 14:00
      Registration
    • 14:00 14:15
      Welcome and Scope of the Workshop
    • 14:15 15:35
      Dark Matter study approaches
      Convener: Laura Baudis (University of Zurich)
      • 14:55
        Complementarities between direct, indirect and collider searches 40m
        Speaker: Marco Cirelli (IPhT CNRS/CEA Saclay)
        Slides
    • 15:35 16:05
      Coffe Break
    • 16:05 19:20
      Dark Matter: Discussion and short talks session
      Convener: Marc Schumann (University of Bern)
      • 16:05
        Measurements of Local DM density 30m
        Speaker: Prof. George Lake (University of Zurich)
        Slides
      • 16:35
        DAMIC: a novel approach for DM searches 30m
        Speaker: Prof. Ben Kiliminster (University of Zurich)
        Slides
      • 17:05
        ArDM 30m
        Speaker: Christian Regenfus (Eidgenoessische Tech. Hochschule Zuerich (CH))
        Slides
      • 17:35
        Searches of Dark Matter with TeV gamma-rays and CTA 30m
        Speaker: Michele Doro (University of Padua and INFN Padua)
        Slides
      • 18:05
        Stable massive particle searches in cosmic rays and in matter 30m
        Speaker: Philippe Mermod (Universite de Geneve (CH))
        Slides
      • 18:35
        A deep view on neutrinos as dark matter 30m
        Speaker: Prof. Alexey Boyarsky (Leiden University)
        Slides
    • 19:20 20:50
      Free dinner
    • 08:00 09:00
      Breakfast
    • 09:00 11:05
      Neutrino
      Convener: Prof. Antonio Ereditato (Universitaet Bern (CH))
      • 09:00
        What is left to measure on neutrino physics? 45m
        Speaker: Dr Silvia Pascoli (Durham University)
        Slides
      • 09:45
        Current and close future status of the neutrino accelerator program 40m
        Speaker: Prof. Kate Scholberg (Duke University)
        Slides
      • 10:25
        Double Beta Decay and scintillating bolometers 40m
        Speaker: Dr Andrea Giuliani
        Slides
    • 11:05 11:35
      Coffee Break
    • 11:35 13:05
      Experiments in the SWISS Whitepaper on large ground-based Astroparticle Infrastructures
      Convener: Bonnie Fleming (Yale University)
      • 11:35
        DARWIN and XENON 30m
        Speaker: Prof. Laura Baudis (University of Zurich)
        Slides
      • 12:05
        CTA 30m
        Speaker: Teresa Montaruli (Universite de Geneve (CH))
        Slides
      • 12:35
        LAGUNA-LBNO 30m
        Speaker: Prof. Andre Rubbia (Eidgenoessische Tech. Hochschule Zuerich (CH))
        Slides
    • 13:05 14:05
      Lunch
    • 14:05 16:05
      Future programs on neutrino LBL and SBL
      Convener: Silvia Pascoli (University of Durham (GB))
      • 14:05
        The future Japanese neutrino program 30m
        Speaker: Masashi Yokoyama (University of Tokyo)
        Slides
      • 14:35
        The US long baseline neutrino program 30m
        Speaker: Bonnie Fleming (Yale University)
        Slides
      • 15:05
        Short Baseline Program at FermiLab and MicroBoone 30m
        Speaker: Dr Michele Weber (University of Bern)
        Slides
    • 16:10 16:40
      Coffee Break
    • 16:45 18:00
      R&D on LAr/LXe in Switzerland
      Convener: Prof. Michele Weber (Universitaet Bern (CH))
      • 16:45
        R&D and neutrino experiments with LAr TPCs 25m
        Speaker: Prof. Antonio Ereditato (Universitaet Bern (CH))
        Slides
      • 17:10
        WA 105 25m
        Speaker: Dario Autiero (Universite Claude Bernard-Lyon I (FR))
        Slides
      • 17:35
        LXe R&D developments for DM studies 25m
        Speaker: Marc Schumann (University of Bern)
        Slides
    • 18:00 19:00
      Neutrino double beta decay
      Convener: Prof. Andre Rubbia (Eidgenoessische Tech. Hochschule Zuerich (CH))
      • 18:00
        EXO-200 results and also nEXO prospects 30m
        Speaker: Razvan Gornea (Bern University)
        Slides
      • 18:30
        GERDA 30m
        Speaker: Giovanni Benato (U)
        Slides
    • 19:00 22:00
      Social Dinner
    • 08:10 08:40
      Breakfast
    • 08:40 10:20
      High-Energy Astrophysics and Neutrinos
      Convener: Kate Scholberg (Duke University)
      • 08:40
        Ideas on Neutrino Physics beyond the SM 35m
        Speaker: Mikhail Shaposhnikov (EPFL)
        Slides
      • 09:15
        The future of Neutrino Telescopes 35m
        Speaker: Francis Halzen (High Energy Physics-Department of Physics-University of Wiscons)
        Slides
      • 09:50
        High-energy gamma-ray astrophysics 30m
        Speaker: Andrii Neronov (Universite de Geneve (CH))
    • 10:20 10:50
      Coffee Break
    • 10:50 12:35
      Cosmology
      Convener: Julie McEnery (NASA)
      • 10:50
        Large scale structure, weak lensing, astrophysical constraints on DM 35m
        Speaker: Prof. Alexandre Refregier (ETHZ)
        Slides
      • 11:25
        Neutrino steriles and recent Planck results 35m
        Speaker: Julien Lesgourgues (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (CH))
        Slides
      • 12:00
        Has Bicep2 proved cosmological inflation? 35m
        Speaker: Prof. Subir Sarkar (Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics - University of Oxford)
        Slides
    • 12:35 13:30
      Lunch
    • 13:30 14:55
      Space programs
      Convener: Prof. Alexandre Refregier (ETHZ)
      • 13:50
        Summary of Fermi results 35m
        Speaker: Julie McEnery (NASA)
        Slides
      • 14:25
        Swiss space experiments in high-energy astroparticle physics 30m
        Speaker: Xin Wu (Universite de Geneve (CH))
        Slides
    • 14:55 15:25
      Coffee Break
    • 15:25 18:05
      Future ground based experiments for astronomy and high energy astrophysics
      Convener: Andrii Neronov (University of Geneva)
      • 15:25
        Intensity Interferometry with CTA 25m
        Speaker: Dr Gabriele Rodeghiero
        Slides
      • 15:50
        SKA Science 25m
        Speaker: Ms Miroslava Dessauges (University of Geneva)
        Slides
      • 16:15
        MAGIC and FACT Results 25m
        Speaker: Adrian Biland (Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich/ETH (ETH))
        Slides
      • 16:40
        CTA/ASTRI 25m
        Speaker: Fabrizio Tavecchio (INAF)
        Slides
    • 18:05 18:40
      Concluding Remarks and discussion
      Convener: Alain Blondel (Universite de Geneve (CH))
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