DISCRETE '08: Symposium on Prospects in the Physics of Discrete Symmetries

Session

Parallel Session B. High energy Messengers-I

15 Dec 2008, 14:30

Valencia, Spain

Conveners

Parallel Session B. High energy Messengers-I

• Francis HALZEN (University of Wisconsin)

96. Antimatter and Dark Matter research with PAMELA Space Mission

Prof. Piero Spillantini (Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita' di Firenze)

15/12/2008, 14:30

Experimental Prospects

"Antimatter and Dark matter research with the PAMELA space mission On the 15th of June 2006, the PAMELA satellite-borne experiment was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome and it has been collecting data since July 2006. The apparatus is composed of a time-of-flight system, a silicon-microstrip magnetic spectrometer, a silicon-tungsten electromagnetic calorimeter, an anticoincidence...

106. The AMS-02 Experiment on the ISS

Dr Jorge Casaus (CIEMAT)

15/12/2008, 14:55

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) on the International Space Station (ISS) is the first large acceptance magnetic spectrometer to perform high statistics studies of cosmic rays in space. The experiment will address fundamental questions regarding primary antimatter and dark matter contents of the universe. In addition, the precision studies of cosmic rays in a wide energy range will...

54. Results from the MAGIC Cherenkov Telescope

Dr Emiliano Carmona (Max-Planck-Institut für Physik (Werner-Heisenberg-Institut))

15/12/2008, 15:20

Ultra-high-energy Messengers

VHE Gamma Ray Astronomy is today a well established and successful discipline. Among the major Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes in operation, MAGIC, a 17 m single dish telescope, has reached the lowest energy threshold. This unique feature has allowed the discovery of VHE gamma rays from 3C279, the farthest Blazar detected in VHE, as well as the first observation of the VHE pulsed emission...

1. ANTARES and KM3NeT

Dr Juan José Hernández-Rey (Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular (IFIC) UV-CSIC)

15/12/2008, 15:45

Ultra-high-energy Messengers

The installation of the ANTARES neutrino telescope was completed on May 30th 2008. With its 12 lines and 900 photomultipliers ANTARES is at present the largest neutrino telescope in the Northern Hemisphere. Its layout, technical features, expected performances and first results will be presented. KM3NeT is a step forward in neutrino astronomy in the Mediterranean Sea. A design study funded by...

183. Selected results from the Pierre Auger Observatory

Jaime Alvarez-Muñiz (Santiago U.)

15/12/2008, 16:10

The Southern Pierre Auger Observatory is complete. Data have been taken since January 2004 while the array was being constructed, what amounts to more than 1 year of exposure with the full array. Results on the energy spectrum of UHECRs above 10^18 eV measured with vertical and inclined showers are presented. Inclined showers are also used to search for ultra-high energy neutrinos, and a...