VLVnT - 2015 : Very Large Volume Neutrino Telescope

from Monday, September 14, 2015 (8:00 AM) to Wednesday, September 16, 2015 (6:00 PM)
University "La Sapienza", Physics Department

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
Sep 14, 2015
Sep 15, 2015
Sep 16, 2015
AM
8:30 AM
Registration (until 9:00 AM) (Sala Direzione INFN, II floor)
9:00 AM
Plenary session 1 - Antonio Capone (Universita e INFN, Roma I (IT)) (until 10:40 AM)
9:00 AM Opening speeches, Greetings from local authorities  
9:10 AM Extragalactic Neutrino Sources and their Multi-Messenger Constraints - Markus Ahlers  
9:40 AM High energy neutrinos: validations, inferences, prospects - Francesco Vissani (INFN - LNGS)  
10:10 AM Latest results from Fermi-LAT and the impact on neutrino observations - Paolo Giommi  
10:40 AM --- coffee break ---
11:00 AM
Plenary Session 2 -Prof. Albrecht Karle (Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison) (until 1:20 PM) (Aula Amaldi, first floor)
11:00 AM Results from IceCube - Tyce DeYoung (Michigan State University)  
11:20 AM ANTARES results - maurizio spurio (University of Bologna (Italy))  
11:40 AM Baikal/GVD: results, status and plans - Zhan Dzhilkibaev  
12:10 PM IceCube-Gen2: The Science, the Detector, Drilling, and Logistics - Prof. Kael Hanson (University of Wisconsin - Madison)  
12:45 PM KM3NeT-ARCA project status and plans - rosa coniglione (INFN)  
9:00 AM
Plenary Session 3 - Christian Spiering (DESY) (until 10:40 AM) (Aula Amaldi, first floor)
9:00 AM Global neutrino oscillation analysis: status of unknown parameters, and future systematic challenges for ORCA and PINGU - Eligio Lisi (INFN, Bari, Italy)  
9:30 AM KM3NeT/ORCA: status and plans - Dorothea Samtleben (Leiden University)  
10:00 AM From DeepCore to PINGU - Juan-Pablo Yanez (DESY)  
10:40 AM --- coffee break ---
11:00 AM
Parallel Session D - Chad Finley rosa coniglione (INFN) (until 1:00 PM) (Aula Amaldi, 1st floor)
11:00 AM Indirect detection of Dark Matter with the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope - Miguel Ardid (UPV)  
11:20 AM IceCube results from pointlike source searches using 6 years of through-going muon data - Mr Stefan Coenders (Technische Universität München)  
11:40 AM IceCube results from low-energy point source searches in the southern hemisphere - Sebastian Euler (Uppsala University)  
12:00 PM KM3NeT/ARCA sensitivity and discovery potential for neutrino point-like sources - Agata Trovato (INFN)  
12:20 PM Search for point-like neutrino sources over the Southern Sky with the ANTARES and IceCube neutrino telescopes - Mr Barrios-Martí Javier (IFIC (CSIC-UV))  
12:40 PM Search for spacial and temporal collective effects in the ANTARES neutrino telescope data. - Bruny Baret (CNRS) Antoine David Kouchner (Universite de Paris VII (FR))  
11:00 AM
Parallel Session E - Vladimir Aynutdinov (INR RAS, Moscow) Tommaso Chiarusi (INFN - Sezione di Bologna) (until 1:00 PM) (Aula Rasetti, 2nd floor)
11:00 AM Present and Future of the IceCube DAQ and Online Systems - Prof. Kael Hanson (University of Wisconsin - Madison)  
11:18 AM Data acquisition system of the Baikal-GVD - Denis Kuleshov  
11:36 AM The Trigger and Data Acquisition System for the KM3NeT neutrino telescope - Carmelo Pellegrino (INFN)  
11:51 AM KM3NeT Digital Optical Module Electronics - Diego Real (IFIC)  
12:06 PM KM3NeT Neutrino Telescope 1-ns resolution Time To Digital Converters - David Calvo (IFIC)  
12:18 PM Characterization of the electro-optical transceivers in the KM3NeT optical network - Sara Rita Pulvirenti (INFN - National Institute for Nuclear Physics)  
12:33 PM The Control Unit of KM3NeT Data Acquisition - Cristiano Bozza (University of Salerno)  
12:48 PM Live Monitoring and Quasi-Online Event Reconstruction for KM3NeT - Tamas Gal (University of Erlangen)  
11:00 AM
Parallel session A - Alexander Kappes (Friedrich-Alexander-Univ. Erlangen (DE)) Dorothea Samtleben (NIKHEF) Pasquale Migliozzi (Universita e INFN (IT)) (until 1:00 PM) (Aula Careri, 1st floor)
11:00 AM A Wavelength-shifting Optical Module (WOM) for in-ice Neutrino Detectors - Dustin Hebecker  
11:20 AM The VSIPMT project - Francesco Di Capua (INFN)  
11:40 AM Hamamatsu PMTs Latest Developmental Status - Mr Yuji Hotta Hotta (Hamamatsu)  
12:00 PM Latest improvements of the Hamamatsu MPPCs - Dr Christian Dille (Hamamatsu Photonics Deutschland GmbH)  
12:20 PM The effects of Earth's magnetic field on 3-inch diameter photomultipliers used in KM3NeT neutrino telescope. - Valentina Giordano (INFN)  
9:00 AM
Plenary Session 4 - Antoine David Kouchner (Universite de Paris VII (FR)) (until 10:40 AM) (Aula Amaldi, first floor)
9:00 AM Phenomenology of atmospheric neutrinos - Anatoli Fedynitch (KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE))  
9:30 AM Neutrino-Nucleus Interactions in the few-GeV region - Juan M Nieves (IFIC (CSIC-UV))  
10:00 AM Long Baseline Neutrino Oscillations Experiments - Alfons Weber (STFC/RAL & Uni Oxford)  
10:40 AM --- coffee break ---
11:00 AM
Plenary session 5 - Tyce DeYoung (Michigan State University) (until 12:40 PM)
11:00 AM Ground-based gamma-ray astronomy: Investigating the sky at photon energies between ~20 GeV and 100 TeV - Christopher van Eldik (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg)  
11:40 AM Future very-high-energy gamma-rays detection projects at ground - Alessandro De Angelis (Universita degli Studi di Udine (IT))  
12:20 PM Opportunities within ASTERICS - Rob van der Meer (ASTRON)  
PM
1:20 PM --- Lunch Break ---
2:20 PM
Parallel Session F -Prof. Dawn Williams Giorgio Riccobene (INFN) (until 4:20 PM) (Aula Careri, 1st floor)
2:20 PM A Precision Optical Calibration Module for IceCube-Gen2 - Martin Jurkovic (TUM)  
2:40 PM Impact of DM-Ice17 Muon Data on IceCube Reconstructions - Antonia Hubbard  
3:00 PM Time and amplitude calibration of the Baikal-GVD neutrino telescope - Vladimir Aynutdinov (INR RAS, Moscow)  
3:20 PM Moon shadow observation with ANTARES and KM3NeT neutrino telescope - Matteo Sanguineti (INFN Genova - Università di Genova)  
3:40 PM Calibration Methods and Tools for KM3NeT - Vladimir Kulikovskiy (LNS)  
4:00 PM Aspects of the optical system relevant for the KM3NeT timing calibration - Gerard Kieft (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))  
2:20 PM
Parallel session A - Alexander Kappes (Friedrich-Alexander-Univ. Erlangen (DE)) Dorothea Samtleben (NIKHEF) Pasquale Migliozzi (Universita e INFN (IT)) (until 4:20 PM) (Aula Amaldi, 1st floor)
2:20 PM The KM3NeT Digital Optical Module - Daniele Vivolo  
2:50 PM Multi-PMT Optical Module Designs for IceCube-Gen2 - Alexander Kappes (Friedrich-Alexander-Univ. Erlangen (DE))  
3:20 PM The optical module of the Baikal-GVD - Алексей Шейфлер  
3:50 PM ET Enterprises - Andy Cormack  
4:20 PM --- coffee break ---
4:40 PM
Parallel Session C - Allan Hallgren (Uppsala University) Robert Lahmann (Friedrich-Alexander-Univ. Erlangen (DE)) (until 6:40 PM) (Aula Amaldi, 1st floor)
4:40 PM Characterisation and testing of the KM3NeT acoustic positioning system - Francesco Simeone (INFN)  
4:55 PM Acoustic neutrino detection investigations within ANTARES and prospects for KM3NeT - R. Lahmann (-)  
5:10 PM Fiber optic hydrophones for acoustic neutrino detection - Ernst-Jan Buis (TNO)  
5:25 PM A compact array calibrator to study the feasibility of the acoustic neutrino detection - Miguel Ardid (UPV)  
5:40 PM The Askaryan Radio Array: Status and new results. - Prof. Albrecht KARLE (Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison)  
5:55 PM The ARIANNA Hexagonal Radio Array performance and prospects - Allan Hallgren (Uppsala University)  
6:10 PM Proposal for a Giant Radio Array for Neutrino Detection - Olivier Martineau (CNRS)  
4:40 PM
Parallel Session F -Prof. Dawn Williams Giorgio Riccobene (INFN) (until 6:40 PM) (Aula Careri, 1st floor)
4:40 PM Development and performances of a high statistic PMT test facility - Carlos Maximiliano Mollo (INFN)  
5:00 PM Characterization benches for the KM3NeT DOMs - Bruny Baret (CNRS) Antoine David Kouchner (Universite de Paris VII (FR))  
5:20 PM The Calibration Units of the KM3NeT Neutrino Telescope - Antoine David Kouchner (Universite de Paris VII (FR)) Bruny Baret (CNRS)  
5:40 PM The LED Beacons prototype system the for time calibration of the KM3NeT-IT Towers - Giulia De Bonis  
6:00 PM Measuring the optical properties of the IceCube drill holes - Martin Rongen (RWTH Aachen)  
6:20 PM Measurement of light scattering in deep sea - Nikos Maragos (NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH "DEMOKRITOS")  
6:45 PM --- Welcome drink ---
1:00 PM --- lunch break ---
2:00 PM
Parallel Session D - Chad Finley rosa coniglione (INFN) (until 4:00 PM) (Aula Amaldi, 1st floor)
2:00 PM THE GALACTIC DIFFUSE NEUTRINO EMISSION: A NEW COMPREHENSIVE SCENARIO - Antonio Marinelli (Institute of Physics, Pisa)  
2:20 PM Neutrino fluxes from the Galactic plane and the ANTARES limits - Luigi Antonio Fusco (University of Bologna)  
2:40 PM An expected performance of “Dubna” neutrino telescope for search for high-energy astrophysical neutrinos by detection of high-energy cascades - Zhan Dzhilkibaev  
3:00 PM Predicted sensitivity of the KM3NeT/ARCA detector to a diffuse flux of cosmic neutrinos - Luigi Antonio Fusco (University of Bologna)  
3:20 PM A Surface Array to Study Astrophysical Neutrinos with IceCube-Gen2 - Javier Gonzalez (Bartol Research Institute, Univ Delaware)  
2:00 PM
Parallel Session E - Tommaso Chiarusi (INFN - Sezione di Bologna) Vladimir Aynutdinov (INR RAS, Moscow) (until 3:10 PM) (Aula Rasetti, 2nd floor)
2:00 PM Digital and analog electronics for an autonomous, deep-sea, Gamma Ray Burst Neutrino prototype detector. - Dr Konstantinos Manolopoulos (University of Athens)  
2:18 PM The Trigger and Data Acquisition System for the KM3NeT-Italia towers - Matteo Favaro (INFN - National Institute for Nuclear Physics)  
2:33 PM The KM3NeT-IT Tower data acquisition and data transport electronics - Carlo Alessandro Nicolau (INFN - National Institute for Nuclear Physics)  
2:48 PM NANET3: THE ON-SHORE READOUT AND SLOW-CONTROL BOARD FOR THE KM3NET-IT UNDERWATER NEUTRINO TELESCOPE - Andrea Biagioni (INFN)  
2:00 PM
Parallel Session I - Jim Haugen (UW-Madison) Patrick Lamare (CNRS) (until 4:00 PM) (Aula Careri, 1st floor)
2:00 PM Design and Mass Production of the Optical Modules for KM3NeT-Italia project - Dr Emanuele Leonora (INFN-sezione di Catania)  
2:20 PM Km3Net Italia Seafloor Network - Riccardo PAPALEO (INFN LNS)  
2:40 PM The MEUST deep sea infrastructure in the Toulon site - Patrick Lamare (CNRS)  
3:00 PM GRBNeT - A Prototype Autonomous Neutrino Detector - Konstantinos Pikounis (NCSR Demokritos)  
3:20 PM Baikal-GVD deployment procedures - Igor Belolaptikov  
3:40 PM Deep subsea data transmission : wet mateable hybrid connectors based on dry inserts - Mr Christophe Tardy (POWERSEA)  
3:10 PM
Parallel Session G - Christos Markou (Nat. Cent. for Sci. Res. Demokritos (GR)) Gonzalo Merino (IceCube) Cristiano Bozza (University of Salerno) (until 4:00 PM) (Aula Rasetti, 2nd floor)
3:10 PM IceCube Simulation Production and the Transition to IceProd2 - David Schultz (University of Wisconsin-Madison)  
3:30 PM Enabling Grid Computing resources within the KM3NeT computing model - Christos Filippidis (Nat. Cent. for Sci. Res. Demokritos (GR))  
3:45 PM Using IKAROS as a data transfer and management utility within the KM3NeT computing model - Christos Filippidis (Nat. Cent. for Sci. Res. Demokritos (GR))  
4:10 PM --- coffee break ---
4:30 PM
Parallel Session G - Gonzalo Merino (IceCube) Christos Markou (Nat. Cent. for Sci. Res. Demokritos (GR)) Cristiano Bozza (University of Salerno) (until 5:30 PM) (Aula Rasetti, 2nd floor)
4:30 PM The Relational Database System of KM3NeT - Cristiano Bozza (University of Salerno)  
4:50 PM Application of Data Mining Techniuqes in Atmospheric Neutrino Analyses with IceCube - Tim Ruhe (TU Dortmund)  
5:10 PM A study on implementing a multithreaded version of the SIRENE detector simulation software for high energy neutrinos - Christos Filippidis (Nat. Cent. for Sci. Res. Demokritos (GR))  
4:30 PM
Parallel Session H - maurizio spurio (University of Bologna (Italy)) Thomas Eberl (Erlangen University) Tyce DeYoung (UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND) Spencer Klein (until 7:00 PM) (Aula Careri, 1st floor)
4:30 PM gSeaGen: a GENIE-based code for neutrino telescope - Dr Carla Distefano (LNS-INFN)  
4:50 PM Present theoretical uncertainties on charm hadroproduction in QCD and prompt neutrino fluxes - Maria Vittoria Garzelli  
5:10 PM Atmospheric Flux Uncertainties and the Neutrino Mass Hierarchy - Joakim Sandroos (Universität Mainz, IceCube)  
5:30 PM Neutrino-nucleon cross-sections at energies of Megaton-scale detectors - Dr Askhat Gazizov (GSSI/DESY)  
5:50 PM Neutrino oscillation mass spectrometry with megaton neutrino detectors - Kotoyo Hoshina  
6:10 PM Measurement of the Atmospheric Muon Neutrino Energy Spectrum with IceCube in the 79- and 86-Ctring Configuration - Tim Ruhe (TU Dortmund)  
4:30 PM
Parallel Session J - Jon Dumm (IceCube) (until 6:50 PM) (Aula Amaldi, 1st floor)
4:30 PM Correlation between the UHECRs measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory and Telescope Array and neutrino candidate events from IceCube - Mohamed Rameez (Universite de Geneve (CH))  
4:50 PM Searches of time-dependent neutrino sources using five years of data of the ANTARES telescope - Damien DORNIC (CPPM)  
5:10 PM Capabilities of IceCube's Gamma-Ray, Optical and X-Ray Follow-Up Programs - Thomas Kintscher (DESY)  
5:30 PM Follow-up of high-energy neutrinos detected by the ANTARES telescope - Aurore Mathieu  
5:50 PM The search for TeV gamma-rays associated with IceCube’s high-energy neutrinos using VERITAS - Jon Dumm (Stockholm University)  
6:10 PM Joint search for High Energy neutrinos and gravitational waves with the Antares neutrino telescope and the LIGO-Virgo gravitational waves interferometers - Bruny Baret (CNRS)  
6:30 PM AMON: Transition to Real-Time Operations - Douglas Cowen (Pennsylvania State University)  
5:30 PM
Parallel Session B - Jakob van Santen (University of Wisconsin-Madison) (until 6:51 PM) (Aula Rasetti, second floor)
5:30 PM The Run-by-Run Monte Carlo simulation for the ANTARES experiment - Luigi Antonio Fusco (University of Bologna)  
5:46 PM CORSIKA Modifications for Faster Background Generation - Kyle Jero (University of Wisconsin - Madison)  
6:02 PM 3+N flavor neutrino propgation with NuSQuIDS - Kyle Jero (University of Wisconsin - Madison)  
6:18 PM Energy reconstruction of high energy muon and neutrino events in KM3NeT - Ms EVANGELIA DRAKOPOULOU (N.C.S.R. Demokritos)  
6:34 PM Using the JPP software package in KM3NeT reconstruction algorithms - Karel Melis (Nikhef)  
8:00 PM
Conference Dinner (until 11:00 PM)
12:40 PM --- lunch break ---
1:40 PM
Plenary session 6 - Uli Katz (University of Erlangen) (until 2:40 PM) (Aula Amaldi, first floor)
1:40 PM ANTARES/IceCube multimessenger projects - Juergen Brunner (CPPM)  
2:10 PM APPEC's view - Frank Linde (NIKHEF (NL))  
2:30 PM Workshop closure - Antonio Capone (Universita e INFN, Roma I (IT))