Name: Fundamental Physics in Space and Related Topics
Start: 2000-04-05T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2000-04-07T16:30:00+02:00
Location: CERN

Fundamental Physics in Space and Related Topics

from Wednesday 5 April 2000 (09:00) to Friday 7 April 2000 (16:30)

Monday 3 April 2000
Tuesday 4 April 2000
Wednesday 5 April 2000
09:00
09:00 - 12:15
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Contributions

09:15 New results on the expansion of the Universe - G.A. Tammann

09:30 Vacuum Energy: cosmological constant or quintessence - S. Bludman

09:45 Gravitational lensing of and by galaxies - P. Schneider

10:15 The first quasars and galaxies - P. Shaver

11:00 Galaxy formation - what to expect from NGST - C. Frenk

11:30 FIRST and the NGST: studying the young Universe - R. Genzel

12:00 The Planck project in a world perspective - J.-L. Puget
14:00
14:00 - 16:45
Room: 40-SS-D01
Contributions

14:00 Testing post-Newtonian gravity in the solar system and beyond - C.M. Will

14:30 String theory, gravity and the equivalence principle - T. Damour

15:00 The gravity probe B relativity mission - C.W.F. Everitt

15:30 MICROSCOPE - P. Touboul

16:00 The NASA/ESA collaborative STEP project - N. Lockerbie

16:30 Other future space missions in fundamental physics - A.M. Cruise
14:00 - 17:15
Room: 40-SS-C01
Contributions

14:00 Time projection chambers - P. Mato Vila

14:30 Silicon detectors - M. Mannelli

15:00 Radiation hardened electronics - P. Jarron

15:30 Bolometers - E. Fiorini

16:00 Photomultipliers for astronomy neutrinos - J. Carr

16:30 The data acquisition and data handling challenge - J. Knobloch

17:00 Conceptional design of the superconducting magnet for AMS - H. Hofer
Thursday 6 April 2000
09:00
09:00 - 11:45
Room: 40-SS-D01
Contributions

09:00 Gamma ray bursts - M. Vietri

09:30 X- and gamma-ray astronomy from space - Th. Courvoisier

10:00 Very-high gamma-ray astronomy - E. Lorenz

10:30 Ultra-high energy cosmic rays - M. Boratav

11:00 High-energy neutrino astronomy - L. Sulak

11:30 Neutrinos and origin of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays - A. Kusenko
09:00 - 12:15
Room: 40-SS-C01
Contributions

09:00 Drag free satellite technology - Y. Jafry

09:30 Inertial sensor development for fundamental physics missions - S. Vitale

10:30 Applications of cryogenic detectors - A. Peacock

11:00 The ACES project for the ISS - C. Salomon

11:30 Novel X-ray cameras for XEUS and other future space missions - L. Strueder

12:00 The GEANT4 tool kit: space applications of an HEP development - E. Daly
14:00
14:00 - 17:25
Room: 40-SS-C01
Contributions

14:00 Search for axions - J. Collar

14:30 Machos - M. Spiro

15:00 Search for antimatter and dark matter with AMS - K. Lubelsmeyer

15:30 Solar neutrinos - S. Petcov

16:00 Atmospheric neutrinos - P. Lipari

17:10 Cold Dark Matter - P. Belli
14:00 - 17:15
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Contributions

14:00 Sources of gravitational waves - B. Schutz

14:30 Bar detectors for the detection of gravitational waves - M. Cerdonio

15:00 The LIGO, VIRGO, GEO 600 and TAMA ground-based interferometers - A. Brillet

15:30 The ESA/NASA collaborative LISA cornerstone mission - K. Danzmann

16:00 LISA spacecraft and mission design - M. Sandford

16:30 The LISA technology demonstration satellite ELITE - Y. Jafry

17:00 LISA status in NASA, LISA activities in the US - W.M. Folkner
Friday 7 April 2000
09:00
09:00 - 16:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Contributions

09:00 Address by the Director-General of CERN

09:15 Address by the Director-General of ESA

09:30 Summary of the Cosmology session - L. Woltjer

10:35 Summary of the Gravitation I session - G. Schaefer

11:10 Summary of the Astroparticle Physics I session - P.L. Biermann

11:45 Summary of the Astroparticle physics II session - A. De Rujula

14:00 Summary of the Instrumentation I session - M. Spiro

14:35 Summary of the Instrumetnation II session - G.M. Viertel

15:10 Summary of the Gravitation II session - M. Huber

16:15 Testing general relativity - N. Straumann

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