XSCRC2019: Cross sections for Cosmic Rays @ CERN

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4/3-006 - TH Conference Room (CERN)

4/3-006 - TH Conference Room

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Description

Cosmic-ray (CR) physics in the GeV-TeV range has entered a precision era with recent data from space-based experiments. However, the poor knowledge of nuclear reactions (production of antimatter and secondary nuclei) limits the information that can be extracted from these data (source properties, transport in the Galaxy, indirect searches for dark matter).

The first edition of this workshop was held in 2017 (XSCRC17, see indico pages here). Its goal, bringing together different communities (CR theorists, CR experimentalists, nuclear and particle physicists), was to review theoretical motivations for CR studies, new CR data, and how the modelling of CRs crucially depends on nuclear reactions. The workshop was also strongly aimed at presenting current efforts and discussing forthcoming perspectives for particle/nuclear measurement campaigns.

This second edition will review the advances made in the last two years, and highlight some results obtained thanks to collaborations started during the first edition. We also hope that this edition will further strengthen these emergent synergies, taking advantage of the complementarity and know-how in different communities: the challenges that pose the interpretation of high-precision CR data can only be undertaken with a collective and coordinated effort.

Duration: The workshop will start Wednesday, November 13 at 2pm, and will end Friday, November 15 by 4pm.  

Organizing Committee:  B. Bertucci (Un. Perugia), F. Donato (Un. Torino, chair), J. Kopp  (CERN), D. Maurin (LPSC, Grenoble, co-chair), M. Unger (KIT, Karlsruhe) 

Scientific Advisory Committee: O. Adriani (Un. Florence), M. Gadzicki (Un. Frankfurt), G. Giudice (CERN), G. Passaleva (INFN Florence), P. Salati (LAPTH,  Annecy), A. Strong (MPE, Garching)

 

Invited collaborations: AMS-02, CALET, COMPASS++/AMBER, DAMPE, GAPS, LHCb, NA61/SHINE

Invited Speakers: Jean-Marc Casandjian (CEA, Saclay), Marco Cirelli (LPNHE, Paris), Yoann Genolini (ULB, Bruxelles), Diego M. Gomez-Coral (Unam, Mexico City), Diego Gruyer (LPC Caen), Jason Hirtz (Bern University), Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN), Leslie Kerby (Idhao State University), Michael Korsmeier (University of Torino), Jose Luis Rodriguez Sanchez (GSI), Nicola Tomassetti (University of Perugia)

Contributed talks (deadline for submission 11th Oct): available, submit a title and abstract to donato@to.infn.it and dmaurin@lpsc.in2p3.fr

N.B.: timetable is preliminary (final version expected for mid-October)!

Participants
  • Alberto Oliva
  • Alessio Tiberio
  • ATSUSHI TAMII
  • Bruna Bertucci
  • Carmelo Evoli
  • David MAURIN
  • Davide Giordano
  • Denise Boncioli
  • Diego Gomez
  • Diego Gruyer
  • Fiorenza Donato
  • Francesca Giovacchini
  • Giacomo Graziani
  • Giorgio Galanti
  • Hans Peter Dembinski
  • Jason Hirtz
  • Jean-Christophe David
  • Jean-Marc Casandjian
  • Jiahui Wei
  • Jie Feng
  • Joachim Kopp
  • Jose Luis Rodriguez Sanchez
  • Leonel Morejon
  • Leslie Kerby
  • Lorenzo Pacini
  • Manuel Colocci
  • Marco Cirelli
  • MARCO RICCI
  • Matteo Duranti
  • Mercedes Paniccia
  • Michael Unger
  • Nicola Tomassetti
  • Nicolao Fornengo
  • paolo maestro
  • Pedro De la Torre Luque
  • Philipp Mertsch
  • Pier Simone Marrocchesi
  • Qi Yan
  • Ranjan Laha
  • Riccardo Munini
  • Sandipan Bhattacherjee
  • Saverio Mariani
  • Valerio Formato
  • Valerio Vagelli
  • Valery Zhukov
  • Vitalii Okorokov
  • Vladimir Ivantchenko
  • Xiaoting Qin
  • Xin Wu
  • Yao Chen
  • Zhen Liu
    • 2:00 PM 2:05 PM
      Welcome to CERN (TBC) 5m
    • 2:05 PM 2:15 PM
      Welcome to the workshop 10m
      Speaker: Prof. Fiorenza Donato (Torino University)
    • 2:15 PM 3:45 PM
      Introduction and motivations: astrophysics and dark matter
      Convener: David Alain Maurin (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))
    • 3:45 PM 4:15 PM
      Coffee Break 30m
    • 4:15 PM 6:30 PM
      Relevant cross sections: present and desired precision
      Convener: Philipp Mertsch (RWTH Aachen University)
      • 4:15 PM
        Ranking of nuclear reactions for CR physics 30m
        Speaker: Yoann Genolini (LAPTh)
      • 4:45 PM
        Antiproton production cross sections 30m
        Speaker: Michael Korsmeier (University of Torino)
      • 5:15 PM
        AMS-02 antiprotons are consistent with a secondary astrophysical origin 25m
        Speaker: Dr Mathieu Boudaud (LPTHE Paris)
      • 5:40 PM
        Antideuteron and anti-helium cross sections 30m
        Speaker: Diego Mauricio Gomez Coral (University of Hawai'i at Manoa (US))
    • 9:00 AM 11:15 AM
      CR experiments and data
      Convener: Paolo Maestro (Universita degli studi di Siena (IT))
    • 11:15 AM 11:45 AM
      Coffee Break 30m
    • 11:45 AM 1:15 PM
      Nuclear cross sections and related topics
      Convener: Mercedes Paniccia (Departement de Physique Nucleaire et Corpusculaire (DPNC))
      • 11:45 AM
        Cross section measurements with AMS-02 30m
        Speaker: Qi Yan (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US))
      • 12:15 PM
        MCMC study of propagation diffusion parameters of cosmic rays from the ratios of boron, lithium and beryllium to carbon and oxygen 25m
        Speaker: Pedro De La Torre Luque (Bari University & INFN)
      • 12:40 PM
        Cosmogenic nuclide production in meteoroids and planetary atmospheres 30m
        Speaker: Jason Hirtz
    • 1:15 PM 2:30 PM
      Lunch 1h 15m
    • 2:30 PM 4:00 PM
      Monte Carlo, event generators, and models
      Convener: Fiorenza Donato (INFN - National Institute for Nuclear Physics)
      • 3:15 PM
        CEM and LAQGSM event generators 45m
        Speaker: Dr Leslie Kerby (Center for Advanced Energy Studies)
    • 4:00 PM 4:30 PM
      Coffee Break 30m
    • 4:30 PM 6:05 PM
      Cross sections and Ultra-high energy CRs
      Convener: Michael Unger (KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE))
      • 4:30 PM
        Uncertainties and relevance of photo-nuclear processes for UHECR propagation 25m
        Speaker: Denise Boncioli
      • 4:55 PM
        PANDORA project: measurement of nuclear photo-disintegrations for extragalactic propagation of UHECRs 25m
        Speaker: Dr Atsushi Tamii (Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University)
      • 5:20 PM
        Proton-oxygen cross sections, the muon puzzle, and possibilities to solve it 25m
        Speaker: Dr Hans Peter Dembinski (Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg)
      • 5:45 PM
        "Revisiting $\gamma\gamma$ absorption for UHE photons 20m
        Speaker: Giorgio Galanti (INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera)
    • 8:50 AM 11:00 AM
      Particle physics experiments and data
      Convener: Joachim Kopp (CERN)
      • 8:50 AM
        Nuclear fragmentation measurements with NA61/SHINE -- results and prospects 30m
        Speaker: Michael Unger (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology)
      • 9:20 AM
        The COMPASS++/AMBER program for p-bar production cross-sections measurements 30m
        Speaker: Paolo Zuccon (Universita degli Studi di Trento è INFN (IT))
      • 9:50 AM
        Antiproton and charm production in proton-nucleus collisions with LHCb and prospects 45m
        Speaker: Giacomo Graziani (INFN, Sezione di Firenze (IT))
      • 10:35 AM
        Recent results on nuclei and antinuclei production in ALICE at the LHC 25m
        Speaker: Manuel Colocci (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))
    • 11:00 AM 11:30 AM
      Coffee Break 30m
    • 11:30 AM 12:45 PM
      Nuclear physics facilities and data
      Convener: Dr Michela Chiosso (University of Torino and INFN)
      • 11:30 AM
        The GSI and FAIR facilities: Recent results and future perspectives 45m
        Speaker: Jose Luis Rodriguez Sanchez (University of Santiago de Compostela)
      • 12:15 PM
        Fragmentation cross section measurements: possible synergies with nuclear dynamics and hadrontherapy studies 30m
        Speaker: Dr Diego Gruyer (LPC Caen)
    • 12:45 PM 1:00 PM
      Final remarks 15m