XSCRC2019: Cross sections for Cosmic Rays @ CERN

13 Nov 2019, 09:00 → 15 Nov 2019, 14:00 Europe/Zurich

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

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)!

Wednesday, 13 November

1 Welcome to CERN (TBC)

2 Welcome to the workshop

Speaker: Prof. Fiorenza Donato (Torino University)

Introduction and motivations: astrophysics and dark matter

Convener: David Alain Maurin (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

3 Galactic cosmic-ray propagation and cross sections

Speaker: Nicola Tomassetti (Perugia University & INFN- Perugia)

Tomassetti_13Nov2019_XSCRC_CRPheno.pdf

4 The gamma-ray sky and impact of cross-section uncertainties

Speaker: Mr Jean-Marc Casandjan

XSCRC_CERN_2019.pdf

5 Indirect detection of dark matter in CRs

Speaker: Marco Cirelli (CNRS LPTHE Jussieu)

15.DMid.XCSCRC_2019_CERN.pdf

15:45 Coffee Break

Relevant cross sections: present and desired precision

Convener: Philipp Mertsch (RWTH Aachen University)

6 Ranking of nuclear reactions for CR physics

Speaker: Yoann Genolini (LAPTh)

Presentation_genolini_XS.pdf

7 Antiproton production cross sections

Speaker: Michael Korsmeier (University of Torino)

Korsmeier–XSCRC.pdf

8 AMS-02 antiprotons are consistent with a secondary astrophysical origin

Speaker: Dr Mathieu Boudaud (LPTHE Paris)

pbar_boudaud.pdf

9 Antideuteron and anti-helium cross sections

Speaker: Diego Mauricio Gomez Coral (University of Hawai'i at Manoa (US))

pres_XSCRC_2019.pdf

Thursday, 14 November

CR experiments and data

Convener: Paolo Maestro (Universita degli studi di Siena (IT))

10 Recent results on galactic cosmic rays with the AMS experiment.

Speaker: Alberto Oliva (Centro de Investigaciones Energéti cas Medioambientales y Tecno)

XSCRC2019 - Recent results on galactic cosmic rays with the AMS experiment - A. Oliva.pdf

11 Recent results on galactic cosmic rays with the CALET experiment.

Speaker: Pier Simone Marrocchesi (Universita degli studi di Siena (IT))

Marrocchesi-XSCRC19_Presentation_v0.pdf

12 Recent results on galactic cosmic rays with the DAMPE experiment.

Speaker: Xin Wu (Universite de Geneve (CH))

XSCRC2019_XinWu.pdf

13 GAPS status and physics goals

Speaker: Riccardo Munini (INFN - Universita Studi Trieste)

XSCRC2019_GAPS_New1.pdf

11:15 Coffee Break

Nuclear cross sections and related topics

Convener: Mercedes Paniccia (Departement de Physique Nucleaire et Corpusculaire (DPNC))

14 Cross section measurements with AMS-02

Speaker: Qi Yan (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US))

XSCRC2019XS_QiYan.pdf

15 MCMC study of propagation diffusion parameters of cosmic rays from the ratios of boron, lithium and beryllium to carbon and oxygen

Speaker: Pedro De La Torre Luque (Bari University & INFN)

Presentation_XSCR_pdf.pdf

16 Cosmogenic nuclide production in meteoroids and planetary atmospheres

Speaker: Jason Hirtz

cern-2019.pdf

13:15 Lunch

Monte Carlo, event generators, and models

Convener: Fiorenza Donato (INFN - National Institute for Nuclear Physics)

17 GEANT4, Models and links to cosmic rays, gamma rays, and accelerator physics

Speaker: Prof. Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN)

Geant4Physics.pdf

18 CEM and LAQGSM event generators

Speaker: Dr Leslie Kerby (Center for Advanced Energy Studies)

CERN_Presentation.pdf

16:00 Coffee Break

Cross sections and Ultra-high energy CRs

Convener: Michael Unger (KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE))

19 Uncertainties and relevance of photo-nuclear processes for UHECR propagation

Speaker: Denise Boncioli

Boncioli_XSCRC_CERN_2019.pdf

20 PANDORA project: measurement of nuclear photo-disintegrations for extragalactic propagation of UHECRs

Speaker: Dr Atsushi Tamii (Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University)

XSCRC2019_Tamii.pdf

21 Proton-oxygen cross sections, the muon puzzle, and possibilities to solve it

Speaker: Dr Hans Peter Dembinski (Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg)

2019_11_XSCRC_pO.pdf

22 "Revisiting $\gamma\gamma$ absorption for UHE photons

Speaker: Giorgio Galanti (INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera)

Galanti-UHEphotons.pdf

Friday, 15 November

Particle physics experiments and data

Convener: Joachim Kopp (CERN)

23 Nuclear fragmentation measurements with NA61/SHINE -- results and prospects

Speaker: Michael Unger (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology)

xscr.pdf

24 The COMPASS++/AMBER program for p-bar production cross-sections measurements

Speaker: Paolo Zuccon (Universita degli Studi di Trento è INFN (IT))

XSCRC2019_zuccon.pdf

25 Antiproton and charm production in proton-nucleus collisions with LHCb and prospects

Speaker: Giacomo Graziani (INFN, Sezione di Firenze (IT))

xscrc2019_LHCb_graziani.pdf

26 Recent results on nuclei and antinuclei production in ALICE at the LHC

Speaker: Manuel Colocci (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))

Nuclei2019_ManuelColocci.pdf

11:00 Coffee Break

Nuclear physics facilities and data

Convener: Dr Michela Chiosso (University of Torino and INFN)

27 The GSI and FAIR facilities: Recent results and future perspectives

Speaker: Jose Luis Rodriguez Sanchez (University of Santiago de Compostela)

Presentation_xscr19.pdf

28 Fragmentation cross section measurements: possible synergies with nuclear dynamics and hadrontherapy studies

Speaker: Dr Diego Gruyer (LPC Caen)

Gruyer_XSCRC19_short.pdf

29 Final remarks