Workshop on Cosmic Particles
18 Feb 2005, 10:00
→
20 Feb 2005, 14:00
Europe/Zurich
The Cosener's House
The Cosener's House
Abingdon Oxfordshire
Norman McCubbin
(
CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
)
Description
Sponsored by CCLRC Centre for Fundamental Physics*-
Friday 18 February
Fri 18 Feb
Sat 19 Feb
Sun 20 Feb
10:00
→
10:05
Coffee
5m
10:05
→
10:10
Overview talks
5m
10:10
→
10:15
Chair: Prof Norman McCubbin (RAL)
5m
10:15
→
11:15
Overview Talk on Cosmic Rays
1h
Parts 1, 2 and 3
Speaker
:
Dr
J Knapp
(
University of Leeds
)
Slides
Knapp_part1.pdf
Knapp_part2.pdf
Knapp_part3.pdf
11:15
→
11:55
What's new in High Energy Gamma Rays
40m
Speaker
:
Dr
P Chadwick
(
University of Durham
)
Talk
11:55
→
12:15
What will we learn (soon) about gamma Ray Bursts
20m
Speaker
:
Prof.
M Ward
(
University of Durham
)
Talk
12:15
→
13:30
Lunch
1h 15m
13:30
→
13:45
Chair: Prof Nigel Smith (RAL)
15m
13:45
→
14:45
Overview talk on Dark Matter
1h
Speaker
:
Timothy Sumner
(
Imperial College London
)
Talk
14:45
→
15:30
Neutrino astronomy today
45m
Speaker
:
Dr
D Waters
(
University College London
)
Talk
16:00
→
16:20
Tea
20m
16:20
→
17:05
FLASH: A Laboratory calibration for high-energy cosmic-ray experiments
45m
Speaker
:
Prof.
P Sokolsky
(
University of Utah
)
Talk
17:05
→
17:20
End of Session
15m
Saturday 19 February
Fri 18 Feb
Sat 19 Feb
Sun 20 Feb
09:00
→
09:05
Hadronic Physics Session
5m
09:05
→
09:10
Chair: Prof Norman McCubbin (RAL)
5m
09:15
→
10:00
Neutrino production in the atmosphere and accelerator hadron-yield measurements
45m
Speaker
:
Dr
G Barr
(
University of Oxford
)
Talk
10:00
→
10:45
Hadronic diffraction and cosmic-ray showers
45m
Speaker
:
Dr
M.G. Albrow
(
FNAL
)
Talk
10:45
→
11:05
Coffee
20m
11:05
→
11:50
Modelling of hadronic showers
45m
Speaker
:
Dr
R Engel
(
Karlsruhe
)
Talk
11:50
→
13:30
Lunch
1h 40m
13:30
→
13:45
Chair: Prof R Bingham (RAL)
15m
13:45
→
14:30
Mechanisms of Cosmic Ray Acceleration
45m
Speaker
:
Prof.
T Bell
(
Imperial College
)
Talk
14:30
→
15:15
What can we learn about CR acceleration from observation?
45m
Speaker
:
Prof.
L Drury
(
University of Dublin
)
Talk
15:15
→
15:35
Tea
20m
15:35
→
16:20
Attempting to explain the cosmic-ray spectrum
45m
Speaker
:
Prof.
A.M. Hillas
(
University of Leeds
)
Talk
16:20
→
16:55
Dark Matter and Ultra-High energy Cosmic Rays
35m
Speaker
:
Dr
S Sarkar
(
University of Oxford
)
Talk
16:55
→
17:10
End of session
15m
Sunday 20 February
Fri 18 Feb
Sat 19 Feb
Sun 20 Feb
08:45
→
08:55
Future Projects and Possible UK Involvement
10m
08:55
→
09:00
Chair: Alan Watson (Leeds)
5m
09:00
→
09:10
Scene-setting - PPARC Science Committee
10m
Speaker
:
Prof.
M Ward
(
University of Durham
)
09:10
→
09:55
Prospect for Auger
45m
Speaker
:
Prof.
J Bluemer
(
Karlsruhe
)
Talk
09:55
→
10:40
Proepects for neutrino astronomy
45m
Speaker
:
Dr
L Thompson
(
University of Sheffield
)
Talk
10:40
→
11:00
Coffee
20m
11:00
→
11:45
Future of gamma ray astronomy and perspectives for the UK
45m
Speaker
:
Dr
J Rose
(
University of Leeds
)
Talk
11:45
→
12:30
Furture prospects for large-scale and directional Dark Matter detectors
45m
Speaker
:
Prof.
N Spooner
(
University of Sheffield
)
Talk
12:30
→
13:45
Lunch
1h 15m
13:45
→
14:00
End of session
15m