Name: Workshop on Cosmic Particles
Start: 2005-02-18T10:00:00+01:00
End: 2005-02-20T14:00:00+01:00
Location: The Cosener's House

Friday 18 February
- 10:00
  
  Coffee
- 10:05
  
  Overview talks
- 10:10
  
  Chair: Prof Norman McCubbin (RAL)
- 1
  Overview Talk on Cosmic Rays
  
  Parts 1, 2 and 3
  
  Speaker: Dr J Knapp (University of Leeds)
  Slides
  
  Knapp_part1.pdf
  
  Knapp_part2.pdf
  
  Knapp_part3.pdf
- 2
  
  What's new in High Energy Gamma Rays
  
  Speaker: Dr P Chadwick (University of Durham)
  
  Talk
- 3
  
  What will we learn (soon) about gamma Ray Bursts
  
  Speaker: Prof. M Ward (University of Durham)
  
  Talk
- 12:15
  
  Lunch
- 13:30
  
  Chair: Prof Nigel Smith (RAL)
- 4
  
  Overview talk on Dark Matter
  
  Speaker: Timothy Sumner (Imperial College London)
  
  Talk
- 5
  
  Neutrino astronomy today
  
  Speaker: Dr D Waters (University College London)
  
  Talk
- 16:00
  
  Tea
- 6
  
  FLASH: A Laboratory calibration for high-energy cosmic-ray experiments
  
  Speaker: Prof. P Sokolsky (University of Utah)
  
  Talk
- 17:05
  
  End of Session
Saturday 19 February
- 7
  
  Hadronic Physics Session
- 09:05
  
  Chair: Prof Norman McCubbin (RAL)
- 8
  
  Neutrino production in the atmosphere and accelerator hadron-yield measurements
  
  Speaker: Dr G Barr (University of Oxford)
  
  Talk
- 9
  
  Hadronic diffraction and cosmic-ray showers
  
  Speaker: Dr M.G. Albrow (FNAL)
  
  Talk
- 10:45
  
  Coffee
- 10
  
  Modelling of hadronic showers
  
  Speaker: Dr R Engel (Karlsruhe)
  
  Talk
- 11:50
  
  Lunch
- 13:30
  
  Chair: Prof R Bingham (RAL)
- 11
  
  Mechanisms of Cosmic Ray Acceleration
  
  Speaker: Prof. T Bell (Imperial College)
  
  Talk
- 12
  
  What can we learn about CR acceleration from observation?
  
  Speaker: Prof. L Drury (University of Dublin)
  
  Talk
- 15:15
  
  Tea
- 13
  
  Attempting to explain the cosmic-ray spectrum
  
  Speaker: Prof. A.M. Hillas (University of Leeds)
  
  Talk
- 14
  
  Dark Matter and Ultra-High energy Cosmic Rays
  
  Speaker: Dr S Sarkar (University of Oxford)
  
  Talk
- 16:55
  
  End of session
Sunday 20 February
- 08:45
  
  Future Projects and Possible UK Involvement
- 08:55
  
  Chair: Alan Watson (Leeds)
- 15
  
  Scene-setting - PPARC Science Committee
  
  Speaker: Prof. M Ward (University of Durham)
- 16
  
  Prospect for Auger
  
  Speaker: Prof. J Bluemer (Karlsruhe)
  
  Talk
- 17
  
  Proepects for neutrino astronomy
  
  Speaker: Dr L Thompson (University of Sheffield)
  
  Talk
- 10:40
  
  Coffee
- 18
  
  Future of gamma ray astronomy and perspectives for the UK
  
  Speaker: Dr J Rose (University of Leeds)
  
  Talk
- 19
  
  Furture prospects for large-scale and directional Dark Matter detectors
  
  Speaker: Prof. N Spooner (University of Sheffield)
  
  Talk
- 12:30
  
  Lunch
- 13:45
  
  End of session