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
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
Fri 18 Feb
Sat 19 Feb
Sun 20 Feb
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
Fri 18 Feb
Sat 19 Feb
Sun 20 Feb
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