Workshop on Cosmic Particles

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*-
    • 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)
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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