TAUP 2003
EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON
TOPICS IN ASTROPARTICLE AND UNDERGROUND PHYSICS
September 5 - 9, 2003
University of Washington,
Seattle, Washington
Scientific Program *View talks online*
September 4: Opening reception, Walker-Ames room, 7-9 pm
September 5: Cosmological Issues Location: Kane 120
Session chair: Frank Avignone
8:45-8:50: Welcome to TAUP 2003 (5 minutes)
8:50-9:30: Open Problems in Cosmology (30+10)
9:30-10:10: Cosmological Parameters (30+10)
10:10-10:50: SNIas and Dark Energy (30+10)
(Bruno Leibundgut, Garching)
10:50-11:15: Break
Session chair: Angel Morales
11:15-11:55: The Cosmic Microwave Background and its Polarization (30+10)
(John Carlstrom, Chicago)
11:55-12:35: Cosmology with Clusters
of Galaxies (30+10)
(Neta Bahcall, Princeton)
12:35-2:00: Lunch
Afternoon Parallel Workshops Location: Physics Bldg. 2:00-5:30 pm
- Dark Matter I and II *Session I Schedule* *Session II Schedule*
(Convenors: Daniel Akerib, akerib@cwru.edu
Sandro Bottino, alessandro.bottino@to.infn.it
Angel Morales, amorales@posta.unizar.es)
- Large Scale Structure, CMB, and other Cosmology *Session Schedule*
(Convenors: Michel Spiro, spiro@hep.saclay.cea.fr
Kev Abazajian, aba@fnal.gov)
- Solar and Other Low-Energy Neutrino Physics - I *Session Schedule*
(Convenors: Enrico Bellotti, enrico.bellotti@lngs.infn.it
Kai Zuber, kai.zuber@physics.ox.ac.uk
John Wilkerson, jfw@u.washington.edu )
September 6: Dark Matter Location: Kane 120
Session chair: Bernard Sadoulet
8:45-9:25: Dark Matter Constituents (30+10)
(Lars Bergstrom, Stockholm)
9:25-10:05: Galaxy Formation and Cold Dark Matter (30+10)
10:05-10:45: Gravitational Lensing and Dark Matter (30+10)
10:45-11:15: Break
Session chair: Sandro Bottino
11:15-11:45: Cryogenic Dark Matter Experiments (25+5)
(Wolfgang Seidel, MPI Munich)
11:45-12:15: Non-cryogenic Dark Matter Experiments (25+5)
(Angel Morales, Zaragosa)
12:15-12:45: Gamma Ray Bursts (25+5)
(Chryssa Kouveliotou, NASA Huntsville)
12:45-2:00 pm: Lunch
Afternoon Parallel Workshops Location: Physics Bldg. 2:00-5:30 pm
- Dark Matter III. *Session Schedule*
(Convenors: Daniel Akerib, akerib@cwru.edu
Sandro Bottino, alessandro.bottino@to.infn.it
Angel Morales, amorales@posta.unizar.es)
- High Energy Astrophysics I *Session Schedule*
(Convenors: Venya Berezinsky, berezinsky@lngs.infn.it
Eckart Lorenz, ecl@mppmu.mpg.de
Stefan Westerhoff, westerhoff@nevis.columbia.edu)
- Nucleon Decay: *Session Schedule*
(Convenors: Mario Campanelli, Mario.Campanelli@cern.ch
Masato Shiozawa, masato@suketto.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Hank Sobel, sobel@master.ps.uci.edu)
- Double Beta Decay: *Session Schedule*
(Convenors: Frank Avignone, waters@psc.psc.sc.edu
Hiro Ejiri, ejiri@rcnpax.rcnp.osaka-u.ac.jp
Jouni Suhonen, suhonen@phys.jyu.fi)
Poster Session Location: Physics Bldg. 5:30 pm
September 7: Neutrino Physics Location: Kane 120
Session chair: Taka Kajita
8:45-9:25: Results from SNO and other Solar Neutrino Experiments (30+10)
(R.G. Hamish Robertson, U. Washington)
9:25-10:05: Results from Kamland (30+10)
(Patrick Decowski, Lawrence Berkeley Lab)
10:05-10:45: Neutrino Mass, Phenomenology and Cosmology (30+10)
10:45-11:15: Break
Session chair: Tom Bowles
11:15-11:45: Current Double Beta Decay Experiments (25+5)
11:45-12:15: Neutrino Mass Patterns and Future Double Beta Decay Searches (25+5)
12:15-12:45: Direct Neutrino Mass Searches (25+5)
(Guido Drexlin, Karlsruhe)
12:45-2:00 pm: Lunch
Afternoon Parallel Workshops Location: Physics Bldg. 2:00-5:30 pm
- High Energy Astrophysics II *Session Schedule*
(Convenors: Venya Berezinsky, berezinsky@lngs.infn.it
Eckart Lorenz, ecl@mppmu.mpg.de
Stefan Westerhoff, westerhoff@nevis.columbia.edu)
- Solar and Other Low-Energy Neutrino Physics - II *Session Schedule*
(Convenors: Enrico Bellotti, enrico.bellotti@lngs.infn.it
Kai Zuber, kai.zuber@physics.ox.ac.uk
John Wilkerson, jfw@u.washington.edu )
7:30 pm: Special Evening Public Lecture Location: Kane 120
Session chair: Wick Haxton
Professor Michael Turner
University of Chicago
Title: The Dark Side of the Universe:
Beyond stars and the starstuff we are made of
September 8: Underground Physics of Large Detectors Location: Kane 120
Session chair: John Peoples
8:45-9:25: MINOS, OPERA, and ICARUS (30+10)
(Francesco Arneodo, Gran Sasso)
9:25-10:05: CP Violation, Long Baselines, and New Neutrino Beams (30+10)
10:05-10:45: Next-Generation Nucleon Decay Experiments (30+10)
10:45-11:15: Break
Session chair: Venya Berezinsky
11:15-11:45: Underground Laboratories in Europe (25+5)
(Sandro Bettini, Gran Sasso)
11:45-12:15: Underground Laboratories in Japan and North America (25+5)
(David Sinclair, Carleton)
12:15-1:30 pm: Lunch
Afternoon Parallel Workshops Location: Physics Bldg. 1:30-4:00 pm
- Atmospheric Neutrinos, Long Baseline Neutrino Experiments, and New Neutrino Beams *Session Schedule*
(Convenors: Jose Bernabeu, jose.bernabeu@uv.es
David Cline, dcline@physics.ucla.edu
Kate Scholberg, schol@mit.edu)
- Gravity and Gravitational Waves: *Session Schedule*
(Convenors: Massimo Cerdonio, Massimo.Cerdonio@pd.infn.it
Fred Raab, raab_f@ligo-wa.caltech.edu
Scott Hughes, sahughes@mit.edu)
-Outreach/Education: *Session Schedule*
(Convenors: Roberta Antolini, antolini@lngs.infn.it
Len Bugel, bugel@fnal.gov
Evalyn Gates, gates@oddjob.uchicago.edu)
4:30: Walk to Henry Art Gallery, board buses to Pier 55
5:10: Board "Spirit of Seattle" at Pier 55
5:30: Sailing
7:00: Arrive Kiana
9:00-9:15: Board and depart Kiana
10:30: Arrive Pier 55 (buses back to UW)
September 9: High Energy Astrophysics/Gravitational Waves Location: Kane 120
Session chair: Tom Gaisser
8:45-9:25: Ultra HE Cosmic Rays (30+10)
9:25-10:05: High Energy Gamma Ray Astronomy: Fundamental Physics Results (30+10)
10:05-10:45: High Energy Neutrino Astrophysics (30+10)
10:45-11:15: Break
Session chair: Enrique Fernandez
11:15-11:45: Resonant Gravity Wave Antennas (25+5)
(Giorgio Frossati, Univ. Leiden)
11:45-12:15: Interferometer Gravity Wave Detectors (25+5)
12:15-12:45 Outlook (30+10)
TAUP 2003