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)

10:50-11:15: Break

Session chair: Angel Morales

    11:15-11:55: The Cosmic Microwave Background and its Polarization (30+10)

    11:55-12:35: Cosmology with Clusters of Galaxies (30+10)

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)

    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)

    11:45-12:15: Non-cryogenic Dark Matter Experiments (25+5)

    12:15-12:45: Gamma Ray Bursts (25+5)

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)

    9:25-10:05: Results from Kamland (30+10)

    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)
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)

    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)

    11:45-12:15: Underground Laboratories in Japan and North America (25+5)
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)
    11:45-12:15: Interferometer Gravity Wave Detectors (25+5)
    12:15-12:45 Outlook (30+10)
TAUP 2003