VietNam 2004

5th Rencontres du Vietnam

Particle Physics and Astrophysics

Hanoi

August 5 to August 11, 2004

Sous le Haut Patronage de Monsieur Jacques Chirac, Président de la République française

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New views on the Universe

Updated 20/7/04

The Rencontres du Vietnam began with a meeting in Hanoi on Particle Physics and Astrophysics in December 1993; a second one was held in Saigon in October 1995. The third Rencontres du Vietnam, devoted to Condensed Matter Physics was held in Hanoi in January 1999. The fourth Rencontres du Vietnam, entitled Physics at Extreme Energies, was also held in Hanoi in July 2000.

The aim of the Rencontres has been to extend the successful international collaboration of Europe, Russia, Japan and the United States in these rapidly evolving fields to the emerging Pacific rim countries.

The number of countries represented and the presence of leading scientists has emphasised the importance which the international community places on scientific links with Vietnam.

As a natural continuation of this series, two parallel conferences, one on particle physics and the other on astrophysics, will be organised in 2004. This section concerns the astrophysics conference. For general information concerning the two conferences, you should click here; the home site of the Vth Rencontres du Vietnam is http://vietnam.in2p3.fr/2004/astro/index.htm.

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International Advisory Committee: Katsushi Arisaka (USA), Marcel Arnould (Belgium), Pierre Binetruy (France), Catherine Cesarsky (ESO), Françoise Combes (France), Bill Forman (USA), Stavros Katsanevas (France), Ofar Lahav (UK), Andrei Linde (USA), Franco Pacini, (Italy), Bruce Partridge (USA), Jacques Paul (France), Jim Peebles (USA), Hubert Reeves (France), Joe Silk (UK), Trinh Xuan Thuan (USA), Gabriele Veneziano (CERN), Laurent Vigroux (France), Trevor Weekes (USA), Xiang Ping Wu (China) Local Organising Committee: Nguyen Ai Viet (Hanoi), Nguyen Anh Ky (Hanoi), Nguyen Mong Giao (Ho Chi Minh), Nguyen Gia Lap (Hanoi), Nguyen Van Hieu - Chairman (Hanoi), Vo Van Thuan (Hanoi)

Scientific Programme Committee Reza Ansari (IN2P3, France), Peter von Balmoos (CESR, France), Murat Boratav (LPNHE,France), Fabien Cavalier (LAL, France), Gabriel Chardin (CEA, France), Ludwik Celnikier (Meudon Observatory, France), David Elbaz (CEA, France), Yannick Giraud-Héraud (College de France and APC Paris7), Francois Hammer (Meudon Observatory, France), Jean Kaplan (College de France and APC Paris7), Yannick Mellier (IAP, France), Robert Mochkovitch (IAP, France), Guenter Sigl (IAP, France), Jean Tran Thanh Van (Orsay University, France), Marie Treyer (Marseille University, France), Sylvie Vauclair (Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, France)

The Astrophysics conference secretary is:

Ms. Sabine KIMMEL , Observatoire de Paris Meudon, Place Jules Janssen , 92195 Meudon, France ; Tel : 33 (0)1 45077414; Fax : 33 (0)1 45077709 email: vietnam.confs@obspm.fr

Scientific programme as of 20/07/04

(still subject to minor changes)

Thursday, August 5: arrival of participants in Hanoi

Friday, August 6:

• morning: final registration, welcome
  • keynote talk: A. Olinto
• afternoon: session on Gamma Ray Bursters - chairman M. Lemoine
  • observational properties of the prompt emission of GRBs: J.-L Atteia
  • review on recent experimental results on GRBs: G. Barbiellini, A. Celotti, G. Ghirlanda, F. Longo, Z. Bosnjak
  • ariability of gamma ray bursts: A. Pozanenko, C. Barat, V. Loznikov, R. Preece
  • GRBs - a theoretical puzzle: R. Mochkovich
  • Detecting and observing GRBs : problems and solutions?: M. Boer

Saturday, August 7:

• morning: session on large scale structures in the Universe - chairman M. Treyer
  • Recent CMB observations and their impact on cosmology: O. Dore
  • The First Luminous Objects: Peng Oh
  • The origin of galaxies: Simon Lilly
  • Primordial galaxies in the local universe: Trin Xuan Thuan
  • Galex all sky uv survey: stellar evolution/formation: C. Martin
• afternoon: session on gravitational wave physics
  • towards Advanced Gravitational Wave Detectors -a review of gravitational wave research around the world: D. Blair and Ju Li
  • the status of the VIRGO: C. Bradaschia
  • dual bar detector systems: L. Taffarello
  • status of TAMA300, an interferometric gravitaional wave detector in Japan: M. Ando
  • Recent advances in the search for new forces over the nonometer scale: E. Fischbach

Sunday, August 8:

• morning: parallel sessions - click here for more information

• gamma ray bursters - chairman M. Boer
  • J. L. Atteia: GRB observations with HETE2
  • C. Barraud, J. L. Atteia, R. Mochkovitch, F. Daigne (HETE team): observations and nature of X-ray flashes
  • A. Filippenko: Supernovae Associated with GRBs
  • A. Filippenko: KAIT Optical Observations of GRB afterglows
  • R. Mochkovitch and F. Daigne: The mysterious association of GRB 980425 with SN 98 bw
  • G.Barbiellini,Z.Bosnjak,A.Celotti,G.Ghirlanda,F.Longo: Compton Tails in Long Duration Gamma- Ray Burst (GRB). Are GRB Luminous Candle after Absorption Correction?
  • E. Parizot: Indirect manifestation of GRBs in the Galaxy: Compton trails and positrons
  • A.Pozanenko, G.Beskin, S.Bondar, A.Biryukov, K.Hurley, E.Ivanov, S.Karpov, V.Loznikov, V.Rumyantsev, I.Zolotukhin: A Search for prompt Gamma-Ray Burst emission with a new wide field optical camera
  • M. Lemoine: New aspects of cosmic ray propagation
• dark matter and energy - chairman P. Somers
  • P. Tisserand and A. Milsztajn: Final results on galactic dark matter from the EROS-2 microlensing survey of the Magellanic Clouds
  • Hien Trong Nguyen: Spitzer Space Telescope Observations of the Aftermath of Microlensing Event MACHO-LMC-5
  • L. Duong: Dark matter direct detection with CDMS-Soudan
  • E. Aprile: Status of the XENON dark matter experiment
  • T. Siedenburg: Dark Matter Detection with AMS02
  • P. Frampton: Enhanced big rip without dark energy
  • G. Chardin, for the Edelweiss collaboration: Final results for the Edelweiss-I experiment
  • A. Green: Effect of astrophysical input on WIMP direct detection signals
  • Neven Bili\'{c}, Gary B. Tupper and Raoul D. Viollier: Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter in the Galaxies
  • F. Henry-Couannier: Negative energies: the dark side of gravity
• nuclear astrophysics: - chairman A. Coc
  • V. Tatischeff, Kiener J.(1), Gros M.:Physical Implications of INTEGRAL/SPI Gamma-Ray Line Measurements of the 2003 October 28 Solar Flare
  • C. Spitaleri: Experimental study of reactions via the Trojan Horse Method
  • A. Tumino, M. La Cognata, A. Musumarra, C. Spitaleri, C. Bonomo, S. Cherubini, L. Lamia, M.G. Pellegriti, R.G. Pizzone, A. Rinollo, S. Romano: Recent astrophysical application of the Trojan Horse Method
  • P. von Balmoos: A crystal diffraction telescope for nuclear astrophysics
  • L. Audoin et al: Latest results on spallation cross sections at energies relevant for the study of cosmic rays propagation
  • F. Hammache: The solar reaction 7Be(p,gamma)8B status
• cosmic microwave background
  • L. Griffiths Ord and H. Lineweaver: From COBE to WMAP: A Decade of Data Under Scrutiny
  • O. Doré: WMAPing the Cosmos
  • S.L. Dubovsky, D.S. Gorbunov, G.I. Rubtsov Narrowing the window for millicharged particles by CMB anisotropy
  • F. Ravndal: Modified gravity and the ISW effect
• gravity and gravitational wave physics
  • C. Blair, D. Coward, E. Howell and R. Burman: Time dependence of the cosmological astrophysical background of gravitational waves
  • Ju Li: Status of Australian (ACIGA) High Optical Power Facility for Advanced Gravitational Wave Detectors
• high energy phenomena - chairman E. Parizot
  • Pham Ngoc Dinh: Measurements of the cosmic muon flux on the geomagnetic equator
  • John Matthews: Measurement of the Spectrum and Composition of UHE Cosmic Rays with the High Resolution Fly's Eye (HiRes) Detector
  • Paul Sommers: The importance of hybrid air shower measurements at the Auger Observatory
  • D.S. Gorbunov, P.G. Tinyakov, I.I. Tkachev, S.V. Troitsky Testing the correlations between ultra-high-energy cosmic rays and BL Lac type objects with HiRes stereoscopic data
  • S. Gentile: Astroparticle physics with AMS-02
  • Amy Connolly: The Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA): Results from the ANITA-lite Test Flight and Sensitivity of ANITA from Simulation Studies
  • Anil Kumar Tiwari, Laxmi Tripathi, Anil Kumar Shrivastava, Avnish Shrivastava and Pankaj Kumar Shrivastava: Three solar cycle study of cosmic ray modulation
  • Pankaj Kumar Shrivasta Solar Latitudinal Distribution of Solar Flares Around the Sun and their Association with Sporadic Cosmic Ray Intensity Variation
• large scale structures
  • L. Griffiths Ord, M. Kunz, H. Mathis, J. Silk: Probing the Origins of Voids in the Distribution of Galaxies
  • S. Vauclair and the OMEGA group: The XMM-Newton Omega project : first results
  • P. Mazzotta, E. Rasia, L. Moscardini, G. Tormen: Comparing temperatures from hydro-N-body simulations to Chandra and XMM-Newton observations

• afternoon: (both conferences) guided tour of Hanoi, followed by a showing of the Hanoi Water Puppets

  Monday, August 9:

• morning: session on nuclear astrophysics  - chairman P. von Balmoos
  • Primordial Nucleosynthesis in the New Cosmology: G. Mathews :
  • results from the LUNA experiment: implications in astroparticle physics: Carlo Gustavino
  • Observation of the 511 keV line from the Galactic Centre region: Pierre Jean
  • Gamma-ray emission from thermonuclear supernovae: Jordi Isern, Eduard Bravo, Alia Hirshman
  • Element abundance variations in stellar outer layers ; asteroseismic tests of their initial values:
    Sylvie Vauclair
  • The role of clusters of galaxies in the evolution of the metal budget in the Universe: Alexis Finoguenov
• afternoon: session on high energy phenomena; chairman - P. Darriulat
  • Review of ground based Gamma Ray observations: P. Vincent
  • The Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory: Measuring the Highest Energy Cosmic Rays: P. Sommers
  • Cosmic-rays: an unsolved mystery at all energies: E. Parizot
  • New aspects of cosmic-ray propagation: M. Lemoine
  • particle physics solutions to the UHECR puzzle: M. Kachelriess
  • high energy neutrino astronomy: results and perspectives: A. Kouchner
• evening: (both coferences) show at the Hanoi Opera

  Tuesday, August 10:

• morning: common session with the particle physics conference
  • virtual observatories: Ajit Kembhavi
  • dark energy - a pedagogical review: Paul Frampton
• afternoon: session on dark matter and energy - chairman P. Frampton
  • dark matter detection experiments: a review: Elena Aprile
  • phenomenological constraints on SUSY dark matter candidates: Piero Ullio
  • evidence from Type Ia Supernovae for dark energy and an accelerating universe: Alex Filippenko
  • dark energy and quintessence: R. Caldwell
  • who needs dark energy ? A. Blanchard
• evening: (both conferences) Conference Banquet

  Wednesday, August 11:

  • morning: summary talks
  • afternoon: departure