Challenges in Particle Astrophysics
FINAL PROGRAM
(Indicated talk duration includes questions)

Sunday August 6th


Arrival of participants and Registration

Monday August 7th


Opening Session (8:30 - 9:30)
Chair: J. Trân Thanh Vân

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Welcome


Coffee Break (9:30 - 10:00)

Morning (10:00 - 12:20):
Common session with the Nanophysics Conference

Chair: J. Trân Thanh Vân

60'

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Keynote: NanoPhysics
Nanoelectronics: from basic research to new applications
K. von Klitzing (Max Planck Institut, Stuttgart)

40'

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Keynote: Astroparticles
Solving the Puzzle of the Highest Energy Cosmic Rays
J. Cronin (Enrico Fermi Institute, Chicago)
- transparencies (ppt)

40'

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Keynote: Particle Physics
Particle Physics Beyond the Standard Model
J. Ellis (CERN, Geneva)
- transparencies (ppt)


Afternoon (14:00 - 18:30):
Very High Energy Astrophysics

Chair: R. Ong

40'

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Particle Acceleration in Astrophysical Shocks
M. Baring (Rice University, Houston)
- transparencies (pdf)

30'

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Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays in the North
J. Matthews (University of Utah, Salt Lake City)
- transparencies (pdf)

30'

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Anisotropy studies with the Pierre Auger Observatory
D. Harari (Centro Atomico Bariloche, Argentina)
- transparencies (pdf)


Coffee Break

30'

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Propagation and Sources of UHECR, a theoretical review
R. Aloisio (Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso)
- transparencies (ppt)

30'

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Radiodetection techniques for cosmic rays
H. Gemmeke (Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe)
- transparencies (pdf)

30'

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Radio Detection of GZK Neutrino Interactions in Dense Media
J. Beatty (Ohio State University, Columbus)
- transparencies (pdf)

Tuesday August 8th


Morning (8:30 - 12:00):
Very High Energy Astrophysics

Chair: G. Chardin

30'

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An Introduction to the Science of the Auger Observatory
J. Cronin (Enrico Fermi Institute, Chicago)
- transparencies (ppt)


Gravitation
Chair: G. Chardin

30'

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LIGO
D. Brown (California Institute od Technology, Pasadena)
- transparencies (pdf)

30'

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Status and perspectives of the Virgo gravitational wave detector
R. Flaminio (EGO Pisa & LAPP Annecy)
- transparencies (ppt)

30'

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LISA: a gravitational wave space detector
G. Auger (APC, Paris)
- transparencies (ppt)


Coffee Break

30'

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Gravitational Waves and Cosmology
P. Binétruy (APC, Paris)
- transparencies (ppt)

30'

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Modified Gravity: answer to both Dark Matter and Dark Energy?
H. Zhao (University of St Andrews)
- transparencies (ppt)


Afternoon (14:00 - 18:00):
Neutrinos

Chair: E. Aprile

30'

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Leptogenesis
Y. Nir (Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot)
- transparencies (pdf)

30'

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Majorana Neutrinos, Neutrino Mass Spectrum, CP-Violation and Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay
S. Petcov (SISSA, Trieste)
- transparencies (pdf)

30'

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Double beta decay : experimental review
L Simard (LAL, Orsay)
- transparencies (ppt)


Coffee Break

30'

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Evidence of New Physics in Reactor and Solar Neutrino Experiments
K. Heeger (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
- transparencies (pdf)

30'

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Neutrino oscillations results from MINOS
K. Lang (University of Texas, Austin)
- transparencies (pdf)

30'

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Search for theta_13 with reactor neutrinos
D. Motta (DAPNIA, Saclay)
- transparencies (pdf)

Wednesday August 9th


Morning (8:30 - 12:00):
Very High Energy Astrophysics

Chair: B. Sadoulet

30'

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VHE Gamma-Ray Astronomy: Status and Future
R. Ong (Univ. of California at Los Angeles)
- transparencies (pdf)

30'

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H.E.S.S. : Status and Results
J.P. Tavernet (Paris VI University)
- transparencies (pdf)

30'

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An upper limit to photons from first Auger data
M. Risse (Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe)
- transparencies (pdf)


Coffee Break

Cosmology
Chair: B. Sadoulet

30'

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Review on CMB : Science and Observations
K. Ganga (APC, Paris)
- transparencies (ppt)

30'

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Cosmic Microwave Background Observations from the South Pole: Past, Present, and Future
J. Kovac (California Institute of Technology, Pasadena)
- transparencies (ppt)

30'

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Redshift Surveys via Far IR and Millimeter Spectroscopy - Science Cases and Instrumentation Opportunities
Hien Trong Nguyen (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena)
- transparencies (ppt)


Afternoon (14:00 - 18:00):
Parallel Sessions

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PS5 + PS1 : Gravitation + Very High Energy Astrophysics

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PS2 + PS3 : Dark Matter Dark Energy + Cosmology

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PS4 : Neutrinos


Conference Dinner

Thursday August 10th


Morning (8:30 - 12:00):
Dark Energy and Dark Matter

Chair: M. Sakellariadou

30'

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Constraining dark energy with SNe and BAO
P. Astier (LPNHE, Univ. of Paris)
- transparencies (pdf)

30'

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Dark energy in the Universe
A. Starobinsky (Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Moscow)


Coffee Break

30'

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Direct detection of dark matter
B. Sadoulet (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
- transparencies (pdf)

30'

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Dark Matter Direct Detection with Noble Liquids
E. Aprile (Columbia University)
- transparencies (ppt)

30'

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Final result of the EROS2 Survey toward the Magellanic Clouds
P. Tisserand (Mount Stromlo Observatory, Canberra)
- transparencies (ppt)


Afternoon:
Excursion: guided tour of Hà Nôi, followed by a showing of the Hà Nôi Water Puppets

Friday August 11th


Morning (8:30 - 12:00):
Cosmology

Chair: J. Ellis

30'

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Astroparticle physics, Large Telescopes, and Extremely Large Telescopes
G. Gilmore (Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge)
- transparencies (ppt)

30'

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Production of topological defects at the end of inflation
M. Sakellariadou (King's College, London)
- transparencies (pdf)


Neutrinos
Chair: J. Ellis

30'

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High Energy Neutrino Astronomy: Status and Prospects
T. DeYoung (Pennsylvania State University)
- transparencies (ppt)


Coffee Break

30'

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High Energy Neutrino Astrophysics
T. Weiler (Vanderbilt University, Nashville)
- transparencies (pdf)

30'

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Neutrino Properties from High Energy Astrophysical Neutrinos
S. Pakvasa (University of Hawaii)
- transparencies (pdf)

30'

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The Cosmic Star Formation History and the Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background
A. Hopkins (University of Sydney)
- transparencies (pdf)


Afternoon (14:00 - 16:30):
Neutrinos

Chair: K. Ganga

30'

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Present and future neutrino liquid scintillator detectors for geo and supernova neutrinos
Y. Kishimoto (Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University)
- transparencies (pdf)

30'

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DUSEL
B. Sadoulet (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
- transparencies (pdf)

30'

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Neutrinos in matter and external fields
A. Studenikin (Moscow State University)
- transparencies (ppt)

30'

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Massive Neutrinos and quark-lepton similarity in a ground-up approach
A. Soni (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
- transparencies (ppt)


Coffee Break

Evening: show at the Hà Nôi Opera

Saturday August 12th


Morning (9:30 - 10:30):
Summary and Conclusions

Chair: J. Trân Thanh Vân

45'

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Summary Talk
H. Meyer (DESY)
- transparencies (ppt)


Jacques Dumarchez
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