Program
International School of Nuclear Physics
31st Course
Neutrinos in Cosmology, in Astro-, Particle- and Nuclear Physics
Erice, Sicily
September 16-24, 2009
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Thursday, September 17
San Domenico, Dirac Lecture Hall
| Chair: | A. Faessler |
| 09:00 - 09:20 | Welcome |
| 09:20 - 10:05 | A. Suzuki (KEK, Tsukuba)
KamLAND and T2K |
| 10:20 - 11:05 | R. Mohapatra (Univ of Maryland, College Park)
Neutrino Mass and Unification |
| 11:20 - 11:45 | Coffee |
| Chair: | F. Suekane |
| 11:45 - 12:30 | M. Shiozawa (Tokyo)
Super-Kamiokande |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
Parallel Session A
San Domenico, Dirac Lecture Hall
| Chair: | K. Kubodera |
| 16:00 - 16:45 | M. C. Volpe (Orsay)
Search for CP violation in the lepton sector |
| 16:55 - 17:25 | T. Kafka (Tufts University, Medford)
Prospects and Status of the MINERvA Experiment at FNAL |
| 17:30 - 18:00 | Coffee |
| Chair: | D. Caldwell |
| 18:00 - 18:25 | T. Kafka (Tufts University, Medford)
MINOS Experiment at Fermilab |
| 18:30 - 18:55 | S. Dusini (Padova)
The OPERA experiment: a direct search of the muon-neutrino to tau-neutrino oscillations |
| 19:00 - 19:25 | K. Muto (Tokyo)
Nuclear structure aspects of single and double beta decays for neutrino mass |
| 19:30 - 19:55 | D. Nygren (Berkeley)
High-Pressure Xenon Gas TPC for neutrinoless double beta decay |
Parallel Session B
San Rocco, Feynman Lecture Hall
| Chair: | P. Kienle |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | J. Bonn (Mainz)
The KATRIN Neutrino Mass Experiment |
| 16:35 - 17:00 | S. Mertens (Karlsruhe)
Electromagnetic Design of the Spectrometer Section of the KATRIN Experiment |
| 17:05 - 17:25 | K. Hugenberg (Muenster)
An angular defined pulsed UV LED Photoelectron Source for KATRIN |
| 17:30 - 18:00 | Coffee |
| Chair: | P. Kienle |
| 18:00 - 18:15 | K. Valerius (Erlangen)
The Electrode Sytem of the KATRIN main spectrometer |
| 18:20 - 18:35 | W. Kaefer (Karlsruhe)
The Windowless Gaseous Tritium Source of KATRIN |
| 18:40 - 18:55 | A. Beckwith (Madison, Alabama)
Entropy, neutrino physics, and the lithium problem - why stars with no lithium in early universe exist |
| 19:00 - 19:20 | O. Micu (Dortmund)
Explaining LSND and MiniBooNE using altered neutrino dispersion relations |
| 19:25 - 19:50 | S. Roth (Munich)
Direct Dark Matter Search with the Experiments CRESST and EURECA |
Friday, September 18
San Domenico, Dirac Lecture Hall
| Chair: | J. Bonn |
| 09:00 - 09:45 | H. Ejiri (Osaka)
Majorana neutrino masses studied by double beta decays and neutrino nuclear responses |
| 10:00 - 10:45 | E. Fiorini (Milano)
Neutrino physics with cryogenic detectors |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee |
| Chair: | F. Bosch |
| 11:30 - 12:15 | F. Simkovic (Bratislava)
Double Beta Decay: A problem of particle, nuclear and atomic physics |
| 12:30 - 12:55 | S.-B. Kim (Seoul)
RENO for neutrino mixing angle theta13 |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
Parallel Session A
San Domenico, Dirac Lecture Hall
| Chair: | J. Suhonen |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | F. Avignone (Columbia, SC)
The Majorana R&D Project |
| 16:35 - 17:05 | B. Majorovits (Munich)
Segmented HPGe Detectors for the Search of Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay |
| 17:10 - 17:25 | T.-C. Liu (Hsinchu)
Neutrino Flavor Ratio on Earth and at Astrophysical Sources |
| 17:30 - 18:00 | Coffee |
| Chair: | F. Avignone |
| 18:00 - 18:30 | J. Suhonen (Jyvaskyla)
Nuclear Matrix Elements for Rare Decays |
| 18:40 - 19:10 | V. Rodin (Tuebingen)
How to measure nuclear matrix elements of neutrinoless double beta decay? |
| 19:20 - 19:50 | A. Hallin (Edmonton)
Neutrino Physics with the SNO and SNO+ detectors |
Parallel Session B
San Rocco, Feynman Lecture Hall
| Chair: | D. Blaschke |
| 16:00 - 16:25 | F. Bosch (Darmstadt)
Observation of non-exponential orbital electron capture decay |
| 16:30 - 16:55 | P. Kienle (Munich)
Time-Modulation of Entangled Two-Body Weak Decays with Massive Neutrinos |
| 17:00 - 17:25 | A. Merle (Heidelberg)
The GSI oscillation mystery |
| 17:30 - 18:00 | Coffee |
| Chair: | H. Paes |
| 18:00 - 18:20 | N. Fiuza de Barros (Lisbon)
Prospects for the SNO combined 3-phase neutrino oscillation analysis |
| 18:25 - 18:45 | Y. Li (Torino)
Matter Effects in Active-Sterile Solar Neutrino Oscillations |
| 18:50 - 19:10 | M. Zralek (Katowice)
Neutrino oscillations beyond the Standard Model |
| 19:15 - 19:40 | K. Kubodera (Columbia, SC)
Effective Field Theory and Electroweak Processes in Nuclei |
Saturday, September 19
San Domenico, Dirac Lecture Hall
| Chair: | C. Weinheimer |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | H. Fritzsch (Munich)
Neutrino Masses and Flavor Mixing |
| 09:35 - 10:05 | A. McDonald (Kingston)
SNO and the new SNOLAB |
| 10:10 - 10:30 | G. Mills (Los Alamos)
Short Baseline Neutrino Physics: MiniBooNE and Beyond |
| 10:35 - 10:55 | V. Flaminio (Pisa)
Physics with underwater neutrino telescopes |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee |
| Chair: | K. Zuber |
| 11:30 - 12:15 | E. Lisi (Bari)
Analysis of neutrino mass, mixing and flavor change |
| 13:15 - 19:00 | Excursion: San Vito lo Capo |
Sunday, September 20
San Domenico, Dirac Lecture Hall
| Chair: | H. Fritzsch |
| 09:00 - 09:45 | G. Raffelt (Munich)
Physics Opportiunities with Supernova Neutrinos |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | J. Hoerandel (Nijmegen)
Cosmic rays at the highest energies |
| 10:35 - 10:55 | T. Kajino (Tokyo)
An alternative to inflation; critical role of neutrino anisotropic stress in cosmology |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee |
| Chair: | K. Langanke |
| 11:30 - 11:55 | D. Fargion (Rome)
UHECR versus UHE Tau Neutrino Astronomy |
| 12:00 - 12:25 | A. Santangelo (Tübingen)
Space Based Studies of Ultra High Energy Neutrinos |
| 12:30 - 12:55 | J. Jochum (Tübingen)
GERmanium Detector Array - search for 0ν2β decay |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
Parallel Session A
San Domenico, Dirac Lecture Hall
| Chair: | J. Jochum |
| 16:00 - 16:40 | S. Petcov (Trieste)
Neutrino Mass Spectrum, Leptonic CP-Violation, (ββ0ν)-Decay and Leptogenesis |
| 16:50 - 17:25 | H. Minakata (Tokyo)
Perturbation theory of Neutrino Oscillation with and without non-standard interactions |
| 17:30 - 18:00 | Coffee |
| Chair: | D. Nygren |
| 18:00 - 18:25 | R. Viollier (Cape Town)
Neutrino masses, dark matter, and the mysterious early quasars |
| 18:30 - 18:55 | G. Vitiello (Salerno)
Neutrino mixing and dark energy |
| 19:00 - 19:25 | K. Zuber (Dresden)
Status of the COBRA experiment |
| 18:30 - 19:55 | S. Smith (Honolulu)
Hawai'i Anti-Neutrino Observatory (HANOHANO) |
Parallel Session B
San Rocco, Feynman Lecture Hall
| Chair: | M. Buballa |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | R. Volkas (Melbourne)
Neutrinos and flavour in a brane model |
| 16:40 - 17:00 | R. de Adelhart Toorop (Amsterdam)
Quark-lepton complementarity in an S4 Pati Salam inspired scenario |
| 17:05 - 17:25 | T. Asaka (Niigata)
Baryogenesis via sterile neutrino oscillation and neutrino parameters |
| 17:30 - 18:00 | Coffee |
| Chair: | H. Steiner |
| 18:00 - 18:25 | W. Rodejohann (Heidelberg)
Scaling in the neutrino mass matrix and the see-saw mechanism |
| 18:30 - 18:55 | M. Fukugita (Tokyo)
Massive Neutrinos and Structure Formation in the Universe |
| 19:00 - 19:25 | M. Ch. Chen (Irvine)
A Novel Origin of CP Violation in Neutrino Mixing and Quark CKM Matrices |
Monday, September 21
San Domenico, Dirac Lecture Hall
| Chair: | G. Raffelt |
| 09:00 - 09:45 | M. Lindner (Heidelberg)
Double Chooz and its Physics Potential |
| 10:00 - 10:45 | R. McKeown (Pasadena)
Determination of the neutrino mixing angle theta13 |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee |
| Chair: | A. Kopylov |
| 11:30 - 11:55 | H. Steiner (Berkeley)
The Daya Bay Experiment to Measure θ13 (pdf) (additional ppt file with animation) |
| 12:00 - 12:25 | T. Lachenmaier (Munich)
Physics with the large liquid-scintillator detector LENA |
| 12:30 - 12:55 | Ch. Weinheimer (Münster)
Neutrino Oscillations with a polarized Laser beam: an analogical demonstration experiment |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
Parallel Session A
San Domenico, Dirac Lecture Hall
| Chair: | T. Asaka |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | C. Kraus (Kingston)
SNO+ : Status and Double Beta Decay |
| 16:25 - 16:45 | S. Peeters (Sussex)
SNO+ : Scintillator, calibration and its rich neutrino physics program |
| 16:50 - 17:05 | L. Simard (Orsay)
Results from the double beta decay experiment NEMO3 The SuperNEMO project |
| 17:10 - 17:25 | I. Nasteva (Manchester)
Probing the mechanism of neutrinoless double beta decay with SuperNEMO |
| 17:30 - 18:00 | Coffee |
| Chair: | T. Kosmas |
| 18:00 - 18:20 | D. Kirilova (Sofia)
BBN constraints on neutrino and CNB |
| 18:25 - 18:50 | A. Kopylov (Moscow)
Prospects to observe a CNO cycle by solar neutrinos |
| 18:55 - 19:25 | K. Langanke (Darmstadt)
Supernova neutrino-nucleus reactions |
| 19:30 - 19:55 | G. Martinez-Pinedo (Darmstadt)
Neutrinos and Explosive Nucleosynthesis |
Parallel Session B
San Rocco, FeynmanLecture Hall
| Chair: | S. Petcov |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | T. Kosmas (Ioannina)
Neutrino-Nucleus reactions for terrestrial experiments and Astrophysics |
| 16:35 - 16:55 | K. Balasi (Ioannina)
Response of Mo isotopes as supernova detectors |
| 17:00 - 17:20 | V. Tsakstara (Ioannina)
Supernova neutrino detection by terrestrial neutrino detection targets |
| 17:30 - 18:00 | Coffee |
| Chair: | R. Volkas |
| 18:00 - 18:25 | D. Blaschke (Wroclaw)
Neutrinos in dense matter and cooling of compact stars |
| 18:30 - 18:55 | D. Suematsu (Kanazawa)
Neutrino mass models and dark matter |
| 19:00 - 19:20 | R. Dvornicky (Bratislava)
Neutrino mass in tritium and rhenium single beta decay |
Tuesday, September 22
| 09:00 - 20:00 | Excursion: Monreale and Palermo |
Wednesday, September 23
San Domenico, Dirac Lecture Hall
| Chair: | A. Santangelo |
| 09:00 - 09:35 | A. Faessler (Tuebingen)
The disappearance of a nuclear physicist: Ettore Majorana |
| 09:45 - 10:20 | G. Bellini (Milano)
Study of neutrino interactions over 200 keV lower threshold |
| 10:30 - 10:55 | D. Frekers (Muenster)
Matrix-elements for double betadecay -- Some surprises in nuclear physics |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee |
| Chair: | R. Viollier |
| 11:30 - 11:55 | H. Paes (Dortmund)
Neutrinoless double beta decay in the LHC era |
| 12:00 - 12:25 | S. Mishra (Columbia, SC)
Discoveries in Long Baseline neutrino Experiments: Precision Ingredients |
| 12:30 - 12:55 | C. Broggini (Padova)
LUNA and the Sun |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
| Chair: | D. Frekers |
| 16:00 - 16:25 | L. Bogdanova (Moscow)
40 MCi Tritium source for experiments with low energy neutrinos |
| 16:30 - 16:55 | F. Suekane (Sendai)
Prospects of Reactor Neutrino Oscillation experiments |
| 17:00 - 17:25 | D. Caldwell (Santa Barbara)
Testing a New Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter Candidate |
| 17:30 - 18:00 | Coffee |
| Chair: | J. Wambach |
| 18:00 - 19:30 | Panel discussion: The prospects of Neutrino Physics |
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F. Avignone: Double Beta Decay
G. Bellini: Solar Neutrinos M. Lindner: Neutrino matrix and theta(1,3) A. McDonald: Underground Labs; SNO-Lab G. Raffelt: Cosmology F. Suekane: KamLAND and long-baseline experiments |
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| After the panelists' statements: discussion with and among the floor | |
| 20:15 - 24:00 | Conference Dinner (Restaurant ERMIONE, outside of Porta Trapani) |
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