Rencontres de Blois 2008

Challenges in Particle Astrophysics
Final Agenda

Sunday May 18th


Arrival of participants
14:30 - 19:00 Registration at the Château de Blois
19:00 - 19:30 Welcome drink
20:00 Dinner

Monday May 19th


Opening Session (9:00 - 9:30)
Chair: J. Trân Thanh Vân

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Welcome


Coffee Break with the Mayor of Blois
9:30 - 10:00

Morning Session (10:00 - 12:00):
Astrophysical Objects

Chair: G. Coignet

40'+10'

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Introductory lecture:
Probing the Nonthermal Universe with H.E.S.S

Werner Hofmann (MPI Heidelberg )
- transparencies (ppt)

25'+5'

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Non-thermal processes in SN remnants
Felix Aharonian (IAS Dublin )
- transparencies (ppt)

35'+5'

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AGNs, massive black holes and accretion processes
Suzy Collin (Observatoire de Paris )
- transparencies (ppt)


Afternoon Session (14:00 - 18:00):
Astrophysical Objects

Chair: P. Caraveo

25'+5'

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Pulsars and acceleration sites
Alice Harding (NASA Goddard )
- transparencies (ppt)

25'+5'

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Cosmic ray propagation at low, intermediate and very high energy
Etienne Parizot (APC Paris )
- transparencies (pdf)

25'+5'

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GRBs
Bruce Gendre (LAM Marseille )
- transparencies (ppt)


Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:00

25'+5'

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Gravitational wave and pulsar astronomy complementarity
Chris Messenger (AEI Hannover)
- transparencies (pdf)


Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays
Chair: P. Caraveo

25'+5'

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The physics of radiodetection
Heino Falcke (Radboud University Nijmegen )
- transparencies (ppt)

25'+5'

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Radiodetection of High Energy Cosmic Ray Air Showers
Richard Dallier (Subatech Nantes)
- transparencies (pdf)

25'+5'

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The NuMoon experiment: first results
Stijn Buitink (Radboud University Nijmegen )
- transparencies (ppt)


Guided Tour of the Château de Blois
18:30

Tuesday May 20th


Morning: Excursions
Château de Chenonceau et Clos Lucé

Afternoon Session (14:00 - 18:10):
Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays

Chair: V. Ruhlmann

25'+5'

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UHECR Energy spectrum of UHCERs
Ioana Maris (ForschungsZentrum Karlsruhe )
- transparencies (pdf)

25'+5'

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Composition of UHECRs
Jose Bellido (Penn State University )
- transparencies (pdf)

25'+5'

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Neutrino- and Photon-limit deduced by UHECRs
Pierre Billoir (LPNHE Paris )
- transparencies (pdf)


Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:00

40'+10'

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Anisotropy of cosmic rays at highest energies and their correlation with nearby AGNs
Antoine Letessier-Selvon (LPNHE Paris )
- transparencies (ppt)

40'+10'

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Latest results from HiRes
Douglas Bergman (Rutgers University )
- transparencies (pdf)

25'+5'

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UHECR bounds on Lorentz violation in the photon sector
Frans Klinkhamer (University of Karlsruhe )
- transparencies (pdf)

Wednesday May 21st


Morning Session (9:00 - 12:00):
Gamma Ray Astronomy

Chair: A. Zakharov

25'+5'

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The galactic VHE gamma-ray sky: the diversity of acceleration sites revealed by HESS
Arache Djannati-Atai (APC Paris )
- transparencies (pdf)

25'+5'

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Results from VERITAS
Philip Kaaret (University of Iowa )
- transparencies (ppt)

25'+5'

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AGILE: first results
Patrizia Caraveo (INAF-IASF Milano )
- transparencies (pdf)


Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00

25'+5'

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MILAGRO and the future of EAS technics
Andrew Smith (University of Maryland )
- transparencies (pdf)

25'+5'

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GLAST: schedule and science program
Jean Ballet (CEA Saclay )
- transparencies (ppt)


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

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PS1 : Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays

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PS2 : Gamma Ray Astronomy

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PS3 : Dark Matter and Cosmology

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PS4 : Neutrinos


Public Lecture by Jacques Paul (APC Paris and CEA Saclay)
Violences Cosmiques
(in french) 20:30

Thursday May 22nd


Morning Session (9:00 - 12:00):
The LHC-astroparticle connection

Chair: Y. Giraud-Héraud

25'+5'

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Searches for Dark Matter at Colliders
Naoko Kanaya (ICEPP Tokyo )
- transparencies (pdf)

25'+5'

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LHC and astroparticle physics
Takashi Sako (Nagoya University )
- transparencies (ppt)


Cosmology
Chair: Y. Giraud-Héraud

25'+5'

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Observational means to constrain Dark Energy
David Spergel (CTP Princeton and APC Paris )
- transparencies (ppt)


Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00

25'+5'

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Large surveys
Pierre Astier (LPNHE Paris )
- transparencies (pdf)

25'+5'

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From Dark Matter to MOND
Robert Sanders (University of Groningen )
- transparencies (ppt)


Afternoon Session (14:00 - 17:50):
Dark Matter and Cosmology

Chair: D. Spergel

25'+5'

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Dark Matter searches: the DAMA result
Pierluigi Belli (INFN Roma Tor Vergata )
- transparencies (pdf)

15'+5'

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Dark Matter searches: the COUPP result
Peter Cooper (Fermilab )
- transparencies (pdf)


Origin of Cosmic Rays
Chair: D. Soergel

25'+5'

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Top-down scenarios for UHE cosmic rays
Michael Kachelriess (Norwegian University Trondheim )
- transparencies (pdf)

25'+5'

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Fermi acceleration at relativistic shocks and UHECR generation
Yves Gallant (LPTA Montpellier )
- transparencies (pdf)

25'+5'

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PAMELA: first results in cosmic rays
Piergiorgio Picozza (Roma Tor Vergata )
- transparencies (ppt)


Coffee Break
16:20 - 16:50

25'+5'

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Diffuse gamma ray emission
Sabrina Casanova (MPI Heidelberg )
- transparencies (ppt)

25'+5'

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The origin of galactic cosmic rays
Joerg Hoerandel (Radboud University Nijmegen )
- transparencies (ppt)


Conference Dinner
20:00

Friday May 23rd


Morning Session (9:00 - 11:50):
Future Gamma Ray Astronomy

Chair: J. Dumarchez

25'+5'

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CTA
Hélène Sol (Observatoire de Paris )
- transparencies (ppt)


Neutrinos
Chair: J. Dumarchez

25'+5'

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The Physics case for neutrino astronomy
Eli Waxman (Weizmann Institute )
- transparencies (ppt)


Coffee Break
10:00 - 10:30

35'+5'

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Neutrino detectors at the south pole - IceCube and beyond
Hagar Landsman (University of Wisconsin )
- transparencies (ppt)

35'+5'

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Cosmic neutrinos in the Northern hemisphere (Antares, Baikal, KM3NeT)
Thierry Stolarczyk (CEA Saclay )
- transparencies (ppt)


Conference End
11:50


Jacques Dumarchez
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