Scientific Programme
ARENA 2006 is the most recent in a series of workshops and conferences looking at the detection of ultra-high energy neutrinos with acoustic and radio techniques.
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Agenda
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Wednesday 28th June |
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| 0815-0900 | Registration | |
| 0900-0910 | Welcome | |
| Session 1: Simulations, Target Material Propertes
Chair: Lee Thompson |
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| 0910-0945 | Simulating Neutrino
Interactions with CORSIKA
Terry Sloan (University Lancaster) | 30'+5' |
| 0945-1010 | Geosynchrotron radio
emission from CORSIKA-simulated air showers
Tim Huege (FZK, Karlsruhe) | 20'+5' |
| 1010-1045 | Measurement of
attenuation length for radio wave in natural rock salt and the performance
of detecting ultra high energy neutrinos
Masami Chiba (Tokyo Metropolitan University) |
30'+5' |
| 1045-1115 | Coffee | |
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Session 2: Guest speaker, High Energy Gamma Ray Astronomy Chair: Sean Danaher |
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| 1115-1220 | Results from the
HESS telescopes
Paula Chadwick (University Durham) | 60'+5' |
| 1220-1345 | Lunch | |
| Session 3: Status of Current Projects I (Radio)
Chair: to be confirmed | ||
| 1345-1420 | Optimal Radio
Window for the Detection of Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays and Neutrinos
Olaf Scholten (KVI/University Groningen) | 30'+5' |
| 1420-1505 | Status and
Perspectives of the LOPES experiment at KASCADE-Grande
Andreas Haungs (FZK, Karlsruhe) | 40'+5' |
| 1505-1530 | Status of Hawaii
Askaryan in Salt Radio Array (HASRA) Experiment
Radovan Milincic (University Hawaii) | 20'+5' |
| 1530-1600 | Coffee | |
| Session 4: Status of Current Projects II (Acoustic)
Chair: Joseph Allen |
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| 1600-1625 | Status of the South
Pole Acoustic Test Setup
Sebastian Böser (DESY Zeuthen) | 20'+5' |
| 1625-1700 | First Data from
Rona and Signal Processing Techniques
Sean Danaher (University Northumbria) | 30'+5' |
| 1700-1725 | Acoustic
Measurements in ANTARES: Status and Aims
Kay Graf (on behalf of Robert Lahmann, University Erlangen) | 20'+5' |
| 1930 | Conference Dinner, Lumley Castle (Coach leaves UNN at 1900) | |
| Thursday 29th June |
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| Session 5: Status of Current Projects III (Radio)
Chair: David Waters |
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| 0900-0925 | Results from the
RICE experiment at the South Pole
David Besson (University Kansas) | 20'+5' |
| 0925-0955 | Status of the ANITA
experiment
Stephen Hoover (UCLA) | 25'+5' |
| 0955-1045 |
Status of SalSA
Amy Connolley (UCLA) |
45'+5' |
| 1045-1115 | Coffee | |
| Session 6: Guest speaker, High Energy Cosmic Rays
Chair: Andreas Haungs |
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| 1115-1220 | Guest speaker:
UHECR Physics & First Results from the Pierre Auger Observatory
(Johannes Knapp, Leeds) |
60'+5' |
| 1220-1345 | Lunch | |
| Session 7: Status of Current Projects IV (Acoustic)
Chair: Olaf Scholten |
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| 1345-1410 | Integration of
Acoustic Neutrino Detection Methods into ANTARES
Kay Graf (University Erlangen) | 20'+5' |
| 1410-1435 | Results from the
NEMO Test Site
Antonino Capone (on behalf of Giorgio Riccobene, INFN, Catania) | 20'+5' |
| 1435-1515 | Investigation of
acoustic phenomena from extensive atmospheric showers
Vladimir Lyashuk (ITEP) | 35'+5' |
| 1515-1545 | Coffee | |
| Session 8: Sensors and Transmitters I, Sensitivity Predictions and Reconstruction I
Chair: Terry Sloan |
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| 1545-1610 | Calibration of
Sensors for Acoustic Detection of Neutrinos
Miguel Ardid (UPV, Valencia) | 20'+5' |
| 1610-1635 | SPATS: Calibration
and outdoor lake test Frieja Descamps (University Gent) | 20'+5' |
| 1635-1700 | Understanding Piezo
based Sensors for an acoustic neutrino detector
Christopher Naumann (University Erlangen) |
20'+5' |
| 1700-1725 | Acoustic Signal
Computations in the Mediterranean Sea
Valentin Niess (CPPM, Marseille) | 20'+5' |
| 1900 | Civic Reception, Mansion House | |
| Friday 30th June |
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| Session 9: Sensors and Transmitters II, Sensitivity Predictions and Reconstruction II
Chair: Antonino Capone |
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| 0900-0930 | Novel
micro-pixel avalanche photodiodes and their possible application in
physical/astrophysical research
Igor Zheleznykh (INR, Moscow) | 25'+5' |
| 0930-0955 | Measurement and
simulation studies of piezoceramics for acoustic particle detection
Karsten Salomon (University Erlangen) | 20'+5' |
| 0955-1015 | Reconstruction
Algorithms for UHE Neutrino Events in Sea Water
Simon Bevan (UCL, London) | 15'+5' |
| 1015-1040 | Simulating the
Sensitivity of hypothetical km3 hydrophone arrays to fluxes of UHE
neutrinos
Jonathan Perkin (University Sheffield) | 20'+5' |
| 1040-1110 | Coffee | |
| Session 10: Future experiments
Chair: Igor Zheleznyk |
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| 1110-1135 | AURA: The Askaryan
Underice Radio Array
Kara Hoffman (University Maryland) | 20'+5' |
| 1135-1200 | Future plans for
the ACORNE collaboration
Lee Thompson (University Sheffield) | 20'+5' |
| 1200-1225 | Retrofitted
IceCube Modules for Radio Detection in Ice
Dawn Williams (Pennsylvania State University) | 20'+5' |
| 1225-1350 | Lunch | |
| Session 11: Conference summary
Chair: Lee Thompson |
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| 1350-1450 | Conference Summary
[radio]
[acoustic]
David Besson (University Kansas) and Rolf Nahnhauer (DESY Zeuthen) | 60' |
| 1450-1520 | Coffee | |
