LAUNCH09 - Learning from Astroparticle, Underground, Neutrino physics and Cosmology in Heidelberg  
 

Program:


Monday, Nov. 9

10:00 - Registration

CHAIR: J. Blümer

10:00 - Opening (M. Lindner, MPIK)

11:00 - 11:45: Neutrinos oscillations: Status, on-going and up-coming experiments
(T. Lasserre, CEA Saclay)

11:45 - 12:30: Absolute neutrino mass: Kinematic studies and neutrino-less double beta decay: status, up-coming experiments and future options
(G. Drexlin, KIT Karlsruhe)

12:30 - Lunch

CHAIR: F. von Feilitzsch

14:00 - 14:45: Future options for neutrino oscillations
(P. Huber, Virginia Tech)

14:45 - 15:30: Neutrino-nucleus reactions
(K. Langanke, GSI Darmstadt)

15:30 - Coffee

CHAIR: S. Bethke

16:00 - 16:45 Neutrinos as probes: solar-, geo-, supernovae neutrinos; LAGUNA
(L.Oberauer, TU Munich)

16:45 - 17:30: Theoretical implications of neutrino masses
(T. Hambye, Univ. Bruxelles)

17:30 - 18:15: Neutrinos and cosmology
(Y. Wong, RWTH Aachen)

18:30 - Reception Dinner @ MPIK


Tuesday, Nov. 10

CHAIR: P. Mättig

09:00 - 09:45: High energy neutrino astronomy
(G. Anton, Univ. Erlangen)

09:45 - 10:30: Dark matter and the LHC
(S. Caron, Univ. Freiburg)

10:30 - Coffee

CHAIR: H. Lenske

11:00 - 11:45: Dark matter: Overview of terrestrial, non-accelerator experiments; DARWIN
(L. Baudis, Univ. Zürich)

11:45 - 12:30: Dark Matter: Evidences, phenomenology and theoretical implications
(T. Schwetz, MPIK Heidelberg)

12:30 - Lunch

14:00' - 15:00: - discussion session -

15:00 - Coffee

CHAIR: E. Paschos

15:30 - 16:00: Gravitino Dark Matter
(W. Buchmueller, DESY Hamburg)

16:00 - 16:30: New experimental techniques for Dark Matter search
(W. Rau, Queens University)

16:30 - 17:00: Signals from the Universe: the DAMA/LIBRA results
(P. Belli, INFN - Roma Tor Vergata)

17:00 - Refreshments

CHAIR: B. Stech

17:15 - 17:45: The PAMELA space mission and implications for Dark Matter
(M. Simon, Uni. Siegen)

17:45 - 18:15: The KATRIN experiment
(C. Weinheimer, Univ. Münster)

20:00 - Conference Dinner at Kulturbrauerei Heidelberg


Wednesday, Nov. 11

CHAIR: L. Bezrukov

09:00 - 09:30: New generation of experiments aimed to search for neutrino-less double beta decay
(A. Smolnikov, JINR Dubna)

09:30 - 10:00: Nuclear matrix elements for neutrino-less double beta decay
(F. Simkovic, Bratislava Univ.)

10:00 - 10:30: The Double Chooz reactor neutrino experiment
(C. Buck, MPIK Heidelberg)

10:30 - 11:00: Axion Dark Matter
(G. Raffelt, MPP Munich)

11:00 - Coffee

CHAIR: V. Soergel

11:30 - 12:30: (joint with MPIK colloquium)
The Fermi Large Area Telescope and the quest for Dark Matter signals

(A. Morselli, INFN Roma Tor Vergata)

12:30 - Lunch

CHAIR: G. Wolschin

14:00 - 14:30: Neutrino non-standard interactions and unitarity violation
(S. Antusch, MPP Munich)

14:30 - 15:00: Flavor Symmetries: Models and Implications
(L. Everett, Univ. Wisconsin)

15:00 - 15:30: Neutrino Interactions with Nucleons and Nuclei
(U. Mosel, Univ. Giessen)

15:30 - Coffee

CHAIR: A. Faessler

16:00 - 16:30: Dark Matter and Missing Energy at the LHC
(T. Plehn, Univ. Heidelberg)

16:30 - 17:00: Contributions to neutrino physics with Penning traps
(K. Blaum, MPIK Heidelberg)

17:00 - Refreshments

CHAIR: E. Akhmedov

17:15 - 17:45: The GSI anomaly: Experimental Status
(F. Bosch, GSI Darmstadt)

17:45 - 18:15: The GSI anomaly: Theoretical interpretations
(A. Merle, MPIK Heidelberg)


Thursday, Nov. 12

CHAIR: S. Schoenert

09:00 - 09:30: Physics and Astrophysics of Supernova Neutrinos
(A. Mirizzi, Univ. Hamburg)

09:30 - 10:00: Leptogenesis in the Kadanoff-Baym formalism
(A. Kartavtsev, MPIK Heidelberg)

10:00 - 10:30: IceCube, neutrinos and Dark Matter
(M. Kowalski, Univ. Bonn)

10:30 - 11:00: Mapping dark matter structures through gamma-rays
(J. Zavala, MPA Garching)

11:00 - Coffee

CHAIR: M. Lindner

11:30 - 12:30: Is there a new physics between electroweak and Planck scale?
(M. Shaposhnikov, EPFL Lausanne)

12:30 - End of Conference


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