SUMMER INSTITUTE: USING PARTICLE PHYSICS TO UNDERSTAND AND IMAGE THE EARTH

Contribution List

0. A short phenomenological description of the elementary particles; outline of quantum mechanics; outline of the restricted relativity

Prof. Giovanni Fiorentini (FE)

fiorenti(AT)fe.infn.it

8. Basics of seismology and Earth structure

Fabio Cammarano (Roma Tre University)

fabio.cammarano(AT)uniroma3.it

79. Calculation of antineutrino rate from the reactors

Barbara Ricci (FE), Fabio Mantovani (FE), Livia Ludhova (MI), Marica Baldoncini (FE), Sandra Zavatarelli (GE)

Livia.ludhova(AT)mi.infn.it; mantovani(AT)fe.infn.it; ricci(AT)fe.infn.it; zavatare(AT)ge.infn.it; baldoncini(AT)fe.infn.it

1. Cosmic rays

Prof. Andrea Chiavassa (TO)

achiavas(AT)to.infn.it

61. Directionality in neutrino detection

Prof. Hiroko Watanabe (Tohoku University)

hiroko(AT)awa.tohoku.ac.jp

48. Evaluation of local contribution; Error estimation and propagation

Prof. Fabio Mantovani (FE)

mantovani(AT)fe.infn.it

80. Extraction of the geoneutrino flux from the experimental event distributions

Livia Ludhova (MI), Matteo Agostini (Technische Universität München), Nicola Rossi (LNGS), Simone Marcocci (GSSI), Stefano Davini (GSSI)

Livia.ludhova(AT)mi.infn.it; stefano.davini(AT)gssi.infn.it; matteo.agostini(AT)gssi.infn.it; simone.marcocci(AT)gssi.infn.it; nicola.rossi(AT)lngs.infn.it

6. Geodynamic picture of the Earth; basic of heat flow;The earth's heat budget; Thermal evolution of the Earth; Evaluation of the Eart's K-Th-U and He-Ne-Ar budgets

Dr Ondrej Sramek (Charles University, Prague)

ondrej.sramek(AT)gmail.com

41. Geoneutrinos: origin, detection, background (from reactors and other sources), current geoneutrino mesasurements, future on geoneutrinos

Prof. Livia Ludhova (RWTH Aachen Univ. And FZ Julich IKP-2)

Livia.ludhova(AT)mi.infn.it

76. IBD directionality measurement at the Double Chooz Experiment

Dr Michiru Kaneda (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

kaneda(AT)hep.phys.titech.ac.jp

33. Mineralogy and petrology; Crust and mantle geodynamics and mantle convection

Prof. Taku Tsuchiya (Ehime Univ.)

tsuchiya.taku.mg(AT)ehime-u.ac.jp

39. Muon and their detection; Muography techniques, study of volcanoes perspective

Dr Cristina Carloganu (IN2P3)

carlogan(AT)in2p3.fr

56. Muon tomography applied to volcanology and other fields

Prof. Jaques Marteau (IPlN-IN2P3- Lyon)

marteau(AT)ipnl.in2p3.fr

28. Neutrino physics and detection methods & How to measure 40K

Prof. Mark Chen (Queen's University, Kingston)

mchen(AT)queensu.ca

55. Neutrino tomography (experiments)

Prof. Véronique VanElewyck (APC-Paris 7)

elewyck(AT)apc.univ-paris7.fr

54. Neutrino tomography (generalities)

Prof. Walter Winter (DESY)

walter.winter(AT)desy.de

5. Origin and evolution of the Earth (Composition. Methods to study the Earth: geology, mineralogy, petrology, geochemistry, geodynamics); Geochemical model of the earth; Earth mineralogy and its phase transition;Distribution of radioactive nuclides in the Earth; Calculating the Earth heat and the neutrino luminosity

Prof. William McDonough (Maryland University)

mcdonoug(AT)umd.edu

3. Particle detection tecniques

Dr Gioacchino Ranucci (MI)

Gioacchino.Ranucci(AT)mi.infn.it

81. Presentation of the School

Prof. Eugenio Coccia (ROMA2), Prof. Gianpaolo Bellini (MI)

gianpaolo.bellini(AT)mi.infn.it eugenio.coccia(AT)gssi.infn.it

35. Radioactive nuclides and decay

Prof. Oliviero Cremonesi (MIB)

oliviero.cremonesi(AT)mib.infn.it

63. Time-resolved two million year old supernova activity, discovered in the Earth's microfossil record

Prof. Shawn Bishop (Technische Universität München)

shawn.bishop(AT)ph.tum.de

82. Visit to LNGS underground labs

Nicola Rossi (LNGS), Stefano Davini (GSSI)

stefano.davini(AT)gssi.infn.it nicola.rossi(AT)lngs.infn.it

65. Volcano structure and eruption

Dr Giovanni Macedonio (INGV, Osservatorio Vesuviano)