Vulcano Workshop 2016 - Frontier Objects in Astrophysics and Particle Physics

22 May 2016, 18:00 → 28 May 2016, 14:00 Europe/Rome

Therasia Resort, Conference Room (Vulcano Island, Sicily, Italy)

Monday 23 May

08:45 → 09:00 Welcome address

Speakers: Giampaolo Mannocchi (LNF), Dr Roberto Fusco-Femiano (IAPS/INAF)

09:00 → 10:15 Gravitational Waves

Convener: Pietro Ubertini (ROMA2)

09:00 Overview of Gravitational Wave Observations by LIGO and Virgo

Speaker: Giovanni Andrea Prodi (TIFP)

Slides Prodi-Overview-Vulcano2016-v3.pdf

09:25 Launch of LISA-Pathfinder and e-LISA

Speaker: Massimo Bassan (ROMA2)

Slides 16Vulcano_Bassan.pdf

09:50 Beyond Einstein's Gravity: Dark Energy, Dark matter and Gravitational WavesGravity theories alternative to General Relativity

Speaker: Prof. Salvatore Capozziello (NA)

Slides Vulcano_2016_Capozziello.pdf

10:15 → 10:40 Future Prospects

Convener: Piergiorgio Picozza (ROMA2)

10:15 Astroparticle Research in Europe

Speaker: Prof. Frank Linde

Slides Vulcano.pdf

10:40 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 13:05 Future Prospects

Convener: Piergiorgio Picozza (ROMA2)

11:00 Astroparticle Research in China

Speaker: Prof. Yifang Wang (Institute of High Energy Physics)

Slides Particle-physics-China-Vulcano.pdf

11:25 INAF Programs for High Energy Astrophysics

Speaker: Pietro Ubertini (ROMA2)

11:50 INFN Astroparticle programs

Speaker: Marco Pallavicini (GE)

Slides Vulcano2016_Astroparticle.pdf

12:15 Future of LHC

Speaker: Roger Forty (CERN)

Slides Vulcano-LHC.pdf

12:40 Space Astronomy in Future

Speaker: Pietro Ubertini (R)

Slides Ubertini_Vulcano_2016.pdf

13:30 → 14:00 Lunch

17:00 → 18:40 Gravity

Convener: Prof. Salvatore Capozziello (NA)

17:00 Experimental gravity tests in the solar system

Speaker: Manuele Martini (LNF)

Slides MARTINI_rev2.pdf

17:25 Nonminimally coupled gravity and planetary motion

Speaker: Dr Riccardo March (IAC-CNR and INFN-LNF)

Slides Vulcano_Slides_March.pdf

17:50 Black holes: a window into strong (quantum?) gravity

Speaker: Roberto Casadio (BO)

Slides BHvsQG.pdf

18:15 Holographic theory of gravity and cosmology

Speaker: Prof. Y. Jack Ng (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Slides Vulcano.pdf

18:40 → 19:05 Cosmic Rays

Convener: Prof. Salvatore Capozziello (NA)

18:40 The CALET Mission on International Space Station

Speaker: Pier Simone Marrocchesi (SI)

Slides 2016-05-22-Vulcano-Marrocchesi-CALET_v4.pdf

20:30 → 21:00 Dinner

Tuesday 24 May

09:00 → 10:40 Neutrino

Convener: Prof. Yifang Wang (Institute of High Energy Physics)

09:00 Overview on Neutrino Physics

Speaker: Prof. Alexei Smirnov (Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg)

Slides vulcano-as.pdf

09:25 Reactor neutrinos and mass hierarchy

Speaker: Prof. Jun Cao (Institute of High Energy Physics)

Slides CJ_Vulcano_reactor_20160524.pdf

09:50 Neutrinoless double beta decay: where we are and where we are going

Speaker: Dr Andrea Giuliani (CSNSM Orsay)

Slides Vulcano2016-Giuliani.pdf

10:15 ANTARES + Km3Net

Speaker: Paolo Piattelli (LNS)

Slides Piattelli_ANTARES&KM3NeT-Vulcano_2016-05-24_final.pdf

10:40 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 11:50 Neutrino

Convener: Prof. Zhen Cao (Institute of High Energy Physics)

11:00 Understanding IceCube’s astrophysical neutrino observations

Speaker: Ignacio Taboada (Georgia Institute of Technology)

Slides TaboadaVulcano2016.pdf

11:25 The Halo 2 Supernova Detector

Speaker: Dr Clarence Virtue (Laurentian University / SNOLAB)

Slides VirtueVulcano2016.pdf

11:50 → 13:05 Cosmic Rays

Convener: Prof. Zhen Cao (Institute of High Energy Physics)

11:50 Ground based Gamma Ray Astronomy Review

Speaker: Prof. Masahiro Teshima (Max-Planck-Institute for Physics / Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo)

Slides 2016_0523_Vulcano_Teshima.pdf

12:15 Cosmic Rays in galaxy clusters and constraints from gamma ray

Speaker: Dr Gianfranco Brunetti (INAF - Istituto di Radioastronomia)

Slides VULCANO16_Brunetti.pdf

12:40 High Energy Astrophysics

Speaker: Dr Carlotta Pittori (INAF-OAR/ASDC)

Slides AGILE_Tavani_Pittori_Vulcano_maggio_2016.pdf

13:30 → 14:00 Lunch

17:00 → 19:30 Cosmic Rays

Convener: John Matthews (University of Utah)

17:00 The Fermi Observatory - status and prospects

Speaker: Luca Latronico (TO)

Slides Fermi-LAT-latronico-Vulcano-web.pdf

17:25 The High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory

Speaker: Prof. Miguel Mostafa (Penn State Univ.)

Slides HAWC-Vulcano.pdf

17:50 Search of MeV-GeV counterparts of TeV sources

Speaker: Dr Carlotta Pittori (INAF-OAR/ASDC)

Slides Vulcano_2016_pittori_tev.pdf

18:15 The Power Spectrum of Cosmic Ray Arrival Directions

Speaker: Dr Markus Ahlers (UW-Madison)

Slides Ahlers_Vulcano2016.pdf

18:40 Particle Acceleration at Supernova Remnants and Supernovae

Speaker: Dr Gwenael Giacinti (MPIK Heidelberg)

Slides Giacinti_Vulcano2016.pdf

19:05 Inhomogeneous CR transport in the Galaxy

Speaker: Carmelo Evoli (GSSI)

Slides Evoli_Vulcano_2016_compressed.pdf

20:30 → 21:00 Dinner

Wednesday 25 May

09:00 → 10:40 Session in memory of Prof. Guido Altarelli

Convener: Giampaolo Mannocchi (LNF)

09:00 Remembering Guido Altarelli

Speaker: Mario Greco (ROMA3)

movie http://www.lnf.infn.it/conference/vulcano2016/Altarelli_movie.mp4

Slides Guido.pdf

09:25 Beyond the Standard Model

Speaker: Riccardo Barbieri (PI)

Slides Vulcano_52016.pdf

09:50 Neutrino Masses and Mixing Angles: a Tribute to Guido Altarelli

Speaker: Ferruccio Feruglio (PD)

Slides Guido_Vulcano2016.pdf

10:15 Guido's contribution to the life of INFN

Speaker: Antonio Masiero (PD)

Slides vulcano_altarelli-infn_2016_masiero.pdf

10:40 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 13:05 Cosmic Rays

Convener: Prof. Masahiro Teshima (Max-Planck-Institute)

11:00 Review on Cosmic Ray direct detection

Speaker: Piergiorgio Picozza (ROMA2)

Slides Picozza-Vulcano2016.pdf

11:25 The Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass Project

Speaker: Prof. Eun-Suk Seo (University of Maryland)

Slides Seo_Vulcano2016.pdf

11:50 Review on galactic Cosmic Ray detection

Speaker: Andrea Chiavassa (TO)

Slides ChiavassaVulcano2016.pdf

12:15 LHAASO Prospects: Spectra of Cosmic Ray Species

Speaker: Prof. Zhen Cao (Institute of High Energy Physics)

Slides LHAASO_CR_Vulcano2016.pdf

12:40 IceTop Results on Cosmic Ray Detection

Speaker: Dr Javier Gonzalez (University of Delaware)

Slides jgonzalez_icetop.pdf

13:30 → 14:00 lunch

15:00 → 20:00 Excursion to Lipari

Thursday 26 May

09:00 → 10:40 Cosmic Rays

Convener: Prof. Eun-Suk Seo (University of Maryland)

09:00 High-Energy Cosmic Rays:Galactic or Extragalactic?

Speaker: Joerg Hoerandel (Radboud University Nijmegen)

Slides jrh-cr-vulcano.pdf

09:25 Review on UHECR (Theory)

Speaker: Prof. Peter Biermann (MPIfR Bonn, Germany)

Slides Lecture-2016-Vulcano-UHECRs.pdf

09:50 Review on UHECR (Experimental)

Speaker: Piera Luisa Ghia (LPNHE-CNRS, Paris)

Slides GhiaVulcano2016.pdf

10:15 Astroparticle and particle physics at ultra high energies:results and perspectives from the Pierre Auger Observatory.

Speaker: Antonella Castellina (TO)

Slides Castellina_Vulcano2016.pdf

10:40 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 12:15 Cosmic Rays

Convener: Prof. Miguel Mostafa (Penn State Univ.)

11:00 Recent Results from the Telescope Array Ultra High Energy Cosmic Ray Observatory

Speaker: John Matthews (University of Utah)

Slides TA-highlight-Vulcano-201605-JNM.pdf

11:25 Cosmic-ray studies using the ALICE detector at the LHC

Speaker: Mario Sitta (AL)

Slides vulcano2016_v4.pdf

11:50 Review on Cosmic-Ray Radio Detection

Speaker: Dr Frank Schröder (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT))

Slides FrankSchroeder_RadioOverview_Vulcano2016.pdf

12:15 → 12:40 Dark Matter & Dark Energy & Neutrino (astrophysical connections)

Convener: Prof. Miguel Mostafa (Penn State Univ.)

12:15 Warm DM vs. Cold DM Scenario for the formation of Cosmic Structures

Speaker: Dr Nicola Menci (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma)

12:40 → 13:05 Astrophysics/Cosmology

Convener: Prof. Miguel Mostafa (Penn State Univ.)

12:40 The Large Scale Structure Path to the High Energetic Universe

Speaker: Enzo Franco Branchini (ROMA3)

Slides vulcano_2016_branchini.pdf

13:30 → 14:00 lunch

17:00 → 17:25 Astrophysics/Cosmology

Convener: Piera Luisa Ghia (LPNHE-CNRS, Paris)

17:00 First stars in the Universe

Speaker: Dr Umberto Maio (Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics & INAF)

Slides Maio_Talk.pdf

17:25 → 19:30 Dark Matter & Dark Energy & Neutrino (astrophysical connections)

Convener: Piera Luisa Ghia (LPNHE-CNRS, Paris)

17:25 Indirect and direct Dark Matter search

Speaker: Piero Ullio (TS)

Slides ullio-vulcano2016_compressed.pdf

17:50 Status and future Prospect Gamma-ray Signatures of DM

Speaker: Aldo Morselli (ROMA2)

Slides Morselli_Vulcano16r_v2.pdf

18:15 Dark matter and the galactic center GeV excess

Speaker: Dr Marco Taoso (IFT CSIC Madrid)

Slides MTaoso_Vulcano.pdf

18:40 Signals from Dark Matter particles

Speaker: Rita Bernabei (ROMA2)

Slides vulcano_web.pdf

19:05 The XENON1T Dark Matter Search at LNGS

Speaker: Prof. Elena Aprile (Columbia University)

Slides Aprile_Vulcano2016-1.pdf

20:30 → 21:00 Dinner

Friday 27 May

09:00 → 09:50 Dark Matter & Dark Energy

Convener: Prof. Frank LINDE (Nikhef - APPEC)

09:00 Euclid space mission: shedding light on dark energy and dark matter

Speaker: Prof. Roberto Scaramella (Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma)

09:25 The relativistic all-sky analysis with Gaia

Speaker: Dr Mariateresa Crosta (INAF-OATo)

Slides VULCANO2016.pdf

09:50 → 10:40 Gravitational Waves

Convener: Prof. Frank LINDE (Nikhef - APPEC)

09:50 From GW detection to GW astronomy

Speaker: Eugenio Coccia (ROMA2)

10:15 EM Counterparts/Follow up of GW Sources

Speaker: Marica Branchesi (FI)

Slides VulcanoWorkshop-Branchesi-mod.pdf

10:40 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 13:05 Astrophysics/Cosmology

11:00 Multimessenger astronomy, the dawn of a new era for the knowledge of the Universe

Speaker: Dr Michel Boer (CNRS-ARTEMIS)

Slides MMess20160526.pdf

11:25 Picturing Feedback in Action in the Milky Way: a 6 Myrs old Galaxy Hot Outflow Traveling at a speed of 1 kpc per Myr

Speaker: Dr Fabrizio Nicastro (INAF - OAR)

Slides Vulcano16_FN_nohidden.pdf

11:50 Observations of Galaxy Clusters in the Microwave and the X-rays

Speaker: Pasquale Mazzotta (ROMA2)

Slides vulcano_Mazzotta_V02.pdf

12:15 The Sources of Cosmic Reionisation

Speaker: Francesco Haardt (MIB)

Slides Haardt.pdf

13:30 → 14:00 Lunch

16:55 → 19:25 Astrophysics/Cosmology

Convener: Rita Bernabei (ROMA2)

16:55 GRBs multimessenger

Speaker: Dr ELEONORA Troja (NASA/GSFC)

17:20 Study of Big Bang Nucleosynthesis deep underground

Speaker: Carlo Gustavino (ROMA1)

Slides gustavino.pdf

17:45 Can we use Fast Radio Bursts as cosmological probes?

Speaker: Dr Marta Burgay (INAF - ORA Cagliari)

Slides Burgay-FRBs@Vulcano2016.pdf

18:10 SKA Science

Speaker: Dr Luigina Feretti (Istituto di Radioastronomia)

Slides Feretti.pdf

18:35 ASI Science Programs: Current and Future Space Missions

Speaker: Barbara Negri

Slides Vulcano_Workshop_2016_BNegri.pdf

20:30 → 21:00 Dinner

Saturday 28 May

09:00 → 10:40 Particle Physics

Convener: Roger Forty (CERN)

09:00 TeV energy physics at LHC and in cosmic rays

Speaker: Prof. Anatoly Petrukhin (NRNU MEPhI)

Slides PetrukhinAA_Vulcano2016aa_ns_rp.pdf

09:25 Accelerator dark matter searches: comparison with direct and indirect searches

Speaker: Mario Antonelli (LNF)

Slides Antonelli_vulcano.pdf

09:50 Dark Matter search at fixed target

Speaker: Tommaso Spadaro (LNF)

Slides Spadaro_Vulcano_2016.pdf

10:15 New projects on dark photon search

Speaker: Venelin Kozhuharov (LNF)

Slides 2016-05-28_Venelin.pdf

10:40 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 12:40 Particle Physics

Convener: Prof. Anatoly Petrukhin (NRNU MEPhI)

11:00 Nucleus Nucleus interactions and their application in medicine

Speaker: Giuseppe Battistoni (MI)

Slides Battistoni_Vulcano2016.pdf

11:25 Recent Higgs Boson Results from the LHC

Speaker: Roberto Di Nardo (LNF)

Slides Vulcano2016_b.pdf

11:50 Flavour physics perspectives with the LHCb upgrade

Speaker: Pierluigi Campana (LNF)

Slides Campana_Vulcano.pdf

12:15 Recent selected hightlight from LHCb

Speaker: Monica Pepe Altarelli (CERN)

Slides Vulcano-MPA-final.pdf

13:30 → 14:00 Lunch