ARENA 2008

25 Jun 2008, 08:00 → 27 Jun 2008, 18:30 Europe/Rome

Aula Amaldi (University "Sapienza", Physics Department, Building Marconi)

Antonio Capone (RM1)

3° International Workshop on the Acoustic and RadioEeV Neutrino detection Activities

Wednesday, 25 June

08:30 → 10:00 Registration

10:00 → 10:15 Opening Session

Convener: Prof. Antonio Capone (Physics Deptm., Sapienza University and INFN, Roma)

10:00 Introduction and welcome

Speaker: Prof. Antonio Capone (Physics Department, Sapienza University and INFN, Roma, Italy)

10:05 Welcome address

Speaker: Prof. Giancarlo Ruocco (Director of the Physics Department, Sapienza University)

10:10 Welcome address

Speaker: Dr Speranza Falciano (Director of the I.N.F.N. "Sezione di Roma")

10:15 → 13:00 Session 1

Convener: Antonio Capone (Physics Deptm., Sapienza University and INFN, Roma)

10:15 Results, Status, and Perspectives of the LOPES Air Shower Experiment

Speaker: Dr Andreas Haungs (Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe)

Slides Haungs-LOPES.pdf.pdf

10:45 Techniques and results of the LOPES-STAR experiment for detection of UHECR by their radio emission

Speaker: Prof. Hartmut Gemmeke (Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe)

Slides 1_3_Gemmeke.pdf

11:00 Analysis of inclined showers with LOPES30

Speaker: Ms Alexandra Saftoiu (IFIN-HH)

Slides Analysis_of_inclined_events_with_LOPES30.ppt

11:15 Results of the radio-detection experiment CODALEMA

Speaker: Pascal Lautridou (SUBATECH)

Slides P-LAUTRIDOU-arena250608.ppt (Protected)

11:45 Detection of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays and Neutrinos with LOFAR

Speaker: Prof. Heino Falcke (Radboud University Nijmegen / ASTRON (Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy))

Slides LOFAR-2008-06-25-Arena-Rome.ppt

Video

• cr_air-shower_08.mpg
• cr-event-lopes-nature.mpg
• dish-curve-mpg4.avi
• dish-tilt-mpg4.avi
• LOPES30_Horneffer_anim.mpg

12:15 Air Shower Measurements with LOFAR

Speaker: Dr Andreas Horneffer (RU Nijmegen)

Slides Horneffer-ARENA-25_06_08.ppt

12:30 Coherent Radiation from Extensive Air Showers

Speaker: Olaf Scholten (KVI/University of Groningen)

Slides 1_7_Scholten.ppt

12:45 Coherent Cherenkov radio-emission from EeV showers in dense media through thinned simulations

Speaker: Dr Jaime Alvarez-Muniz (Dept. Fisica de Particulas, Univ. Santiago de Compostela, SPAIN)

Slides Alvarez-Muniz_radio_ARENA_2008.pdf

13:00 → 14:00 lunch break

14:00 → 16:00 Session 2

Convener: Prof. Heino Falcke (Radboud University Nijmegen / ASTRON)

14:00 Recent results from the Pierre Auger Observatory

Speaker: Dr Jaime Alvarez-Muniz (Dept. Fisica de Particulas, Univ. Santiago de Compostela)

Slides Alvarez-Muniz-ARENA2008_Auger.pdf

14:30 Radiodetection of cosmic air showers with an autonomous radio detector installed at the Pierre Auger Observatory.

Speaker: Benoit REVENU (SUBATECH)

Slides ArenaRAuger_B.REVENU.pdf

14:45 Observation of Radio Signals from Air Showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory

Speaker: Jose Coppens (NIKHEF/Radboud University Nijmegen, for the Pierre Auger Collaboration)

Slides RadioAugerARENA

15:00 Radio in Auger-Offline

Speaker: Dr Julian Rautenberg (Bergische Universitaet Wuppertal)

Slides Rautenberg_RadioOffline_ARENA.pdf

15:15 Status of IceCube and its performance at high energies.

Speaker: Prof. Albrecht Karle (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Slides karle_icecube_arena2008.ppt.ppt

15:45 A radio air shower detector as an extension for IceCube and IceTop

Speaker: Mr Jan Auffenberg (Bergische Universität Wuppertal)

Slides IceCubeRadioAirShower.ppt.ppt

16:00 → 16:20 coffee break

16:20 → 19:10 Session 3

Convener: Dr Ralf Wischnewski (DESY and INFN Sezione di Roma)

16:20 Simulations and Theory of Radio Emission in Air

Speaker: Dr Tim Huege (Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe)

Slides thuege-arena-rome-06-2008.ppt

16:50 IceRay: an IceCube-centered Radio GZK Neutrino Detector

Speaker: John Kelley (University of Wisconsin, Madison)

Slides kelley_iceray_arena08_final.ppt

17:20 AURA: an RF extension to IceCube

Speaker: Dr Hagar Landsman (University of Wisconsin, Madison)

Slides Landsman_AURA.ppt.ppt Landsman_AURA.v2.ppt.ppt

17:50 Status of the Radio Ice Cherenkov Experiment

Speaker: Mr Daniel Hogan (University of Kansas)

Slides RICE_monopole.pdf

18:20 Polarization measurements of the radio emission of energetic cosmic ray air showers with LOPES

Speaker: Ms Paula Gina Isar (Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany)

Slides isar_arena2008.pdf

18:35 Development of a radio-detection array for the observation of UHE neutrino induced showers

Speaker: Prof. daniel ardouin (University of Nantes-SUBATECH)

Slides Daniel_ARDOUIN_ARENA2008.ppt

18:50 Neutrino fluxes from astrophysical sources, the role of neutrinos from charmed meson production and decay

Speaker: Ina Sarcevic (UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA)

Slides Sarcevic.pdf.pdf

Thursday, 26 June

09:00 → 11:10 Session 4

Convener: Albrecht Karle (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

09:00 UHE neutrinos: from conventional to new physics

Speaker: Prof. Venya Berezinsky (LNGS - INFN)

Slides berezinsky.pdf

09:40 ANITA Status

Speaker: Dr Amy Connolly (UCL)

Slides 4_2_Connolly.pdf

10:10 Ultra-High Energy Cosmic ray and Neutrino Physics using the Moon.

Speaker: Olaf Scholten (KVI/University of Groningen)

Slides 4_3_Scholten.ppt

10:40 Lunar Radio Chernekov Observations of UHE neutrinos

Speaker: Ron Ekers (Australia Telescope National Facility, CSIRO)

Slides 4_4_Ekers.ppt

11:10 → 11:30 coffee break

11:30 → 13:00 Session 5

Convener: Olaf Scholten (KVI/University of Groningen)

11:30 Status Report and Future Prospects on LUNASKA Lunar Observations with ATCA

Speaker: Mr James Clancy (University of Adelaide)

Slides James_ARENA_experimental.ppt

11:45 GLINT: Green bank Lunar Interferometer for Neutrino Transients

Speaker: Glen Langston (National Radio Astronomy Observatory)

Slides glintArena08.pdf

12:00 Search for UHE neutrinos using a refurbished 25-m telescope

Speaker: Dr Peter Kalberla (Argelander Institut fuer Astronomie, Universitaet Bonn)

Slides Kalberla.pdf

12:15 Radio methods for detection of cosmic neutrinos and hadrons: RAMAND and RAMHAND experiments (past and prospects)

Speaker: Igor Zheleznykh (Institute for Nuclear Research, Moscow)

Slides 5_4_Zeleznykh.ppt

12:30 SalSA Status

Speaker: Dr Amy Connolly (UCL)

Slides 5_5_Connolly.pdf

12:45 Modern status of the LORD experiment

Speaker: Dr Gusev German (Lebedev Physical Institute)

Slides ARENA3_2008.ppt

13:00 → 14:00 lunch break

14:00 → 16:10 Session 6

Convener: Prof. Mauro Morganti (Pisa University and INFN)

14:00 Updates from SAUND II

Speaker: Naoko Kurahashi (Stanford University)

Slides Kurahashi.pdf

14:30 High energy neutrino acoustic detection activities in Lake Baikal: status and plans

Speaker: Prof. Nikolay BUDNEV (Applied Physics Institute of Irkutsk State University)

Slides 6_2_Budnev.ppt

15:00 Status and first results of the ANTARES neutrino telescope

Speaker: Mr Vincent BERTIN (CPPM)

Slides Bertin-Arena08.ppt

15:30 ACORNE Data Analysis and the Data Techniques for Cubic Kilometre

Speaker: Mr Simon Bevan (UCL)

Slides bevanArena2008.tar.gz

16:10 → 16:30 coffee break

16:30 → 19:00 Session 7

Convener: Miquel Ardid (IGIC- Universitat Politècnica de València)

16:30 Long Term measurements of acoustic background noise in very deep sea

Speaker: Dr Giorgio Riccobene (LNS)

Slides 7_1_Riccobene.ppt

17:00 Status and First Results of the Acoustic Detection Test System AMADEUS

Speaker: Dr Robert Lahmann (University of Erlangen/ECAP)

Slides ARENA_2008_lahmann.ppt

17:30 The South Pole Acoustic Test Setup: Overview

Speaker: Mr Justin Vandenbroucke (UC Berkeley)

Audio AT6_BS6-2_run202758_1st19pulses_slowed_down_10x.wav

Slides vandenbroucke_arena08_final.ppt

18:00 Acoustic noise in deep ice and environmental conditions at the South Pole

Speaker: Dr Timo Karg (BU Wuppertal)

Slides karg.pdf.pdf

18:15 Measurement of sound speed vs. depth with the South Pole Acoustic Test Setup

Speaker: Ms Freija Descamps (Ghent University)

Slides FDescamps_ARENA08.pdf

18:30 Simulation of a hybrid optical-radio-acoustic neutrino detector at the South Pole

Speaker: Delia Tosi (DESY)

Slides tosi_simulation_Arena08_final.pdf tosi_simulation_Arena08_final.ppt

20:30 → 22:30 Conference Dinner

Friday, 27 June

09:00 → 11:00 Session 8

Convener: Rolf Nahnhauer (DESY)

09:00 D.Chernov, V.Lyashuk, E.Novikov. "The proposed experiment for seach of acoustic phenomena from extensive atmospheric showers in Baikal"

Speaker: Dr Vladimir Lyashuk (ITEP)

Slides Lyashuk.V.(ITEP)_Report_ARENA_2008.ppt

09:15 AMADEUS Online Trigger and Filtering Methods

Speaker: Mr Max Neff (Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP))

Slides ARENA08_Neff.ppt

09:30 Position reconstruction of acoustic sources with the AMADEUS Detector

Speaker: Mr Carsten Richardt (Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP))

Slides arena_08_richardt.pdf

09:45 Prediciting the Sensitivity of Cubic Kilometre Hydrophone Arrays to the Flux of UHE Neutrinos

Speaker: Dr Jonathan Perkin (The University of Sheffield)

Slides arena2008.perkin.key.zip arena2008.perkin.ppt

10:00 Integration of Acoustic Integrals for the detection of EeV Neutrinos in Seawater and Ice.

Speaker: Dr Sean Danaher (Northumbria University)

Slides Sean_arenarome2.ppt

10:30 Beam-forming and matched filter techniques for the underwater acoustic detection of UHE neutrino.

Speaker: Francesco Simeone (RM1)

Slides ARENA08_Simeone.ppt

10:45 Acoustic signals from proton beam interaction in water. Comparing experimental data and Monte Carlo simulation.

Speaker: Giulia De Bonis (University of Roma "Sapienza" and INFN-Roma)

Slides debonis.pdf debonis.ppt

11:00 → 11:20 coffee break

11:20 → 13:10 Session 9

Convener: Nikolay Budnev (Applied Physics Institute of Irkutsk State University)

11:20 Calibration in acoustic detection of neutrinos

Speaker: Dr Miguel Ardid (IGIC- Universitat Politècnica de València)

Slides arena08-ardid-v2.ppt

11:50 Use of parametric acoustic sources to generate neutrino-like signals

Speaker: Mr Manuel Bou-Cabo (IGIC- Universitat Politècnica de València)

Slides arena08-mbou-parametric.pptx Parametric_sources.ppt

12:05 Hydrophone based calibrator for seawater acoustic detection of UHE neutrinos

Speaker: Dr Omar Veledar (University of Sheffield)

Slides OVeledar_ARENA08.ppt

12:20 HADES – Hydrophone for Acoustic Detection at South Pole

Speaker: Benjamin Semburg (IceCube)

Slides Semburg_ARENA08_V2.pdf Semburg_ARENA08_V2.ppt

12:35 Permafrost – A Possible Target Material for Ultra High Energy Neutrino Detection?

Speaker: Rolf Nahnhauer (DESY)

Slides ARENA2008-Perm.ppt

12:50 Acoustic detection activity in Genova

Speaker: Alessandro Cotrufo (INFN Genoa)

Slides 9_6_Cotrufo.pdf

13:10 → 14:10 lunch break

14:10 → 15:30 Session 10

Convener: Stefano Cecchini (IASF/INAF and INFN Bologna)

14:10 The Directional Dependence of the Lunar Cherenkov Technique in Regards to UHE Neutrino Detection

Speaker: Mr James Clancy (University of Adelaide)

Slides James_ARENA_theory.ppt

14:25 A Full Simulation Chain for an Array of Antenna Detectors

Speaker: Mr Stefan Fliescher (RWTH Aachen)

Slides TalkArena2008_Fliescher.pdf

14:40 A Software for Neutrino Acoustic Detection and Localization

Speaker: Dr Bachir Bouhadef (PI)

Slides A_Software_for_Neutrino_Acoustic_Detection.ppt

14:55 Radar for Salt Ultra-High-Energy Neutrino Detector and Contribution of W-Gluon Fusion Process to Collision of Neutrinos against Quarks

Speaker: Masami Chiba (Tokyo Metropolitan University)

Slides chiba1_ARENA2008.pdf chiba1_ARENA2008.ppt

15:30 → 17:00 Conference Summary Talks

Convener: Antonio Capone (Physics Deptm., Sapienza University and INFN, Roma)

15:30 Summary on radio detection of UHECR

Speaker: Dr Andreas Haungs (Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe)

Slides Haungs-SumRadio.pdf

16:00 Summary on acoustic detection of UHECR

Speaker: Prof. Lee Thompson (University of Sheffield)

Slides ARENA2008SummaryTalk.ppt

16:30 Concluding remarks

Speaker: Antonio Capone (University Sapienza and NFN Roma)

Slides ARENA08_Closing_remarks.ppt